Overview
Our MSc International Management is designed to help you build a career in management where an understanding of global contexts and issues is becoming increasingly important. The MSc will equip you with the theoretical knowledge and conceptual skills to work in environments requiring high levels of international managerial competence. International guest lecturers and case studies will help you better understand the international contexts of management.
Leadership and management skills are essential for organisational success, and through the course, you will acquire a robust set of analytic tools enabling you to play a productive role in the management of international business organisations. You will develop global perspectives of business and management, informed by a sound understanding of the wider cultural and national contexts in which organisations exist.
Contemporary businesses need managers who relish and adapt to the ever-changing complex challenges that shape today’s globalised marketplace.
Future options
Career & Further Study Prospects
You will be equipped to work in professional practice in middle management at international level, where you can make an early and significant contribution to your employer.
You will acquire important analytical and management skills suitable for various generalist managerial roles.
You will have a strong understanding of organisational performance, strategy, ethics, leadership and general business management.
Graduates from this MSc can progress to undertake a doctoral research programme of study.
Course details
The continuing challenges of change and adaptation mean managers in the internationalising economy require the vision and confidence to address a rapidly shifting marketplace and the dynamics of changing contexts. The course content will cover modules such as:
- International Business Management
- Leadership Development in a Changing World
- Strategic Management in an International Context
- Global Digital Business
- Organisational Performance in Multi-National Enterprises
- Research Methods & Design
- Contemporary Organisation Theory
Through the core modules, you will gain a thorough grounding of the essential knowledge and skills for a management career in business and industry with particular emphasis on strategy, creativity, leadership and internationalisation, all within the context of a rapidly changing external environment. You will also learn to think and work strategically and creatively.
As part of your programme of study, you will attend lectures, tutorials and workshops for each of the modules you study. You will be expected to prepare for classes and participate in discussions and activities. Each module will have continuous assessment which will be outlined to you in module handbooks and in class.
You will study modules covering general management and its key functional areas and the development of the applied professional skills, practices and techniques in the management environment.
For the Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip) stage you will study the following core modules:
- International Business Management (core, 20 credits)
- Leadership and Change in a Developing World (core, 20 credits)
- Organisational Performance of Multi-National Enterprises (core, 20 credits)
- Strategic Management in an International Context (core, 20 credits)
- Research Methods and Design (core, 10 credits)
To complete the PgDip you will require to successfully pass another 30 credits made up from optional modules, which include:
- Accounting and Finance for International Managers (optional, 20 credits)
- International Marketing Management (optional, 20 credits)
- Global Digital Business (optional, 20 credits)
- Cultural Diversity and International Business Ethics (optional, 10 credits)
- Contemporary Organisation Theory (optional, 10 credits)
- Critical Approaches to Management and Organisation (optional, 10 credits)
Successful completion of the PgDip allows you to proceed to the master's dissertation or project module:
- MSc International Management Dissertation (core to MSc, 60 credits)
- Professional Practice Project (core to MSc, 60 credits)
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