Develop a mastery of international business contexts and start a global career in management. Graduate as an in-demand candidate with international appeal.
Overview
Do you want to progress your career in international business and management?
This course will strengthen your critical understanding of international business, trade and strategy.
You will explore international trade, strategy, strategic foresight, leadership skills, business analytics, marketing management and cross cultural management. You will also be guided in your final piece of work; a dissertation on an international business management topic of your choosing.
Why us?
- Our postgraduate Business and Management courses are ranked 3rd (of 48 institutions, 43 respondents) for Overall Satisfaction (PTES, 2020)
- Sunderland Business School is a member of The Chartered Association of Business Schools
Course structure
A range of teaching and learning methods including lectures, seminars and group work will be used to encourage you to develop intellectual and cognitive skills. All methods will employ to some extent the features like didactic exposition, interactive sessions, research and directed private study.
Case study-based learning is employed throughout the course and is intended to enable you to develop, inter alia, the ability to identify the issues in need of research, apply subject specific knowledge to a realistic and/or practical context, make critical judgments of the merits of a particular argument and present and make reasoned choices between alternative solutions.
The case studies may take the form of real cases or issues in debate at any given moment in time or may be hypothetical problems which are reflective of realistic problems.
Compared to an undergraduate course, you will find that this Masters course requires a higher level of independent reading and research.
Facilities
You’ll be based at The Reg Vardy Centre, on the Sir Tom Cowie Campus at St Peter’s. The Reg Vardy Centre is a modern building with views of the river, and just a short walk from both the coast and Sunderland town centre.
Career ready
When you graduate from this course you will have excellent business skills and you’ll be ready to step into a leadership or management role in a wide variety of industries. Multinational corporations need managers and business leaders who have an international outlook and can work across the global economy. MSc International Business Management is an excellent choice for those that desire to work in international business.
Some of the companies which employ our Business graduates include: Microsoft, IBM, Nike, Adidas, P&G, Lloyds TSB, Marriott Hotels, and the NHS.
Guest speakers
We invite business leaders into the University to share their experiences with you. Past speakers include John Sisk & Son's Senior Project Manager, Production Control Director from Nissan, the Head of Studios at Warner Bros UK, senior consultants from Global Blackswan, Sunderland Football Club’s CEO and several successful entrepreneurs from the North East.
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