MSc International Management Royal Holloway, University of London

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MSc International Management School of
Management Royal Holloway, University of
London Dr Hui Tan, MSc IM Director Dr Derrick
Chong, Deputy Director Helen McEwan,
Administrator
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MSc International Management2009/10 Fourth
Cohort

• AMBA-accredited, pre-experience (0-2yrs of f/t
  work), postgraduate qualification in
  International Management from a research-led
  College of the University of London
• Fundamental management knowledge transferable
  soft skills entering the job market with the
  potential to advance quickly
• Aged 21-25 yrs from 20-odd nations
• Four streams of 50-odd candidates each

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MSc International Management Programme Structure
(12 months, full-time)

• Term 1 (September-December) Core courses
• Term 2 (January-March) Elective courses (shared
  with MBA cohort)
• Professional Business Skills (Terms 1 2) and
  RHI Support Class (Term 1)
• Research Projects (Terms 1 2)
• Exams May/June
• Dissertation June-August (submission in early
  September 2010)

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Core Courses Term 1

• Key Functional Areas of Management (all six have
  exams)
• International Accounting Finance
• International Business Economics
• International HRM / Organizational Behaviour
• International Information Systems and Operations
  Management
• International Marketing
• International Strategy
• Professional Business Skills (skills like
  communications, working in teams, personal time
  management, business etiquette)
• RHI Support Class (academic primer to read MSc
  International Management at the UoL)
• Research Projects (group-based)
• Business Research Methods (key preparation for
  Dissertation)
• Dissertation (integral part of a good MSc can be
  combined with an internship)

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Elective Courses Term 2 (select four
tentative list)

• Human Capital Entrepreneurship Knowledge
  Management
• Finance Global Financial Markets International
  Corporate Finance International Investment
  Management
• International Business International Business
  Law Management of Japanese Multinationals
  Multinational Enterprise the Global Economy
• Management and Society Corporate Social
  Responsibility International Sustainability
  Management
• Marketing Advertising and Promotional
  Communications Marketing Research
• Strategy Cooperative Strategy Leadership in the
  Public Sector The Policy Process

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Assessment and Overall Programme Weighting

• Six Core Courses (Term 1)
• Assessed by 3,000 word assignment (20) exam
  (80)
• 7.2 programme weighting for each (degree
  classification)
• Research Projects (Term 1 2)
• Assessed by group projects with oral and written
  components
• 8 programme weighting
• Four Elective Courses (Term 2)
• Assessed by one assignment or in-class test
  (100)
• 7.2 programme weighting
• Dissertation (Term 3)
• Assessed by 12-15,000 word document
• Must pass (50) to graduate
• 20 programme weighting

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Term 1 ScheduleMon, Tue, Thu, and Fri Core
Courses(indicative format subject to
modification by individual instructors)

• 900-1000 Self-Organized (e.g., group meetings,
  surgery with instructor)
• 1000-1300 Classroom Teaching/Discussion
• (individual streams)
• 1300-1400 Lunch
• 1400-1700 Classroom Teaching/Discussion
  (individual streams)
• 1700-1800 Self-Organized (e.g., group
  meetings, surgery with instructor)

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Term 1 ScheduleWed Professional Business Skills

• Streams 1 2 Lecture 1000-1100
• Stream 1 Workshop 1100-1200
• Stream 2 Workshop 1200-1300
• Streams 3 4 Lecture 1400-1500
• Stream 3 Workshop 1500-1600
• Stream 4 Workshop 1600-1700

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Term 1 ScheduleWed RHI Support Class

• Three (3) English-language support sessions
  offered to selected candidates
• Streams 3 4 1100-1300 Support Class 1, 2, 3
• Streams 1 2 1400-1600 Support Class 4, 5, 6

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Informed Listening and Reading

• BBC Radio
• Radio 4 (92.4-94.6), Radio 3 (90.2-92.4), and
  Radio 1 (97.6-99.8)
• See bbc.co.uk for accompanying material
• International Business Press
• Financial Times, Wall Street Journal Europe, and
  International Herald Tribune
• See ft.com under Business Education for MBA Gym
  (mbagym.com for direct access)
• Business Source Premier (database of management
  journals via the Colleges library portal)
• Harvard Business Review, McKinsey Quarterly, and
  Journal of Management Studies

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In Addition to Studying

• Half a pint of your finest bitter, please
  examples such as Timothy Taylor Landlord,
  Fullers London Pride, Youngs Ordinary, Greene
  King IPA, Adnams local pubs include The Happy
  Man, The Bee Hive, The Crown (Egham high street)
  and The Barley Mow (Englefield Green)
• Physical activity exercise or team sport is
  important
• Visit London and areas near Egham (Windsor and
  Richmond)
• Hunt for a job start in Term 1 to be considered
  by large companies with graduate training
  schemes also consider opportunities outside home
  country and the UK

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What RHUL Offers

• Intellectual Rigour
• Personal Development
• Social Capital (Networks)