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MSc International Management

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Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

23-SEP-24

Key information
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Qualification type

MSc - Master of Science

Subject areas

Management (General)

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

An MSc in International Management offers you the chance to make your mark in management and opens up opportunities in the global employment arena. With effective international management skills, you’ll be ideally equipped to build a career just about anywhere in the world.

Course Details

Designed to assist the next generation of managers in developing the necessary knowledge and skills for career development, our Master’s in International Management aims to offer a comprehensive overview of global management theories and practices, with a focus on the different national and cultural contexts in which companies operate.

Stimulating and challenging, this course combines elements of research, innovation and application, with a view to building your academic and professional skillsets and opening up development opportunities in careers and areas of further study. A key course focus is global decision-making and exploring the role of management in a cross-cultural context, including the concepts and issues relating to diversity and human resource management.

You’ll study across a range of relevant subject areas, such as strategy formulation, sustainable business development, innovative marketing, and finance and accounting for a firm foundation in management skills that can be applied in an international setting.

Course Highlights:

  • In an increasingly international business world, awareness of global management practices is desirable among employers. You’ll have the opportunity to build cross-cultural management skills that could assist you in the international employment market.
  • Teaching is provided by staff with a specialist knowledge in a range of management areas, with close links to business and industry.
  • You can access course materials online and prepare for lessons in advance, allowing for more interactive lessons.
  • On successful completion of this course you will be awarded an MSc in International Management.

Career Opportunities

This programme is for students who want a management career that takes them around the world or who will work within international organisations with multi-country operations. The focus will be on global decision-making and the role of management in a cross-cultural context.

As a graduate, you’ll possess an understanding of the global economic, social and political environments which affect an organisation. The course helps to develop a range of employability skills including researching and reporting, public speaking, financial understanding, commercial awareness, strategic planning, enterprise and innovation, and decision making in a global context.

What Can I Do With This Qualification?

This course is designed to prepare you for a variety of management roles across a range of sectors and types of organisation. This may be within the private, public or voluntary sector, or a multinational company or SME. Roles are available within marketing, HR, finance, information systems, strategic management, retail, manufacturing, management consultancy, international banking and in the commodities markets.

This internationally recognised qualification can also help with progression to competitive graduate schemes which are advanced training packages for aspiring business leaders usually within large corporate companies. These are often multinational or global companies who recognise the need for managers who understand the global market.

Modules

This module aims to provide you with a critical understanding of the global marketing process and the opportunity to develop and refine relevant skills in the practice of global marketing. You will gain experience of evaluating and analysing the challenges managers face in the development and deployment of global marketing strategy, and you will develop an advanced awareness of the need to consider a range of alternative approaches to dealing with strategic planning issues in order to achieve global or regional competitive advantage. To gain and enhance your critical knowledge and understanding you will consider and critically evaluate key stages of the organisation?s global marketing planning process. By the end of the module you will have developed a superior appreciation of the processes and outcomes in the implementation of the global marketing planning process.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£7,920

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£13,550

Entry requirements

You should have an Honours degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject.