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Strategic Management and Leadership – (M.A.)
Oxford Brookes University
Department of Business and Management
| Location: | Oxford / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
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A part-time master’s in Strategic Management and Leadership will help you to stand out to employers. Aimed at those wishing to further their career in management and to progress to senior management roles, this research-based programme combines theory and practice and has been designed to enable students to build on the learning and experience achieved at diploma and certificate levels. This programme is highly valued by employers and enables you to develop specialist knowledge in an area of management that is of particular interest and that will help your career progression.
Why Brookes?
At Oxford Brookes University Business School you will find a dynamic and international community of more than 150 academic staff, 2,000 undergraduates and 500 postgraduate and research students. We are consistently applauded for the excellence of our learning and teaching. We practise a special 'Brookes blend' of critical enquiry with practical insight, of rigour with relevance. We have a deep connection with the world of business, which ensures the relevance of our courses, the credibility of our staff and the career successes of our students.
Career prospects
Many Business School graduates realise significant career progression and go on to achieve high status in the industry of their choice.
The school maintains a rigorous and dynamic doctoral programme leading to the higher degrees of MPhil and PhD. Postgraduate students join a supportive, friendly and multicultural research environment.
Contents
Course length
Part-time: MA: 12 months (for direct entrants)
For direct entrants
The programme consists of a single module that addresses research methods, critical issues in research and how to deliver a master’s dissertation. The dissertation comprises 20,000 words and, in addition, you produce a reflective practice essay that reviews your personal development arising from the workshop programme. Students receive tuition on how to conduct research, recognise key issues and deliver a work-based research project at master’s level.
For continuing students
For students progressing from the Diploma in Management and Leadership, the programme consists of taught modules delivered through a series of workshops. Students also undertake a module in research methodology including critical issues in research and how to deliver a master’s dissertation. The dissertation comprises 20,000 words and, in addition, you produce a reflective practice essay that reviews your personal development arising from the workshop programme.
Teaching, learning and assessment
The teaching on the course takes the form of interactive workshops, but there are also lectures from staff and visiting speakers. Lectures, discussions, role-play exercises, learning packages and seminars are linked with selected case studies and assessments to strengthen your practical analysis and decision-making skills. You will have the opportunity to develop your skills in working as part of a team through structured syndicate work and group assignments.
Teaching staff are primarily those academics from within the Business School with research and/or in-depth practical experience of business and management issues. Visiting speakers from business, industry, consultancies and research bodies provide further input.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
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This course attracts students from a wide range of backgrounds and nationalities. Applicants are welcome from any academic discipline, as well as those in work and seeking continuing professional development. Admission is normally open to those with a minimum of a good second class honours degree (or equivalent overseas degree from a recognised institution) or equivalent professional or other qualification.
The course provides the opportunity to attain formal academic training and qualifications based on diverse academic and professional backgrounds.
If English is not your main language then you will also need to show that your English is at a high enough level to succeed in your studies. You will need IELTS IELTS 6-7 (normally with 6.0 in Reading and Writing and a minimum of 5.5 in Listening and Speaking); TOEFL internet-based test 80-100 (with minimum scores in each section) or equivalent, depending on the course you have chosen to study.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 80 |
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