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
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
Management Theory
20 credits
20 credits
This module covers leadership and management. It provides a contemporary and comprehensive introduction to the principal ideas and developments in this area.
Managing Business Research 1
10 credits
10 credits
This module is designed to ensure that you have the necessary skills and knowledge to conduct Masters-level assignments. It enables you to perform a systematic review of literature for a business management-related topic at Masters level.
Managing Business Research 2
10 credits
10 credits
This module provides an overview of research approaches for business. It aims to equip you with the necessary foundations in qualitative and quantitative research approaches to prepare a research proposal for your dissertation and apply either or both of the research approaches studied.
Management Practice
20 credits
20 credits
This module aims to put management theory into practice, developing proficiency in core management competencies and awareness of the holistic, interrelated functional dependencies within a business.
Supply Chain Management
10 credits
10 credits
This module provides an overview of the supply chain and logistic (SC&L) environment including its role and function. It will enable you to adopt a professional approach to SC&L decision-making to develop and implement business solutions.
Marketing Management
10 credits
10 credits
This module investigates the role and function of marketing within the context of changing consumer demands, globalisation, multi-media communication and social marketing. It also analyses the levers that create the marketing mix for organisations and their relationship to the management skills of analysis, planning and control.
Research Project
60 credits
60 credits
This module will help you to prepare a research project that applies managerial concepts and research techniques to a significant organisational issue or problem. It will help you to carry out an independent, in-depth research project.
Managing Strategy
20 credits
20 credits
This module examines strategy from the perspective of various management levels, emphasizing the diverse types and elements of strategy and their creation and management. It is designed to provide managers with a broad understanding of strategic knowledge and its application, rather than being tailored for specialists working in corporate strategy departments.
Digital Business Management
20 credits
20 credits
To explore, from the perspective of the non-IT manager, how organisations (public and private) make use of digital technologies to improve; business performance; operations; products and services; gain competitive advantage; and make themselves more effective, responsive, resilient and efficient.
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.
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.
Fees and funding
Tuition Fees:
- Home fee:
- £17,750
Fees
The fees quoted at the top of this page cover registration, tuition, supervision, assessment and examinations as well as:
- library membership with access to printed, multimedia and digital resources
- access to programme-appropriate software
- library and student IT support
- free on-campus wifi via eduroam
Additional costs
Although not all of the following are compulsory/relevant, you should keep in mind the costs of:
- accommodation and living expenditure
- books (should you wish to have your own copies)
- printing, photocopying and stationery
- PC/laptop (should you prefer to purchase your own for independent study and online learning activities)
- mobile phone/tablet (to access online services)
- field trips (travel and activity costs)
- placements (travel expenses and living costs)
- student visas (international students only)
- study abroad opportunities (travel costs, accommodation, visas and immunisations)
- academic conferences (travel costs)
- professional-body membership
- graduation (gown hire etc)
Funding
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.
Please be aware that the UK’s departure from the EU may affect your tuition fees. Learn more about your fee status and which tuition fees are relevant to you.
- International fee:
- £17,750
International Scholarships and payment plans
Liverpool John Moores University is committed to supporting international students by providing a range of scholarships and flexible payment plans to help students manage their tuition fees.
Scholarships
LJMU provides a variety of scholarships to support international students. Scholarships are available to self-funded students who have accepted their offer and met all the conditions outlined in their offer letter. Students must also demonstrate that they can cover living costs, travel, and other expenses associated to studying at the university. Postgraduate scholarships include tuition fee reductions and are often offered in partnership with external funding organisations.
All self-funded international students are eligible for an automatic scholarship worth up to £4,000. For more details and to view our full list of scholarships, visit the international scholarship webpages.
Deposit
All students must pay a £5,000 deposit before they can receive their CAS letter.
For more information view our deposit page.
Tuition Fee Payment Plan
After paying their £5,000 deposit, students have the option to pay their fees in full or in three equal instalments minus any internal scholarships and discounts. There are two payment options available for international students. You can either pay your tuition fees in full before enrolment or opt for a payment plan. With the payment plan, you can pay your fees in three instalments after making your £5,000 deposit. The first instalment is due before enrolment.
All payments should be made through Flywire. Full details can be found in the How to Pay Guide.
Early Bird Tuition Fee discount
We are excited to introduce a £500 Early Payment Discount to all self-funded international students. Eligible self-funded students who pay their fees by the required deadlines will get a discount which will be automatically deducted from the 1st year of tuition fees.
To see the required deadlines please visit the webpage
Entry requirements
You will need:
Qualification requirements
Undergraduate degree
- a minimum second class honours degree
or
- an equivalent professional qualification
or
- an equivalent award
or
- significant work experience at a suitable level
Further information
- Extra Requirements
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RPL
- RPL is accepted on this programme
International requirements
IELTS
- IELTS 6.0 (minimum 5.5 in each component)
Other international requirements
- International students applying to study a full-time taught Masters, MRes, MPhil or PhD at LJMU should check if they require an Academic Technology Approval Scheme or ATAS certificate. Contact International Admissions Team for more details
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.
Your student experience
There's so much more to university than just studying for a degree.
Postgraduate life at LJMU
See the amazing support you will get from the university, the academic expertise of the staff here, the first-class learning environment, fabulous libraries, excellent career guidance and their ongoing love affair with the city of Liverpool.
Accommodation
As a new student at LJMU, we guarantee accommodation right in the heart of the dynamic city centre, with easy access to the main University campuses.
You can view our approved accommodation to see the halls that we offer to new students.
Your campus
We’re very proud of our campuses. Not only because they provide a modern and inspiring learning space for all our students but also because they’re a place people really want to be.
Living in Liverpool
Liverpool is one of Europe's most dynamic and cultured cities. Come find out why it's a great city to study in.
Go abroad
LJMU aims to make international opportunities available to every student. You may be able to study abroad as part of your degree at one of our 100+ partner universities across the world. You could also complete a work placement or apply for one of our prestigious worldwide internship programmes.
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