Management MSc

Compulsory

• MG5590 - Business Planning

  This module is designed to foster a comprehensive grasp of the complexities and potential of business planning through practical application.

  It elucidates the business planning journey and crafts a viable business plan. This involves synthesizing various aspects of business planning, including market analysis, competitive assessment, business model development, and financial planning, into a cohesive framework.

• MG5565 - International Management
  Examining the trends that impact international business. Focus on international management challenges in and the effects of globalisation on particular countries and regions. Analytical tools, techniques and models of negotiation, communication, and conflict resolution in international contexts. HR in international organisations.
• MG5596 - Strategic Management

  During this module, students will discover the issues and challenges that confront managers responsible for strategic management in potentially complex, hostile and uncertain conditions. Students will be introduced to concepts, topics and methodological approaches and tools relevant to the analysis of the strategic position of the organisation and the development and implementation of strategies and policies, and their major operational implications. Through the use of case studies and other materials, students will develop the skills of critical thinking, logical analysis, argument and judgement.

• MG5643 - Understanding Business and Management Research

  This module introduces the fundamentals of quantitative and qualitative research methods in management research and the need to understand research reports and use this information to improve the quality of work, decision-making, and the understanding of complex management problems. The latter will be instrumental in applying existing management theory and research to practical management problems as action researchers.

• MG5642 - Dissertation

  This module critically examines the issues and challenges that confront managers responsible for financial management. Students discuss the concepts, topics, methodological approaches and tools relevant to the analysis of the financial standing of organisations. They develop an understanding of the implementation of financial strategies and policies and their operational implications.

Optional

• MG55XX - AI Technology for Strategic Decision Makers

  This module will enable students to get a high-level overview of the technical details and challenges that face AI applications design, development and adoption within organisational settings. Students will explore various technical topics, concepts, theories, methodological approaches and tools relevant to AI designing and developing AI applications using Large Lanugane Model (LLM), Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP). It will develop students’ skills of critical thinking, logical analysis, argument and judgement when deploying AI in organisations while considering the issues related to Big Data representativeness and ownership, LLM, and its relevance to meeting the strategic goals of the business

• MG5660 - Digital Innovation and Technology Management

  This module will develop and demonstrate a critical and practical understanding of the issues associated with digital innovations, modern technology management and business development. The module forms part of a coherent programme of study that seeks to develop and demonstrate critical reflection on the current theory and practice of management.

• MG5621 - Creativity, Entrepreneurship and Innovation

  This module aims to define creativity within the context of innovative and entrepreneurial firms. It seeks to analyse creativity at individual, group, organisational, urban and national levels, delineating its vital role in fostering innovation and entrepreneurship.

• MG5620 - Contemporary Brand Management

  The module aims to provide a critical understanding of current theory and practice of Brand Management field including academic theories, frameworks and models within a business context. Students will be given opportunities to discuss current important issues in the field with a view to developing critical skills of evaluation and appraisal.

• MG5633 - Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

  The main aim of the block is to introduce the students to the areas of entrepreneurship and small business management. Students will be encouraged and expected to develop a critical understanding of concepts, theoretical and practical issues regarding entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial opportunities and business start-ups, and successfully managing small businesses to scale up through different growth strategies. Various types of entrepreneurial firms will be considered for discussion and analysis ranging from high-tech start-ups, social enterprises and family businesses. 

• MG5556 - Financial Resources Management

  This module critically examines the issues and challenges that confront managers responsible for financial management. Students discuss the concepts, topics, methodological approaches and tools relevant to the analysis of the financial standing of organisations. They develop an understanding of the implementation of financial strategies and policies and their operational implications. 

• MG5657 - HRM in Context Resourcing, Performance and Technology

  This module offers students a comprehensive understanding of Human Resource Management (HRM) as both a scientific discipline and a framework for analysing effective workforce management within organisations. In addition to examining the evolution of HRM and its current practices in contemporary organisations, this module places special emphasis on the strategic significance of HRM and its impact on overall organizational performance. Furthermore, it provides insights that equip students with the necessary skills and knowledge for their professional development in future HRM roles.

• MG55ZZ - Innovative AI Leadership and Business Models

  Students will learn to appreciate the issues and challenges that confront managers responsible for artificial intelligence and its implications for leadership and aligning its business model and structure, embedding corporate governance and understanding its application for resource and talent management and communication and marketing. The module will introduce students to topics, concepts, theories, methodological approaches and tools relevant to leading and managing organisations to benefit the implementation of AI. Students will develop their skills of critical thinking, logical analysis, argument and judgement when deploying AI in organisations via the use of case study and other materials exemplar readings and other information sources.

• MG5593 - International Business Ethics and Corporate Governance

  This module focuses on business ethics, sustainability and corporate governance in the international context. Both areas will be addressed from the perspective of the dual ‘business’ models of the shareholder and the stakeholder approaches. The broader societal impacts of business activities will also be considered in-depth. A full range of businesses will be considered, from large corporations through to SMEs. Empirical studies will be used to apply the theoretical resources of moral philosophy, CSR, sustainability and corporate governance.

• MG5561 - International Marketing

  The module addresses critical understanding and ability in assessing the effectiveness of international marketing theory and practice. It targets principles and issues that drive markets world-wide. Students will develop insight and investigative ability concerning issues facing a business, that needs to research markets and develop and implement market strategies, techniques and methods across a range of international sectors.

• MG5662 - Managing Global Challenges

  Students will get insight into Global Diversity Management by examining how organisations plan, coordinate and implement a set of management strategies, policies, initiatives such as training and development activities that seek to accommodate diverse sets of social and individual backgrounds, interests, beliefs, values and ways of work in organisations with international, multinational, global and transnational workforces and operations.

• MG5579 - Operations and Project Management

  This module will provide an overview of the breadth of operations management in contemporary organisations, to raise awareness and understanding of the strategic issues involved in the way organisations manage their operational activities and facilities, within and beyond the firm boundaries and where exposure to a project environment is pervasive, and to develop participants appreciation of the relation between operations / service / project design choices and performance imperatives including quality, time compression and flexibility.

• MG5595 - Organisational Behaviour

  In this module, students will explore the main theories of management, management functions and the key issues affecting contemporary managers.