Business with Operations Management (Taught)

Join Warwick's practice-focused MSc Business with Operations Management. Ranked 5th in the UK for research (REF 2021), Warwick Business School offers you a grounding in business while specialising in operations management.

Course overview
MSc Business with Operations Management has been designed as a practice-focused course for those early in their career. Build upon the core disciplines of business to learn how to design, run, and manage effective operations across service, manufacturing, public, and private sectors.

Operations management can make or break an organisation, which is why you will cover a range of crucial elements, from project management to supply chain management, ensuring you gain a forward-thinking and career-driven learning experience that will help you to make a significant difference in the world of business.

There is a choice of Dissertation, or Business in Practice route. If you are considering further academic study (PhD) and you would like the opportunity to research a topic relating to operations management, the dissertation enables you to test and apply the techniques and theories you have gained.

If you would like to develop further applied skills and specialist knowledge to suit your career aspirations, you can complete your studies with one additional optional module and our applied Business in Practice module.

Skills from this degree

• Leave with a grounding in business and specialist knowledge in operations management

• Become an expert in your own areas of interest with our range of optional modules

• Showcase your learnings in practice with the applied Business in Practice module

• Develop your industry acumen by accessing our CareersPlus service with specialist careers coaches.

This information is applicable for 2026 entry. Given the interval between the publication of courses and enrolment, some of the information may change. It is important to check our website before you apply.

Core modules

• Operations Management
• Quantitative Methods for Business
• Foundations of Financial and Management Accounting
• Operations Analytics
• Project Management
• Fundamentals of Economic Behaviour
• Supply Chain Management
• Strategy Analysis and Practice
• Research Methodology and Dissertation or Business in Practice.

Optional modules
Optional modules can vary from year to year. Example optional modules may include:

• Governance and Corporate Responsibility
• Digital Business Services
• Forecasting for Decision Makers
• People and Organisations
• International Business
• Business Analytics for Managers.

Read the module descriptions for this course on the Warwick Business School website.

Assessment on the course will be comprised of a mix of exams, individual and group work, and tests.