Master in International Management

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Critically review and analyse the importance of HRM and its practices in an organisation, and how it can be linked with organisational behavior activities in overcoming business issues and challenges for a better performance of the organisation.
• Critically review and analyse the framework of leadership and consider the nature, strengths and weaknesses of the various approaches: traits; functional; behavioral; style; contingency. The continuum of leadership behavior should be explored in some depth with consideration of the factors determining the chosen leadership style.
• Discuss the concept of organisational behavior and its interface with management. Review and critically synthesize the various influences on behavior in organisations and the interface with management in integrating and balancing these.
• Assess the role of IHRM and its impact on the global organisation. Identify some of the key HRM challenges facing organisations working internationally.
• Discuss the prevalent HRM practices and integrating the best practices in the global organisation.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Analyse the changing business environment(s) globally and how they pose challenges to marketing management functions in organisations.
• Develop marketing plans with the application of appropriate marketing models, tools, and techniques.
• Evaluate the processes involved in brand management and how they influence consumer behavior.
• Evaluate the skills set needed as a creative marketer to launch new products/services in a dynamic global marketplace.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Analyse the concepts and theories of strategic management and critically evaluate the relationship between strategy, stakeholder expectations and organisational performance.
• Evaluate the impact of current and emerging Economic, Political and Cultural factors on strategic management in an international context.
• Formulate business strategies under challenging circumstances of Innovation and Change and evaluate those that contribute to the success of a particular organisation.
• Develop plans for the implementation of business strategies and enhance Stakeholder Expectations.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Understand the use of the key functional areas of marketing, strategy, finance, accounting, and operations management in support of wider organisational activity.
• Critically analyse the financial reports of a public listed company in support of gauging and understanding the wider organisational financial activity.
• Understand different budgeting techniques and advise on suitable budgeting techniques that a company can adopt for its planning and control.
• Understand various prevalent performance measurement systems, discuss their suitability and appropriateness in a range of different environments.

Indicative Syllabus:

• Dissertation is an opportunity for you to demonstrate your ability to investigate an issue of your own choice over a significant period. Essentially this is an individual effort, but it is carried out with the guidance and advice of your supervisor. Research is a creative and investigative process which only you can develop fully.
• A supervisor/dissertation guide will be appointed to each student and the role of the supervisor is to act as a learning resource for the student. It is the student’s responsibility to make use of that opportunity, in consultation with the supervisor. The student is therefore expected to accept responsibility for the management of his/her learning.