MSC INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

This introductory module prepares students for postgraduate study by providing a clear overview of the programme, expectations, and learning approach. Students will develop essential academic and study skills, including time management, independent learning, and effective use of university resources. The module also builds foundational academic writing and communication skills to support the successful completion of the programme.

This module provides a critical overview of the major theoretical approaches in the international business domain. The module examines both the differences and the scope for complementarities between alternative means of thinking about international business activities of firms.

This module examines the corporate political activities of firms within the global context. Using analytical frameworks derived from the fields of international political economy and international business, the module examines how and why firms interact with international institutions, national governments and civil society on a range of contemporary issues.

International capital flows are key aspects to the financing of development. This module explores the fundamentals of international finance and key issues in development finance, and the opportunities and challenges they present to development initiatives.

This module will focus on the application of international business strategy and management theories to the international activities of firms within the global context. The module provides an introduction to key concepts in international business strategy, and explores the connection between international management, multinational strategy, corporate social responsibility, global value chains, strategic alliances, networks, and sustainable development.

This module examines theoretical aspects of growth and development in order to address how markets emerge. The module will consider the economic development and business environment of selected markets including East Asia, China, India, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Sub–Saharan Africa (SSA).

Project management has emerged as a contemporary, key management discipline supporting organisations to achieve their strategic goals in a constantly evolving business ecosystem complicated by risks, uncertainties and competitor pressures. Globalisation of businesses and economies introduce additional complexity levels intrinsic to management of large–scale geographically distributed project teams. This module introduces students to the latest principles and cutting–edge thinking relating to the management of projects within and across organisations. It also covers how project and programme management can be adopted as a strategic tool in organisations to provide value added services within the context of innovation, value, and client satisfaction within common overarching constraints of time, cost and quality. Students are given the opportunity to study risk, change management, resource and budgetary management as well as quality assurance from a project lifecycle perspective.

The module will equip students with skills and knowledge relating to the handling and analysis of data typically generated by organisations. Students will be introduced to the concept of self–service business intelligence and what impact this will have on their future career path. The overarching theme of the module will be to consider the core principles of business analytics: How can organisations make sense of all their data? How can data be harnessed to effectively support the decision making process? In what ways can actionable information be created and communicated?