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MSc - Master of Science
Main Campus
Full Time
Jan 2027
1 Year
This is one of the degrees pathways on the MSc International Business group of degrees. This degree allows you to focus on management as your specialism. Alongside the core international business modules, you will study cross-cultural management, managing people in general and organisations. From your core modules, you will learn to understand and analyse a range of international strategies and business relevant for the modern global economy. You will also engage with key areas such as global risk analysis, global financial markets, international trade and global investment. You will study a core project module. As part of this, you can undertake a global internship, work on an independent project with an organisation, or work on your own project independently. When you start you join the 2 week Foundation Programme where you will learn more about all of our business conversion degrees and their pathways. You will make your final module choices and establish which degree pathway is right for you and your career. At the same time, you will be building your network of friends who will support you socially and with your studies while here in Dundee. The network of friends you make will most likely carry on through your career. The Foundation Programme is designed to make your arrival in Dundee easy, and ensure you have the freedom to choose the degree that is right for you. You will graduate with a degree in MSc International Business and Management and this degree title will be on your transcript.
The module is designed to: (1) identify the major tendencies characterising the global economy and their implications for internationalization strategies of firms; (2) introduce students to the relevant key theories of international trade and investment; and (3) enable students to understand and assess the effects of trade and investment policies on firms? decisions.
International Business Strategy will provide an understanding of economic concepts and principles underpinning business strategy and economic-decision making.
You will examine the fundamental concepts of international trade, finance and investment. It introduces the tools and techniques for asset pricing and capital budgeting, provides an overview of financial risk assessment and balance of payments and analyses the operation of the foreign exchange market and the determination of exchange rates. Topics you will cover include compounding, discounting and discounted cash flow analysis, the valuation of stocks and bonds in financial markets, the measurement of risk and the role of risk in asset pricing and financial decision-making, the balance of payments and the influence of macroeconomic factors on trade, the operation of currency markets and theories of exchange rate determination.
The aim of the module is to provide students with a critical understanding and key skills in managing people in organisations: the role of people management in achieving strategic aims, strategic change and enhanced performance; the international context of people management: culture, institutions and ?promising practices?; managing organizational design and its strategic role; managing people in corporate context; managing people in the contemporary technological context; contemporary issues in the management of people and organisations and employee engagement & psychological contract.
This module consists of lectures, seminars, and independent study. Lectures will involve introducing key debates and critical challenges to mainstream understandings of cross-cultural management. Lectures will also involve opportunities for individual reflections during class activities. Seminars will provide opportunities for various applications of the module materials. Independent study is expected, including reading extensively and reflecting upon the range of sources provided.
The course aims to provide the students with broad knowledge of the history of the development of multinational enterprises, the current status of the global market and conditions for multinational enterprises. The second aim is to provide the students with a set of tasks that prepare them for a career in which they solve the practical issues managers in MNEs face.
