Management MSc
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Description
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Type
Master
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Location
Loughborough
Overview
Our MSc Management programme will equip you with key business and management skills and knowledge sought by modern organisations.
Successful modern organisations depend upon managers with a broad business acumen who can make effective and timely decisions and who are capable of handling and analysing large volumes of information.
As a student of our Management MSc programme, you will learn the fundamentals of managing people and organisations and you will gain a good understanding of the primary factors shaping the contemporary business environment. You will further acquire significant practical skills and experience that will prepare you for the challenges of the fast-paced business environment. You will be taught by leading experts, who bring the latest research developments into the classroom.
Our experience of working with a wide range of industrial partners and managerial teams have fed directly into the design of this programme. The wide range of optional modules in our Management MSc programme also gives you the flexibility to tailor the course to suit your individual career aspirations.
The objective of our Management MSc programme is to create the next generation of outstanding managers and leaders that will make an impact in the contemporary business world.
The programme aims to:
Develop in you an integrated and critically aware understanding of management
Equip you with the ability to apply knowledge and understanding of business and management to complex issues, both systematically and creatively, to improve business and management practice
Prepare you for a significant career in a wide range of roles in management, consultancy and entrepreneurship
Enhance your lifelong learning skills, personal development and employability to enable you to work with self-direction and originality and to contribute to and take effective roles within business and society
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About this course
Your personal and professional development
Our School of Business and Economics is committed to helping you develop the skills and attributes you need to progress successfully in your chosen career.
Future career prospects
Management MSc will prepare you for employment in a very wide range of careers including consultancy, as a functional specialist, or general management in the private or public sector. Our graduates have an outstanding employment record and find jobs in a wide range of industries.
Graduate destinations
Recent graduate destinations include:
Proludic (Switzerland) – International Sales Manager
Samsung Opentide (China) – Consultant
Jaguar Land Rover – Technical Analyst/ Engineer / Buyer
Citibank (China) – Human Relations
Reed – Core Services Business Adviser
Nielsen – Market Researcher
HSBC – Banker Development Programme Trainee
BRUSH – Contracts Manager
Ski Optical Works Ltd – Sales/Marketing Manager
Smith & Williamson – Auditor
NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement – General Management Trainee
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Subjects
- Logistics
- Supply and Chain Management
- Financial Training
- Resource Management
- Employability
- Systems
- Communications
- University
- Financial
- Global
- International
- International Marketing
- Supply Chain Management
- Marketing
- Supply
- Forecasting
- Business Environment
- Business and Management
- Operations Management
- Entrepreneurship
Course programme
What you'll study
Our Management MSc is designed to provide you with a relevant, practical and constantly updated programme through close links with many large business and commercial organisations and with taught content which will allow you to see ways in which theory can be applied in practice.
- Semester 1
- Semester 2
- Summer
Human Resource Management - 15 credits
Human Resource Management - 15 credits
Semester 1
This module describes the philosophy and principles of Human Resource Management and assesses the strengths and weaknesses of some key techniques for managing people. Students would benefit from gaining knowledge on some key contemporary issues in relation to HRM. Students would also have the opportunity to conduct research using a range of data sources to analyse people management activities in work organisations.
Assessment: Typically this module is assessed by 25% coursework / 75% exam, although the university reserves the right to alter this.
Accounting and Finance - 15 credits
Accounting and Finance - 15 credits
Semester 1
This module aims to provide students with a broad understanding of the basic concepts in accounting and financial management with an emphasis on decision making. It also aims to develop students' technical and analytical skills in aspects of accounting and financial management and equip them with the financial awareness necessary for further study in all aspects of business and management.
Assessment: Typically this module is assessed by 100% exam, although the university reserves the right to alter this.
Marketing in the Organisation - 15 credits
Marketing in the Organisation - 15 credits
Semester 1
This module examines the principles of marketing, from theoretical and practical perspectives, which enables students to develop understanding of applied marketing and build a solid foundation for tackling future marketing modules.
Assessment: Typically this module is assessed by 50% coursework / 50% exam, although the university reserves the right to alter this.
Operations Management - 15 credits
Operations Management - 15 credits
Semester 1
This module aims to introduce students to fundamental concepts and techniques of operations management and illustrate their application in both the manufacturing and service industries.
Assessment: Typically this module is assessed by 50% coursework / 50% exam, although the university reserves the right to alter this.
Personal Development for Study and Employability - 15 Credits
Personal Development for Study and Employability - 15 Credits
Two semesters
This module aims to develop students’ study skills at the postgraduate level to enhance their learning in their current programme and enhance their personal skills and attributes to prepare them for employment in the current global business environment.
Assessment: Typically this module is assessed by 100% coursework, although the university reserves the right to alter this.
Information Systems and Management - 15 credits
Information Systems and Management - 15 credits
Semester 2
Provides students with an understanding of the role and importance of information systems in organisations, and the ability to critically evaluate different approaches to information system design and development.
Assessment: Typically this module is assessed by 50% coursework / 50% exam, although the university reserves the right to alter this.
Personal Development for Study and Employability - (two semesters)
Personal Development for Study and Employability - (two semesters)
Two semesters
This module aims to develop students’ study skills at the postgraduate level to enhance their learning in their current programme and enhance their personal skills and attributes to prepare them for employment in the current global business environment.
Assessment: Typically this module is assessed by 100% coursework, although the university reserves the right to alter this.
Optional modules (choose two)
Business Environment Analysis - 15 credits
Business Environment Analysis - 15 credits
This module introduces students to structured approaches for analysing industries and organisations. Students will learn how to use a range of frameworks for analysing and assessing the effects of the industry environment on firms.
Assessment: Typically this module is assessed by 100% coursework, although the university reserves the right to alter this.
International Marketing - 15 credits
International Marketing - 15 credits
This module aims to provide an understanding of the key concepts and core issues in international marketing and to develop decision-making skills for the successful formulation, implementation and control of international marketing programmes.
Assessment: Typically this module is assessed by 50% coursework / 50% exam, although the university reserves the right to alter this.
Small Business and Entrepreneurship - 15 credits
Small Business and Entrepreneurship - 15 credits
This module introduces students to a range of issues affecting small and medium-sized enterprises. Students would benefit from developing skills to analyse the competitive position and critical success factors of a business, including the effects of government policy and availability of fundings.
Assessment: Typically this module is assessed by 100% exam, although the university reserves the right to alter this.
Business Forecasting - 15 credits
Business Forecasting - 15 credits
This module introduces to students various approaches to Business Forecasting and explores their use in practice with standard packages and tools. Students would benefit from developing skills essential for applying to forecasting methods and in different business situations.
Assessment: Typically this module is assessed by 50% coursework / 50% exam, although the university reserves the right to alter this.
Work Psychology - 15 credits
Work Psychology - 15 credits
Develops students’ understanding of prominent theories of human behaviour at work, enabling them to discuss individual characteristics that influence behaviour at work and explain key issues concerning leadership, performance, well-being, development and the psychological context of work.
Assessment: Typically this module is assessed by 50% coursework / 50% exam, although the university reserves the right to alter this.
Enterprise Resource Planning - 15 credits
Enterprise Resource Planning - 15 credits
Introduces and develops the key principles of enterprise resource planning (ERP), fundamental concepts of supply chain management (SCM) in the context of ERP, and an understanding of the role of ERP systems in the effective management of organisational processes.
Assessment: Typically this module is assessed by 50% coursework / 50% exam, although the university reserves the right to alter this.
Logistics and Supply Chain Management - 15 credits
Logistics and Supply Chain Management - 15 credits
This module aims to develop a broad understanding of the role of logistics and supply chain within various business contexts. Students will be able to identify and analyse the complexities and uncertainties affecting global supply chains, critically appreciate emerging trends and concepts in logistics and supply chain management, and develop relevant transferable skills.
Assessment: Typically this module is assessed by 25% coursework / 75% exam, although the university reserves the right to alter this.
Brand Management - 15 credits
Brand Management - 15 credits
This module aims to introduce students to branding strategies, and discuss how they might be applied. Students will also learn how to employ branding principles, theories and strategies to real and/or simulated marketing contexts.
Assessment: Typically this module is assessed by 100% coursework, although the university reserves the right to alter this.
Marketing Communications - 15 credits
Marketing Communications - 15 credits
This module aims to illustrate the role of communications in marketing activity, define and interpret the meaning of integrated marketing communications and assess the effectiveness of IMC campaigns.
Assessment: Typically this module is assessed by 50% coursework / 50% exam, although the university reserves the right to alter this.
Management Analysis - 30 credits
Management Analysis - 30 credits
This module aims to develop students’ skills to assess the strategic direction of competing companies’ skills in obtaining, as well as to analyse and apply information from a variety of sources, including publicly available material.
Assessment: Typically this module is assessed by 100% coursework, although the university reserves the right to alter this.
Global Strategic Management - 15 credits
Global Strategic Management - 15 credits
This module aims to develop students’ critical understanding of the concepts involved in global strategic management and its application in the private and public sectors. It focuses on developing students’ skills in the area of strategic analysis, evaluation of strategic options, and implementation of strategy.
Assessment: Typically this module is assessed by 100% coursework, although the university reserves the right to alter this.
Management MSc