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MSc Management

Management is "the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives" [Birkinshaw, Reinventing Management]

This one-year, full-time programme provides a framework for critically analysing the nature, processes and practices of management. You will explore what it is to become a manager tackling the challenges of knowing what to do and how to make things happen. Our aim is to help you develop the knowledge and skills that will help you and your organisation be successful.

The programme provides exciting opportunities: to study in a high quality environment; to be taught and guided by staff with up-to-date, practical knowledge of the key areas of management; to be assisted in job search by management careers specialists; and to gain a qualification from a top Business School in a prestigious University.

Programme structure

You study a mixture of core modules, elective modules and a dissertation or business project or a self-sourced placement:

Term 1 Modules

Term 2 Modules

  • Business Economics and Accounting
  • Organisational Behaviour
  • Strategy
  • Strategic Marketing Management

 
  • Research Methods
  • 2 elective modules (see list below)
Term 3 - Core module, plus Dissertation or Business Project or Placement
  • Operations and Supply Chain Management

The programme culminates in a 10,000 word dissertation which provides an opportunity for you to investigate in greater detail a subject that you have already studied as part of your programme.
You will be expected to deal with your chosen topic in a competent and scholarly manner, and to display critical discrimination and a sense of proportion in evaluating evidence and the opinions of others.

 

Elective modules reflect current managerial thinking, academic debate and the research interests of the School; as such they are subject to change. Those currently available include:

  • Business Ethics 1: Ethical Leadership
  • Business Ethics 2: Society and Sustainability
  • Business Transformation through Information Systems
  • Buyer Behaviour and Marketing Communications
  • Corporate Governance
  • Decision Making for Operations
  • East Asian Business and Management
  • Employee Relations and Reward
  • Financial Management
  • Global Business
  • Innovation and Technology Management
  • Management Decision Making
  • New Venture Creation
  • Organisations: an Ecological Perspective
  • Small Business
  • Strategy and Organisation
  • Work and Society

 Core and Elective module overviews

The business school of the future

Artist's impression of the glassed walkway

From September 2013, students will be welcomed into the inspiring, state-of-the-art facilities of our enhanced and extended School.

FT rankings 2012

Our Masters in Management is ranked 9th in the UK in the FT Masters in Management rankings 2012.