International Management (Digital Business) (Applied) MSc

Course overview

This programme equips you with an in-depth knowledge of the global marketplace with a specialist focus on the role of digital business technologies in the running of global businesses.

You develop a wide range of business and technical skills, including working effectively within international business management project teams. It will appeal to those seeking to pursue a career in digital business, e-commerce, digital marketing and business operations.

This course provides clear links between theory and international business practice and places discussion of relevant management techniques and themes in the context of the international stage. Furthermore, with a specialist focus on digital business you learn to implement digital business plans in a contemporary international business management is course equips you with the skills and knowledge for a higher-level career in business management, and allows you to develop employability skills and UK experience to further enhance your employability. It provides clear links between theory and international business practice, and places discussion of relevant management techniques and themes in the context of the international stage. It focuses on areas such as global decision-making within operations and finance, global economics and cultural issues within management in an international environment. The work-based module in your second year provides access to an organisation to enable you to put into practice these skills and gain valuable experience of working within a UK-based e programme concludes with the dissertation, which provides the opportunity for you to carry out a major international business project. It provides a basis for students from business or other disciplines looking for management careers but who do not yet have significant management experience. It equips you with:

• knowledge and understanding of the global influences on business and an ability to analyse management decisions in an international setting
• an understanding of recent advances in management theory, research and practice.

How you learn:

This programme enables you to develop a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of international management and broad digital business themes as well as a range of practical, professional and key transferable skills.

• Interactive classroom sessions deliver the relevant subject knowledge and allow you to explore and apply theory to real examples.
• You engage in group work, class debate, employer projects, case studies analysis and research.
• The dissertation requires the use of a range of cognitive and intellectual skills and you need to demonstrate the ability to produce a substantial piece of self-directed work.

How you are assessed:

The assessment strategy has been designed to assess your subject-specific knowledge, cognitive and intellectual skills and transferable skills applicable to the workplace. The strategy ensures that you are provided with opportunities for feedback to assess your learning and guide you with the final assessments for each module.

The assessments include assignments, business reports, case studies, presentations, a research proposal and literature review, and the production of a dissertation. The assessments may include individual or group essays or reports.

Career opportunities:

Successful completion of this programme opens opportunities in international business and management and digital business.