A Management degree builds a strong foundation in a wide variety of fields including business, finance, economics and marketing. It develops students’ understanding of business practices, structures, business theory, business strategy and research as well as global economies and financial markets. Doing a Management Degree also allows students to gain skills that enable them to work with financial and numerical data effectively.
Management degrees cover different managerial roles, such as Human Resource (HR) management, hospitality management, innovation management, operations management, etc. They can be specialized into one of the areas mentioned above or follow a more general approach that covers most of these areas.
The range of management degrees is huge and includes Business Management, Management, Marketing Management, etc. They are predominantly offered in the business departments/business schools/management schools of different universities.
One of the main benefits of this degree is that Management is a broad discipline, which keeps students’ career options open.
Management degrees could have a very practical focus, which is an opportunity for students to gain experience in the process of completing their degree before having started their professional careers. Management courses usually offer work placements and practical modules, which include business simulations and business creation in a simulated environment. Acquiring practical experience through these opportunities could make students stand out from the crowd in the job market once they graduate. Research-oriented Management degrees also exist for those who prefer the theoretical aspects of such a degree. Most courses, however, have established a good balance between theory and practice in order to meet the needs of all students.
Management degrees also prepare students to serve the managerial role across a wide range of areas, including HR management, hospitality management, innovation management, operations management, etc. Students can specialize in one particular area or focus on gaining knowledge across all of these areas thanks to the high availability of different management courses.
Additionally, there is a high demand for management professionals in the contemporary business world. Therefore, taking a management course is an opportunity for students to kick-start their careers and occupy a higher position in the organizational hierarchy.
Management courses usually begin by introducing students to different areas covered by the managerial role, such as organizational management, business environment, statistics, accounting and finance, business growth, etc. After the first year, institutions allow students to explore the management discipline into more depth by delivering specialized modules and offering optional modules, which enable students to choose subjects that interest them the most and are most relevant to their career aspirations.
Management degrees take 3 years to complete in the UK. However, their duration could extend to 4 years if students choose to spend a year in industry between their second and third year, which is a popular option among the student community. Setting placement opportunities apart, the duration of a Management degree depends on three main factors – country, mode of study (part-time or full-time) and degree level. Below are listed the approximate durations of Management degrees in the most popular countries for Higher Education in Europe:
When I started studying at INSEEC, as part of its most selective curriculum: the Grand Ecole Program, the School was ranked 12th best Business School in France out of 40 other Grande Ecole Business Schools (according to the French weekly Business Magazine: Challenges, issued in 2008); and when I left it was ranked 13th (according to the French daily Newspaper: Le Parisien, issued in 2012). Not bad, but I wanted more international recognition and prestige on my Résumé, in order to be able to start an international career in the best conditions. For that to be done, I knew that an academic upgrade was inevitable. That is why one of the decisive criteria why I applied at INSEEC was: its wide array of prestigious Double-Master’s degrees.
Advice to future students / graduates: study hard, otherwise you won’t be selected for a Double-Master’s degree. 😉
What I loved: the Gala party and Diploma Ceremony, the on-campus conferences with: scientists, CEOs of major French and International companies, Politicians. I loved the bustling campus activities at INSEEC in terms of students collegiate activities, students’ associations (the equivalent of fraternities / sororities in France), sports, outings, rugby, sailing, students car races in the Sahara Desert, charities, wine tasting, etc.
What I even more loved: the highly dynamic Research Laboratory which often shared its latest discoveries / papers with us, the praxis- and theory-oriented courses, the classes in Geopolotics and General Culture (very French and very Grande Ecole!), the Grande Ecole mindset, solidarity-oriented and collegiate spirit: you have the feeling that you belong to a brotherhood / sisterhood, and of course the international exposure.
What I will not miss: the windowless classes (not all of them though – thank God!), the former confined urban campus (I heard the new one is great!), Some classes were too praxis- and not enough theory-oriented (a lot of general puffery instead of solid facts and research-based management / theory), especially during the first Grande Ecole academic year until the first semester of the second acedemic year.
I thought that some of the courses we had through my 2 masters’ years were here just to fill our timetable and they were not useful for us for business or our lives. Overall the level was ok but not as expected before.
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