Global MSc in Management

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Programme Code: TMGLMG2

Department: Management

For students starting this programme of study in 2021/22

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.

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.

Year 1
Paper	Course number, title (unit value)
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)
	And one from:
	MY451L Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5) (withdrawn 2023/24)
	MY451M Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5) (withdrawn 2023/24)
	MY452L Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) ^# (withdrawn 2023/24)
	MY452M Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) ^# (withdrawn 2023/24)
	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 one from:
	MY451L Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5) (withdrawn 2023/24)
	MY451M Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5) (withdrawn 2023/24)
	MY452L Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) ^# (withdrawn 2023/24)
	MY452M Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) ^# (withdrawn 2023/24)
	and 0.5 units from the Elective Courses listed below:
	Elective Courses (click here to expand)
Paper 3	MG434 Organisational Behaviour and Leadership (0.5) *and* MG4E2 Marketing Management (0.5)
	OR
	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 courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s), which may include MG434 Organisational Behaviour (0.5), and a further 0.5 units from the Elective Courses listed below:
	MG434 Organisational Behaviour and Leadership (0.5)
	Elective Courses (click here to expand)
	OR
	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. Students must select courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s), which may include MG4E2 Marketing Management (0.5), and a further 0.5 units from the Elective Courses listed below:
	MG4E2 Marketing Management (0.5)
	Elective Courses (click here to expand)
Paper 4	Courses to the value of 0.5 or 1.0 full unit from the Elective Courses listed below:
	Elective Courses (click here to expand)
Compulsory course	As part of Paper 4, students also take the compulsory unassessed part of MG488:
	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:
	MG468 Foundations of Management III: Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility (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.
	Elective Courses (click here to expand)
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.
	Elective Courses (click here to expand)
Paper 8	MG470 Management Dissertation (1.0) ^#

Elective Courses (click here to expand)

Elective courses open to ALL GMiM students
Or another MSc-level elective course which is offered in the School, subject to approval of the course leader and the Programme Director.
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)
FM471 Sustainable Finance and Impact Investing (0.5) ^#
FM472 International Finance (0.5) ^#
FM473L Financial Markets (0.5) ^# ^~1 (withdrawn 2023/24)
FM473M Financial Markets (0.5) ^# ^~2 (withdrawn 2023/24)
FM474L Managerial Finance (0.5) ^~3 (withdrawn 2023/24)
FM474M Managerial Finance (0.5) ^~4 (withdrawn 2023/24)
FM476 Entrepreneurial Finance (0.5) ^#
GI407 Globalisation, Gender and Development (1.0) ^~5 (not available 2024/25)
GI409 Conceptual Foundations in Gender, Development and Globalization (0.5)
GI420 Transnational Feminist Development Agendas (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 (0.5) ^#
MG401 Operations Management for Management Consultancy (0.5) ^#
MG404 Consumer Insights: Behavioural Fundamentals (0.5)
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) ^# (not available 2024/25)
MG452 Behavioural Economics for Management (0.5) ^#
MG456 Group & Team Decision-Making Processes (0.5) ^#
MG460 Emergencies Management: Humanitarian Intervention and Digital Innovation (0.5) (not available 2024/25)
MG466 Supply Chain Management (0.5) ^# (withdrawn 2024/25)
MG467 Strategy and Change in Public Sector Management (0.5) (withdrawn 2024/25)
MG471 Chinese Economy: Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Growth (0.5) (withdrawn 2023/24)
MG472 Management and Socioeconomics of Digital Innovation (0.5) ^#
MG473 Negotiation Analysis (0.5)
MG477 The Power of Incentives in Organisations (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) (not available 2024/25)
MG481 Innovating Organisational Information Technology (0.5) ^#
MG482 Innovation and Technology Management (0.5)
MG483 eHealth: Policy, Strategy and Systems (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 2024/25)
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) ^#
MG4A8 Strategy for the Information Economy (0.5) ^#
MG4B1 Corporate Strategy (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 2024/25)
MG4C3 Information Technology and Service Innovation (0.5)
MG4D2 International Employment Relations (0.5) ^#
MG4D3 The Dark Side of the Organisation (0.5) ^# (not available 2024/25)
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)
MG4J3 Principles of Pricing (0.5) (not available 2024/25)
MG4J6 Brand Strategy (0.5)
MG4J7 Consumer Neuroscience (0.5)
MG4J8 Managing Artificial Intelligence (0.5)
MG4J9 Responsible Digital Innovation: Ethics at Work (0.5) (not available 2024/25)
MY423 Interview Methods for Social Science Research (0.5) ^#
MY451L Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5) (withdrawn 2023/24)
MY451M Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5) (withdrawn 2023/24)
MY452L Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) ^# (withdrawn 2023/24)
MY452M Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) ^# (withdrawn 2023/24)
MY455 Multivariate Analysis and Measurement (0.5) ^#
PB418 Corporate Communications (0.5)
PB419 Creativity and Innovation (0.5) ^# (withdrawn 2024/25)
PB426 Knowledge Processes in Organisations (0.5) (withdrawn 2024/25)
PP4E4 Analytic frameworks for policy evaluation (0.5) ^# (not available 2024/25)
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 elective course which is offered in the School, subject to approval of the course leader and the Programme Director.
Elective courses open to GMiM students wishing to have an elective title attached to their degree in Year 2
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 and pass courses from this sub-list to the value of 2.5 full units. 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.
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) ^#
FM412 Quantitative Security Analysis (0.5) ^#
FM413 Fixed Income Markets (0.5) ^#
FM421 Finance for Mergers, Buyouts and Corporate Restructurings (0.5) ^# ^~A
FM429 Asset Markets A (0.5) ^# ^~6
FM431L Corporate Finance A (0.5) ^# ^~7 (withdrawn 2023/24)
FM431M Corporate Finance A (0.5) ^# ^~8 (withdrawn 2023/24)
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 (withdrawn 2023/24)
FM473M Financial Markets (0.5) ^# ^~10 (withdrawn 2023/24)
FM474L Managerial Finance (0.5) ^~11 (withdrawn 2023/24)
FM474M Managerial Finance (0.5) ^~12 (withdrawn 2023/24)
FM476 Entrepreneurial Finance (0.5) ^#
Accounting To qualify for this elective title to be attached to their degree certificate, students must take courses from this sub-list to the value of at least 2.0 full units.
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 from this sub-list to the value of at least 2.0 full units.
FM402 Financial Risk Analysis (0.5) ^#
FM413 Fixed Income Markets (0.5) ^#
FM421 Finance for Mergers, Buyouts and Corporate Restructurings (0.5) ^#
FM429 Asset Markets A (0.5) ^# ^~14
FM431L Corporate Finance A (0.5) ^# (withdrawn 2023/24)
FM431M Corporate Finance A (0.5) ^# (withdrawn 2023/24)
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) ^# ^~15 (withdrawn 2023/24)
FM473M Financial Markets (0.5) ^# ^~16 (withdrawn 2023/24)
FM474L Managerial Finance (0.5) ^~17 (withdrawn 2023/24)
FM474M Managerial Finance (0.5) ^~18 (withdrawn 2023/24)
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 from this sub-list to the value of at least 2.0 full units.
MG473 Negotiation Analysis (0.5)
MG477 The Power of Incentives in Organisations (0.5)
MG478 The Management of People in Global Companies (0.5)
MG4A3 Incentives and Governance in Organisations (0.5) ^#
MG4B6 Design and Management of Organisations (0.5)
MG4B7 Leading Organisational Change (0.5)
MG4D2 International Employment Relations (0.5) ^#
MG4D3 The Dark Side of the Organisation (0.5) ^# (not available 2024/25)
MG4D5 Leadership in Organisations: Theory and Practice (0.5)
PB418 Corporate Communications (0.5)
PB426 Knowledge Processes in Organisations (0.5) (withdrawn 2024/25)
Information Systems and Digital Business To qualify for this elective title to be attached to their degree certificate, students must take courses from this sub-list to the value of at least 2.0 full units.
MG472 Management and Socioeconomics of Digital Innovation (0.5) ^#
MG479 Information Systems for the Public Sector: Digital Government and Service Innovation (0.5) (not available 2024/25)
MG481 Innovating Organisational Information Technology (0.5) ^#
MG482 Innovation and Technology Management (0.5)
MG483 eHealth: Policy, Strategy and Systems (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 2024/25)
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 from this sub-list to the value of at least 2.0 full units.
MC408 Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications (0.5) ^#
MG404 Consumer Insights: Behavioural Fundamentals (0.5)
MG452 Behavioural Economics for Management (0.5) ^#
MG455 Decisions, Biases and Nudges (0.5) ^#
MG456 Group & Team Decision-Making Processes (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) ^#
MG4J3 Principles of Pricing (0.5) (not available 2024/25)
MG4J7 Consumer Neuroscience (0.5)
PB418 Corporate Communications (0.5)
Strategy and International Business To qualify for this elective title to be attached to their degree certificate, students must take courses from this sub-list to the value of at least 2.0 full units.
MG401 Operations Management for Management Consultancy (0.5) ^#
MG421 International Business Strategy and Emerging Markets (0.5) ^#
MG422 Thinking Strategically (0.5) ^# (not available 2024/25)
MG430 Firms & Markets in Emerging Economies (0.5)
MG452 Behavioural Economics for Management (0.5) ^#
MG455 Decisions, Biases and Nudges (0.5) ^#
MG456 Group & Team Decision-Making Processes (0.5) ^#
MG472 Management and Socioeconomics of Digital Innovation (0.5) ^#
MG473 Negotiation Analysis (0.5)
MG477 The Power of Incentives in Organisations (0.5)
MG478 The Management of People in Global Companies (0.5)
MG4A3 Incentives and Governance in Organisations (0.5) ^#
MG4A8 Strategy for the Information Economy (0.5) ^#
MG4B1 Corporate Strategy (0.5) ^#
MG4B6 Design and Management of Organisations (0.5)
MG4B9 The World Trading System (0.5) ^# (not available 2024/25)
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 ~17 : FM474L can not be taken with FM431L, FM431M ~18 : FM474M can not be taken with FM431L, FM431M

Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options

# 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.