Program Overview

The ever-changing nature of business firms and the markets in which they operate, has made it increasingly important for corporate managers to have a clear understanding of the theory and practice relating to strategic management and the interrelationships between the firm, its employees and its markets, and the implications for corporate financial strategy. Familiarity with the most recent developments in risk appraisal, valuation, marketing, human resource management (HRM), organisational behaviour and strategic management are essential requirements for all those involved directly in business, or in financing business activities, or those who wish to gain a deeper understanding of these important areas.

    Issues you will study as part of your MSc Management and Finance degree programme include:

• How can organisations ensure their own survival in a rapidly changing competitive
• What are the key strategic management problems facing organisations?
• Are organisations as complex as they seem?
• How can you analyse the strategy process, evaluate the strategic choices that may be made and place a value on the strategic options that are available?
• How would you recognise effective approaches to HRM?
• What are the costs and benefits of the alternatives?
• Do contemporary employment practices lessen conflicts and tensions in the employment relationship?
• Which factors are most likely to influence the evaluation and implementation of investment projects?
• How can we calculate a suitable cost of capital to appraise the capital investment decision?
• What are the relationships between risk and return governing investment? Can market risk be priced accurately?
• Can credit risk be priced accurately?
• What are the key principles of international portfolio management in a world of fast and unpredictable movements in exchange rates?
• Can futures, options, derivatives and swaps be used to manage the risks involved?
• How can financial forecasts be used in business valuation, and what techniques should be used to improve trend analysis and interfirm comparison?