MRes Management and Organisation
Postgraduate
In Colchester
Description
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Type
Postgraduate
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Location
Colchester
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Duration
1 Year
About the course
Our MRes Management and Organisation is designed for those wishing to follow a career in research and/or academia
It is ideal if you hope to progress to doctoral studies in the field of management, for example by studying for a PhD
We equip you with the skills and knowledge to appreciate the depth and breadth of management and organisational theories and techniques and apply these within a social science context
The content of our course is a direct response to requirements for, and suggested improvements in, research training laid down by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
You deepen your thinking about management and organisations and develop a broader understanding of the changing role and contemporary perception of management
You develop knowledge and understanding of:
research skills, including both quantitative and qualitative approaches
theoretical stances underpinning different approaches to research
how to design a research proposal, including construction of research questions and/or hypotheses
management of a research project
You study at Essex Business School, ranked in the top 25 in the UK for research excellence and intensity (REF, 2014)
More than 90% of our research submissions were assessed as of international quality and 72% of our research was deemed world leading or internationally excellent in the 2014 REF
We are an internationally diverse school, with our current Masters students joining us from more than 40 countries
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Course programme
Postgraduate study is the chance to take your education to the next level. The combination of compulsory and optional modules means our courses help you develop extensive knowledge in your chosen discipline, whilst providing plenty of freedom to pursue your own interests. Our research-led teaching is continually evolving to address the latest challenges and breakthroughs in the field, therefore to ensure your course is as relevant and up-to-date as possible your core and optional module structure may be subject to change.
For many of our courses you’ll have a wide range of optional modules to choose from – those listed in this example structure are, in many instances, just a selection of those available. Our Programme Specification gives more detail about the structure available to our current postgraduate students, including details of all optional modules.
Year 1
Management and Organisational Behaviour
Research Evaluation Projects
Philosophy of Management and Accounting
Advanced Qualitative Research Methods: Empirical Explorations of the Contemporary Workplace
Research Methods in Management and Marketing
Managing for Ethics and Sustainability
Dissertation
Teaching
You learn via a combination of lectures, seminars, group and individual tasks and directed independent study.
Assessment
You will be assessed through a combination of coursework assignments, which may take a number of forms, such as essays, case studies, theoretical and empirical studies
Dissertation
You submit a 15,000 word dissertation.
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MRes Management and Organisation