Compulsory modules

The aims of this module are to:

  • develop a critical understanding of the concepts involved in global strategic management and its application in the private and public sectors;
  • develop knowledge in the area of strategic analysis, the evaluation of strategic options, and the implementation of strategy.

The aims of this module are to:

  • Examine the distinctiveness of national business systems
  • Investigate the context of management in comparative perspective
  • Identify the challenges facing companies that manage across nationally distinct business systems
  • Appreciate the pressures towards convergence and divergence in the nature of managerial work

The aim of this module is to give students an opportunity to explore grand challenges facing our global society and to propose imaginative solutions to specific challenges in one or more country.

Students will critically reflect on the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals and think about how Loughborough University's Creating Better Futures. Together Strategy might contribute to them.

Students will engage with ideas and approaches to possible solutions from their own programme and gain diverse insights from Loughborough University London's interdisciplinary ecosystem. This will involve solution-oriented thinking and a balance between criticality and possibility, leading to a deep understanding of grand challenges and imagining creative responses to them.

Optional modules

The aims of this module are to equip students with the necessary academic skills to understand the challenges firms face in different developing countries and assessing different ways in which firms can overcome these challenges.

The aims of this module are to:

  • examine HRM strategies and practices in institutional and cultural contexts
  • examine the role of HRM strategies in the management of multinational firms.
  • understand how institutional and cultural differences affect multinational companies decision
  • identify emerging issues in international HRM and various challenges that multinational companies face in managing people and workplaces globally