Programme Specification: MSc International Management

1. Awarding Body / LSE
2. Details of accreditation by a professional/statutory body, e.g. ESRC; BPS etc / N/A
3. Name of final award / MSc
4. Programme Title / International Management
(formerly MSc Management (CEMS/IMEX))
5. Duration of the course / 12 months full-time
6. Based in the Department/Institute: / Managerial Economics and Strategy Group
7. Relevant QAA subject benchmark statements / Business and Management
8. Application Code / N1UQ
9. First written/last amended / May 2003 / November 2010
10. The programme aims to:
  • provide a high quality education in Management in a research-active environment for intellectually able students with a background in Management/Economics;
  • help students understand the social science basis and inter-disciplinary nature of Management;
  • enable students to concentrate on specialist areas within Management;
  • encourage students to develop intellectual flexibility and powers of rigorous analysis, by placing a premium on developing minds and on bringing forward their analytical reasoning ability;
  • provide a basis for further study and for employment, including careers in relevant fields;
  • enable students who have previously studied the fundamental aspects of management as undergraduates to develop their analytical and integrative skills further, especially through the experience of studying abroad.

11. Programme outcomes: knowledge and understanding; skills and other attributes
Students who have successfully completed this programme should be able to demonstrate the following:
  • the ability to address Management issues;
  • the ability to analyse these issues from the perspective of a number of disciplines;
  • the ability to formulate and develop arguments on management issues in a logical manner;
  • the ability to critically evaluate claims made on a range of management issues;
  • understanding of a specialist subject of the student's choosing;
  • an ability to solve problems in Management;
  • a series of transferable skills in some or all of the following, depending on the choice of courses and the nature of the student's dissertation: oral presentations, library and Internet research, report writing, competence in general IT application, research methodology and research methods;
  • a consolidation of understanding of core management issues, e.g. strategy, negotiation and bargaining, and inherent problems of organisational structure and responses to them, as seen from a range of different perspectives .
Information relating to careers.
12. Teaching, learning and assessment strategies to enable outcomes to be achieved and demonstrated
Teaching & learning strategies
Teaching method comprises lectures and seminars. Seminars particularly encourage student
participation through problem solving in teams and group presentations. Students have supervisors who are available to discuss progress and give guidance and assistance with academic and personal concerns.
Assessment strategies
Assessment involves written examinations and/or extended essays. Oral feedback on student performance is provided in seminars.
Each student also writes a dissertation of 10,000 words on a topic approved by the dissertation committee.
13. Programme structures and requirements, levels, modules and awards
See the MSc International Management programme regulations.

Additional information

14. Criteria for admission to the programme
Places on the IMEX programme are restricted and priority is given to students who have studied the BSc Management at LSE. Other students from LSE and from other institutions may be able to apply subject to availability of places and subject to their having fulfilled specific prerequisites e.g. work experience.
15. Indicators of quality
Healthy demand for the programme in spite of the premium fees.
Praising external examiners’ reports
Student feedback at staff student and special MSc meetings
Students go on to high profile careers in consulting, banking and other sectors.
The LSE Careers Centre website provides data on career destinations of LSE graduates.
16. Methods for evaluating and improving the quality and standard of teaching and learning
  • Regular (once a term) staff-student meeting and MSc feedback meetings (twice yearly);
  • TQARO student surveys;
  • Annual review of academic staff;
  • Regular staff meetings (twice per term) where issues of redesign of programmes and courses are discussed;
  • The Teaching and Learning Centre is available to monitor and observe teaching and offers constructive advice on how to improve the standard of teaching and quality;
  • The Teaching Learning and Assessment Committee which regulates all aspects of teaching quality;
  • Departmental TLAC review once every five years;
  • The Graduate Studies Sub-Committee which oversees all graduate programmes and ensures that significant changes to programmes and courses pass through a sequence of formal stages, so that curricular changes are appropriate and compatible with other developments.