MSc Organizational Leadership & Change

Academic Overview

Leadership is a practice that can be studied, coached and improved. This MSc focuses on the science and craft of leading people and change: self-leadership, team effectiveness, power and influence, organisational design and ethical judgment. Unlike an MBA, the programme does not centre finance and markets as primary disciplines; instead it develops durable leadership capacity applicable in any sector. The capstone requires you to design and (where possible) lead a real change initiative with measured results. MSc Organizational Leadership & Change is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 18 months, and the credit total is 36. Students move from Leadership Theories & Authentic Practice through Leadership Theories & Authentic Practice; Emotional Intelligence & Executive Presence; Team Dynamics, Psychological Safety & Trust; Evidence-Based Management & Decision Making; Organisational Change Frameworks & Diagnostics; Strategy Execution & OKRs for Leaders, and finish on Leadership Capstone: Change Initiative. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation. Reading is a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. The artefact a marker expects is a consulting brief a manager could use. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Lead teams with psychological safety and high performance norms Diagnose organisations and design feasible change interventions Negotiate influence ethically across formal and informal power Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.

The degree is awarded directly by IU International University of Applied Sciences, seated in Warsaw, Poland. Studies are conducted in full alignment with Polish and European academic standards.

Curriculum & Core Modules

The curriculum comprises 36 ECTS credits structured across progressive academic modules:

Teaching & Assessment Methodology

Career Trajectories

• Team Leader / Engineering Manager track
• Change Manager / Transformation Lead
• Head of Department / Operations Lead
• Leadership Development Specialist
• Programme Director (NGO / Public Sector)

European Campus & Academic Facilities

Seated at Prosta 20 in Warsaw, IU International University of Applied Sciences offers state-of-the-art academic lecture halls, digital research repositories, and vibrant collegiate spaces for both on-campus and international distance scholars.

Main academic building at Prosta 20, Warsaw.

Collegiate courtyard and research study spaces.

Academic facilities and faculty laboratory suites.