Recent graduates and experienced professionals
Management practices and trends have evolved significantly in the past few decades. Professionals now have to navigate a wide variety of economic, social, environmental and public policy challenges as they manage careers with a faster pace of change and greater uncertainty. The MSc in International Management combines a solid grounding in contemporary management practices with critical perspectives that help global citizens meet the complex challenges of today’s professional world with meaningful, authentic and ethical approaches.
A Supportive and Interdisciplinary Environment
Nuremberg Schule is a unique institution that offers a global perspective consistent with a liberal arts mission of interdisciplinary studies and critical thinking. In the MSc in International Management, we combine humanities and social sciences approach with teaching methods and theories found in typical business school environments. It provides a comprehensive overview of management in theory and in practice along with critical inquiry and reflective sense-making in order to bring depth and meaning to management topics. We strive to have a convivial atmosphere, with small course sizes and access to a full range of academic and personal support services.
Program Requirements
The program features a special emphasis on elective courses, allowing you to focus on the field of practice that most suits you, be it general management, sustainable development or NGO and mission-based management.
Complement core requirements in leadership, strategy, finance, ethics and operations with the opportunity to delve further into your interests both inside and outside the field of management, with options spanning global communications, economics, negotiation and international relations.
Core Courses
BA5001 Accounting and Management Control
Overview of management control, managerial accounting, as well as financial and performance reporting, management by exception, balanced scorecard, cost accounting, etc. Takes a critical approach to using accounting and performance management tools in managerial decision making. The course focuses on how conventional management tools can inform decision-making, and how to consider financial, strategic, and ethical mitigating factors in more ambiguous and nuanced contexts.
BA5012 Management Ethics and Theory
This course covers theoretical and pragmatic approaches to business practices as a starting point for an on-going exploration into contemporary and critical management concepts. Students will explore the ethical issues that arise as organizations operate in a globalized and inter-connected economy. We will apply general management theory, ethical analysis, and critical approaches to a variety of case studies across different industries and global regions.
BA5021 Organizational Behavior
This course offers an in-depth overview of Organizational Behavior concepts and practices. We will cover conventional management theories and critical approaches, as well as sociological and psychological approaches. We will also explore individual, group and organizational dimensions within business and mission-driven organizations. Further, the course aims to facilitate the effective experiential learning of students through activities and problem-solving exercises based on real world examples.
BA5035 International Financial Management
The course will focus on the international and multinational aspects of Corporate Finance decision-making in the context of global financial markets and capital formation.
BA5041 Marketing Strategy
This course examines concepts and strategies used in international marketing. Provides an overview of the current/ongoing issues and challenges facing marketers around the globe. The objective is to acquire a better understanding of the marketing challenges facing international and global firms and to analyze the tools and strategies that these companies use to mitigate these issues and challenges.
BA5062 Management of Complexity
This course explores and elaborates on complexity and emergence in the context of contemporary management and the practices of managing. The course engages students with advanced interdisciplinary ‘Management of Complexity’ themes in strategy, organizational behavior and leadership. In this theory and case-driven course, students examine the management of complexity in terms of specific cultural and organizational contexts and management frameworks.
BA5071 Strategic Management
This course offers an in-depth overview of the management of an organization’s resources to achieve its goals and objectives. Strategic management involves setting objectives, analyzing the competitive environment, analyzing the internal organization, evaluating strategies, and ensuring that management rolls out the strategies across the organization.
Critical thinking and professional skills
This degree provides you with the critical thinking and professional skills necessary to evaluate a wide range of management problems in different professional and personal contexts. Particular emphasis is given to managing complexity and ambiguity in multi-stakeholder and multi-causal contexts. You will sharpen your ability to approach varied questions and perspectives to make informed decisions and collaborate effectively in your chosen professional field. There is a key focus on transferable skills, critical thinking and analytical and qualitative research skills. You also have the opportunity to develop your knowledge and expertise to manage proficiently, efficiently and ethically.
As a graduate of the MSc in International Management you will:
- demonstrate an ability to apply management practices in organizational situations, as evidenced through case studies, course-related projects and the final thesis or internship report;
- offer a broad base of management and business knowledge, effectively deploying concepts, frameworks and critical approaches perceptively and with thoughtfulness;
- demonstrate skills in interdisciplinary analysis, drawing upon a wide variety of empirical and theoretical sources, analytical frameworks and sub-disciplines within management studies;
- demonstrate an ability to conduct methodological research into management problems, showing familiarity with a range of data, research sources and appropriate quantitative and qualitative techniques;
- be able to communicate effectively and convincingly on a factual and conceptual basis, both in writing and verbally; and
- show a high level of professional reliability, an ability to work under self-direction and in teams, and a high degree of personal development.
Companies where graduates get hired
IBM
L’Oreal
Ernst & Young
Microsoft
Young and Rubicam
The International Fund for Agricultural Development
Alibaba
DDB Germany
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