International Management (MIM) – (M.Sc.)

The MSc in International Management was developed in response to the rapid growth of international business activity, which led to great demand in companies for high level expertise in international management and global leadership.

This growth of business on an international scale has highlighted both similarities and differences between people and nations, and their regulations and institutions. The MSc in International Management delivers the knowledge and skills required by international managers and leaders to operate globally as well as in a variety of national environments.

The MSc in International Management aims to provide students with broad knowledge and understanding of the practices and processes of international management. It also seeks to furnish graduates with the knowledge and skills required to operate across a range of business functions and organisational settings, both globally and in specific national environments.

With strong conceptual underpinnings, the programme is nevertheless practical in its orientation, emphasising the skills of working, managing and leading in various organisational settings.

Principal learning goals

• To produce graduates who have the knowledge and skills to manage and lead in an international context across a range of core business functions and organisational settings, through the application of contemporary theory to professional practice
• To develop global managers and leaders of the future who have a critical understanding of their role in creating and sustaining productive, high performing and innovative relationships which achieve enhanced levels of organisational performance in businesses which operate both globally and nationally
• To facilitate the development of socially responsible managers who are sensitive to cross-cultural differences and their impact on management processes and practices
• To enable graduates to make robust decisions through the effective management of knowledge and information drawn from the complex internal and external organisational environment, and to prepare them to contribute to strategic decision making
• To produce graduates who have a critical and reflective understanding of themselves and others; who are able to demonstrate increasing levels of responsibility in working autonomously and collaboratively; who engage with personal and continuous professional development

Programme benefits

The MSc in International Management will develop students’ understanding of the national and global contexts in which international managers operate, and provide an appreciation of how those contexts have an impact on managerial expectations and preferences in different cultural environments. The programme will provide an understanding of how the national and global contexts – economic, socio-cultural and institutional – pose strategic opportunities and challenges to internationally-active managers from both large and small firms, and how those contexts impact on critical organisational functions such as marketing, human resource management and financial management.

The programme will also provide the following:

• Lifelong learning skills: to recognise developmental needs as international managers and leaders, and identifying opportunities to tackle these
• Research, analysis and problem-solving skills: to develop skills in the use of library and internet-based resources; to identify, analyse and critically evaluate the strategic choices and options facing international managers
• Application skills: To apply models, tools and techniques of international management to different company, country and sectoral contexts; to integrate the knowledge from a range of international management subjects
• Communication skills: to develop report writing skills; to structure and present complex data and ideas; to make effective presentations and to acquire skills in argument and debate
• Team-working skills: To appreciate the benefits and challenges of working within teams; to apply theory to practice in operating within multicultural teams; to experience problem-solving within multicultural teams; to improve time management and workload planning capacities