Program Overview

MA International Business Management

The MA International Business Management degree is taught at the Business School, where high-quality teaching and research are provided, and a supportive learning environment is fostered to help students achieve excellent academic results. The aim of the learning is for students to gain the necessary skills to enable them to manage people and organisational activities in dynamic environments and manage products and services within international markets.

Why Study MA International Business Management

• Study full-time or part-time to fit around your career
• Learn from world-class faculty with a wealth of industry experience
• Develop the skills and knowledge necessary to be a successful business manager on a global scale
• Build your professional networks and advance your professional career
• Study in a rich, diverse and culturally stimulating setting in the heart of Dubai

Programme Modules

Compulsory Modules

• Management Analytics (15 Credits): This module explores the major concepts, models, tools, and metrics used in management analytics for overseeing management-related projects.
• Management in a Globalised Context (15 Credits): The module critically evaluates the effect of national culture on corporate culture and on the experience of the manager and those who they manage.
• Managing the Multinational Organisations (15 Credits): This module aims to illustrate and explore the role of HRM in the international context and develop students' awareness of current HR issues with particular reference to multinational corporations.
• International Business Management Project (60 Credits): This module provides students with a means of developing further the skills and knowledge gained on MA International Business Management, by application to a specific organisational issue or problem.
• Trade and the Multinational Enterprise (15 Credits): The aims of the module are to provide an appreciation of the economic theory relevant to both trade, multinational enterprises MNEs, foreign direct investment FDI and globalisation.
• International Business Strategy (30 Credits): The aims of the module are to introduce students to the theoretical frameworks for analysing international business and developing international business strategies.

Course Overview

Course Details

• Intake: January, September
• Duration: This programme is taught over 1 year full-time and 2 years part-time.
• Attendance: This programme is offered full-time and part-time.

Faculty

• Dr Supriya Kunnath Kaitheri FHEA: Associate Professor, Campus Programme Leader - MSc Global Business Management
• Dr Sreejith Balasubramanian: Associate Professor, Chair, Office of Research, Head & Founder: Centre for Supply Chain Excellence & Digital Twin Futures Lab
• Dr Nitin Simha Vihari Poluru: Senior Lecturer in HRM, Campus Programme Coordinator - MA Human Resource Management and Development
• Andrew Mackenzie: Senior Lecturer, Head of Institute of Sustainable Development
• Rory McConnon: Senior Lecturer in Management, Campus Programme Coordinator - Undergraduate Business Management and International Business
• Neelofer Mashood: Senior Lecturer
• Rhoderick Romano: Senior Lecturer
• Rashita Puthiya: Senior Lecturer Accounting and Finance, Graduate Competencies Coordinator (Accounting and Finance)

Our Partners

Middlesex University Dubai reserves the right to vary or withdraw any course or module at any time. Both core and optional modules are constantly updated and reviewed. A module may change or may not be offered a particular academic year, for reasons such as too few students choose that particular module or the module requires academic review.