The curriculum of the Master in Digital and Business Transformation – Major in Digital Innovation Management is designed to ensure and support the progressive professional and personal growth of students who benefit from a productive learning experience: lessons, case studies, group work sessions, and a high-level faculty comprised of both academics and professionals.

During the Major in Digital Innovation Management, students receive constant support from the Career Service Office that helps them increase their employability and find a curricular internship.

Induction week

The induction week is an introductive week to the Major in Digital Innovation Management during which students can settle in and familiarise themselves with life on campus. Ice-breaking labs, seminars, workshops, and presentations allow students to meet their classmates and get a better idea of the services offered by Luiss Business School, as well as curricular and extracurricular activities.

General management

The general management courses aim to give all students the necessary business management foundations in order to better understand new concepts that are introduced during the core and advanced courses. The general management courses provide students with an overview that is highly useful upon entering the job market.

• Accounting
• Financial Management
• Organisation & People Management
• Economics of Strategy
• Marketing Analytics
• Business Law
• Strategy

Core courses

The core courses introduce students to industry-focused concepts that are specific to this major. These courses provide students with the key principles and skills they need to better understand their chosen sector.

1 Tech Trends And Business Corporate Implications

• Digital Transformation Foundations
• Technology Landscape and Major Trends
• New Regulatory and Legislative Framework
• Digital Economics

2 Strategic And Operational Toolkits For An Effective Transformational Journey

• Data Architecture & IT Stack Structures
• Business Transformation Playbook
• Digital Marketing and Customer Experience
• AI: Re-designing Processes and Go-To-Market

3 How To Embrace Innovation To Be “Ahead Of The Curve”

• Innovation Management
• New Ways of Working
• Digital Product/solution Development
• Re-engineering Operational Processes

4 New Leadership Skills To Handle Organizational Challenges

• Digital Leadership
• Manage business digitization challenge: predict the organizational impact
• New Jobs, New Skills, New HR Paradigms

Learning Labs

Learning labs focus on personal development. During the programme, students develop cross-functional and soft skills by attending sessions to cultivate intellectual flexibility, develop problem solving skills, learn to adapt in diverse situations and refine cross-cultural awareness.

Internship

The curricular internship is generally done at the end of the Major in Digital Innovation Management and represents an opportunity for students to combine theory and hands-on experience, coming into direct contact with professionals working in the industry. The Career Service Office supports students in their search for internship opportunities, thus helping to broaden their career prospects and giving them the possibility to acquire necessary work experience, both increasing and improving their skills while expanding their business network.

Field project

The field project is a great opportunity for students to put into practice the knowledge and competences acquired during the Master’s Degree Programme. Each type of field project helps students to move faster in their career path. Students will combine theory and practice, build professional connections, gain relevant work experience, strengthen their creative and analytical skills, thus increasing their future employability.

The field project can be one of the following:

• internship: from educational training to reality, students participate in an internship that follows the educational programme
• entrepreneurial project: students develop their own business idea, from the idea creation to the business plan and go-to-market;
• research project:students develop a research-based project on a subject selected with faculty members

Academic Calendar

The Major in Digital Innovation Management lasts 12 months and is divided in 4 terms.

Term 1: September-December 2024
Term 2: January-March 2025
Term 3: April-June 2025
Term 4: Internship

Please note that the academic calendar is subject to change, for more information and details please e-mail master@luissbusinessschool.it.