Management – (M.Sc.)

Contents

Semester One
October to January introduces our core management modules:

* Human Resource Management (15 credits) – the theory and practice of managing people including everything from recruitment and training to motivation and job design.
* Marketing Management (15 credits) – examines how products and services are developed, priced, distributed and promoted in the global marketplace, including how to identify and satisfy your customers’ needs.
* Operations Management (15 credits) – learn how organisations develop and distribute products and services effectively and efficiently.
* Accounting and Financial Management (15 credits) – developing technical and analytical skills in accounting and financial management, this module introduces the financial practices of business and how these influence other functional areas.

Semester Two
February to June builds on the core modules to develop a deeper understanding of problem solving in management.

* Business Analysis (15 credits) – employing ideas and structures from the core modules, students analyse a designated industry and a company within it in considerable detail.
* Information Systems and Management (15 credits) – a valuable chance to study the critical role of information gathering and how its analysis guides decision making. This module also familiarises students with basic software packages used widely in business.

Optional Modules (choose three)
Semester Two gives you the freedom to explore three areas in which you are particularly interested. Options include:

* * Business Economics
* Advertising and Consumer Behaviour
* Business Forecasting
* Enterprise Resource Planning
* International and Cross Cultural Management
* International Business Environment
* International Marketing
* Logistics and Supply Chain Management
* Retail Management
* Small Business and Entrepreneurship
* Work Psychology



Summer Period
July to September further builds on the competencies you have learned during the course, instilling a vital understanding of business strategy.

* Management Analysis (30 credits) – building on Business Analysis, this module considers the strategic activities, future options and likely strategic choices facing an industry and a designated company within it. After completing both these modules, students should have a critical ability to assess the strategic direction of an industry and its constituent companies.
* Strategic Management (15 credits) – looking at long term decisions made by senior managers and how these direct and influence other functions of the organisation in both public and private sectors. We’ll also cover strategy implementation and control in this module


Assessment
11 modules assessed by a mixture of examination and assignments.