Global MSc in Management
Programme Code: TMGLMG2
Department: Management
For students starting this programme of study in 2020/21
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (eight units)
Exam sub-board local rules
A two-year programme. Students take courses to the value of eight units but those units are not necessarily spread over the two years.
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.
Paper |
Course number, title (unit value) | |
Year 1 | ||
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Introductory course |
MG4A1 Introduction to Studying for GMiM (0.0) | |
Paper 1 |
MG458 Foundations of Management I: Organisations and Management Theory (0.5) and MG459 Foundations of Management 2 (0.5) | |
Paper 2 |
MG431 Managerial Economics (0.5) | |
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And either: | |
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MY451 Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5) (withdrawn 2021/22) or | |
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MY452 Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) # (withdrawn 2021/22) | |
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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. Students must select either MY451 or MY452 and a further 0.5 unit from the Elective Courses listed below: | ||
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MY451 Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5) (withdrawn 2021/22) or | |
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MY452 Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) # (withdrawn 2021/22) | |
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and 0.5 units from the Elective Courses listed below: | |
Paper 3 |
MG434 Organisational Behaviour (0.5) and MG4E2 Marketing Management (0.5) | |
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OR | |
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Upon satisfactorily demonstrating that they have a degree in marketing, or in management of business administration with a significant concentration in marketing, students may be exempted from MG4E2 and will be free to take an elective course, subject to the approval of the Programme Director. Students must select MG434 and a further 0.5 units from the Elective Courses listed below: | ||
Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following: | ||
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MG434 Organisational Behaviour (0.5) | |
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and 0.5 units from the Elective Courses listed below: | |
Paper 4 |
Courses to the value of 0.5 or 1.0 full unit from the Elective Courses listed below: | |
Compulsory course |
As part of Paper 4, students also take the compulsory unassessed part of MG488: | |
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MG488A GMiM Capstone Course - Management in Action (0.0) | |
Year 2 | ||
Paper 5 |
Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following: | |
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MG468 Foundations of Management III: Business Ethics, Corporate Governance and Leadership (0.5) # and MG488B GMiM Capstone Course - Management in Action (0.5) # | |
Paper 6 |
Courses to the value of 1.0 full units from the Elective Courses listed below. At least 0.5 units must be an approved methodology course. | |
Paper 7 |
Courses to the value of 1.0 or 1.5 full units from the Elective Courses listed below depending on the courses taken under Paper 4. | |
Paper 8 |
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Elective Courses (click here to expand)
Elective courses open to ALL GMiM students | |
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) | |
AC417 Corporate Financial Disclosure and Investor Relations (0.5) | |
AC490 Management Accounting, Decisions and Control (0.5) | |
AC491 Financial Accounting, Reporting and Disclosure (0.5) | |
DV424 International Institutions and Late Development (0.5) (not available 2021/22) | |
GI409 Gender, Globalisation and Development: An Introduction (0.5) | |
GI420 Globalisation, Gender and Development: Theorising Policy and Practice (0.5) | |
MC408 Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications (0.5) | |
MG401 Operations Management for Management Consultancy (0.5) # | |
MG404 Consumer Insights: Behavioural Fundamentals (0.5) | |
MG418 Open Innovation (0.5) | |
MG421 International Business Strategy and Emerging Markets (0.5) # | |
MG422 Thinking Strategically (0.5) # (not available 2021/22) | |
MG452 Behavioural Economics for Management (0.5) # (not available 2021/22) | |
MG460 Emergencies Management: Humanitarian Intervention and Digital Innovation (0.5) | |
MG467 Strategy and Change in Public Sector Management (0.5) # (not available 2021/22) | |
MG471 Chinese Economy: Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Growth (0.5) | |
MG472 Management and Socioeconomics of Digital Innovation (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) | |
MG484 Global Sourcing and Management of Business and IT Services (0.5) # (withdrawn 2020/21) | |
MG485 Management and Economics of E-Business (0.5) # (not available 2021/22) | |
MG486 Social Computing, Data Analytics, and Information Services (0.5) | |
MG487 Innovation and Information Systems: Concepts and Perspectives (0.5) | |
MG492 Data Governance: Privacy, Openness and Transparency (0.5) | |
MG4A4 Empirical Research Strategy for Managerial Economics (0.5) (withdrawn 2020/21) | |
MG4B6 Design and Management of Organisations (0.5) | |
MG4B7 Organisational Change (0.5) | |
MG4C3 Information Technology and Service Innovation (0.5) | |
MG4D5 Leadership in Organisations: Theory and Practice (0.5) | |
MG4F2 Marketing Analytics II: Analytics for Managing Innovations, Products and Brands (0.5) (not available 2021/22) | |
MG4G4 Topics in Management Research (0.5) | |
MG4J3 Principles of Pricing (0.5) (not available 2021/22) | |
MG4J6 Brand Strategy (0.5) | |
MG4J7 Consumer Insights II: Advanced Consumer Behaviour (0.5) | |
PB418 Corporate Communications (0.5) | |
PB419 Creativity and Innovation (0.5) # (not available 2021/22) | |
PB426 Knowledge Processes in Organisations (0.5) (not available 2021/22) | |
PP4E4 Analytic frameworks for policy evaluation (0.5) # (not available 2021/22) | |
PP4E5 Innovations in the governance of public services delivery (0.5) | |
PP4G3 Designing and Managing Change in the Public Sector (0.5) | |
Or another MSc-level elective course which is offered in the School, subject to approval of the course leader and the Programme Director. | |
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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 | |
AC411 Accounting, Strategy and Control (0.5) | |
AC412 Accountability, Organisations and Risk Management (0.5) | |
AC415 Management Accounting for Decision Making (0.5) | |
AC417 Corporate Financial Disclosure and Investor Relations (0.5) | |
FM442 Quantitative Methods for Finance and Risk Analysis (0.5) # | |
FM445 Portfolio Management (0.5) | |
Accounting | |
AC411 Accounting, Strategy and Control (0.5) | |
AC412 Accountability, Organisations and Risk Management (0.5) | |
AC415 Management Accounting for Decision Making (0.5) | |
AC417 Corporate Financial Disclosure and Investor Relations (0.5) | |
Finance | |
FM442 Quantitative Methods for Finance and Risk Analysis (0.5) # | |
FM445 Portfolio Management (0.5) | |
Human Resource Management | |
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) | |
MG4B6 Design and Management of Organisations (0.5) | |
MG4B7 Organisational Change (0.5) | |
MG4D5 Leadership in Organisations: Theory and Practice (0.5) | |
PB418 Corporate Communications (0.5) | |
PB426 Knowledge Processes in Organisations (0.5) (not available 2021/22) | |
Information Systems and Digital Business | |
MG472 Management and Socioeconomics of Digital Innovation (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) | |
MG484 Global Sourcing and Management of Business and IT Services (0.5) # (withdrawn 2020/21) | |
MG485 Management and Economics of E-Business (0.5) # (not available 2021/22) | |
MG486 Social Computing, Data Analytics, and Information Services (0.5) | |
MG487 Innovation and Information Systems: Concepts and Perspectives (0.5) | |
MG492 Data Governance: Privacy, Openness and Transparency (0.5) | |
MG4C3 Information Technology and Service Innovation (0.5) | |
Marketing and Consumer Behaviour | |
MC408 Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications (0.5) | |
MG404 Consumer Insights: Behavioural Fundamentals (0.5) | |
MG452 Behavioural Economics for Management (0.5) # (not available 2021/22) | |
MG473 Negotiation Analysis (0.5) | |
MG4F2 Marketing Analytics II: Analytics for Managing Innovations, Products and Brands (0.5) (not available 2021/22) | |
MG4J3 Principles of Pricing (0.5) (not available 2021/22) | |
MG4J7 Consumer Insights II: Advanced Consumer Behaviour (0.5) | |
PB418 Corporate Communications (0.5) | |
Strategy and International Business | |
MG401 Operations Management for Management Consultancy (0.5) # | |
MG421 International Business Strategy and Emerging Markets (0.5) # | |
MG422 Thinking Strategically (0.5) # (not available 2021/22) | |
MG430 Firms & Markets in Emerging Economies (0.5) | |
MG452 Behavioural Economics for Management (0.5) # (not available 2021/22) | |
MG472 Management and Socioeconomics of Digital Innovation (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) | |
MG4A4 Empirical Research Strategy for Managerial Economics (0.5) (withdrawn 2020/21) | |
MG4B6 Design and Management of Organisations (0.5) | |
MG4G4 Topics in Management Research (0.5) | |
Footnotes for Elective Courses (click here to expand)~A : Prerequisite 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 : FM473L can not be taken with FM429 ~16 : FM473M can not be taken with FM429 | |
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
SUPPLEMENTARY CRITERIA FOR PROGRESSION FROM THE FIRST TO THE SECOND YEAR OF MSC MANAGEMENT
The following rules set out what marks are required in order to be eligible to proceed into the second year. Students with the following mark profiles progress as follows:
Pass marks in all first year courses allows progression to year two.
A half unit Fail mark or a half unit Bad Fail mark with at least Pass marks in all other courses will allow progression to year two.
One full unit (or two half units) of Fail marks (which could include no more than one half unit Bad Fail mark) with at least Pass marks in all other courses, including one half unit of Merit marks will allow progression to year two.
Two Bad Fail marks (full or half units) will not allow progression to year two.
Three or more (full or half units) Fails or Bad Fail marks will not allow progression to year two.
Students must resubmit all failed components of assessments in courses in which they receive a Bad Fail mark in order to be eligible for the award of a degree. The Repeat Teaching Panel may consider an application for repeat tuition in any failed courses from a student. Results obtained following a repeated attempt at assessment shall bear their normal value.
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.
