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5 Ways to Kickstart Your International Management Career
By Laura Bridgestock
Updated March 5, 2016 Updated March 5, 2016This article is sponsored by EMLYON Business School.
Today’s globalized economy requires the next generation of managers to understand the complexity of working in international business environments. This is why leading European institutions in management education must train leaders to successfully navigate social and cultural boundaries and be agents for change.
If you’re keen to kick-start your own international management career, make sure you choose a program which covers the following five points.
1. Acquire a broad foundation of management knowledge
In order to succeed in international management, you need to get an international outlook on management situations and processes, gain a truly unique approach to learning and acquire the tools to adapt in multiple countries and to the various professional challenges you will undoubtedly encounter throughout your global career.
Through a cultural, academic and professional diversity, an international multi-campus experience will provide you with the global awareness required to conduct business at an international level, reflecting the complexity of today’s business environment.
2. Benefit from a diverse student community
Sharing your learning experience with fellow students from all over the world teaches you how to work with and lead intercultural teams in a global environment. These skills are essential to your future success as an international manager.
The diversity provides you with a rich, international learning experience. As a result of working closely with students from a wide variety of nationalities and backgrounds, you are able to broaden your horizons, understand different perceptions and gain a thorough understanding of different cultural characteristics; undoubtedly essential for your future management career.
3. Develop an expertise throughout your studies
Specializing in a key business area during your studies will allow you to enter the professional world with a solid set of skills and the expertise companies are looking for. Today, multinationals as well as start-ups and medium-sized businesses need graduates who possess the necessary know-how and are aware of the market trends and potential for innovation within these sectors. Acquiring an expertise within a specific area will allow you to fast-track your management career from the very beginning.
4. Build tangible proof of your skills
When pursuing a master’s degree it is important to make sure you’ll have the chance to apply the theory you have learned in class through internships. The same way developing an expertise will help you boost your career, interning within MNEs or new ventures will allow you to understand what operational management entails on a day to day basis, how companies overcome difficulties or new challenges and the stakes big or small enterprises face every day. It is an important key to your future success.
5. Prepare for your future career from day one
In order to create a relevant résumé, identify the internship or job that perfectly matches your ambitions, build your network through conferences and forums and generally prepare your professional future, it is important that you make the most out of the career support available to you. So be sure to choose a program with a strong focus on supporting and preparing students for their future careers.
Become part of the next generation of international business leaders with the MSc in Management European Master in Management Double Degree track
Run jointly by EMLYON Business School (France) and Ludwig Maximilian Universität (Germany), this master’s degree is a two-year double degree track which is an integral part of EMLYON’s MSc in Management, and which allows you to study general management and international business from a European and global perspective. This double degree track is based in France and Germany.
With the MSc in Management Double Degree track you will:
After completing this track, you will receive a double degree: EMLYON’s MSc in Management Master’s degree and LMU Munich’s European Master of Science in Management.
This article was originally published in December 2015 . It was last updated in March 2016
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