MSc International Management and Global Business

Designed for graduates who want to pursue international business careers, this Master’s Degree explores the landscape of international management and global business. It provides an in-depth understanding of the successful management of the global enterprise and seeks to develop an international, cross-cultural and global mindset among international managers of the future. Delivered by an internationally experienced teaching team in state-of-the-art teaching facilities at the Kemmy Business School, this programme offers an excellent blend of the academic and the practical in order to enhance your international career potential.Aims:To develop an in-depth understanding of the global business arena and provide analytical frameworks for understanding the context for international business venturingTo develop core personal and professional competences necessary for establishing a successful international business career and managing in a global business contextTo establish cultural, institutional, economic and socio-political determinants of legitimate practice in international businessTo explore international management practice from an international, comparative and cross cultural perspectiveTo introduce fundamental concepts and practices in international corporate financeTo establish core dimensions of the legal framework governing international business transactionsTo provide an understanding of the complexities of managing a culturally diverse and globally distributed workforceTo provide an appreciation of marketing as a core global business ‘technology’To explore issues impacting the development, implementation and evaluation of global business strategy; andTo develop research, analytical and argumentation skills necessary to formulate, conduct and report an independent piece of research in a domain area of international management.Learning OutcomesOn successful completion of this programme of study, you will be able to:Analyse the main international management issues facing modern organisations, and in doing so, identify appropriate international business entry strategiesDecipher the institutional and cross-cultural issues that arise when operating in different territoriesEvaluate the financial decision making practices of multinational organisationsIdentify the core contextual tenets of international trade and the legal regulatory frameworks within which international trade operatesEvaluate the international human resource strategies and practices employed by multinational corporationsDevelop models to evaluate the effects of policies on inflation, employment, real interest rates, and productionIdentify the core requirements for successfully conducting international marketing activitiesEvaluate alternatives available in global business strategy formulation, implementation and evaluationFormulate research questions and hypotheses appropriate for masters level research projects; andConceptualise, research and write a state of the art review of a chosen area of investigation and generate empirical data on the phenomenon under investigation.