International Management and Leadership MSc

Are you currently working in business and looking to enhance your knowledge and skills? Or, do you have a non-business degree and little or no previous business background, but would like to gain this? Available to study full time or part time, this MSc in International Management and Leadership will provide you with the skills you need to become a successful business leader in our fast-changing, global economy.

The contemporary business world faces several challenges, including recruitment, export/import issues, commodities pricing, complex market conditions, data noise, the emergence of AI, and productivity, to name but a few. How does a modern leader research, analyse, extrapolate, and synthesise data around these issues to manage, shape and lead modern businesses? How do we manage and lead people within industry settings? How can we ensure we understand the contemporary business landscape so that it informs our confident decision-making?

This course addresses those questions and helps you to kick-start a successful career.

On this course you will:

* study the core tenets of management and leadership - finance, strategy, leadership, human management, marketing - and gain an in-depth insight into the contemporary global business world, encompassing the commercial business, community, and voluntary/social enterprise sectors;

* benefit from the optimum balance of theoretical and practical learning. You will gain an excellent academic underpinning, along with opportunities to develop real-life, practical experience, giving you an employability edge upon graduation;

* benefit from a choice of three ‘capstone’ modules, including creating your own business, consulting for a real business on a high-level problem, or undertaking your own specialised research via a master's dissertation. Each of these options has been designed to build your skills, knowledge, and employability.

* learn key management principles and refine your critical insight, preparing you to become a successful business leader in our fast-changing, global economy;

* learn how to take a business idea from first proposal to real-world profit;

* focus on best practices in international management and leadership, preparing you for a wide range of careers;

* work with real clients and professional mentors, which provides a fantastic opportunity to put learning into practice and build skills that will last a lifetime; and

* develop and nurture your confidence and decision-making abilities.