Master Thesis

Participants are required to undergo Master's Thesis which is part of their final term in ESB Business School, Germany. Master's Thesis allows students to gain more knowledge in their chosen fields of expertise in a real business context. Challenging business issues such as country entry strategies, product launch and research, pressing organizational management issues and competitor analysis are a sample of the type of projects undertaken by participants. The topics identified by organizations (Primarily Indo-EU based companies) are addressed in Master's thesis of a participant by means of extensive academic research. The students are responsible for understanding the organization, its culture and the task in hand to sufficient depth and derive interesting insights into the problem. A participant is allocated two mentors, one from the organization from where the thesis is being pursued and a professor in the relevant domain from ESB Business School.

The duration of the Master's Thesis is dependent on the organization and the issue being addressed. Participants travel to organization premises for good understanding of the issue at hand. Although participants are given two dedicated months for analysis and presentation, thesis work can be started much earlier at a mutually convenient time for both the organization and the participant during his/her coursework. Weekly visit to the organization during his coursework is also possible. For companies based in both India and Germany, participant can start their thesis work in India studying local business set up of the organization. They can continue their work in Germany in the same company when they are required to travel as part of their course in March. The Master's thesis process starts in the second term of the course in India (December-January) and usually ends at June-July period.

This Master's thesis can prove as an effective tool for the organization to evaluate and recruit participants for them. The presence of participants in the organization premises during the master's thesis helps organizations to judge the participant in a better way for future roles of relevance. Also, the participant would have acquired good familiarity with the organization thereby ensuring a win-win situation for bot