International Business Management MSc: Attendance and timetables

One year full-time starting in September each year

• Stage 1: September to January
• Stage 2: January to May
• Stage 3: May to September (for completion of dissertation)

Stage 1

The International Business Management MSc starts with an induction, which familiarises you with:

• Kingston Business School resources and facilities, staff and fellow students;
• the course ethos, expectations and vehicles for learning; and
• personal, communication, research and career skills activities.

Following the induction, Stage 1 concentrates on the major underpinning knowledge elements of international business management through five business-related areas:

• Information Management
• Operations Management
• Marketing
• Financial Resources Management
• Managing People and Organisations

Workshops run throughout the course to develop the technical, modelling and management skills used during the programme.

Stage 2

In Stage 2 themes covered in Stage 1 are extended further into the areas of consultancy, analysis and research skills. There is also a business visitor seminar programme, and a business case analysis programme.