Global MSc in Management (MBA Exchange)
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
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.
Programme Code: TMGLMGMBA
Department: Management
For students starting this programme of study in 2021/22
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 evenly over the two years.
The second year includes an extended essay. 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. Students also complete two units at a partner institution (MG410 Term Abroad).
All students are required to attend MG4A1 Introduction to Studying for GMiM.
Students may apply for an exemption from the following core courses taking place in Year 1: MG431 Managerial Economics, MG4E2 Marketing Management and MG434 Organisational Behaviour. A maximum of two course exemptions may be permitted for each student.
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.
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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 one from: | |
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MY451L Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5) | |
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MY451M Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5) | |
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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 one from: | ||
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MY451L Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5) | |
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MY451M Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5) | |
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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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Upon satisfactorily demonstrating that they have a degree in marketing, or in management or business administration with a significant concentration in marketing, may be exempted from MG4E2 and will be free to take an elective course, subject to the approval of the Programme Director. | ||
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MG434 Organisational Behaviour (0.5) | |
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and 0.5 units from the Elective Courses listed below: | |
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Upon satisfactorily demonstrating that they have a degree in management of business administration with significant knowledge of organisational behaviour, students may be exempted from MG434 and will be free to take an elective course, subject to the approval of the Programme Director. | ||
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MG4E2 Marketing Management (0.5) | |
Paper 4 |
Electives to the value of 0.5 or 1.0 units | |
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 |
MG468 Foundations of Management III: Business Ethics, Corporate Governance and Ethical Leadership (0.5) # and MG488B GMiM Capstone Course - Management in Action (0.5) # | |
Paper 6 |
Courses to the value of two units to be taken at one of the partner institutions. | |
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MG410 Term Abroad (2.0) | |
Paper 7 |
Elective Courses to the value of 0.5 or 1.0 units depending on the courses taken under Paper 4. | |
Paper 8 |
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Elective Courses
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The following elective courses are available to all GMiM students regardless of whether a specialism is taken or not, 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) | |
FM474L Managerial Finance (0.5) | |
FM474M Managerial Finance (0.5) | |
GI407 Globalisation, Gender and Development (1.0) 2 (not available 2022/23) | |
GI409 Gender, Globalisation and Development: An Introduction (0.5) | |
GI420 Global Development and Its Discontents: Feminist Perspectives (0.5) | |
MC408 Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications (0.5) | |
MG401 Operations Management for Management Consultancy (0.5) # | |
MG402 Public Management: A Design-Oriented Approach (0.5) | |
MG404 Consumer Insights: Behavioural Fundamentals (0.5) | |
MG418 Open Innovation (0.5) | |
MG421 International Business Strategy and Emerging Markets (0.5) # | |
MG452 Behavioural Economics for Management (0.5) # (not available 2022/23) | |
MG456 Strategic Decision Making (0.5) # (not available 2022/23) | |
MG460 Emergencies Management: Humanitarian Intervention and Digital Innovation (0.5) | |
MG466 Supply Chain Management (0.5) # (not available 2022/23) | |
MG467 Strategy and Change in Public Sector Management (0.5) (not available 2022/23) | |
MG471 Chinese Economy: Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Growth (0.5) (not available 2022/23) | |
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 People 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) | |
MG485 Management and Economics of E-Business (0.5) # (withdrawn 2022/23) | |
MG486 Social Computing, Data Analytics, and Information Services (0.5) (not available 2022/23) | |
MG487 Innovation and Information Systems: Concepts and Perspectives (0.5) | |
MG492 Data Governance: Privacy, Openness and Transparency (0.5) | |
MG4B6 Design and Management of Organisations (0.5) | |
MG4B7 Leading Organisational Change (0.5) | |
MG4B9 The World Trading System (0.5) # (not available 2022/23) | |
MG4C3 Information Technology and Service Innovation (0.5) | |
MG4D3 The Dark Side of the Organisation (0.5) # (not available 2022/23) | |
MG4D5 Leadership in Organisations: Theory and Practice (0.5) | |
MG4F2 Marketing Analytics II: Analytics for Managing Innovations, Products and Brands (0.5) | |
MG4G4 Topics in Management Research (0.5) | |
MG4J3 Principles of Pricing (0.5) | |
MG4J6 Brand Strategy (0.5) | |
MG4J7 Advanced Consumer Behaviour (0.5) | |
MG4J8 Managing Artificial Intelligence (0.5) | |
MG4J9 Responsible Digital Innovation: Ethics at Work (0.5) | |
MY451L Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5) | |
MY451M Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5) | |
PB418 Corporate Communications (0.5) | |
PB419 Creativity and Innovation (0.5) # (not available 2022/23) | |
PB426 Knowledge Processes in Organisations (0.5) (not available 2022/23) | |
PP4E4 Analytic frameworks for policy evaluation (0.5) # (not available 2022/23) | |
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. | |
Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
1 : Before taking AC416 you must take AC480
2 : GI407 can not be taken with GI409, GI420
# 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.
