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International Management programmes:
MBA - MSc - Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate

Programme structures

Please note that there are two routes through this programme:

Your progression through the awards

Award Progression

MBA and Postgraduate Certificate (MBA route)

MBA: you must complete the 9 core courses, 4 electives, 120 hours plenary sessions (2 weeks), and a compulsory research course and dissertation.

Postgraduate Certificate: you must complete 5 core courses; if you wish to progress onto the MBA, you must complete a further 4 core courses, 4 electives, 120 hours plenary sessions
(2 weeks), and a compulsory research course and dissertation.

MBA

Nine core courses:
International accounting and finance
International business economics
Information systems
International human resource management
Leadership and organisations
Philosophy of management
International operations management
International marketing
International strategy
PLUS four electives chosen from the following:
International sustainability management
China and the international economy
Advertising and promotional communication
Cooperative strategy
International business analysis
Corporate social responsibility
Management of Japanese multinationals
Multinational enterprise and the global economy
Investment management
Corporate finance
Knowledge management
International business law
Global financial markets
International entrepreneurship
PLUS Research course (Business research methods)
PLUS Plenary session (Group project plenary)
PLUS Research project (Dissertation)

Postgraduate Certificate (MBA route)

Five core courses:
International accounting and finance
International human resource management and organisational behaviour
Information systems and operations management
International marketing
International strategy
 
EITHER
exit here after 5 core courses and receive the Postgraduate Certificate
OR
if you have 3+ years relevant work experience prior to registering for the Postgraduate Certificate), proceed directly on to the MBA. If you do proceed on to the MBA you will need to complete the following:
 
Four further core courses:
International business economics
Advanced international human resource management and organisational behaviour
Advanced information systems and operations management
Philosophy of management
PLUS four electives chosen from the following:
International sustainability management
China and the international economy
Advertising and promotional communication
Cooperative strategy
International business analysis
Corporate social responsibility
Management of Japanese multinationals
Multinational enterprise and the global economy
Investment management
Corporate finance
Knowledge management
International business law
Global financial markets
International entrepreneurship
PLUS Research course (Business research methods)
PLUS Plenary session (Group project plenary)
PLUS Research project (Dissertation)

Notes:
· Not all elective courses will necessarily be offered each year.
· You may take up to three courses as a Short course student (with the exception of the research course, dissertation and the plenary sessions).