Management (Taught)

Our MSc Management will give you a complete set of essential management skills and will also develop you as a strategic leader with the potential to excel in global management positions.

You will analyse theoretical perspectives of management and leadership by exploring real-world case studies. With the potential to work anywhere in the world, this MSc can help you to begin a successful career with excellent earning potential in industry, commerce or the public sector.

You have the option to take industry-recognised digital qualifications by Microsoft and SAP alongside your course, which will develop your digital skills.

This MSc will enhance your CV and help to bring you to the notice of prestigious employers who are looking for the skillset you will have. As an asset to their organisation, you can put your knowledge and skills into practice, having a real impact on their business.

As the course is accredited by the CMI (Chartered Management Institute), you'll receive a Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice upon successful completion of passing the following specific modules and the MSc Management degree, which will bring you closer to achieving full Chartered Manager status:

Principals of Marketing
Strategy and Leadership
Management Dissertation

Across the autumn and spring semesters, you will take 120 credits of taught modules. Each module typically consists of 10 two to three hour sessions.

You will complete a 60-credit dissertation over the summer, and will be allocated an appropriate dissertation supervisor who will oversee your progress.

Core modules:
Semester one:

Business Economics;
Managing People;
Principles of Accounting;
Principles of Marketing

Semester two:
Research Methods for Management Studies;
Strategy and Leadership-20 credits

Summer

Resources Management and Organisation Dissertation-60 credits;
Business Project

Optional modules
Two from:
Business to Business Marketing;
Human Resource Management-20 credits;
Launching an Entrepreneurial Business;
Managing for Sustainability-10 credits;
Sustainable Tourism Management

Some modules will have individual assignments in which, for example, you examine businesses of your choice in depth, and will test your understanding of management theory and its application.

Other modules will consist of group assessment and will give you the chance to work together with your peers and develop your skills in teams. Furthermore, an exam may be the main form of assessment for modules and some modules will entail a mix of assessment methods.

Finally, the course will conclude with the completion of an individual management dissertation.

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

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