Management Economics and International Relations

MSc, PgCert, PgDip

Summary Information

Many undergraduates focus on a single discipline, but the world of management, economics and international relations requires an inter-disciplinary approach In today's workplace, no middle/senior manager can ignore these disciplines; a decision-maker needs understanding of how economic decisions affect politics and vice versa, and all have to manage in a global context; many graduates need to have an understanding of all 3 of these disciplines to understand what the current environment is, in which their companies are operating.

Entry requirements

Good degree in relevant subject.

Course modules

1st semester: students undertake a mixture of core and elective modules from the following: operations management; business economics; theories and concepts in international relations; 2nd semester: students undertake a mixture of elective modules from the following (more may become available): business innovation and change; managing people at work; understanding organisational change; global security; European security; dimensions of globalisation; business enterprise and development; the final session at the end of the 2nd semester would be a two-day plenary session involving the programme participants and the coordinators; a keynote speaker sets the theme on each day and there follow individual contributions from the course coordinators, allowing students the opportunity to review the contribution made by each module to the overall themes addressed in each semester; it is considered possible that this event may also allow discussion of dissertation topics to take place and clarification of relevant literatures that students may find useful in their research topics; final stage: dissertation.

Qualifications