Course description
This course allows you to explore the dynamics of operation and strategy management, within the broader context of regeneration and sustainable communities. It is targeted principally at managers working in the regeneration field, who have responsibility for designing policy and strategies to address decline and sustain growth in affected organisations and communities.
While regeneration is not a new field, the competencies now required at a management level are necessitating new skills: how to manage complex projects; how to make decisions under a high level of uncertainty; how to develop strategies; how to drive an innovative culture; how to motivate workers and facilitate the transfer and fostering of new knowledge. These are core strategic management competencies germane to regeneration practice that our course seeks to develop in students, through a blend of professional, business and academic training.
Reasons to choose Regeneration Management MA degree
Coventry University has a long history of working in the field of regeneration, and a national and international reputation for teaching and research excellence in the field. Our expertise is grounded in academic, policy and practitioner approaches to the regeneration of towns, cities, and communities.
We work closely with national stakeholders to:
* Advance ideas and key debates
* Lead research and academic inquiry
* Develop policy
* Advise on area-based policies or strategies
* Provide new and continuing skills for practitioners
The course is supported by a team of more than 20 dedicated regeneration specialists, 30 business specialists, and 10 industry specialists. It benefits from the resources of the nationally recognised Centre in Sustainable Regeneration, the Business School and specialist facilities including dedicated library, computer labs, web-based and podcasting services, and research seminar programmes.
Future prospects
This course is strongly vocational, preparing students for the rigours of high level regeneration practice. Taught in conjunction with the Business School, this course has been developed for managers and executives of regeneration organisations, boards and partnerships.
The course addresses the increasing demand for management skills for professionals working in the regeneration field. In particular it seeks to provide an exceptional educational experience in which students can achieve an integrated understanding of the operation and strategy of management within the context of sustainable regeneration, while also developing appropriate intellectual and personal skills. As such, the course is invaluable for students new to management, and those wishing to progress in the management field.
The course is suitable for:
* Chief Executives
* Programme Managers
* Strategists
* Executive Consultants
Course content
As a full time student you will be expected to attend the University for two full terms for the Postgraduate Diploma, with a further four-month period for the completion of the MBA dissertation.
The course can be studied in part-time mode. Part-time students are expected to attend for two years (1 day per week) followed by an additional year for completion of the MBA dissertation, which can be related to your employment. Alternatively, some modules can be studied off-campus through distance learning or activity-based learning, providing a blended learning experience and easing the pressures of weekly attendance.
The programme consists of a taught phase of 120 credits, followed by an MSc phase of 60 credits (dissertation). Modules include:
* Human Resource Management
* Strategic Management
* Marketing
* Business Economics
* Financial Statement Analysis
* Sustainable Regeneration
* Contemporary Debates in Policy Design
* International Comparative Perspectives
* The Competitive City
* Rural Societies, Culture & Economies
* Theory, Dynamics and Processes of Economic Development
* The Regeneration Practitioner
* Company Internship
* Dissertation
