Areas of expertise

Our specialist areas at the Management School cover: Finance and Accounting, Strategy, Operations Management, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Financial Modelling, Human Resource Management, Marketing, International Business, and Occupational/Work Psychology.

All students taking the below courses will complete a dissertation and many welcome the opportunity to work on real life business issues. Listed under each course title are areas of interest and examples of student project topics.

MSc Accounting, Governance & Finance Management

  • Corporate Governance
  • Management Accounting
  • Financial Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis
  • Financial Management
  • International Financial Reporting
  • Performance Management
  • Quantitative Methods for Finance and Accounting
  • Corporate Finance
  • International Corporate Governance
  • Philosophical Perspectives on Accounting
  • Financial Management and Finance
  • Supply Chain Accounting
  • Comparative Finance and Financial Services

MSc Creative & Cultural Industries Management

  • Accounting and Financial Management
  • Critical Theories and Concepts in the Creative and Cultural Industries
  • Cultural Marketing
  • Managing Festivals, Events and Creative Performances
  • Fundraising Management: Sponsorship, Philanthropy and the State
  • Managing Creative Brands
  • Managing Museums and Cultural Heritage Sites

MSc Entrepreneurship & Management

  • Accounting and Financial Management
  • Entrepreneurship (Theory and Concepts)
  • Entrepreneurial Economies
  • Corporate Entrepreneurship
  • Strategic Management
  • Social and Alternative Entrepreneurship
  • Entrepreneurship and Change
  • Creating Entrepreneurial Ventures

MSc Finance & Accounting

  • Corporate Governance
  • Quantitative Methods for Finance and Accounting
  • Corporate Finance
  • Quantitative Skills for Finance and Accounting
  • Management Accounting
  • Financial Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis
  • Financial Markets and Investment Management
  • Issues in Finance and Accounting
  • International Financial Reporting
  • Performance Management
  • International Finance
  • Risk and Uncertainty
  • Emerging Market Finance
  • International Corporate Governance

MSc Global Marketing Management

  • Global Marketing
  • Marketing Management
  • Contemporary Marketing Practice
  • Marketing Communications
  • International Consumer Behaviour
  • International Services Marketing Management
  • Strategic Marketing
  • International Marketing Research
  • Socially Responsible Marketing in an International Context

MSc Human Resource Management

  • Managing People in Organisations
  • Professional Development
  • Industrial Relations
  • Accounting and Financial Management
  • Employee and Organisational Development
  • International Human Resource Studies
  • Employee Performance Management
  • Strategic Management

MSc Information Systems Management

  • Information Systems Modelling
  • Managing People in Organisations
  • Information Systems and the Information Society
  • Operations and Supply Chain Management
  • Information Systems Project Management
  • Information Systems Change Management
  • Strategic Management
  • Research Methods and Dissertation Preparation
  • E-Business and E-Commerce
  • Business Intelligence
  • Human Computer Interaction and User Interface Design
  • International Business Strategy

MSc International Management

  • Marketing
  • International Human Resource Studies
  • International Management
  • International Business Strategy
  • European Business
  • International Business and East Asia
  • Investing in East Asia (studied in semester 1)
  • Work and Organisation in East Asia
  • Contemporary Chinese Business Management
  • Concepts and Approaches in Intercultural Communication
  • Creating Entrepreneurial Ventures
  • Negotiation and Intercultural Communication
  • Entrepreneurial Economies

MSc International Management & Marketing

  • Global Marketing
  • Marketing Management
  • Contemporary Marketing Practice
  • International Consumer Behaviour
  • Marketing Research
  • Contemporary Chinese Business and Management
  • International Management
  • Strategic Management
  • International Business Strategy

MSc Leadership & Management

  • Managing People in Organisations
  • Foundations of Leadership and Teamwork
  • Accounting and Financial Management
  • Marketing
  • Strategic Management
  • Advanced Topics in Leadership: Leading in Challenging Times
  • Creating Entrepreneurial Ventures
  • International Human Resource Studies
  • International Management
  • Negotiation and Intercultural Communication

MSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management

  • Operations and Supply Chain Management
  • Green Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • Supply Chain Technology
  • Logistics Systems
  • Supply Chain Accounting and Finance
  • Global Supply Chain Leadership
  • Supply Networks Management
  • International Management
  • Strategic Management
  • International Business Strategy

MSc Management

  • Managing People in Organisations
  • Accounting and Financial Management
  • Marketing
  • Operations and Supply Chain Management
  • Management and Organisational Theory
  • Strategic Management
  • Management Economics
  • Management Inquiry

MSc Management (International Business)

  • Managing People in Organisations
  • Accounting and Financial Management
  • Marketing
  • Operations and Supply Chain Management
  • Strategic Management
  • International Business Strategy
  • Management Economics
  • Management Inquiry
  • International Business and East Asia
  • International Human Resource Studies
  • Negotiation and Intercultural Communication
  • European Business

MSc Marketing Management Practice

  • Marketing Management
  • International Consumer Behaviour
  • Contemporary Marketing Practice
  • Marketing Communications
  • Global Marketing
  • Marketing Research
  • Branding
  • Retail and Services Marketing
  • Marketing in Society

MSc Occupational Psychology

  • Work Design, Organisational Change and Development
  • Leadership, Engagement and Motivation
  • Selection and Psychological Testing in Organisations
  • Learning, Training and Development
  • Well-being and Work
  • Applying Psychology to Work and Organisations
  • Statistical Methods for Occupational Psychologists
  • Compulsory organisational research project

MSc Work Psychology

  • Work Design, Organisational Change and Development
  • Leadership, Engagement and Motivation
  • Selection and Psychological Testing in Organisations
  • Learning, Training and Development
  • Well-being and Work
  • Applying Psychology to Work and Organisations
  • Statistical Methods for Occupational Psychologists
  • Research Methods for Occupational Psychologists
  • Organisational research project
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