Master of Science In Leadership and Change Management

The study of marketing plays an essential component of the knowledge, skills and competence of middle to senior manager, particularly in a fast moving and complex global marketplace. The module will develop high level and advanced marketing knowledge and skills in the learner. At the end of the module, you will be able to:

1. Be able to critically analyse and demonstrate the relative importance of marketing to a specific business or organization;
2. Be able to create a high level brief for a market research organisation to carry out a specific research project based on sound organisational research;
3. Be able to supervise and monitor marketing spend as part of a continuing campaign for a specified organization;
4. Be able to demonstrate the necessary competencies to be able to be responsible for generating customer interaction in an organisation’s market research approaches.

Middle to senior managers are expected to manage budgets, control costs and improve productivity. This module will support the development of high level skills in this discipline area and enable students to have confidence in accountancy and finance matters as they assume more senior roles with added responsibilities. At the end of the module, you will be able to:

1. Be able to produce competent draft accounts for an organisation;
2. Be able to create a competent budget incorporating both annual and capital expenditure evaluating the appropriate balance of these;
3. Be able to effectively demonstrate, based on research, the different means of appraising investment projects as part of a capital investment plan, and authorise the most appropriate for a given organisation;
4. Be able to demonstrate an ability to be able authorise expenditure against budget; and,
5. Be able to monitor regularly-reported management accounts and authorise remedial action where relevant.

This module provides students with a detailed and contemporary understanding of qualitative and quantitative research activities, as applied in a business and management context. The module will not only support students prior to commencing their dissertation but also help students to understand how data interpretation can support their role in effectively managing organisations at a senior level.

1. Be able to monitor complex circumstances within and around an organisation to determine when to recommend research projects be developed and approved;
2. Be able to authorise the commissioning of appropriately complex organisation-relevant research projects;
3. Be able to manage complex projects if so commissioned by the organisation.

Successful and effective strategic planning and management is essential for any successful organisation. Middle to senior managers must be able to formulate robust and realistic strategic plans. This module explores high level strategic planning concepts and practices. At the end of the module, you will be able to:

1. Be able to critically analyse the internal and external environment of the organisation;
2. Be able to create a detailed strategic plan for a chosen organisation;
3. Be able to represent complex views underlying the strategic plan to the most senior decision-making team of an organisation; and,
4. Be able to produce a detailed monitoring report on the progress of the strategic plan based on research of the detailed circumstances.

The study of organisational behaviour and Human Resource Management underpins Strategy, Leadership and Change Management. The module will provide the learner with a detailed understanding of current and emerging global practice in respect of managing and developing an organisation’s human capital. At the end of the module, you will be able to:

1. Have the competency to effectively supervise a staff team;
2. Be able to identify, set, and achieve complex personal and staff goals;
3. Have the competency to be able to manage a department or section of an organisation, including the personnel within it;
4. Have the competency to be able to select an appropriate person(s) to recruit to an identified organisational post; and,
5. Have the competency to be able to select an appropriate person(s) to undertake a successful project.

In the absence of effective leadership organisations will fail. This module explores the attributes of what makes an effective organisational leader, the techniques they employ and how effective leaders are essential to sustainable succession planning. At the end of the module, you will be able to:

1. Be able to effectively apply higher level leadership behaviours in different organisational circumstances;
2. Be able to effectively collaborate with colleagues to ensure the development of complementary and appropriate leadership approaches across the organisation; and,
3. Be able to critically monitor leadership behaviours across an organisation through a formal and continuing research process.

The World is a rapidly changing environment and this change impacts on the way that organisations behave and respond. This module will equip students with the theoretical and advanced practical models and techniques that can help support them, as managers, to bring about effective and positive organisational change via people and processes. At the end of the module, you will be able to:

1. Be able to critically apply the key concepts of organisational change;
2. Be able to critically apply relevant models and techniques which are useful to implementing change management across a variety of different contextual scenarios;
3. Be able to effectively apply best practice in human resource management practices relating to organisational change management;
4. Be able to develop effective strategies to overcome any barriers to change that might occur during change implementation projects;
5. Be able to recognise the key competencies of change agents and their impact on both the organisation and internal/external stakeholders; and,
6. Be able to effectively plan, manage and control projects successfully and on time.

This module explores the critical linkage between a business strategy and organisational operations. The module will give students an understanding of how business strategies develop and emerge with organisations, how organisational business models can evolve, help them classify the various types of business model and enable them to learn how business models can emphasise an organisation’s strengths and help protect the organisation from internal and external pressures. At the end of the module, you will be able to:

1. Be able to critically understand the link and association between strategy and operations by applying business models;
2. Be able to critically examine operational areas which can provide an organisation with a key competitive advantage.

This module is designed to allow students the opportunity to engage in a rigorous piece of personal and independent research arising out of their programme of study and allied to their professional field, and to present their findings through a dissertation.

1. Critically monitor and assess the circumstances within and around an organisation to determine when to recommend research projects be developed and approved;
2. Have the knowledge, understanding and authority to authorise the commissioning of appropriate organisation-relevant research projects;
3. Be able to implement research projects if so commissioned.