MSc Applied Management

Institution University of Sunderland - Faculty of Business and Law
Method At the institution
Location Sunderland
Type Masters
Course fee By request

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MSc Applied Management

Entry requirements Entry Requirements Applicants must be employed in a relevant managerial or supervisory role and be able to demonstrate the support of their organisation in their application. For further entry details please contact the School Recruitment Officer.
Academic title MSc Applied Management
Course description This programme provides a unique opportunity to combine academic study at an advanced level with a management career, allowing students to use their own jobs and workplaces as vehicles for learning, personal development and assessment.

For this reason, applicants must be employed in a relevant managerial or supervisory role and be able to demonstrate the support of their organisation in their application.

Unlike many PT programmes, the use of the workplace for learning and assessment allows students to complete their studies, part time, in just 24 months.

Course Content

Modules Include:

    * Organisational Performance
    * Organisational Excellence
    * Leading and Managing Change
    * Applied Research Methods for Business and Management
    * Applied Consultancy Research Project

Teaching and Assessment

Teaching will take place in a workshop format. Assessments are based on work-related tasks, portfolio evidence and project tasks.

All assessed work will have some relevance to the student's workplace environment.

Work Experience

Applicants must be employed in a relevant managerial or supervisory role and be able to demonstrate the support of their organisation in their application.

Career Opportunities

Graduates of this programme will be able to progress within their own organisation or go on to work in other areas of business and management, and provide evidence in the form of your portfolio of work.

Facilities

As a student of the School of Business, Law and Psychology, you will have access to some of the best learning support facilities in the higher education sector.

Our libraries provide computers, printing, photocopying, and inter-library loans. Sunderland also has an extensive electronic library collection, which means you can access much of the information you need online.

You will also benefit from access to 500 computer workstations of the David Goldman Informatics Centre which offers the latest software packages - open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.