Engineering Management MSc

Anglia Ruskin University

Master

In Chelmsford

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Chelmsford

  • Duration

    12 Months

Covering a range of topics from managing people to finances, operations, resources and beyond, our course equips you with the tools and techniques you’ll need to manage within today’s complex technical organisations.

Technical competence alone is not enough for the success of engineering companies - wider professional skills are needed at the top. No matter what your area of technical expertise, if you want to push forwards in your engineering career towards a managerial role this course is for you.

We’ll develop your practical skills and intellectual understanding in essential areas such as people management, finance control, operations management and basic contract law - all geared towards the global industrial market.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Chelmsford (Essex)
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Bishop Hall Lane, CM 1sS

Start date

On request

About this course

Our course is designed for engineers from a wide range of technical fields, so whether you’re a civil engineer, a mechanical engineer or an engineer working in another capacity, you can benefit from the leadership and management techniques covered.

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Subjects

  • Management
  • Team Building
  • Leadership
  • Systems Engineering Management
  • Approach
  • Performance
  • Quality
  • Engineering Science
  • Engineering Skills
  • Project
  • Engineering
  • Teamwork
  • HRM
  • Quality Training
  • IT Development
  • IT Management
  • Engineering Management
  • Foundation Engineering
  • Skills and Training
  • Automotive Engineering

Course programme

Core modules
  • Management TheoryThis module is designed to facilitate each student's development of their own individual knowledge base and approach to management. Its aim is to get students to develop their own particular approach to management by establishing a solid foundation of management knowledge and integrating this with their own values, experiences and goals, to provide the basis for a life-long development of their management skills.
  • Management PracticeThis Module recognises the importance of people to the success of organisations and that organisational performance is largely dependent on the performance of its human resources, which in turn is determined by the quality and effectiveness of their management. This module is designed to enable each student to develop their own individual knowledge base and approach to effectively manage human resources, by establishing a solid foundation of human resource management knowledge and integrating this with your own values, experiences and goals to provide the basis for the life-long development of management skills.
  • Project Management SystemsThis module establishes the framework for the management of projects and develops a comprehensive understanding of the role and functions of the project manager throughout the project life-cycle, from inception to completion, together with the diverse range of resources and activities that the project manager must plan, co-ordinate and control to achieve a successful project.
  • Engineering Management SystemsYou’ll develop a critical awareness and understanding of engineering operating systems, including production, manufacturing, planning and plant resources required for a business to operate efficiently and reliably satisfy customers' needs.
  • Engineering Quality ManagementYou’ll be provided with a critical awareness and an in-depth understanding of the principles of modern quality management and its application in an engineering context.
  • Re-engineering ProcessesDevelop an in-depth understanding of re-engineering processes and gain a structured understanding of best practice to enable a systematic approach to the redesign of business processes.
  • Managing Dynamic Virtual EnterprisesEstablishes the link between the 'Virtual Enterprise' (VE) and agility; and improvement of the firm's entrepreneurial behaviour in its markets. The module clarifies the core ideas and concepts of VE plus the mainstream VE developments, to allow practicing managers to adopt and apply these to specific business situations. Particular emphasis is placed on the business opportunities and managerial challenges associated with the VE.
  • Research Design and MethodsGain an in-depth understanding of the theories and methods of research and research design and develop a theoretical and practical foundation in research for your major project/dissertation.
  • DissertationYou'll chose an independent research topic from an area of expertise within our department (subject to availability of suitable supervision) and will conduct a significant research project in that area which may involve a literature review, data collection, analysis and a write-up.

Additional information

Course duration: 

Full-time - January start, 15 months. September start, 12 months. Part-time - January start, 33 months. September start, 28 months. Part-time teaching times Trimester 1: Tuesdays 9am-4pm; Trimester 2: Tuesdays 9am-7pm (September start), Tuesdays 9am-4pm (January start).

Course fees:

UK & EU students, 2016/17 (per year) £8,100

UK & EU students, 2016/17 (per year part time) £4,050

International students, 2016/17 (per year) £12,400

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