Globally, manufacturing output continues to increase and most companies have an international footprint. This module explores the context and challenges for firm management and growth, and the implications for government industrial policy.

Module leader

Prof Tim Minshall

Module learning outcomes

On completion of the module students should be able to:

• Understand that manufacturing is complex and must adapt to a complex, uncertain and dynamic environment.
• Explain how companies do and might respond to these changes and subsequent industrial transformations.
• Understand how and why governments are responding to help companies navigate the complexity and operate in an uncertain and changing environment through industrial and innovation policies