MSc International Business And Management

You will need:

a minimum 2:2 honours degree

or

a professional qualification or award equivalent to the above

or

significant work experience at a suitable level 

Additional Information

IELTS 6.0 (minimum 5.5 in each component)

Pearson PTE Academic requirements: 64 (minimum 59 in each component for UKVI purposes)

RPL is accepted on this programme

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LJMU has an excellent record with 96% (HESA 2018) of our postgraduates in work or further study six months after graduation. Our applied learning techniques and strong industry connections ensure our students are fully prepared for the workplace on graduation and understand how to apply their knowledge in a real world context.

By developing your key management skills and giving you valuable insights into contemporary international business topics, this Masters will help you prepare for the workplace and a successful career in strategic management across a broad range of sectors and organisations around the world.

International Business Management

20 credits

The aim of the module is to gain a critical understanding of how global forces shape business environments in a world where national economies are no longer self-contained entities but are interconnected and interdependent. The course emphasises the development of skills to understand and analyse the issues that firms face in operating in international markets.

Management Theory

20 credits

This module

covers leadership and management. It provides a contemporary and

comprehensive introduction to the principal ideas and developments in

this area.

Managing Strategy

20 credits

This module focuses more on the knowledge and contribution required by managers generally rather than the specialist seeking to work in a corporate strategy department. It explores strategy from the perspective of all management levels, focusing on the different types and elements of strategy and ways in which they are created and managed.

Managing Business Research 1

10 credits

This module is designed to ensure that you have the necessary skills and knowledge to conduct Masters-level assignments. It enables you to perform a systematic review of literature for a business management-related topic at Masters level.

Managing Business Research 2

10 credits

This module provides an overview of research approaches for business. It aims to equip you with the necessary foundations in qualitative and quantitative research approaches to prepare a research proposal for your dissertation and apply either or both of the research approaches studied.

Digital Business Management

20 credits

To explore, from the perspective of the non-IT manager, how organisations (public and private) make use of digital technologies to improve; business performance; operations; products and services; gain competitive advantage; and make themselves more effective, responsive, resilient and efficient.

Marketing Management

10 credits

This module investigates the role and function of marketing within the context of changing consumer demands, globalisation, multi-media communication and social marketing. It also analyses the levers that create the marketing mix for organisations and their relationship to the management skills of analysis, planning and control.

Management Practice

20 credits

This module aims to put management theory into practice, developing proficiency in core management competencies and awareness of the holistic, interrelated functional dependencies within a business.

International Research Project

60 credits

This module will help you to prepare a research project that applies international business/managerial concepts and techniques to a significant organisational issue or problem. It will help you to carry out an independent, in-depth research study.