Keele University Prospectus Postgraduate | 2016 | Page 53

Overview Our MA in International Business seeks to develop well-rounded, thoughtful and reflective professionals with excellent skills that will enhance career prospects. It takes a critical perspective towards contemporary attitudes to management, engaging with debates regarding the future of capitalism and the often problematic relationship between globalisation, organisation and the wider social environment. You will be challenged to engage with tutors in such debates and consider your own future role shaping business and society. Alongside lectures and seminars, you will be encouraged to compete for opportunities to enhance your experience through competitively allocated domestic student consultancy projects where you can learn on the job. Modules like Creativity and Personal Development also promote applied thinking and engagement with real businesses. The school is keen to offer a range of opportunities in any given year, but it must be noted that availability cannot be guaranteed. Additional information Our teaching and learning strategy draws on our academic community’s commitment to critical engagement with the practice of business, reflected in a range of theoretically and practically oriented modules. Following successful completion of the taught components, you will develop your own critical project through completing a research dissertation or reflect on everyday practice when successfully appointed to a student consultancy project. Module titles Key Information Course type During the first semester you will study the following core modules: MA • Accounting for Decision Making Full-time • Operations Management and Supply • Globalisation and International Management And a choice of either Critical Management Studies or Marketing Management During the second semester you will study the following core modules: • Creativity and Personal Development Mode of study Entry requirements BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT International Business Applicants must have a second-class honours degree (2.2 or equivalent), along with the relevant language qualifications. For further information please visit the website. Contact email [email protected] And a choice of either Developments in International Management and Business or International Financial Reporting. The following is a list of indicative elective modules: • Branding • Strategic Human Resource Management • Developments in International Management and Business • International Financial Reporting • Strategy and Information Management • Alternative Forms of Organising • Introduction to Economic Law • Trading in the EU You will also complete a Dissertation or Student Consultancy Project. www.keele.ac.uk/kms/pgmamanagementintbusiness Good to know “The Creativity and Personal Development module convinced me to apply for the Student Consultancy Project and I successfully secured a position at Stoke City Football Club. I believe I was able to make a great impact there.” Lyane Bartlett, MA International Business. 53