入学要求 Requirement:
学术要求: A good honours degree in management; business studies; or other related social science subject. Those with a 2.2 may be considered providing they can demonstrate significant relevant experience.
英语要求:
•IELTS: 6.5 (min 6 in all areas)
•TOEFL Paper test: 580 (TWE 4.5)
•TOEFL Internet test: 92 (R20, L20, S20, W20)
学费 Tuition Fee:2011/2012 £12,650
课程特征 Course Features:
This programme is designed to provide the knowledge and skills necessary for a successful career in your chosen area of management by offering an advanced study of organisations, their management and the changing contexts in which they operate.
This course is therefore ideal for those who wish to become managers or undertake research in academic, consultancy or commercial settings. Those already in management roles and seeking a Master's qualification other than an MBA will also find great value in this programme.
课程内容 Course Content :
Core Modules
Organisational Behaviour
This module explores the main theories and key functions of leadership and management and their application, and you will be able to critique these as well as appreciate the contemporary issues facing leaders and managers.
Entrepreneurship
This module focuses on the nature of entrepreneurship and its importance in society.
Business Planning
This module aims to promote an integrative understanding of the challenges and opportunities involved in business planning through practice.
Financial Resources Management
Main topics of study include: perspectives on and key debates in the finance role in strategy setting; value adding and value chains; economic value added (EVA ) and strategic value analysis (SVA);shareholder value creation; overview of financial management; corporate valuation; cost of capital and the capital structure decision; working capital; analysing and interpreting financial statements; business and project finance/management; capital investment appraisal; financial and business planning; projected financial statements.
Strategic Management
This module enables students to appreciate the issues and challenges that confront managers responsible for strategic management. It introduces students to concepts, topics and methodological approaches and tools relevant to the analysis of the strategic position of the organisation and the development and implementation of strategies and policies, and their major operational implications.
Understanding Business and Management Research
Main topics of study include: the notion of research and the issue of knowledge claims; the role of theory in management and business domain; epistemology and ontology assumptions in positivism and social relativism/constructivism; empiricism; research methods and techniques; research designs (ie experimental, longitudinal, case studies, comparative);
Dissertation
A research-based dissertation is an integral element of the programme to which considerable importance is attached. Students are required to base their dissertation on empirical research into a management problem or issue of their choice (subject to approval).
Dissertations are supervised by full-time members of the academic staff of the School who have a wide range of research interests and expertise. The dissertation must be submitted by the end of the academic year during which a student completes all of the taught modules of the course.
Elective Modules (one from)
Global Diversity Management
International Business Ethics and Corporate Governance
This module focuses on business ethics and corporate governance in the international context. Both areas will be addressed from the perspective of the dual ‘business’ models of the shareholder and the stakeholder approaches.
Knowledge Management, Social Networks and Innovation
This module explores the intersection between knowledge, social network technologies and innovation.
Operations and Project Management
By the end of this module you will be able to critically evaluate the importance of a strategic approach to operations management and the role of project work as an enabler of organisational performance improvemen
教学与评估 Teaching and Assessment:
Taught modules are normally assessed either entirely by coursework or by a combination of coursework and formal examination.