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Information Technology for Business Management – (M.Sc.)
Kingston University
Faculty of Business and Law
| Application Deadline: | 7 August | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 8,720 - ≈ € 12,780 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | London / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Kingston University
This programme is designed to provide you with an integrated, interdisciplinary knowledge of business management and IT, thereby increasing your skill set and enhancing your future career prospects. The combination of theory and practice in an accessible and applied style, make this course particularly attractive for those wishing to embark upon a business career in which they can apply IT skills.
What will you study?
You will graduate fully conversant with the language of e-business and equipped to deal with emerging technologies. You will have the opportunity to integrate your studies and demonstrate your practical expertise by working on a live consultancy project. The course builds on theory and the practical application of key business functions in a business management context. This provides a focus for the integration of information technology.
Through your dissertation you can also research an IT management-related issue of particular personal interest or relevance to your career aspirations.
Contents
Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list.
Core modules
* E-Commerce Operations
This module looks at the opportunities and challenges that face managers and organisers who are developing e-commerce initiatives. It provides:
* a strategic and theoretical framework to help you understand the process of change and competition in e-commerce operations; and
* and understanding of the operational issues which need to be addressed.
Areas of study include the e-commerce environment, trends and developments in e-commerce initiatives, marketing, supply chain management, and strategy and planning.
* Information Resources Management
* Services Operations Management
The aim of this module is to:
* develop the analytical skills you need to contribute to issues concerning service operations management and service innovation; and
* explore the strategic contribution that effective service operations management can play within organisations.
* Business Information Technology Consultancy Project
The Consultancy Project develops your management consultancy skills through a live internet start-up project. It acts as a focus for integrating the taught components of the course enabling you to:
* apply your internet computing knowledge in a business context; and
* apply innovative thinking to business problems.
You will work with a small group of cohorts to design and develop a prototype system for an organisation that wishes to set up an innovative www-based business application. You will produce a business plan and marketing strategy for the application. The project will also enhance management skills such as teamwork, negotiating, presenting to clients, project management, and problem analysis and solving.
* Strategic Management of Information Systems
This module aims to provide an understanding of the strategic issues involved in the management of IS and IT. You will:
* develop strategies for the exploitation, management and implementation of internet and e-commerce applications; and
* gain an overview of the major models found in corporate strategy literature.
* Business Internet Systems
This module aims to provide a theoretical understanding, as well as practical competence, in the techniques of structured systems analysis and design in new and emerging fields of business internet systems.
Methodologies covered will range from SSADM to Rapid Application Development and Prototyping. You will study software development strategies, specification and design, programming tools and techniques, query languages, systems development management, as well as security and fraud.
* Project Management
* Research Methods and Dissertation
Initially this module will equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to successfully complete a research project.
You will then investigate a specific business problem via a substantial piece of independent work, which demonstrates your proficiency in:
* the design of a research project;
* the application of appropriate methods;
* the collection and analysis of data; and
* the presentation of results.
Option modules
* Strategic Project Management
This module introduces students to project management and the role of project managers in an organisational environment. This encompasses a number of strategic issues such as time planning, cost and quality planning when resources have to be shared amongst a number of demanding projects. Risk management is an element of this approach. The teaching approach includes case study and examples of project management, successful and unsuccessful, which have been documented in the past. Group discussion will allow the students to appreciate the subjectiveness of project management in contrast to the scientific approach of project planning.
* Information Governance and Security
* Supply Chain Management
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Requirements
We welcome applications from those who possess::
* a good honours degree or equivalent, preferably in a business area; and
* some experience in business IT or computer use.
* International applicants will need 6.5 IELTS or equivalent.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
Accreditation
Many of the courses that we run are accredited and recognised by relevant professional bodies within their respective fields. As part of our commitment to providing quality, relevant courses we seek accreditation and recognition wherever possible. In fact the Higher Education Funding Council of England awarded us a quality rating for 'Excellence in teaching'.
Kingston Business School is also one of an elite number of UK business schools with Association of MBA accreditation of our MBA courses. Plus we have received EPAS accreditation from the European Foundation for Management Development for several of our postgraduate and undergraduate business programmes; only the second UK business school to receive this accreditation.
To view a full list of our accreditations, please visit our website.
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