Global MSc in Management

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Programme Code: TMGLMG2

Department: Management

For students starting this programme of study in 2017/18

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Classification Scheme for the award of a Global MSc in Management for students entering in 2017/18 or in 2018/19

Exam sub-board local rules

A two-year programme. Students take courses to the value of eight units.

The second year includes a dissertation. Students complete the course MG488 GMiM Capstone Course - Management in Action (H) over both years, Part A (unassessed) in Year 1 and Part B (assessed) in Year 2.

All students are required to attend MG4A1 Introduction to Studying for GMiM.

Students may choose to concentrate their electives in a certain topic area and may elect to have one of the elective titles attached to their degree certificate and transcript if the title reflects the course of study followed by the student. The possible titles are listed as headings within the Elective Courses below with the courses attached to those areas listed beneath them. If no such election is made, the degree certificate will state 'Management' without further specification.

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.

Year 1
Paper	Course number, title (unit value)
Introductory course	MG4A1 Introduction to Studying for GMiM (0.0)
Paper 1	MG431 Managerial Economics (0.5) *and* MG461 Quantitative Analysis in Management (0.5) (withdrawn 2019/20)
	OR
	Upon satisfactorily demonstrating that they have a degree in economics and have passed, as part of that degree, a course in managerial economics, microeconomics or industrial organisation, students may be exempted from MG431 and will be free to take an elective course, subject to the approval of the Programme Director. Likewise, upon satisfactorily demonstrating that they have already taken statistics at university level, students may be exempted from MG461 and will be free to take an elective course, subject to the approval of the Programme Director. Elective courses can be chosen from the list below. Please click the 'Elective Courses' link to expand the list:
	Elective Courses (click here to expand)
Paper 2	MG434 Organisational Behaviour (0.5) *and* MG462 Qualitative Analysis in Management (0.5) (withdrawn 2019/20)
Paper 3	MG458 Foundations of Management I: Organisations and Management Theory (0.5) *and* MG459 Foundations of Management 2 (0.5)
Paper 4	MG4E2 Marketing Management (0.5)
	Students also take the compulsory unassessed part of MG488:
	MG488A GMiM Capstone Course - Management in Action (0.0)
Paper 5	Students take courses up to the value of one half unit from the Elective Courses listed below. Please click the 'Elective Courses' link to expand the list. It is not compulsory for students to take a half unit of optional courses under Paper 5 in the first year. Instead, students can elect to take a half unit of optional courses in Year 2, in addition to their second year optional courses taken under Paper 8.
	Elective Courses (click here to expand)
Year 2
Paper 6	MG420 Dissertation (0.5) *and* MG430 Strategy, Organisation and Innovation (0.5)
Paper 7	MG488B GMiM Capstone Course - Management in Action (0.5) ^#
Paper 8	Courses to the value of 2.5 full units from the Elective Courses listed below: ^A
	Elective Courses (click here to expand)

Elective Courses (click here to expand)

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	The following elective courses are available to all GMiM students subject to pre-requisites and course availability:
AC411 Accounting, Strategy and Control (0.5)
AC412 Accountability, Organisations and Risk Management (0.5)
AC415 Management Accounting for Decision Making (0.5)
AC416 Topics in Financial Reporting (0.5) ^#
AC417 Corporate Financial Disclosure and Investor Relations (0.5)
AC444 Valuation and Security Analysis (0.5) ^#
AC470 Accounting in the Global Economy (0.5) ^#
AC490 Management Accounting, Decisions and Control (0.5)
AC491 Financial Accounting, Reporting and Disclosure (0.5)
DV423 Global Political Economy of Development (0.5) ^#
DV424 International Institutions and Late Development (0.5)
FM472 International Finance (0.5) ^#
FM473L Financial Markets (0.5) ^# ^~1
FM473M Financial Markets (0.5) ^# ^~2
FM474L Managerial Finance (0.5) ^~3
FM474M Managerial Finance (0.5) ^~4
FM476 Entrepreneurial Finance (0.5) ^#
GI407 Globalisation, Gender and Development (1.0) ^~5
GI409 Gender, Globalisation and Development: An Introduction (0.5) (not available 2019/20)
GI420 Globalisation, Gender and Development: Theorising Policy and Practice (0.5)
MA423 Fundamentals of Operations Research (0.5) ^#
MA424 Modelling in Operations Research (0.5) ^#
MA427 Mathematical Optimisation (0.5) ^#
MC408 Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications I (Key concepts and interdisciplinary approaches) (0.5)
MG401 Operations Management for Management Consultancy (0.5) ^#
MG403 Pricing Strategy (0.5)
MG404 Consumer Insights: Behavioural Fundamentals (0.5)
MG405 Behavioural Decision Science (0.5) ^# (withdrawn 2018/19)
MG409 Auctions and Game Theory (0.5) ^#
MG418 Open Innovation (0.5)
MG421 International Business Strategy and Emerging Markets (0.5) ^#
MG422 Thinking Strategically (0.5) ^#
MG423 Leading Entrepreneurial Organisations in Global Markets (0.5) (withdrawn 2018/19)
MG436 Firms, Markets and Crises (0.5) ^# (withdrawn 2018/19)
MG452 Behavioural Economics for Management (0.5) ^# (not available 2019/20)
MG453 Managing Digital Business (0.5) (withdrawn 2018/19)
MG456 Strategic Decision Making (0.5) ^#
MG460 Handling Disruption: Humanitarian Emergencies Management and Development (0.5)
MG466 Supply Chain Management (0.5) ^#
MG467 Strategy and Change in Public Sector Management (0.5) ^#
MG472 Global Strategy, Management and Information Systems (0.5) ^#
MG473 Negotiation Analysis (0.5)
MG477 Strategic Reward: Key Models and Practices (0.5)
MG478 The Management of Human Resources in Global Companies (0.5)
MG479 Information Systems for the Public Sector: Digital Government and Service Innovation (0.5)
MG481 Innovating Organisational Information Technology (0.5) ^#
MG482 Innovation and Technology Management (0.5)
MG483 eHealth: Policy, Strategy and Systems (0.5) ^# (not available 2019/20)
MG484 Global Sourcing and Management of Business and IT Services (0.5) ^# (not available 2019/20)
MG485 Management and Economics of E-Business (0.5) ^#
MG486 Social Computing, Data and Information Service (0.5)
MG487 Innovation and Information Systems: Concepts and Perspectives (0.5)
MG492 Data Governance: Privacy, Openness and Transparency (0.5)
MG4A3 Incentives and Governance in Organisations (0.5) ^#
MG4A4 Empirical Research Strategy for Managerial Economics (0.5) (not available 2019/20)
MG4A8 Strategy for the Information Economy (0.5) ^#
MG4B1 Corporate Strategy (0.5) ^# (not available 2019/20)
MG4B6 Design and Management of Organisations (0.5)
MG4B7 Organisational Change (0.5)
MG4B9 The World Trading System (0.5) ^#
MG4C3 Information Technology and Service Innovation (0.5)
MG4D2 International Employment Relations (0.5) ^#
MG4D3 The Dark Side of the Organisation (0.5) ^#
MG4D5 Leadership in Organisations: Theory and Practice (0.5)
MG4F2 Marketing Analytics II: Analytics for Managing Innovations, Products and Brands (0.5)
MG4F3 Digital Marketing (0.5) ^#
MG4G4 Topics in Management Research (0.5)
MY452 Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) ^#
MY455 Multivariate Analysis and Measurement (0.5) ^#
PB418 Corporate Communications (0.5)
PB419 Creativity and Innovation (0.5) ^# (not available 2019/20)
PB426 Knowledge Processes in Organisations (0.5)
PP4E4 Analytic frameworks for policy evaluation (0.5) ^# (not available 2019/20)
PP4E5 Innovations in the governance of public services delivery (0.5)
PP4G3 Designing and Managing Change in the Public Sector (0.5)
ST429 Statistical Methods for Risk Management (0.5) ^#
	Or another MSc-level course which is offered in the School, subject to approval of the course proprietor and the Programme Director.
Elective courses open to GMiM students wishing to have an elective title attached to their degree in Year 2 Page contents > Elective Courses (click here to expand) \| Footnotes for Elective Courses (click here to expand) \| Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options for Elective Courses (click here to expand) \| Footnotes
	Students who wish to have one of the elective titles attached to their degree certificate and transcript should choose from within the appropriate sub-list those number of courses that will satisfy the unit requirement for that title.
Accounting and Finance To qualify for this elective title to be attached to their degree certificate, students must take courses to the value of 3.0 full units from the following. At least 1.0 unit of courses must be from the Department of Accounting and at least 1.0 unit of courses must be from the Department of Finance. Students who do not wish to qualify for this elective title are free to choose a different number of electives from this sub-list:
AC411 Accounting, Strategy and Control (0.5)
AC412 Accountability, Organisations and Risk Management (0.5)
AC415 Management Accounting for Decision Making (0.5)
AC416 Topics in Financial Reporting (0.5) ^#
AC417 Corporate Financial Disclosure and Investor Relations (0.5)
AC444 Valuation and Security Analysis (0.5) ^#
AC470 Accounting in the Global Economy (0.5) ^#
FM402 Financial Risk Analysis (0.5) ^#
FM413 Fixed Income Markets (0.5) ^#
FM421 Applied Corporate Finance (0.5) ^# ^~A
FM429 Asset Markets A (0.5) ^# ^~6
FM431L Corporate Finance A (0.5) ^# ^~7
FM431M Corporate Finance A (0.5) ^# ^~8
FM441 Derivatives (0.5) ^#
FM442 Quantitative Methods for Finance and Risk Analysis (0.5) ^#
FM445 Portfolio Management (0.5)
FM472 International Finance (0.5) ^#
FM473L Financial Markets (0.5) ^# ^~9
FM473M Financial Markets (0.5) ^# ^~10
FM474L Managerial Finance (0.5) ^~11
FM474M Managerial Finance (0.5) ^~12
FM476 Entrepreneurial Finance (0.5) ^#
Accounting To qualify for this elective title to be attached to their degree certificate, students must take courses to the value of at least 2.0 full units from the following. Otherwise students are free to choose a different number of electives from this sub-list:
AC411 Accounting, Strategy and Control (0.5)
AC412 Accountability, Organisations and Risk Management (0.5)
AC415 Management Accounting for Decision Making (0.5)
AC416 Topics in Financial Reporting (0.5) ^# ^~13
AC417 Corporate Financial Disclosure and Investor Relations (0.5)
AC444 Valuation and Security Analysis (0.5) ^#
AC470 Accounting in the Global Economy (0.5) ^#
Finance To qualify for this elective title to be attached to their degree certificate, students must take courses to the value of at least 2.0 full units from the following. Otherwise students are free to choose a different number of electives from this sub-list:
FM402 Financial Risk Analysis (0.5) ^#
FM413 Fixed Income Markets (0.5) ^#
FM421 Applied Corporate Finance (0.5) ^# ^~B
FM429 Asset Markets A (0.5) ^# ^~14
FM431L Corporate Finance A (0.5) ^# ^~15
FM431M Corporate Finance A (0.5) ^# ^~16
FM441 Derivatives (0.5) ^#
FM442 Quantitative Methods for Finance and Risk Analysis (0.5) ^#
FM445 Portfolio Management (0.5)
FM472 International Finance (0.5) ^#
FM473L Financial Markets (0.5) ^# ^~17
FM473M Financial Markets (0.5) ^# ^~18
FM474L Managerial Finance (0.5) ^~19
FM474M Managerial Finance (0.5) ^~20
FM476 Entrepreneurial Finance (0.5) ^#
Human Resource Management To qualify for this elective title to be attached to their degree certificate, students must take courses to the value of at least 2.0 full units from the following. Otherwise students are free to choose a different number of electives from this sub-list:
MG473 Negotiation Analysis (0.5)
MG477 Strategic Reward: Key Models and Practices (0.5)
MG478 The Management of Human Resources in Global Companies (0.5)
MG4A3 Incentives and Governance in Organisations (0.5) ^#
MG4B6 Design and Management of Organisations (0.5)
MG4B7 Organisational Change (0.5)
MG4D2 International Employment Relations (0.5) ^#
MG4D3 The Dark Side of the Organisation (0.5) ^#
MG4D5 Leadership in Organisations: Theory and Practice (0.5)
PB418 Corporate Communications (0.5)
PB426 Knowledge Processes in Organisations (0.5)
Information Systems and Digital Business To qualify for this elective title to be attached to their degree certificate, students must take courses to the value of at least 2.0 full units from the following. Otherwise students are free to choose a different number of electives from this sub-list:
MG453 Managing Digital Business (0.5) (withdrawn 2018/19)
MG472 Global Strategy, Management and Information Systems (0.5) ^#
MG479 Information Systems for the Public Sector: Digital Government and Service Innovation (0.5)
MG481 Innovating Organisational Information Technology (0.5) ^#
MG482 Innovation and Technology Management (0.5)
MG483 eHealth: Policy, Strategy and Systems (0.5) ^# (not available 2019/20)
MG484 Global Sourcing and Management of Business and IT Services (0.5) ^# (not available 2019/20)
MG485 Management and Economics of E-Business (0.5) ^#
MG486 Social Computing, Data and Information Service (0.5)
MG487 Innovation and Information Systems: Concepts and Perspectives (0.5)
MG492 Data Governance: Privacy, Openness and Transparency (0.5)
MG4A8 Strategy for the Information Economy (0.5) ^#
MG4C3 Information Technology and Service Innovation (0.5)
Marketing and Consumer Behaviour To qualify for this elective title to be attached to their degree certificate, students must take courses to the value of at least 2.0 full units from the following. Otherwise students are free to choose a different number of electives from this sub-list:
MC408 Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications I (Key concepts and interdisciplinary approaches) (0.5)
MG403 Pricing Strategy (0.5)
MG404 Consumer Insights: Behavioural Fundamentals (0.5)
MG405 Behavioural Decision Science (0.5) ^# (withdrawn 2018/19)
MG452 Behavioural Economics for Management (0.5) ^# (not available 2019/20)
MG455 Decisions, Biases and Nudges (0.5) ^#
MG456 Strategic Decision Making (0.5) ^#
MG473 Negotiation Analysis (0.5)
MG4F2 Marketing Analytics II: Analytics for Managing Innovations, Products and Brands (0.5)
MG4F3 Digital Marketing (0.5) ^#
Strategy and International Business To qualify for this elective title to be attached to their degree certificate, students must take courses to the value of at least 2.0 full units from the following. Otherwise students are free to choose a different number of electives from this sub-list:
MG401 Operations Management for Management Consultancy (0.5) ^#
MG405 Behavioural Decision Science (0.5) ^# (withdrawn 2018/19)
MG421 International Business Strategy and Emerging Markets (0.5) ^#
MG422 Thinking Strategically (0.5) ^#
MG423 Leading Entrepreneurial Organisations in Global Markets (0.5) (withdrawn 2018/19)
MG436 Firms, Markets and Crises (0.5) ^# (withdrawn 2018/19)
MG452 Behavioural Economics for Management (0.5) ^# (not available 2019/20)
MG455 Decisions, Biases and Nudges (0.5) ^#
MG456 Strategic Decision Making (0.5) ^#
MG472 Global Strategy, Management and Information Systems (0.5) ^#
MG473 Negotiation Analysis (0.5)
MG477 Strategic Reward: Key Models and Practices (0.5)
MG478 The Management of Human Resources in Global Companies (0.5)
MG4A3 Incentives and Governance in Organisations (0.5) ^#
MG4A4 Empirical Research Strategy for Managerial Economics (0.5) (not available 2019/20)
MG4A8 Strategy for the Information Economy (0.5) ^#
MG4B1 Corporate Strategy (0.5) ^# (not available 2019/20)
MG4B6 Design and Management of Organisations (0.5)
MG4B9 The World Trading System (0.5) ^#
MG4G4 Topics in Management Research (0.5)
Footnotes for Elective Courses (click here to expand) ~A : Pre-requisite FM431L / FM431M or FM473L / FM473M or FM474L / FM474M must also have been taken previously. ~B : Pre-requisite FM431L / FM431M or FM473L / FM473M or FM474L / FM474M must also have been taken previously.
Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options for Elective Courses (click here to expand) ~1 : FM473L can not be taken with FM429 ~2 : FM473M can not be taken with FM429 ~3 : FM474L can not be taken with FM431L, FM431M ~4 : FM474M can not be taken with FM431L, FM431M ~5 : GI407 can not be taken with GI409, GI420 ~6 : FM429 can not be taken with FM473L, FM473M, FM474L, FM474M ~7 : FM431L can not be taken with FM474L, FM474M ~8 : FM431M can not be taken with FM474L, FM474M ~9 : FM473L can not be taken with FM429 ~10 : FM473M can not be taken with FM429 ~11 : FM474L can not be taken with FM431L, FM431M ~12 : FM474M can not be taken with FM431L, FM431M ~13 : Before taking AC416 you must take AC480 ~14 : FM429 can not be taken with FM473L, FM473M, FM474L, FM474M ~15 : FM431L can not be taken with FM474L, FM474M ~16 : FM431M can not be taken with FM474L, FM473M ~17 : FM473L can not be taken with FM429 ~18 : FM473M can not be taken with FM429 ~19 : FM474L can not be taken with FM431L, FM431M ~20 : FM474M can not be taken with FM431L, FM431M

Footnotes

A : Students who have not taken courses under Paper 5 in their first year, will also need to take a further half unit course in addition to Paper 8.

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.