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Management practices and trends have evolved significantly in the past few decades. Professionals now have to navigate a wide variety of economic, social, environmental and public policy challenges as they manage careers with a faster pace of change and greater uncertainty. The MSc in International Management combines a solid grounding in contemporary management practices with critical perspectives that help global citizens meet the complex challenges of today’s professional world with meaningful, authentic and ethical approaches.

A Supportive and Interdisciplinary Environment

The American University of Paris is a unique institution that offers a global perspective consistent with a liberal arts mission of interdisciplinary studies and critical thinking. In the MSc in International Management, we combine humanities and social sciences approaches with teaching methods and theories found in typical business school environments. It provides a comprehensive overview of management in theory and in practice along with critical inquiry and reflective sensemaking in order to bring depth and meaning to management topics. We strive to have a convivial atmosphere, with small course sizes and access to a full range of academic and personal support services.

Program Requirements

The program features a special emphasis on elective courses, allowing you to focus on the field of practice that most suits you, be it general management, sustainabilityÌýmanagement or NGO and mission-based management.

Complement core requirements in leadership, strategy, finance, ethics and operations with the opportunity to delve further into your interests both inside and outside the field of management, with options spanning global communications, economics, negotiation and international relations.

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Critical thinking and professional skills

This degree provides you with the critical thinking and professional skills necessary to evaluate a wide range of management problems in different professional and personal contexts. Particular emphasis is given to managing complexity and ambiguity in multi-stakeholder and multi-causal contexts. You will sharpen your ability to approach varied questions and perspectives to make informed decisions and collaborate effectively in your chosen professional field. There is a key focus on transferable skills, critical thinking and analytical and qualitative research skills. You also have the opportunity to develop your knowledge and expertise to manage proficiently, efficiently and ethically.

As a graduate of the MSc in International Management you will:

• DemonstrateÌýan ability to applyÌýmanagement know-how in practical business situations as evidenced through cross-course projects
• Offer a broad base of management and business knowledge,Ìýeffectively deploying concepts, frameworks and critical approachesÌýperceptively and with thoughtfulness
• Demonstrate the ability to conduct methodological research while engaging in interdisciplinary analysis, drawing upon a wide variety empirical and theoretical sources, analytical frameworks, and sub-disciplines within management studies
• Be able to communicate effectively and convincingly on a factual and conceptual basis, in writing and orally
• Show a high level of professional reliability, with an ability to work under self-direction and in teams, with a high-level of personal ethics

International Management Tracks

The program is built on three core business approaches: (1) dominant contemporary management theory and practices, (2) sustainability management and (3) mission-based management. As well as track-specific course requirements, both core courses and elective courses across the program offer class material and case studies relevant to these three approaches. If you are interested in further academic focus, you may also complete a research project, a professional experience or further directed studies in these areas.

Internships

Over the course of your study, youÌýare encouraged to build on your experiences at AUP by applying your knowledge and skills beyond the campus. An internship provides you with a crucial connection betweenÌýtheoretical knowledge and the kind of real-world experience that can ultimately kick-start your professional career.

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Experience the Program

Teaching methods focus on conventional techniques as well as critical management studies and approaches from other academic disciplines. Courses combine lectures, seminar discussions, case method teaching and student-directed projects. Within this context, a special emphasis is put on professional skills development and career development. You will also have the opportunity to collaborate with other students and program faculty on research projects and specialized directed-study courses.

Experiential Learning

The MSIM Program organizes project- and experience-based study trips every semester, covering topics such as sustainability, ethical management in practice, and NGOs and mission-based organizations. Management strategy is thereby contextualized within contemporary issues of public policy, governance, science, technology, culture and belief systems. The trips invite students to think critically about management strategies while witnessing real-world practices in context within the public, private and nonprofit sectors. Students engage directly with the consequences of climate change, economic inequality and social justice.Ìý

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