Management, Organisations and Governance – (M.Sc.)

This challenging and highly distinctive 12-month programme offers a rigorous interdisciplinary social science perspective on the practice of management. It is a new MSc offered by one of the most highly regarded management departments in the UK.

Key features of the programme are:

* It provides an intensive and intellectually demanding approach to analysing the key issues facing modern organisations in the global economy.
* It introduces students to key design issues in the governance of organisations and of markets.
* It introduces students to the analysis and design of effective business strategies and organisational practices in a wide range of economic, technical, and societal contexts.
* It provides students with the opportunity to follow the development of an enterprise or other organisation from founder and idea generation through growth and change.
* It provides exposure to issues of operational and strategic significance and their managerial consequences within modern organisations.
* It stresses the importance of a comparative international perspective cognisant of globalisation as an ever-increasing influence on organisations.
* It addresses the particular problems confronting organisations which adopt hybrid structures and seek to build inter-organisational alliances across markets and economies.
* It introduces students to the way organisations seek to shape their environments in pursuit of their goals by individual and collective action in different arenas.
* It is aimed at those exceptional individuals aspiring to the highest levels of management seniority, whether in strategic or operational management, and whether in the corporate, governmental or not-for-profit sectors. It offers students the opportunity to study management in one of the world's leading social science institutions.
* It is fully integrated within LSE's tradition of developing analytical skills and blending theory and practice.

The programme is, through the range of options available, particularly suited to candidates seeking to deliver solutions to issues of organisational behaviour and change management, corporate strategy, accounting and management control, business and public policy, global and cross-cultural management and the management of extended organisations. Employment prospects for our graduates are excellent and most graduates of comparable courses at LSE are in permanent employment within six months of graduating. We have alumni in all the major consultancy companies, as well as a wide range of other organisations throughout the world.

This degree is an advanced programme based around the issues, approaches and tools for management and the governance of organisations. It presents a balance among management, conceptual and analytical approaches that have an impact on practice and theory. Students may come from a variety of backgrounds but must have a basic knowledge of the social sciences.

The core curriculum focuses on organisations within the economy and society, management practice, and entrepreneurship. Options within the Department of Management allow students to specialise in policy, economic or technological aspects, human resources management, accounting and finance, operations research, strategy, and many other topics. The degree is a full-time, one-year programme.