Master’s degree in Change Management & Diversity
Presentation
The aim of this Master’s program is to activate the multilingual and intercultural expertise acquired in the pre-Master’s program.
ISIT trains future graduates to acquire a strong general culture, agility in international environments, a solid understanding of intercultural issues and the ability to grasp the complexity of organizations and intercultural management.
This Master’s program applies innovative teaching methods, with courses taught by both lecturer-researchers and top-level professionals.
Objectives
Produce:
- Graduates who offer strong linguistic and intercultural added value, ready to fill key positions in companies and organizations of all sizes.
- Produce graduates capable of managing projects in an intercultural context.
Practical skills acquired
- Management of multicultural teams across the world
- International and intercultural marketing
- International human resources
- Consulting in change management and organizational transformation
- International and external communications
- Project management: methodologies and tools
Requirements and admission
Requirements
Our course is open to candidates with a solid level in their mother tongue and two other working languages: French and English are compulsory, and the third working language can be chosen from Arabic, Chinese, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
- “A” language
1st and 2nd year: French only – Exception for non-native speakers: proof of DELF or Institut français certification, French level B2 (able to follow classes, student will be enrolled in French) - Degree level
Admission in 1st Year of master’s degree : 3rd year of higher education (L3) successfully completed
Admission in 2nd Year of master’s degree : Master 1 or equivalent (4 years of higher education in France or abroad officially recognised as being worth 240 ECTS) successfully completed
Double degree
Two double degrees are available in Master 2 with partner universities:
The CFJ is a leading French school specialized in training journalists. The school’s mission is to “train creative, free-spirited journalists with strong values”. It is currently attached to the Université Paris Panthéon-Assas (Paris campus) and also has campuses in Lyon.
ISCAP Porto: ISCAP (Institut Supérieur de Comptabilité et Administration de Porto) is a Portuguese public polytechnic school, part of the Instituto Politécnico do Porto (P.PORTO). Located in São Mamede de Infesta (Matosinhos / Porto), it is part of one of Portugal’s largest polytechnics.
Courses
Master 1
INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS & CONTEXTS
- Organization and corporate culture
- Diversity management
- International human resources + employer branding
- Introduction to labor law
- Social and solidarity economy ecosystem + Excel
- Support for HR and CSR projects
- CSR: responsible organization and sustainable development
- Geopolitics and business: understanding spaces
- Refugees, displaced persons and migratory flows
- Visit to an industrial site
- Innovation through design thinking
- Business intelligence and security
COMMUNICATING IN AN INTERCULTURAL & MULTILINGUAL CONTEXT
- Communication strategies & crisis communication
- Marketing in services + events
- Brands and marketing trends + B-to-B marketing
- Big data approach
- Business language
- Professional speaking in B, C and D languages
- Economic and political analysis & translation
- Professional writing in B languages
RESEARCH
- General and thematic research methodology
- Facilitating research choices
- Help with finding information and bibliography
- Translation methodology
- Dissertation (over 2 years)
PROFESSIONAL INTEGRATION
- Job placement forum and other activities
- Personal branding (CV, cover letter, Linkedin / personal development)
- 6-month internship/work placement
Master 2
DEVELOPING EMPLOYABILITY
- Change management
- Human resources
- Digital marketing
- International Marketing
- German and Italian Management
- Managing a multicultural team
- International talent development
- Religion in the workplace
- HR and finance in NGOs and associations
- Business Game
BECOMING A PROFESSIONAL WITH MULTICULTURAL EXPERTISE
- Systemic organization for project management and conflict resolution
- ANAI English
- ANAI Language C
PROJECTS AND RESEARCH
- Research methodology
- Dissertation supervisors
PROFESSIONAL INTEGRATION
- Job placement forum and other activities
- Personal branding (CV, motivation letter, Linkedin / personal development)
- Activity report and portfolio of convincing achievements – updated professional project
- 6-month work placement / internship 1 week in 2
Job opportunities and target professions
After completing the Master in Change Management & Diversity (Intercultural Management) specialization, job opportunities are focused on the corporate and business ecosystem: international human resources, talent development, diversity management, international project management, change management, communications, events management in both the corporate and cultural sectors, etc.
Internships and work-study programs:
Two internship periods (4 months in M1 and 6 months in M2), plus the opportunity of a work-study program in the second year, increase your chances of finding your first job at the end of the program.