Enterprise Systems Management - MSc
Master
In Birmingham
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Master
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Location
Birmingham
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Duration
12 Months
Planned business spend on IT continues to grow as business leaders put their trust in technology to drive business growth. Enterprise Systems Management is an innovative MSc degree course designed for those who want to pursue careers as managers and leaders in implementing technology-based information systems solutions and managing technological transformation within organisations.
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You will explore systems and activities within an enterprise that bring together processes, people and technology, you will support digital transformation strategies, and help streamline operations to gain competitive advantages, improved performance and reduced operational costs.
You will learn:
Strategic IS Planning: How to develop a strategic IS/IT plan that is aligned to the strategic information needs of the business.
Enterprise Systems: How to manage the business processes to support the organisation to gain competitive advantage, improve performance, reduce operational cost, implement efficient business processes, and improve real-time decision-making capabilities via Enterprise Systems (ES), which incorporates ERP, CRM, SCM, and so forth.
Operations Management: How to analyse, design and develop an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. MRP I, MRPII and PLM are core ERP technologies that have migrated from Manufacturing Industries to the Service sector.
Digital Change Management: How to address the socio-technology challenges of leveraging value from the IS/IT in the digital society using agile methods. This involves making sense of the business requirements in order to ensure the end products will solve the business problem. Business Intelligence and Technology Entrepreneurship: How to manage and apply a range of visualisation tools to analyse and make business sense of data lakes, and to exploit data to construct informed business decisions.
Principles of Project Management: How to deliver strategic value within an organisation and ensure the project (or business solution) is completed on time, within budget, within scope and at the desired performance level.
Individual Master’s Project: A practice-based module working in collaboration with an organization or research-based project within the Socio-Technical Systems Research group to apply multi-disciplinary skills to design innovative solutions to the challenges of digital transformation.
OpportUNIty: Student Jobs on Campus ensures that our students are given a first opportunity to fill many part-time temporary positions within the University. This allows you to work while you study with us, fitting the job around your course commitments. By taking part in the scheme, you will gain valuable experiences and employability skills, enhancing your prospects in the job market.
A good UK honours degree at 2:2 or above/equivalent in computing, information systems, information technology, business information systems, business information technology, business technology, business manufacturing technology, or any other degree in computing and IT subjects.
In exceptional circumstances, if you have relevant professional experience, you may be invited to an interview and test, at which you will be required to demonstrate the necessary knowledge and understanding for entry onto the course.
You will have the opportunity to work in teams and collaborate on projects.
You will learn through case studies, live briefs, discussion and plenary to develop a greater understanding of current challenges facing business and enterprise.
You will develop management and consultancy skills through critical thinking, appraisal and analysis.
You will enjoy a high-quality learning experience aligned to real-life business development challenges.
You will utilise ERPsim to gain experience of end-to-end business processes, using virtual business scenarios to evaluate the impact of integration of processes on manufacturing and business analytics.
Graduates of this course are highly sought-after with the multidisciplinary skills necessary to manage strategic and high impact enterprise change.
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Subjects
- Information Systems
- Project
- Systems
- Technology
- Industry
- Business Intelligence
- Project Management
- Systems Management
- Technology Entrepreneurship
- Enterprise Systems
- Manufacturing Systems
- Strategic Information Systems
- Technology Relationship Management
- Business Excellence
- Business Problems
Course programme
In order to complete this course a student must successfully complete all the following CORE modules (totalling 180 credits):
- Enterprise Systems
- Operations Management
- Strategic Information Systems Planning
- Digital Change Management
- Business Intelligence and Technology Entrepreneurship
- Principles of Project Management
- Individual Master’s Project
We expect you to attend all teaching sessions, as well as to read and prepare before these sessions. Good preparation will enable you to get the most from your contact time and will help you become an autonomous learner. Advanced preparation is also a critical skill which you must develop if you wish to succeed in business or professional practice. Teaching sessions will include lectures and small group interactive seminars.
You will be assessed in a number of different ways, including coursework, patchwork assessment, examinations (seen and unseen, open and closed-book), presentations, practical assignments, vivas, online forums, podcasts and project work.
Additional information
Award: MSc Starting: Sep 2021
Mode - Part Time
Duration - 24 months
Fees - £4,400 per year
Award: MSc Starting: Jan 2022
Mode - Full Time
Duration - 15 months
Fees - £8,800 per year
Mode - Full Time
Duration - 23 months with Professional Placement (see below)
Mode - Part Time
Duration - 28 months
Fees - £4,400 per year
International students
Award: MSc Starting: Sep 2021
Mode - Full Time
Duration - 12 months
Fees - £13,200 per year
Mode - Full Time
Duration - 23 months with Professional Placement (see below)
Award: MSc Starting: Jan 2022
Mode - Full Time
Duration - 15 months
Fees - £13,200 per year
Enterprise Systems Management - MSc