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MSc - Master of Science
Nottingham Trent University
Full Time
Sep 2027
1 Year
Our Masters in Management courses will help you shape your leadership and management skills to become an effective manager, able to operate in dynamic and complex organisational environments. You will gain an excellent understanding of the core subjects, enabling you to put to theory and contemporary thinking into practice.The MSc Management (International Business) award offers an opportunity to specialise in work and management in organisations where their role concerns operations across national borders or globally through the study of international HRM, strategic global supply chain management, international marketing, and networks and international strategic alliances.The unique selling points for this course are personalisation, application of learning into real world practice, an opportunity to take part in an International Experience overseas, and studying Responsible and Sustainable Management.In your third semester, you’ll choose an experiential project. With the opportunity to use your skills in a real-world setting, you can choose from completing a consultancy experience project, an in-company experience project or a business research project. Nottingham Business School adopts a distinctive approach to the design of student learning opportunities. Your learning is structured around theory, practice, experience & observation, and reflection & improvement. At each level (course, module and session), you will study different theories, concepts and approaches and be given opportunities to apply these in a range of practical settings. The aim is to enhance your understanding through the direct experience of business, where you will have opportunities to observe business practices and behaviours (including your own) and analyse these using theoretical knowledge. It is our intention that by reflecting on these experiences, you will be able to use these theories to guide your actions and decisions in a business context or even consider how a theory itself might be improved. In this way, we aim to enhance the quality of your learning.
Working as part of a team, You'll undertake focused research, developing your professional skills, managing a complex project and delivering results in a real business situation. You'll present your findings to the client and learn valuable project management tools and concepts.
This module explores the external environment influences management decision making within organisations, specifically in relation to strategy development. The module's aims to develop your understanding of how organisations create strategies to increase competitiveness in a rapidly changing environment. You will develop your analytical abilities and decision making capability needed as future managers and leaders operating in an international environment. On completion of this module you will have a better understanding of the various schools of thought in strategy development and the role of strategic discourse in this process.
This module is firmly rooted in understanding the global supply chain and provides a broad knowledge of the principles and concepts underlying the strategic and operational performance of organisations in relation to one another within the international supply chain.
This module will provide you with opportunities to consider how Human Resource issues arising from cross cultural settings can be understood with reference to emerging theory and frameworks. It also offers a chance to put those theories into practice and engage in management problem solving through the role play assessment.
On an internship of 12 weeks or more, You'll apply the theories you've learnt to a substantial, live project. This will involve focused research, developing skills, managing a complex project and delivering results in a real business situation. You'll also learn project management tools and concepts.
This module helps you to develop a broad knowledge of the principles and concepts underlying delivering value integrating operations, people and financial management. You will be able to develop an understanding of how a range of financial and operations management tools and approaches can be practically applied in support of an organisation's business strategy. Finally, you will be able to develop the capability to strategically focus the management planning, control and improvement processes in a range of business environments.
This module aims to develop your understanding of the business and commercial environment. You will apply relevant prior knowledge and skills in the business environment increasing your commercial awareness. On completion of the module, you will have developed a range of skills and have a practical insight into the world of work and possible career opportunities. This module is for 2 year course only.
This module will help you understand contemporary issues, theories and conceptual frameworks used to explain and guide conventional management activities within organisations. More specifically, you will be able to demonstrate an understanding of a range of strategic management concepts that can be utilised to explore and guide effective action in dynamic organisational environments.
The purpose of the module is for you to acquire the knowledge and skills to be able to formulate, plan and conduct effective research to inform management decisions, through conducting a small-scale research project.
This project is a more traditional piece of independent research, creating an academic research paper, presentation and methodological reflection. Because we believe experiential learning is so important, this project is only available to students with significant prior work experience or a desire to progress to a PhD.
Transformational management education is a key focus within NBS, where effective ethical education across all business and management courses is the foundation of our students? abilities to understand and contribute in meaningful ways towards current and future challenges in the area of sustainable development. The purpose of the module is to increase understanding of how to manage your own continuous personal and professional development in order to enable sustained career success and to be an effective and transformational leader.
