MSc International Business (Online)

1. Interpret theories and practices relevant to international business strategy.
2. Assess international business problems from multi-stakeholder perspectives
3. Apply conceptual frameworks relevant to international business to cross-cultural environments.

BEMM492Z International Business Project- Planning and Practice: This module will take a case study approach to understanding the challenges organisations face when competing in global environments and from multi-stakeholder perspectives (ILOs 1-3).

BEMM491Z: Cross-Cultural Management: Provides students with an understanding of cross-cultural behavioural theories in the context of global organisations and multi-stakeholder perspectives (ILO’s 1-3).

BEMM490Z International Business and Globalisation: This module focuses on how companies conduct business across borders and explores various economic systems, cultural differences in different economies, and discusses issues from around the world to give students a global awareness (ILOs 1-3).

BEAM081Z Accounting for Managerial Decision-Making: Provides students with an appreciation of the impact of an international context on accounting information and decisions (ILOs 1-3).

BEMM495Z Responsible Leadership: This module will examine the changing mission and purpose of organisations, and explore how we, as leaders, can unlock sustainable and responsible progress in the global context (ILOs 1-3).

BEAM082Z Sustainable Finance: This module introduces the fundamentals of sustainable finance, a key element to international business as financial decisions help to drive business strategy and growth (ILOS 1-3).

Subject-specific skills (ILOs 1-3) will be assessed through individual written assignments, written examinations and a business plan project.

4. Evaluate the types of approaches International Business practitioners use when solving issues surrounding economic, social, political, cultural and legal environments.
5. Elucidate the relationship between globalisation, international business and cross-cultural contexts.
6. Reflect on practical case experiences from the international business arena.
7. Develop an ethically minded business orientation that pays a heightened sensitivity to sustainable business practice.

BEMM492Z International Business Project- Planning and Practice: The Business Plan draws from practical case study data and requires environmental scanning and situational analysis in cross-cultural contexts with an aim to develop sustainable business practice (ILOs 4-7).

BEMM491Z Cross Cultural Management: The approach of this module is a practice-based approach to understanding the relationship between organisational behaviour and international business. This course highlights multi-stakeholder perspectives and sustainable organisational practice in organisations competing in cross-cultural contexts. (ILOs 4-7).

BEMM490Z International Business and Globalisation: This module focuses on how companies conduct business across borders and explores various economic systems, cultural differences in different economies, and discusses issues from around the world to give students a global awareness and an understanding of sustainability (ILOs 4-7).

BEAM081Z Accounting for Managerial Decision-Making: Concepts and techniques are taught to reflect that it is the responsibility of all organisations to make ethical financial decisions and actions and to provide financial information so that stakeholders can make their own informed decisions (ILOs 4-7).

BEMM495Z Responsible Leadership: Critical analysis of the nature of contemporary leadership, allows students to build a personal approach to leadership that can help shape a more sustainable and equitable future (ILOs 4-7).

BEAM082Z Sustainable Finance: Students will develop an understanding of how Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations form the base for sustainable and responsible decision-making in finance ILOs 4-7).

Subject-specific skills (ILOs 4-7) will be assessed through individual written assignments, written examinations and a business plan project.

8. CONFIDENT COMMUNICATOR: Able to adapt and adjust both written and verbal communication styles, to meet the needs of diverse audiences.
9. INNOVATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVER: Able to confidently explore challenges from different perspectives, to creatively offer practical and timely solutions.
10. PROACTIVE COLLABORATOR: Able to actively build strong working relationships with others to have positive outcomes.
11. DIGITALLY FLUENT: Able to embrace a variety of digital technologies to critically source, process and communicate information.
12. RESILIENT SELF-ADVOCATE: Able to develop self-awareness through a commitment to learning from experiences and taking responsibility for personal growth.
13. CRITICAL THINKER: Able to proactively analyse and evaluate information from a variety of sources to draw independent and well-founded conclusions.
14. GLOBALLY ENGAGED: Able to recognise diverse individual and cultural perspectives, in order to communicate on interconnected world issues and sustainable decisions

8. CONFIDENT COMMUNICATOR
Communication is a key feature of the programme and each module actively supports and encourages a willingness to communicate through engagement with leading scholarship, theory, and practical examples.

Throughout the programme you will be encouraged to engage with debates and communicate your ideas. These communication skills can be immediately applied to business interactions and business practice within the workplace.

The core communication skills will be formally assessed in BEMM492Z International Business Project- Planning and Practice.

9. INNOVATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVER
BEMM492Z International Business Project – Planning and Practice: Students present innovative managerial recommendations to issues and problems in international business.

BEMM491Z Cross-Cultural Management: Students develop innovative methods of managing and working in a multicultural team or work environment.

BEMM490Z International Business & Globalisation: Students develop an innovative approach to addressing challenges arising from the dynamics and constraints of firms’ international strategies.

BEAM081Z Accounting for Managerial Decision-Making: Students develop the ability to use financial information to develop innovative solutions to international business issues.

BEMM495Z Responsible Leadership: This module equips students with the skills to be able to more confidently manage the complexity of the modern workplace.

BEAM082Z Sustainable Finance: This module equips students with the skills to develop innovative solutions to ‘wicked’ global problems, such as carbon emissions, human rights, biodiversity, and community development.

10. PROACTIVE COLLABORATOR
Collaboration is a key feature of the programme and each module actively supports and encourages a willingness to share and collaborate through engagement with leading scholarship, theory, and practical examples.

Throughout the programme you will be encouraged to engage with debates and refine your ideas. This collaborative thinking can be immediately applied to business interactions and business practice within the workplace.

The core collaboration skills will be formally assessed in BEMM492Z International Business Project- Planning and Practice.

11. DIGITALLY FLUENT
Digital literacies will be developed as you progress through this online programme. You will complete guided independent study engaging and interacting with the variety of online content, using relevant case studies and recent academic research, presented through a variety of online resources and media. You will develop a familiarity with essential digital tools throughout your studies and also through the variety of assessments you will be submitting.

12. RESILIENT SELF-ADVOCATE
This is an important theme throughout the programme. Particularly in BEMM495Z Responsible Leadership, students reflect on their own leadership style throughout the module, building self-awareness of their leadership, learning from their experiences and module materials, taking responsibility for their own development as a leader.

13. CRITICAL THINKER
BEMM492Z International Business Project- Planning and Practice:
Students critically analyse, discuss and apply theories relevant to international business and present managerial recommendations.

BEMM491Z Cross Cultural Management: This module challenges students to question basic assumptions associated with our understanding of organisational behaviour and explore new insights into OB in a theoretical and practical manner.

BEMM490Z International Business & Globalisation: This module develops student knowledge of where, why and how to conduct international business in order to gain an understanding of what determines the success and failure of firms conducting international business.

BEMM081Z Accounting for Managerial Decision-Making: Highlights how good managers need to be able to understand and interpret accounting results, but also know the limitations of the methods used, and incorporate other considerations.

BEMM495Z Responsible Leadership: In this module students will critically analyse the nature of contemporary leadership in the global context.

BEAM082Z Sustainable Finance: This module critically discusses sustainable finance topics involving a wide range of theories, analysing the opportunities and risks linked to ESG.

14. GLOBALLY ENGAGED
BEMM492Z International Business Project- Planning and Practice: This module will take a case study approach to understanding the challenges organisations face when competing in global environments.

BEMM491Z: Cross Cultural Management: Provides students with an understanding of behavioural theories in the context of global organisations.

BEMM490Z: International Business & Globalisation: This module focuses on how companies conduct business across borders and explores various economic systems, cultural differences in different economies, and discusses issues from around the world to give students a global awareness.

BEMM081Z: Accounting for Managerial Decision-Making: Provides students with an appreciation of the impact of an international context on accounting information and decisions.

BEMM495Z Responsible Leadership: This module equips students with the skills to lead responsibly in a global environment where change is necessary and unavoidable.

BEAM082Z Sustainable Finance: This module confronts worldwide challenges and opportunities in business operations, addressing concerns about the role of sustainable finance in areas such as climate change, biodiversity, human rights and carbon emissions.

Subject-specific skills (ILOs 8-12) will be assessed through individual written assignments, written examinations and a business plan project.