Brive logo
Studies
image/svg+xml
Bachelors
Bachelor programs for every academic field for an impressive head start in your studies
Masters
Discover top master's degrees from around the world
Top countriesto study in
Cyprus
Germany
UK
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Cyber Security
Digital Marketing
Information Technology (IT)
Interior Design
Journalism
Legal Studies
Logistics
Maritime Studies
Marketing & Communication
Medical Sciences
Nursing
Occupational Therapy
Physiotherapy
Psychology
Speech & Therapy
Bachelor's degrees
image/svg+xml
Architecture
Clinical Psychology
Criminology
Economics
Human Resource Management
Information Technology (IT)
Legal Studies
Maritime Studies
Marketing & Communication
Midwifery
Nursing
Physiotherapy
Project Management
Psychology
Public Administration
Special Education
Master's degrees
image/svg+xml
Brive Scholarships 2024
Win a Brive Scholarship
Explore
image/svg+xml
Career Test
Discover programs that best match your skills and preferences
University Compatibility Test
Find out which study programs best match your qualifications and criteria
Free Counselling
Schedule a call and let us help you find the right program
Apply through Brive
Apply online to universities all over the world through Brive
Study Abroad
We support you, every step of the way, to get you into one of your top choices
Reward Points
Collect points and receive cashback when applying through Brive
Tips to apply
image/svg+xml
Search
Masters
image/svg+xml
Business Management & Marketing
image/svg+xml
International Management and Business Development
Apply through Brive
We are official partners! Complete your application for free and earn benefits!
Free review on your application
1:1 counselling by certified consultants
Higher acceptance rate on your top choices
MASTERS

International Management and Business Development

Glasgow Caledonian University London
London, UK
On campus
Full-time
€16,227.68/year
1623 Points
Duration
2 Years
Language
English

Program Description

The world is more interconnected than ever - and successful managers must understand how to operate in an international organisational environment. In the MSc International Management and Business Development, you'll build on your theoretical knowledge, solidify your practical skills and broaden your understanding of business and culture across the globe.

At GCU, we're committed to producing graduates and professionals who can make a positive impact. Through ethical business leadership, cross-cultural respect and meaningful entrepreneurship, you can contribute to the common good - and also find a fulfilling and rewarding career.

The MSc International Management and Business Development isn't just a professional credential. It's an experience that offers a new way of seeing the world.

Entry Requirements

Are you eligible to apply?

Sign up, check the entry requirements, and find out your compatibility with the program.

Curriculum

Strategic Planning and Finance for Managers

The module explores the management of international strategy and finance. Becoming familiar with key concepts and how to formulate strategy students consider how firms design and implement strategies at international level.

Emphasis will also be laid on the different types of strategic choices international organizations have when thinking of doing business globally and the risks associated in doing so. The module will particularly focus on financial management and planning to help students understand and address financial issues when conducting businesses internationally.

Leadership and People Management

Examining the role of leadership in the context of people management and how this relationship is important to contemporary organizations that have to manage ever-changing business contexts.

Particular focus will be on leadership role in HR context, managing talent and developing employer brands thus enhancing employee engagement levels through upholding the psychological contract and repairing trust in employment relationships.

Managing Change

Develops a critical appreciation of organisational change and the implications for devising, implementing and overseeing change. The module considers multiple perspectives of change ranging from the traditional to emerging alternatives including forms of, and approaches to, change.

This provides an appropriate platform to explore key related issues such as organisation culture, power and stakeholder implications, alternative organisational design options, and human reactions to change. The module focuses on change as an international and intercultural phenomenon that crosses national cultures and facilitates dynamic capability building.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Enhances your knowledge and decision-making abilities needed to develop businesses in new and innovative ways. The module builds an appreciation of the need for an entrepreneurial mind-set across different contexts including commercial enterprises, family-owned businesses, social enterprises and public social partnerships operating at national and international levels.

Students get to pitch innovation ideas in crowd-funding style videos before developing their own business plans.

Digital Marketing, Analytics and Storytelling with Data

In today’s shifting digital landscape, international brands must evolve to meet the needs of their modern digital savvy customer. This module will help students grasp the fundamentals of digital and social media marketing to engage with their customers, reach new audiences and create exceptional digital content.

As part of the module, students will contribute to the local marketing team’s digital marketing efforts through planning and execution of micro campaigns. Understanding the data from such campaigns and ability to present compelling ROI narratives through storytelling with data is vital for marketing teams.

International Management, Governance and Sustainability

In an increasingly global and digitalised world, businesses must rethink traditional marketing concepts and strive to implement more comprehensive and responsible approaches of marketing. Students explore the interaction between different elements of the marketing mix and the wider contexts is essential to effective and responsible marketing.

Underpinned by the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRiME) students consider implications for international marketing practice and its sustainability for the future.

Career Planning and Professional Development

Enables students to identify and develop their key personal abilities in the context of their future career aspirations. Students will be given the opportunity to undertake an work experience, volunteer, study abroad or take part in desk based consultancy.

Students will be invited to apply the concepts of personal and professional development to what they are experiencing outside the classroom in order to be better prepared for their personal and professional life.

Introduction to Research Methods

Introduces students to research approaches, time and project management skills essential for their research project and similar tasks in the future. The module provides essential knowledge of research design across key areas and adopts a critical perspective in comparing and contrasting alternative research models.

Research Project

The final element of the programme is an in-depth research study, which provides students with an opportunity to design and undertake a piece of original research in a relevant area of marketing which could become the starting point of your career in international marketing. The project can take the form of an Applied Research Project , an Inquiry Project or a Consultancy Project.

The Applied Research project involves collection of either primary and/or secondary data. The Inquiry Project is secondary data based exploring an aspect of a global trend, associated literature and an assessment of its implications for local practice. The Consultancy project is normally primary data based and requires the student to adopt the role of a consultant with a relevant organisation.

Careers

With business development skills from franchising and internationalising to launching new start-ups, graduates of the MSc International Management and Business Development are positioned for successful employment in many industries. Graduates find roles in:

  • process management
  • people management
  • business development
More

Need help applying to this program?

Schedule a free 20-minute counseling session today!

Similar programs