MSc Management and Strategy

London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

This MSc Management and Strategy enables you to critically analyse management themes through an economic lens. You’ll build a fundamental understanding of incentives and governance, organisational design, decision-making, and strategy in competition and markets.The programme blends critical analysis with practice, allowing you to apply the latest managerial and economic theories to real-world examples. You’ll learn how to use economic analysis to formulate innovative solutions to real-life managerial issues such as pricing strategies, organisation design and resource allocation.Unlike some traditional degrees, this programme equips you with a critical understanding of the wider socio-economic environment in which businesses operate. You’ll have well-rounded knowledge and skills to tackle real-life economic challenges in your future career.By the time you graduate, you’ll be a skilled analytical thinker and decision-maker. Our graduates find fulfilling careers in prestigious firms, such as PwC, Deloitte, McKinsey, Goldman Sachs and HSBC.LSE is ranked sixth in the world for social sciences and management. So, you’ll be studying in a globally renowned learning environment with world-class academics.Career development:The programme will develop your intellectual and practical skills as a talented managerial economist, with the ability to thrive and innovate with challenges in today’s complex and fast-moving business world. Your practical and professional management skills will be developed and polished during the programme, including communication and presentation skills, team working, and cultural intelligence gained from close collaboration with classmates from around the world. You'll graduate with a well-rounded portfolio of practical and intellectual managerial skills to set you apart in the job market.Graduate destinations:Management and Strategy graduates are highly sought-after by employers for their unique combination of intellectual and practical skills in management and economic analysis, along with highly developed critical decision making and problem-solving abilities.Management and Strategy graduates have taken roles across a wide variety of sectors, in companies across the globe. Two common career paths are management consulting or finance, with graduates taking up roles with companies such as PwC, Deloitte, McKinsey, Accenture, Goldman Sachs, HSBC and Credit Suisse. However opportunities are broad, and M&S graduates have also gone on to excel in careers with employers in a range of other industries, from Facebook to the World Bank.