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| Application Deadline: | September start: July 31; March start: January 31 | ||
| Location: | Reading / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 33 months | Start Date: | March, September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
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This course is designed for experienced property and construction professionals seeking to develop their management skills.
Why study this course?
* Develop your management skills and knowledge within the construction and property environment
* Hone problem-solving and people management abilities to deal with complex issues systematically and creatively
* Become a Member of RICs and/or CIOB
* Become a chartered project management surveyor
If you successfully complete all elements of the course, you will be awarded the MBA in Construction and Real Estate from the University of Reading and will be entitled to use the designatory letters MBAConstRealEst, or simply MBA. Twelve months after successful completion of the MBA, you can apply to the College for the award of the RICS Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management.
Contents
Course outline
Part 1
Semester A
Management Science Source, application and treatment of financial, fiscal and strategic information; analysis, evaluation and control, including networks, CPM and resource allocation; descriptive statistics; summarising data; sampling; time series analysis; quality; benchmarking; risk analysis; decision making; simulation
Marketing Principles and Strategy Principles of marketing; buyer behaviour; marketing research; service management; product management; promotional mix; pricing; relationship marketing; competitive analysis; analytical models for strategic planning; marketing planning; international marketing.
Semester B
Managerial Accounting Principles of accounting for management control; finance applied to business; budgetary control; cash flow; capital investment decisions; cost-benefit analysis; value added statements; evaluation of accounting information.
Organisation and People Management Concepts of organisational behaviour; theory and practice of managing people; strategic issues; general management and decision making; defining management; organizational environment; groups and teams; motivation; leadership; performance management; managing marginal performers; reward management; communication; conflict management
Part 2
Semester A
Development Strategy and Procedure Practical issues and management functions associated with development strategies; town planning; value and risk management; procurement systems; audit review; facilities management; strategic processes; culture, ethics and management of international construction; dispute resolution; legal aspects.
Knowledge Management and Portfolio Management Process of disseminating information to increase profitability and competitive advantage; intellectual capital; innovation; construction projects; threedimensional project modelling; real estate portfolios with asset and fund management from viewpoints of investor, developer, constructor and occupier; principles and practice of investment; portfolio theory; construction; adjustment and performance appraisal; investment return; risk; asset pricing and valuing; securitisation
Semester B
Development Finance and Appraisal Aspects of accounting directly relevant to project management, including investment decisions; sources of finance; development appraisal; contractor appraisal; project cost control; overseas project financing; risk management; tax; viability; case studies.
Strategic Management and Management of Change & Innovation Role of corporate strategic management within construction and real estate industries; evolution of strategic management ideas; how organisations should grow to suit the economic and political environment; strategy; systems, structure and styles; stakeholders; context; innovation through research, development and business ethics; new organisational paradigms; models; open systems approach; political and legal influences; skills and competencies of the change agent.
Part 3
Assessed Research Module An introduction to the nature of research; research hypothesis, aims and objectives; research strategies; use of literature in research; data collection; analysis and synthesis; research sources; research skills; important issues in research; writing up your research; alternative ways of undertaking research
DissertationFace-to-face teaching
Two-day sessions are held in March and September of each year in Reading. Overnight accommodation for seminars is included in the course fee. The first teaching dates are to be held on the 15th and 16th of September 2009 and the 22nd and 23rd of March in Reading. Further details will be sent by your Course Administrator. Please ensure you have registers at least 2 weeks before the course starts.
Assessment
Assessment consists of assignments and examinations in each module at Part 1 and 2, and assignments and a dissertation at Part 3.
Assignments
You will complete and submit two assignments per module for assessment according to the timetable of the course
Exams
Exams are normally held in February and August and are as follows:
* Two 2-hour written papers per semester at Part 1
* Two 3-hour written papers per semester at Part 2
Dissertation
At Part 3 you will submit a dissertation of 12,000-15,000 words. This will take the form of an in-depth investigation and will focus on a practical aspect of a course-related subject.
Accreditation
Accreditation - RICS, CIOB
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