BSc in International
Management with
American Business Studies
Dr Helge Hoel
Programme Director
Helge.Hoel@mbs.ac.uk
Wlecome
• Welcome to Manchester
• Welcome to MBS
• And welcome to IMABS!
• One of MBS’s flagship programmes
Programme content
• Substantial management component
plus specific study of North-American
business
• Year 1 & 2 Manchester
• Year 3
US or Canada
• Year 4
Manchester
• Great Challenges and Rewards
What is IMABS all about?
The IMABS programme aims to:
1. enable students to acquire state of the art knowledge and understanding of the field
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of management with a specialisation in the international aspects of management
promote the exchange of students between the home and carefully chosen overseas
partners to enable students to experience management teaching and learning within
a different cultural environment to that of the home institution
provide an educational experience both at home and overseas which will facilitate and
promote students’ intellectual development and life-long learning skills
promote critical awareness of the merits and complexities of management, especially
in an international context, and to inculcate an appreciation of the association
between theory and practice
appraise students of important new developments in the field of management
enable students to develop appropriate practical and transferable skills
provide a high quality management programme in the home institution and access to
a high quality management programme abroad.
For more details see:
http://ug.mbs.ac.uk/intranet/secure/programme-specifications.aspx
IMABS Learning Outcomes
A. Knowledge and Understanding
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A1. Understand the ‘core’ disciplines of the field of management (e.g. accounting, economics,
marketing, operations management)
A2. Understand subject specific theories, ideas, issues and practices relating to general
management and to international aspects of management
A3. Understand management as a dynamic field, as located in a complex historical, social and
international context
A4. Understand developments in business and management.
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B. Intellectual Skills and Other Attributes
• B1. Apply higher-level cognitive skills, including analysis, synthesis and evaluation.
• B2. Utilise both qualitative and quantitative problem-solving skills.
• B3. Address arguments/ideas through multiple perspectives.
• B4. Identify inter-relationships between the subject matter of management and integrate these as
a coherent whole.
C. Practical and Transferable/Key Skills (generic)
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Articulate ideas and arguments with clarity, conciseness and rigour both orally and in writing.
Learn independently
Manage time and prioritise workloads
Use IT skills
Operate effectively as a member of a group or team.
Operate effectively in an overseas environment.
How to Get an IMABS Degree
• A Very Brief Guide
– Pass everything and you will be fine
• A Slightly Less Brief Guide
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Each year you must pass ALL subjects to proceed to the following year.
Up to 20 failed credits can be condoned if >30%
In Years 1 and 2: Resits take place in August
After this, it all becomes much more complicated…
• The Full Version is called the Progression Rules
– Full details of progression rules can be found at;
http://ug.mbs.ac.uk/intranet/secure/progression-rules.aspx
– Full Details on the IMABS programme (structure, programme specification,
course specifications, etc.) can be found at;
http://ug.mbs.ac.uk/intranet/secure/handbook/index.aspx
IMABS Year 1:Programme Structure
Semester 1 – 6 x 10 credit compulsory
courses
o BMAN10001: Microeconomics
o BMAN10621M: Fundamentals of Financial
Reporting
o BMAN10801: Introduction to Work Psychology
o BMAN10791: People and Organisations
o BMAN10821: Quantitative Methods 1
o BMAN10780: Business and Management Skills
(including practice essay) – full year course
IMABS Year 1:Programme Structure
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Semester 2 - 4 x 10 credit compulsory courses and 3 x optional
courses
BMAN10632M: Fundamentals of Management Accounting
BMAN10842: Law in a Management Context
BMAN10732: Quantitative Methods 2
BMAN10780: Business and Management Skills (full year course)
3 courses from:
BMAN10002 Economic Principles: Macroeconomics
BMAN10522M Financial Decision Making
BMAN10852: Management in Society
BMAN110812: Modern Corporation
Maths Revision sessions are available throughout both semesters for
support with QM1 and QM2
Students wishing to take specialised finance courses must take BMAN
10522
Exchange Year - Your Choices
• IMABS meeting soon to explain the process of nominating you for
exchange
• Early in your second year, you will be given the names and number
of places of each of our exchange partners
• You then have two weeks to research the possibilities and express
your preferred destinations – so start thinking in advance!
• It is essential that you are flexible in terms of your exchange
destination
– Investigate what is on offer at a wide number of destinations!
– Approach the investigation with an open-mind, and think about what
this means for your CV and your career
Exchange Year
• Allocation of students to exchange partners is carried out by
myself in October of your second year
• Allocation will be based on
– Your expressed preferences
– A statement of your expectations of the exchange year
– AND your First Year Results…
• I endeavour to ensure that all students go to their most preferred
institutions.
– This is greatly helped by flexibility on your part
– AND students being knowledgeable about the full range of destinations.
Partner Universities
IMABS
Babson College,
The Stern School of Business
Marshall School of Business
The University Of Illinois,
Fisher College of Business
Pennsylvania State University,
The University Of Massachusetts,
The College Of William And Mary,
Emory University
The University Of Florida,
Carlson School of Management,
The University Of British Columbia,
Richard Ivey School Of Business,
Schulich School of Business,
Queen’s School of Business
McMaster University,
The University of Calgary,
Simon Fraser University
Haskayne School of Business
University of Arizona
University of North Carolina
Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA
New York University, New York, USA
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, USA
Urbana-Champaign, USA
The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
College Park, USA
Amherst, USA
Virginia, USA
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Gainesville, Florida, USA
University of Minnesota, USA
Vancouver, Canada
London, Ontario, Canada
York University, Toronto, Canada
Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
British Columbia, Canada
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Phoenix, USA
Chappel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Said about Exchange (IMABS):
• A brilliant year in a fantastic city. One of the best experiences of my life.
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Greg Russell, HEC, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Fun, fast and spontaneous; it was an experience I will NEVER forget, and I wish I
could do it all again!
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Ushma Mistry, Queen’s, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
• Absolutely indescribable…best friends and unforgettable memories for life.
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Caroline Hodgson, Ohio State, Columbus, USA
• Friends for life, once in a lifetime teaching, a great institution…possibly the best year
of my life!
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Ben Collins, William and Mary, Virginia, USA
• Amazing experience I will never forget I’ve learnt so much and been given so many
opportunities, I would recommend studying abroad to anybody.
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Dean Tempest, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
The Value of the Exchange Year
• "The UK develops some great talent. It attracts some of the best from around the
world. We will recruit that talent but to remain competitive we want to see more
UK graduates developing a global perspective through international experience.
They will have to work with global clients and mix with a range of people from
different cultures. They have to be at home with cultural differences."
– Keith Dugdale, Head of Global Recruitment, KPMG
• "We want to get to the point where it is as common for our students to study
abroad as it is for them to move around the UK."
– David Lammy, UK Minister for Higher Education
• "This (…) is a wake-up call for students and parents. You'll get further in life if you
travel overseas to study or gain work experience. In today's turbulent times it is
more important than ever for every graduate to demonstrate an international
dimension to their thinking, and there is no better way to demonstrate this than to
study or work for a period overseas.“
– Will Archer, director of i-graduate
Study Support at MBS
• English Proficiency/Language classes
– If your first language is not English, I would encourage you to attend language
proficiency testing and sign up for English language classes if necessary.
– Further details of this will be covered at Thursday’s induction session.
 Study Skills course (BMAN 10780 Business & Management Skills)
 You will be taking a course as part of your degree programme which runs across
both semesters in year one.
 The course will incorporate study skills, academic advisor sessions, library
information and personal development plans.
 As part of the seminar activities students will write a practice essay and will
receive feedback on this.
 Attendance of this course is compulsory and will be monitored.
• Maths Revision Sessions
– Revision sessions available at the end of each semester for students taking
Quantitative Methods for Business and Management 1 and 2.
Study Support at MBS
• IT Skills and Blackboard
– Blackboard is the University-wide virtual learning environment for students and
a virtual blackboard space will be attached to each course.
– Further details on this will be covered in Thursday’s induction session.
• Student Representatives
– Please consider being a student representative for the IMABS programme.
– Student reps sit on the Programme Committee and attend the MBS UG Staff
Student Liaison Committee.
– It is essential that you have a voice within Manchester Business School and we
encourage you to put yourself forward for this.
– All interested students should go to the undergraduate office (D20) for a
nomination form.
– Deadline: Monday 3 October.
Expectations at MBS
• Work and Attendance Monitoring
– Attendance at all seminars and workshops is compulsory and will be monitored
via registers.
– If you are unable to attend a class because of illness or other good reason, you
need to complete an ‘absence from class’ form and submit it to the
undergraduate office. Forms are available from the UG office (D20) or can be
downloaded from the MBS UG intranet (http://ug.mbs.ac.uk/intranet/ ). Further
details on this are online in the student handbook.
– If you miss 3 or more consecutive seminars or workshops, this will be followed
up by the Assessment and Student Support Centre. We have a duty to make
sure you are still attending classes and do not have any serious problems that
are the cause of non-attendance.
• Medical/Personal problems
– It is vital you tell us if you experience medical, personal or other problems which
have (or may have) an adverse affect on your studies.
– Ideally you should seek help from the MBS UG assessment and student support
centre (headed by Gill Clarke). You may also wish to inform your academic
advisor and/or your programme director.
– Outside of MBS there is a counselling service and other sources of support.
Who To Speak To?
• Your Support Within MBS
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MBS Assessment and Student Support Centre
Undergraduate Office (D20)
Your Academic Advisor
Programme Director Helge.Hoel@mbs.ac.uk
International Office Susan.Fidalgo@manchester.ac.uk
• Other Sources of Help
– Counselling Service, Nightline, Student Welfare, International Student Welfare
– Details can all be found in your arrival packs
• Feedback
– Your student representatives play a key role in relaying your views to MBS
– You will from time to time be invited by the school to partake in
surveys/questionnaires or focus groups. This is a key form of feedback and I would
strongly encourage you to take part.
– Throughout your courses at MBS, you will receive information on individual or
collective performance.
– Further information in the MBS Undergraduate Welcome Guide.
Final Words
• Enjoy yourself
– but remember, the first year matters…
• There is no gentle run-in…
– Especially for IMABS students!
• Think about being a student rep
– MBS needs you…
• Keep us informed of how you are
– Don’t lose contact with your academic advisor!
• You are responsible for your own learning and the time
management implications of this.
• Make the most of Manchester…