Management and Leadership (DML) – (Grad.Dip.)

Contents

Course length

Part-time: PGDip: 24 months (for Year 1 see the Postgraduate Certificate in Management and Leadership)

Year 2 (the diploma year) comprises the following modules:

Managing People - covers people management issues that are of relevance to line managers, such as employee resourcing, employee development, employee relations and reward management. The aim of the module is to enhance your understanding of relevant people management issues and to develop your ability to manage people within the organisational context.

Financial Management - builds upon areas of study undertaken in the Postgraduate Certificate in Management and Leadership and enables you to develop a more in-depth understanding of financial management in the public and private sectors. This module aims to create more effective managers by providing a sound knowledge of financial reporting, financial analysis and financially based decision-making techniques.

Strategic Marketing - provides you with a sound understanding of the principles of strategic marketing management. By building on the work undertaken on the Postgraduate Certificate in Management and Leadership, you will develop the confidence to apply these principles in the workplace. Marketing has an important role in the strategic planning process of any organisation, whether it be private, public or third sector because the application of the principles of marketing gives an organisation an overall sense of purpose and direction.

Managing Organisational Strategy - provides a framework for the analysis of the organisation with particular reference to the relationship between organisational design, communication and the transmission of knowledge. It encompasses IS/IT strategies as well as those that relate to general management. The organisation is viewed from a variety of perspectives. These shed light on various aspects of organisational behaviour and the management process. This is explored within the context of managers needing to create value, control costs, improve quality and achieve competitive advantage.

Leadership, Innovation and Change - are amongst the subject areas currently at the forefront of modern management thinking. In the perpetual quest to achieve sustainable competitive advantage organisations are constantly striving to achieve excellent through effective leadership, and innovation. As a result they are constantly having to manage change. These three subject areas will be studied, evaluated and strategically considered, both individually and collectively, so as to enable you to achieve a holistic view that will help inform both your thinking and your actions as you seek to advance in your career.

Undertaking Work-Based Research Projects - provides a framework within which a range of management research skills can be exercised within the context of a practical work-based project. Through participation in this module you are able to gain important management research skills which you then apply to a work-based project agreed in advance with the module leader. The topic must be real, practical, complex, broadly based and allow you to apply knowledge and understanding from the programme. The module is integrative and is intended to encourage you to draw on learning from appropriate modules. You are expected to show managerial expertise in completing this part of the programme and for this reason the investigation will be a self-managed activity. Support and guidance during the investigation will be provided by tutors, mentors and fellow students.

Teaching, learning and assessment

Learning methods include lectures, seminars, workshops, directed reading, self-directed learning and project work. Each module is taught by tutors who specialise in the module topic. The modules are assessed individually by using a range of assessment methods. An integrative case study approach is used throughout the core modules; this to ensure that you gain an insight into key management areas collectively as well as individually.