Managers and Entrepreneurs, and Always International

THE PROGRAM PREPARES GRADUATES WHO CAN FIND THEIR WAY IN THE COMPLEX GLOBAL LANDSCAPE

"The main purpose of the MSc program in International management", explains director Massimo Magni, associate professor at the Department of Management & Technology of Bocconi University, "is to provide students with a broad preparation, so that they have the ability to understand diversity in a globalized and international world." A world that breaks down borders and that requires, to those who aspire to a high-profile managerial career, a strong predisposition to work in international contexts even immediately at the end of university studies. "40% of our students, who are equally male and female, have obtained a three-year degree abroad", continues Magni, "while 50% of graduates, 98% of whom find work within a year, get a first job outside Italy".

The sectors in which graduates of the Master of Science in International Management most easily find employment are the traditional ones of consulting and finance, but a more recent trend is asserting itself with increasing force: "Many want to be entrepreneurs", continues Magni, "not so much in the sense of continuing the entrepreneurial activity inherited from others, but in that of starting their own business. Some are already startuppers before they graduate."
The program in International Management certainly has many competitors in other universities, European and elsewhere. What are the peculiarities of that of Bocconi? "We adopt a highly practical approach, with the use of many real cases and simulations during which students have to make marketing, strategy, supply chain decisions", continues the director, "and this aspect is highly appreciated by the students. As is our close relationship with employers."
Another fundamental feature for an MSc program is that it is always up to date, ready to introduce into its program any innovations that may be necessary. Is this also the case for the Master of Science in International Management? "Certainly," Magni replies, "in particular what we push a lot on right now is the area of analytics, because we want our students to have the ability to understand and process the enormous amount of data that companies are increasingly having to manage.  This is an aspect already in progress that the pandemic has helped to accelerate."


 

by Davide Ripamonti