MSc Management and International Business

Teaching & Learning

Independent study is a crucial part of learning at university and you will be required to undertake many hours of self-directed research and reading, and preparation and writing of assessments. Your course is delivered through several modules, which will help you to plan your time and establish a study routine. Outside of your lectures, workshops and tutorials, a range of support is available to assist with your independent study. Our subject-specific librarians will be on hand to direct you to specialist learning and study-skill resources. You’ll also be assigned an academic advisor to give you tailored feedback and support.

Core modules

What you'll learn

Contemporary Marketing

Develop your knowledge and understanding of the principles and theoretical foundations which govern the modern marketing environment, allowing you to progress in a specialized area of marketing such as international or services marketing.

Corporate Strategy

Acquire a strategic organizational perspective and a basis for progression and application of strategic-level skills, competencies, and decision-making capability.

Managing Financial Resources

Gain a critical understanding of contemporary accounting and financing principles which support business decision-making and financial resourcing in both the private and public sectors.

Management, People & Organisations

Develop functional knowledge and a critical understanding of key perspectives on human behaviour within the organization and on the nature and processes of organizing and managing human activity.

Global Business Strategy

Examine global business strategy perspectives for organizations and key actors. This module will address the strategic and management issues that multinational, global, and other organizations face whilst operating across borders. You'll review the main aspects of operating globally, from strategic analysis to issues of formulation and implementation in the various business functions. You'll also analyze the key strategic and managerial challenges for firms. You'll gain the knowledge and skills to develop and implement business strategies within a variety of organizational and geographical settings. To achieve this, you'll study how managers can use a variety of analytical tools to craft a strategy to help the organization gain and maintain its competitive advantage and achieve its objectives. You'll be introduced to the language, analytical tools, frameworks, and normative models of strategic management. You'll consider strategy from various organizational settings, including public and not-for-profit. You'll understand the 'why', 'what', 'where', and 'how' of strategy.

Option modules

What you'll learn

Choose one of:

International Environments of Business

Study the inter-relationships of 'uncontrollable' (macro) environmental factors in international business environments, and examine the impact of these external environments on the international operation of enterprises.

International Marketing: Emerging Markets

Develop an in-depth understanding of the dynamics and specifics of the country markets that have been, and continue to be, emerging, and those now identified as emerging. You'll gain an in-depth and strategic understanding of international marketing theory and its application to the marketing laboratory that emerging markets (EMs) represent.

Choose one of the following final projects:

Dissertation

Undertake an in-depth research project in a subject area that is appropriate to your course and your interests.

Work-Based Organisational Consultancy Project

Complete a project that explores a key issue for a client organisation - a small business, public sector organisation, social enterprise, etc. You'll focus on a key issue that the client organisation requires intelligence and information to help them tackle and address. In working with the client organisation, you'll develop and negotiate a suitable project involving the collection and analysis of a range of data and information.

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

1. Critically evaluate, synthesize, and apply advanced and contemporary theories, debates, and techniques to a range of complex and open-ended issues, problems, and situations in the fields of management and international business.
2. Demonstrate a critical, ethical, and reflective approach to their professional and academic area of management and international business.
3. Learn interdependently and independently and accept responsibility for subsequent career and continuing professional development.
4. Critically apply, with a degree of creativity and sophistication, intellectual, transferable, and subject/professional skills to a range of complex and open-ended business problems and situations.
5. Make informed judgments and decisions in a dynamic, highly competitive, and global operating environment relating to management and international business.
6. Effectively carry out a live commercial project, involving secondary and primary research with due regard to ethical considerations and research methodologies.

Your broad understanding of strategic business principles and managerial skills within an international context will complement your undergraduate degree specialism. This will make you readily employable in a range of managerial positions within global organisations, including operations and business development.

• Business development manager
• Business Manager
• Operations Manager