Master in Management
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38.04.02 In English
Level of education Master
Type of instruction Full-time
Duration 2 years
Programme description
- Master in Management is the only master's programme in Russia included in The Financial Times and The Economist international rankings. The programme includes a wide range of both fundamental and advanced management disciplines; it is therefore suitable for students with any bachelor's degree. The programme can help those who are not familiar with management to retrain and strengthen their management knowledge and skills. It also helps those who want to deepen their existing knowledge of management to build a career in various divisions of Russian and international companies
- During the training, students of the programme acquire universal management skills for various departments of Russian and international companies, including development, marketing, logistics, and analytics. These skills make it possible to: work quickly and effectively anywhere in the world; make informed decisions based on modern knowledge and global vision; and continue building an academic career in postgraduate programmes
Main courses
- Managerial Economics
- Strategic Analysis
- Corporate Finance
- Quantitative Methods for Business Research
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
- International Business Strategy
- Consumer Behavior
- Knowledge Management
- Project Management
- Digital Marketing-Management
- Business Analytics and Big Data
- Marketing in Social Media
- Smart Technologies
- Entrepreneurship
- Global Economic Governance
- Behavioral Economics and Decision Making
- Professional Skills of Managers
- Consulting Project
- Foreign Language (German, French, Spanish, Russian)
Our advantages
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Students of the programme can take part in research projects supervised by top scholars of St Petersburg University in different fields of management. This also includes the preparation of their graduation projects. Students have to do summer internship after the first year of study and prepare consulting projects for partner companies of St Petersburg University in the second year of study.
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Focus on practical skills: case studies and analysis of modern practices, guest lectures and courses from leading business practitioners, business representatives and government officials
- Teaching staff with relevant experience in leading international business schools, including guest lecturers from the best foreign business schools as well as leaders of the professional community
- The programme is implemented in English in a cross-cultural environment, which helps to enhance the competitiveness of alumni in the international job market
- Students have an opportunity to get a second degree from the international Global Alliance for Management Education — CEMS Alliance, as well as participate in joint programs with the Higher School of Commerce of Paris (HEC) and Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT)
- Students can, on a competitive basis, take a semester of study abroad at one of the leading universities / business schools included in a wide list of academic partners of St Petersburg University
- Students have the opportunity to learn a second foreign language for an additional competitive advantage (French, German, Spanish, Russian as a foreign language). A second foreign language is part of the curriculum and a mandatory requirement for all students
Main areas of research
MiM students carry out research on contemporary Russian and international company management issues. They focus on different functional areas of management and cover a wide range of research questions at different levels of analysis. Areas of research include:
- Localisation of marketing strategies of multinational companies when entering foreign markets
- Digital transformation in companies
- The impact of employee training practices on innovative work behaviour and firm innovation performance
- Evaluating the impact of corporate social performance and its implications for strategy and business processes
- Factors affecting employee turnover and retention
- The impact of online shopping experience on customer perceptions of food packaging
- The impact of international mergers and acquisitions on the internationalisation of companies
- Target management of financial supply chains
- The benefits of blockchain implementation from a business and consumer perspective
Career opportunities
Professions
- Project manager
- Marketing manager
- Product manager
- Brand manager
- Entrepreneur
- Business analyst
- Business consultant