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Knowledge Management for Innovation – (M.Sc.)
Cranfield University
School of Applied Sciences
| Location: | Cranfield / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | October |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Cranfield University
Suitable for science, engineering, IT and business graduates who want to develop their creativity, knowledge, leadership and team-working skills to enable them to implement knowledge management practice to drive business innovation and collaboration.
Takes you on to positions of influence in most aspects of business, manufacturing, banking, consultancy, healthcare and government, as one of the new generation of knowledge practitioners.
You will be taught by experts from Cranfield University and the business community with substantial experience in teaching, project supervision and consultancy.
Course descriptionIn an increasingly competitive environment, where new business practices and products are regularly introduced, organisations have to be innovative to survive. Such innovation is dependent upon companies developing effective knowledge management internally as well as through external interaction.
This course aims to create the next generation of technical and business leaders who can drive strategic innovation and collaboration by effective management of organisational knowledge within their specialised domains.
"The year I spent at Cranfield undertaking this course was both valuable and exhilarating. I had the opportunity to discover how businesses really work whilst simultaneously learning many really valuable soft skills and meeting some very interesting people."
Jorge Gutiérrez Blanco, MSc student 2005-2006
The course develops leadership skills, teamworking skills, creativity and knowledge, enabling individuals to implement management practice to aid the development of business.
It prepares students for a career in engineering extended enterprise by combining rigorous academic activity and practical work with the use of industry software and real-life experience through industry sponsored project work.
Students benefit from access to SAP R/3, a CAD workstation, state-of-the-art software, engineering server facilities and CAM facilities.
"This course has been an important experience for me. I have learnt valuable business and technical knowledge, and the various projects/assignments gave me concrete experience of real business issue solving. This really helps me in my daily activities." Laurent Damour, MSc student 2005-2006
The course comprises eight assessed modules, a group project and an individual project.
Group project
This project, usually undertaken within a company, provides students with the opportunity to take responsibility for a consultancy-type project, while working under academic supervision. Success is dependent on the integration of various activities, working within agreed objectives, deadlines and budgets. For part-time students a thesis usually replaces the group project.
Individual project
Students select the individual project in consultation with the Course Director. The individual project provides students with the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to carry out independent research, think and work in an original way, contribute to knowledge, and overcome genuine problems. The projects are sponsored by external organisations.
Modules:The modules include lectures and tutorials and are assessed either by written examination or assignment. Guest lecturers from industry are invited to provide real-life case studies for the taught modules.
* Knowledge Acquisition and Creation
* Strategic Knowledge Management
* Innovation
* Knowledge System Design
* Data Management
* General Management
* Enterprise Modelling
* Enterprise Systems and Management.
Contents
The course comprises eight assessed modules, a group project and an individual research project.
The modules include lectures and tutorials, and are assessed through practical work, written examinations, case studies, essays, presentations and tests. These provide the 'tools' required for the group and individual projects.
The three elements of the course are assessed as follows:
The course comprises eight assessed modules, a group project and an individual research project.
Taught modules: 40%
Group projects: 20%*
Individual project: 40%
*For part-time students a dissertation can replace the group project. The full-time course is of 12 months' duration. The modular format of the taught element permits a high degree of flexibility of attendance at Cranfield for part-time students who may commence the course at any time during the year.
Part-time
Part-time programmes are structured in a similar way to the full-time programme and comprise eight one-week assessed modules, a group project (or dissertation), and an individual project, which results in the production of a thesis. Part-time students are normally expected to complete their MSc in two to three years. The modular nature of the programmes allows students a degree of flexibility in the number and order of modules completed each year. Students may commence the course at any time during the year.
Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip)
Delivered and assessed at Masters level, the PgDip represents the taught element of the associated MSc. Students are expected to complete eight modules and a group project.
Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert)
Delivered and assessed at Masters level, the PgCert comprises a subset of the syllabus for the taught element of the associated MSc/PgDip course. Students are expected to complete six modules.
Advanced Professional Master of Technology (MTech)
The innovative MTech programme is unique to Cranfield. It combines taught course MSc study, company-based research, professional development and industrial experience. The total study period is two years and offers teaching and research to develop effective academic expertise as well as directly relevant industrial research experience to progress your career in your chosen sector.
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Requirements
Candidates must possess, or be expected to achieve, a 1st or 2nd class UK honours degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline. Other relevant qualifications together with considerable industrial experience may be considered.
Where applicable students must achieve a minimum IELTS score of 6.5. Our Academic English Summer Programme offers pre-sessional training courses in English for academic purposes.
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
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