Part-time Courses, MMU Business School

The Executive MBA programme is designed for aspiring managers with at least three years management experience, mid-career specialists wishing to move into general management positions and senior managers who wish to refresh and hone their management knowledge and skills. Tuition is provided in four-day blocks delivered five times per year (February, March, May, October and December). Each block focuses on a different element of the MBA syllabus, from international business management and innovation to strategic implementation, finance, marketing and operations management.

Forming a strategic view involves getting to grips with both the internal and external realities and uncertainties of an organisation’s situation. To meet this objective our MBA programmes aim to develop conceptual frameworks for thinking about business. The aims of the programme are not simply to provide knowledge and skills that will assist in the analysis of situations in a disciplined way, but to enhance managerial judgement by helping to modify or reinforce what has been learnt and is currently being learnt from the day to day work experience.

The Executive MBA is a general business and management programme but emphasis is placed upon globalisation, innovation and managing change. These three themes permeate all core modules as well as the Strategic Management ‘double’ module.

The final six months of the programme are spent with an academic supervisor on a business consultancy project based upon your own organisation. Most assignments are also applied to your organisation, further linking what you learn in the classroom to your day to day working experience.

Electives allow you to specialise in a wide range of areas, including international finance, services marketing, corporate and public affairs, advanced logistics and supply chain management, sustainable development, business economics, project management, reward management and equality management.

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In achieving these aims project management presents challenges in managing the technical, cultural, political and financial aspects inherent in all projects. Look in the online job directories to see how many jobs there are and you will realise why you should choose project management.

*These units are accredited by the Association for Project Management (APM)

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The MSc Leadership is an innovative programme that is designed for people who are working at a senior level within an organisation, they maybe specialists or experts in their field eg. Accountancy, law, engineering but who want to obtain more knowledge and experience with regards to leadership and the management of people at a strategic level.

The programme will provide students with a combination of theory and practice and a supportive learning environment, where they will have the opportunity to test out new concepts and ideas within the field of leadership.

The MSc Leadership has been designed for the busy professional, with units delivered in a combination of two x two-day blocks and occasional weekend attendance. Additional support will be provided through online learning materials.

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The programme will enhance skills in the following areas:

• The underpinning concepts of management and project management
• The strategic direction of organisations
• Research capabilities and the critical evaluation of management concepts and theories

You will study the following units:

• Leading and Managing People (20 credits)
• Managing Organisational Performance (20 credits)
• Organisational Change and Transition (20 credits)
• Accounting and Finance for Managers (10 credits)
• Managing Operations and Continuous Improvement (10 credits)
• Project Management Methods and Tools* (20 credits)
• Developing Professional Practice – Practising Management (20 credits)
• Awarded Postgraduate Diploma in Practising Management
• Dissertation (60 credits)
• Awarded Master’s Degree in Practising Management

* This unit is accredited by the Association for Project Management (APM)

The successful completion of 60 credits results in the award of a Postgraduate Certificate. 120 credits qualifies you for a Postgraduate Diploma and 180 credits results in the award of a Master’s Degree in Practising Management.

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The public sector has, in recent years, been the subject of constant restructuring and change. This programme is specifically focused to enhance individual and organisational performance and service delivery in health, social care and associated organisations.

The programme will develop and enhance knowledge and skills in the following areas:

• Performance management
• Project management
• Systems design and delivery
• Personnel development and team leadership

You will study the following units:

• Leading and Managing People (20 credits)
• Managing Organisational Performance (20 credits)
• Organisational Change and Transition (20 credits)
• Accounting and Finance for Managers (10 credits)
• Management Information Systems (10 credits)
• Developing Professional Practice – Health and Social Care Management (20 credits)
• Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Care (20 credits)
• Awarded Postgraduate Diploma in Health and Social Care Management
• Consultancy-based Dissertation (60 credits)
• Awarded Master’s Degree in Health and Social Care Management

The successful completion of 60 credits results in the award of a Postgraduate Certificate. 120 credits qualifies you for a Postgraduate Diploma and 180 credits results in the award of a Master’s Degree in Health and Social Care Management.

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The programme will develop and enhance skills in the following areas:

• Managerial and technical competence: to understand the key issues in designing and operating effective LSCM systems.
• Business confidence: to be able to align LSCM with the broader strategic goals of the organisation such that it can contribute to overall business success.
• Leadership: to place LSCM in a broad context of perspective of academic and practitioner ideas, stimulating an analytical, reflective and creative approach to organisational learning.

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This well established degree covers the general principles underlying all business and can act as a springboard to a variety of business careers, from human resources to management consultancy. If you have already started to think about your future career, there are a number of elective units which will allow you to focus your expertise on certain areas. Throughout your degree you will have the opportunity to engage in and study business organisations which operate in a wide variety of industries both nationally and internationally.

The following diagram shows the programme structure, detailing the units you will take in each year:

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