University-of-Liverpool-Online-Prospectus

“ The
dent’s own cultural horizon will be explored, and the aptitude to
manage and align diverse, international teams will be acquired.
Modules include: International Business, International Finance,
and Business in Emerging Markets.
MBA (Leadership)
Develop the knowledge and skills required for successful leadership
in a global context with emphasis on the unique nature of
leading across cultures, political boundaries, and legal environments.
Examine the challenges that exist when leading a workforce
within these various contexts with an extensive study of basic
and advanced leadership concepts and techniques.
Modules include: Business Leadership, Global Leadership, and
Organisational Learning.
MBA (Marketing)
Gain an understanding of advanced management concepts in the
areas of market segmentation, multiple market channels, competitive
intelligence, integrated marketing, and e-business. Students
will develop the knowledge needed, as managers, to make informed,
influential decisions that support the development goals
of their organisation or business.
Modules include: Market Research, Consumer Behaviour, and
Services Marketing.
MSc in Corporate Finance
The MSc in Corporate Finance provides the knowledge, skills and
insights needed to operate at the higher-levels of corporate finance
and capital markets. Keep up-to-date with cutting edge research,
practice in the field, and developments in global financial
markets with a blend of practice, theory, and case-based learning.
Gain a thorough understanding of the widely adopted global accounting
standards, International Financial Reporting Standards
(IFRS), which play an integral part of the online curriculum.
Modules include: Islamic Finance, Emerging Markets Finance, and
Entrepreneurial Finance.
online format allows for the
flexibility that a normal classroom
session does not provide. “
Ronel Stembull (MBA Marketing 2009),
Market Development Manager,
Dubai
MSc in Global Marketing
The MSc in Global Marketing offers students the opportunity to
gain a comprehensive understanding of the theory and practice
of global consumer marketing (B2C) and business-to-business
(B2B) marketing at an advanced level. Students will gain both
specific and transferable skills, and a range of effective analytical
techniques required for effective tactical and strategic marketing
management. Modules include Strategic Organisation, New Media
and Social Network Marketing, and Global Account Management.
MSc in Global Human Resource Management
Gain a comprehensive, high-level education in the field of HR,
within an international context. Students will develop specialist
and transferable skills, and acquire a range of valuable analytical
techniques. They will learn how to apply strategic and contextual
approaches to problem solving in their professional practice, and
formulate HR policy and strategy, with a particular reference to
global, multicultural organisations.
Modules include: Strategic Organisation, Managing Finance,
Managing in a Multicultural Context, and Business Leadership
and Strategy.
MSc in International Accounting and Finance
The MSc in International Accounting and Finance offers a sound
critical analysis of international accounting and finance principles,
theories, and practice within a global context. The programme
provides students with a balance of strategic and tactical management
skills from an accounting and finance perspective, and
focuses on the measurement of performance to best support an
organisation’s strategic initiatives.
Modules include: International Corporate Finance, Emerging
Markets Finance, and Advanced International Financial Reporting
& Analysis.
This programme also offers the opportunity to focus on a specific
track in International Financial Reporting, Strategic Finance
Practice, and Emerging Markets.
MSc in International Accounting and Finance (Emerging Markets)
With a focus on the cultural and regional variances in global business
practice and emerging markets, gain a practical approach to
“ What’s
so impressive about University of Liverpool online
programmes is the global span of them. We’re modelling the
real world of international business in our programmes...it
sharpens your thinking by having to communicate and work
with somebody in another culture who might have the same
kind of work experience as you, but they’re maybe looking at
a problem from a slightly different angle. It enriches you.”
Professor Murray Dalziel,
Director,
University of Liverpool Management School
entering into and succeeding within emerging nations and regions,
and the associated relationship dynamics required for success.
Modules include: Islamic Finance, Finance in Emerging Markets,
and Entrepreneurial Finance.
MSc in International Accounting and Finance
(International Financial Reporting)
Understand highly technical reporting and analysis requirements
and how they integrate with accounting information systems.
Learn how to apply International Financial Reporting Standards
(IFRS) and evaluate both short-term and long-term effects on an
organisation’s financial performance.
Modules include: Accounting Information Systems and Technology,
Financial Analysis and Valuation, and Advanced International
Financial Reporting and Analysis.
MSc in International Accounting and
Finance (Strategic Finance Practice)
Understand financial management through applied practice
within the corporate financial environment and financial markets.
Become adept as a financial decision-maker within an organisation
with the skills to assess treasury management, capital structure,
and market theory.
Modules include: International Corporate Finance, Treasury
Management and Ethics, and Financial Markets and Institutions.
MSc in International Management
Students will master general management theory and its application
in today’s global economy. Gain an understanding of complex
organisations, and develop analytical and personal skills in preparation
for a challenging management position in a wide range of
international companies. Students will study the complex nature
of international organisations and the interdependence of their
strategy, policy, functions, processes, systems and people.
This programme also offers the opportunity to focus on a specific
track in Management of Health Systems, and Oil and Gas.
MSc in International Management
(Management of Health Systems)
Develop the skill-set needed for a range of managerial positions
in organisations that participate in the delivery of healthcare.
Essential tools will be developed to enable students to deconstruct
the complex and integrated components that combine to create
a healthcare system.
Modules include: Strategic Organisation, Management of Health
Systems, and Health Economics and Finance.
MSc in International Management (Oil and Gas)
The oil and gas industry is global in nature, and due to its international
character is in need of internationally oriented managers.
Gain a systematic understanding of the theory and practice
of general management, and the elementary economic patterns
of the oil, gas and energy sectors, in the context of today’s global
economy.
Modules include: Strategic Organisation, Managing Energy
Sources, and Economics of Oil, Gas and Energy.
MSc in Operations and Supply Chain Management
Designed by a leading research group, this programme offers a
theoretical and practical examination of the factors necessary for
effective operations and supply management in today’s global and
highly competitive markets. Students will learn how successful operations
performance can shape and influence the sales and profit
ambition of a business.
Modules include: Logistics and International Trade, Supply Chain
Operations Management, and Total Quality Management.
The University of Liverpool MSc in Operations
and Supply Chain Management is the first
wholly online programme to be accredited
by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and
Supply (CIPS), a globally recognised credential.
Upon graduating students are automatically eligible to apply to
join a network of 60,000 purchasing and supply professionals from
around the world who benefit from CIPS membership
This programme also offers the opportunity to focus on a specific
track in Oil and Gas and Procurement and Sourcing.