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Business Management / International Business Management – (M.A.)
Kingston University
Faculty of Business and Law
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 8,950 - ≈ € 12,780 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | London / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Kingston University
Open to applicants with a degree in any discipline, this programme will equip you with the skills and management knowledge required of today's managers.
The course builds on the theory and practical application of key business functions to help you develop a sound understanding of the field of global business. It addresses strategic and operational perspectives, with an emphasis on the practical skills essential for the modern international business manager.
What will you study?
After an induction programme introducing you to the Business School and the expectations and ethos of the course, you go on to study the underpinning elements of business management from a national and international context. The business-related areas comprise information management, operations management, marketing, financial resources management, and the management of people and organisations. These areas will be covered in depth to include areas of consultancy, analysis and research skills.
The second stage of the course includes core work on strategy and research, together with a wide range of options covering international business areas and a practical consultancy project. This gives you the opportunity to work for an external client organisation for five to six weeks, putting your business knowledge and skills into practice with a real company. In addition, your dissertation enables you to research a specific area of interest in depth.
Contents
Core modules (for all pathways)
* Financial Resource Management
This module will develop your ability to analyse and interpret financial data. It covers:
* how to prepare appropriate financial statements and accounting information; and
* techniques for evaluating financial risk and decision-making.
* Information Management
This module will enable you to critically evaluate the IS, IT and information management technology tools and techniques available for business improvement. You will:
* identify appropriate techniques for data analysis, presentation and modelling;
* evaluate tools for knowledge management; and
* assess the likely impact of emerging technologies.
* International Business Strategy
This module will develop your strategic thinking ability in relation to the issues surrounding managing international business. It will enable you to understand the underlying forces of globalisation and interpret the effects of these forces. You will:
* look at how you can contribute effectively to areas such as competitiveness, growth and sustainability across different economies;
* evaluate business strategy risks in a global context; and
* explore working effectively in multi-cultural groups, and balancing intuitive and creative faculties with analytic skills.
* Managing People and Organisations
This module provides you with a framework which will enable you to critically reflect upon your performance and plan your professional development.
It provides an understanding of human behaviour within organisations and looks at how management performance can be enhanced through effective human resource management.You will:
* demonstrate your ability to integrate international aspects of managing people and organisations; and
* develop an understanding of human resource practices and procedures.
* Marketing
This module will develop your understanding of key marketing concepts. It looks at:
* how effective marketing can be used to enhance organisational performance;
* the role of analysis, planning, implementation and control in the marketing process;
* how to develop positioning strategies, prepare plans using the appropriate marketing mix and assess their financial implications and risk; and
* key generic marketing strategies and relationship marketing.
* Operations Management
This module evaluates key operational processes in both the service and manufacturing sectors. You will:
* propose and substantiate operational improvements within a given context;
* explain influences on the achievement of best practice; and
* assess the role that operations activity plays within the broader organisational landscape.
* Dissertation
International Business Management MSc (Choose two of the following electives)
* Cross-Cultural Management Communication
This module will enable you to draw on theoretical frameworks and cross-cultural research to devise and implement strategies to manage more effectively within multinational organisations.
It will develop your insight into social behaviour, attitudes towards morality, self-perception and hierarchy. You will be able to draw on a range of methods and tools for managing cultural diversity and develop strategies to predict and handle situations that occur in a cross-cultural context.
* Entrepreneurship in an International Context
This module will develop your entrepreneurial management skills. It looks at:
* small enterprise creation and the importance of aspects of government policy;
* the critical differences between entrepreneurial and administrative management styles;
* the process of creating a strategy for an independent new venture and the challenges faced; and
* how to cope with uncertainty, risk and complexity.
* International Marketing
This module provides an understanding of the breadth and depth of international marketing issues at both a strategic and operational level. It looks at the opportunity and the risk that international trade represents and the methodologies which can be applied to assess them. Among the issues considered are:
* how you can apply international marketing approaches to a range of business issues;
* cultural differences;
* standardisation versus adaptation; and
* the impact of the internet.
* Strategic Project Management
This module introduces students to project management and the role of project managers in an organisational environment. This encompasses a number of strategic issues such as time planning, cost and quality planning when resources have to be shared amongst a number of demanding projects. Risk management is an element of this approach. The teaching approach includes case study and examples of project management, successful and unsuccessful, which have been documented in the past. Group discussion will allow the students to appreciate the subjectiveness of project management in contrast to the scientific approach of project planning.
* Managing Corporate Social Responsibility
This module will acquaint you with the main concepts, issues and practices of corporate social responsibility.
It will look at areas such as employee relations, corporate operations in conflict zones and community investment. You will also study the purposes and practices of social reporting and accounting.
* Consultancy Practice
The aim of this module is to provide an understanding of management consultancy from the perspective of both the client and the consultant.
You will work with an external organisation and, through a real project, develop the personal, planning and problem-solving skills needed to perform the consultancy task. Using key consultancy tools and techniques you will look at how to plan, monitor and manage projects, evaluate briefs and assess consultancy proposals.
International Business Management with Entrepreneurship MSc (additional modules)
* Entrepreneurship in Context
This module considers the main processes and theories of entrepreneurship, and the contextual nature of entrepreneurship. You will develop a carefully considered approach to an enterprise idea.
* Enterprise Start-Up
This module will help you to understand what running your own business is like, and to gain the knowledge and skills you need to do so. You will work in teams to:
* identify an enterprise idea;
* develop a means of delivering it; and
* launch and run the enterprise.
At the end of the study period, you will close down the business, liquidate the assets and prepare the accounts.
International Business Management with Project Management MSc (additional modules)
* Project Management
* Strategic Project Management
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Register Now!Requirements
We wish to recruit from all backgrounds, cultures and nationalities.
We welcome applications from those who have:
- a good honours degree or equivalent
- a willingness to learn, develop and change
You should normally have graduated in the arts, humanities, technology or science areas in the last three years. You may have limited work experience but perhaps possess specific knowledge or skills that you can bring to the course.
International applicants
Holders of non-UK degrees will be subject to the University´s normal entry procedures for equivalence of qualifications. If English is not your first language you will be required to demonstrate your written and verbal proficiency by achieving a recognised qualification such as:
- IELTS (British Council): overall score of 6.5
- TOEFL iBT: overall score of 100 with minimum 23/30 in Reading/Writing
- TOEFL paper test: minimum score of 600 and TWE of 5
- TOEFL computer test: minimum score of 250 and TWE of 5
Those with lower scores will normally be required to complete a pre-sessional English course.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
Accreditation
Many of the courses that we run are accredited and recognised by relevant professional bodies within their respective fields. As part of our commitment to providing quality, relevant courses we seek accreditation and recognition wherever possible. In fact the Higher Education Funding Council of England awarded us a quality rating for 'Excellence in teaching'.
Kingston Business School is also one of an elite number of UK business schools with Association of MBA accreditation of our MBA courses. Plus we have received EPAS accreditation from the European Foundation for Management Development for several of our postgraduate and undergraduate business programmes; only the second UK business school to receive this accreditation.
To view a full list of our accreditations, please visit our website.
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