Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies (Edexcel) & MBA

Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies (Edexcel) & MBA

This programme contains an outline of the units and associated guidance for the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) Edexcel Level 7 BTEC Advanced Professional Diploma Qualification in Management Studies. Each unit sets out the required outcomes and content and includes advice regarding appropriate delivery and assessment strategies.

Edexcel is one of the leading examining and awarding bodies in the UK and throughout the world. It incorporates all the qualifications previously awarded under the Edexcel and BTEC brands. Edexcel provides a wide range of qualifications including general (academic), vocational, occupational andspecific programmes for employers.

Programme
Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies is a 270- hour qualification comprising nine units of 30 hours each. To achieve the whole qualification, a learner must successfully complete three core units and six specialist units. Access to suitable management work situations is fundamental to
successful completion of this qualification, either through permanent full or part-time employment or through a collaborative work placement.

Core Units:
1. Advanced Professional Development
2. Managing Change in Organisations
3. Management Research – Project and Presentation.

Specialist units:
4. Strategic Planning and Implementation
5. Human Resources Planning and Development
6. Management in the Wider Environment
7. Creative Manager
8. Managing Finance for Strategic Managers
9. Strategic Marketing Management.

Duration: 9 – 12 months.

Pathway to an MBA
The DMS is widely recognised as the pathway to an MBA and
most UK Universities including the University of Northampton, Queen Margaret University, Harriot Watt University, amongst others; all consider this as an entry requirement to complete an MBA.