MSc Management
- Entry year:
- 2025/26
- Start date:
- September
- Study mode:
- Full-time
- Course duration:
- 1 year
- Campus:
- Mount Pleasant
About this course
LJMU's Management Masters is delivered by specialist academics with an in-depth grasp of how to deploy and manage global strategies in the 21st century.
- Develop the skills and knowledge required for a successful career in management
- Benefit from innovative learning and teaching approaches applying theoretical concepts through contemporary business simulations
- Study in Liverpool, a key city for international business and trade and a truly global commercial setting
- Enjoy a rich cultural experience working alongside students from around the world, offering a great opportunity to expand your cross-cultural communication skills and understanding different global business perspectives
- Emerging immersive VR learning business-related scenarios are embedded into the curriculum
- This course is also available as a 2 year MSc with Advanced Practice and includes a Business Consultancy Project
- 'Microeconomics of Competitiveness' module designed by Harvard Business School and delivered by Dr Moustafa Haj Youssef, an official affiliate of the MOC-Harvard network.
This programme is designed for the business leaders of tomorrow, and provides the opportunity for you to join a highly supportive scholarly community and a network of like-minded fellow professionals.
In a constantly changing national and international marketplace, it is important to gain the necessary knowledge and skills for a successful future. By completing this Masters degree, your commercial and strategic acumen will be taken to the next level of development, enabling you to make an impressive contribution to contemporary management practice.
The teaching approach on this course synthesises carefully balanced theoretical content, integrating classic research with contemporary analyses of international business topics.
Liverpool Business School at Liverpool John Moores University is a member of AACSB International — The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
AACSB International is a global association of leaders in education and business dedicated to supporting and advancing quality business education worldwide. Through membership, accreditation, research, thought leadership, professional development, and advocacy, AACSB partners with over 1,500 organizations, from more than 90 countries globally. Membership or participation in the Global Education Alliance does not imply accreditation.
Postgraduate Study at Liverpool Business School
Course modules
Discover the building blocks of your programme
This course is currently undergoing its scheduled programme review, which may impact the advertised modules. Programme review is a standard part of the University’s approach to quality assurance and enhancement, enabling us to ensure that our courses remain up to date and maintain their high standard and relevancy.
Once the review is completed, this course website page will be updated to reflect any approved changes to the advertised course. These approved changes will also be communicated to those who apply for the course to ensure they wish to proceed with their application.
Your programme is made up of a number of core modules which are part of the course framework. Some programmes also have optional modules that can be selected to enhance your learning in certain areas and many feature a dissertation, extended report or research project to demonstrate your advanced learning.
Further guidance on modules
Modules are designated core or optional in accordance with professional body requirements, as applicable, and LJMU’s Academic Framework Regulations. Whilst you are required to study core modules, optional modules provide you with an element of choice. Their availability may vary and will be subject to meeting minimum student numbers.
Where changes to modules are necessary these will be communicated as appropriate.
Core modules
Your Learning Experience
An insight into teaching on your course
Study hours
Full-time students can expect contact hours for lectures, seminars and workshops of approximately 10-12 hours per week in each of the two taught semesters, usually scheduled over three days and between the hours of 9am and 6pm.
In the third or ‘independent study semester’ you will be guided by a supervisor. The programme is completed in 12 months.
Teaching methods
The approach to teaching on this programme is interdisciplinary, enabling you to explore the synergies and interdependencies between different areas of business and management.
Applied learning
This programme employs an active blended learning approach which uses the best of both physical and digital learning provision to provide students with a dynamic and engaging learning experience.
In practice, this means that a small proportion of modules may use online delivery methods for some of the content, totalling no more than 20% of the programme overall being delivered via online methods.
How learning is monitored on your programme
To cater for the wide-ranging content of our courses and the varied learning preferences of our students, we offer a range of assessment methods on each programme.
Assessments on this course are designed to ensure that you fulfil your potential at this important stage of your professional development. A variety of methods are used throughout the programme, including:
- problem-solving exercises
- practical projects
- business case studies
- research-based projects
- literature reviews
- group presentations
- group and individual reports
- reflective reviews class
Feedback is provided in all modules, and extensively in the supporting workshops. In most modules, more than one piece of formal assessment exists, which allows for further feedback to be given during the module.
Where you will study
What you can expect from your School
The School is based in the Redmonds Building, in the heart of the bustling Mount Pleasant Campus and Liverpool's growing Knowledge Quarter. The building is home to high quality lecture theatres and seminar rooms, social spaces, and a café. It is only a short walk from LJMU's Aldham Robarts Library, which contains all the resources you will require for your studies, and is open seven days a week.
Liverpool Business School also has a dedicated Management Development Suite, based in a listed building in the historic Georgian Quarter of Liverpool and a short walk from the Redmonds Building. The building has recently undergone £1.2 million investment to provide a professional learning space.
Course tutors
Dr H M Belal
- Programme Leader
Dr. H. M. Belal is a Reader in Operations and Quality Management and Programme Leader for the MSc Management Programme at the School of Business and Management, Liverpool Business School (LBS) in the Faculty of Business and Law, Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU). He also serves as a Link Tutor and Programme Leader for Collaborative Programmes with upGrad, India. Additionally, Dr. Belal is associated with the Woxsen School of Business, Woxsen University, as a Distinguished Professor. Prior to joining Liverpool John Moores University, he held a faculty position at the School of Technology Management and Logistics (STML) at Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). He has served as a Research Fellow at the Knowledge Science Research Lab in the same school of UUM, where he led the Service Science Research Group. He is a Certified Management & Business Educator (CMBE). Dr. Belal’s principal research focuses on business operations management and service innovation using a knowledge-based view for organizational sustainable management and practice. His research interests include Operations and Technology Management, Service Innovation, Servitization, Supply Chain Management, Knowledge-Creation Process, and Business Model Innovation. He has a particular interest in the operations management and value delivery of SMEs and Social Enterprises. He publishes papers largely in the area of Operations Management and maintains a research record with publications in 3*, 2* CABS, and other internationally impactful journals. Presently, Dr. Belal is the Module Leader and teaches Supply Chain Management for the MSc in Management, along with 'Logistics and Transportation', 'Innovation & Creativity for Business', 'Researching and Developing a Business Plan for a New Venture', and 'Operations and Technology Management' for the undergraduate programme at LBS, LJMU.
Career paths
Further your career prospects
LJMU has an excellent employability record with 96% (HESA 2018) of our postgraduates in work or further study six months after graduation. Our applied learning techniques and strong industry connections ensure our students are fully prepared for the workplace on graduation and understand how to apply their knowledge in a real world context.
On graduation you will be well positioned to undertake management roles in a range of sectors and countries, from financial services to manufacturing, marketing, supply chain management, transport and leisure industries.
Tuition fees and funding
- Home fee:
- £9,200
Fees
The fees quoted above cover registration, tuition, supervision, assessment and examinations as well as library membership and student IT support with access to printed, multimedia and digital resources including programme-appropriate software and on campus wifi.
Financial Support
There are many ways to fund postgraduate study for home and international students. From loans to International Scholarships and subject-specific funding, you’ll find all of the information you need on our specialist postgraduate funding pages. The University offers a range of financial support for students. You'll find all the information you need on our specialist financial support pages including details of the Student Support Fund and other activities to support with the cost of living.
Additional Costs
In addition to fees, students should also keep in mind the cost of:
- Accommodation
- Travel costs and field trips unless paid for by LJMU
- Stationery, IT equipment, professional body membership and graduation gown hire
Entry requirements
You will need:
Qualification requirements
How to apply
Securing your place at LJMU
To apply for this programme, you are required to complete an LJMU online application form. You will need to provide details of previous qualifications and a personal statement outlining why you wish to study this programme.
Please ensure that you take time over your application providing us with a clearly written form; statement of purpose; copies of qualifications and marks; English language certificates (where required); and a reference.
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