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Master of Science In Leadership and Change Management

12 months
MQF Level 7
0 FEE
0 INTAKE
90 ECTS

Course Overview

The Global College Malta MSc in Leadership and Change Management is a forward-thinking, cutting-edge programme of study that focuses on key challenges that leaders and managers face in the modern business environment. The MSc degree will give you the conceptual and analytical skills needed to become a results-driven professional who can effectively harness innovation in a startup or an existing business.

Through your coursework, which includes a mix of practical and academic assessments, you’ll enhance your abilities around opportunity recognition, product development, commercialisation, operational growth, strategic thinking, and more. You’ll receive support from the College’s teaching team, who have valuable experience in the fields of entrepreneurship and innovation management. Their industry insights will help you understand how to relate your studies directly to your own career.

The MSc degree covers: Innovation management and entrepreneurship frameworks to help develop business strategies; The factors that impact innovation, such as economic, social, environmental, and technological challenges; The role of markets and customers, including the impact that market changes can have on a company; and How to conduct financing for business operations, particularly assessments for new products and business startups.

Our strong emphasis on your personal and leadership development will be supported by regular sessions to develop your skills in a wide range of areas from communication and negotiation to team-building and leadership.

The course is studied on a full-time basis over a period of one year.

Accredited
Level 7
Masters degree
90 ECTS

Full Time (Day or Evening Classes): 12 months

Middle to Senior organisational managers in commercial for-profit organisations, the public sector and the voluntary sector.

Prior to entering the Master’s programme of study with the College, applicants should normally possess:

  • A good degree from a recognised university institution or equivalent recognised higher education institution. Whilst a degree in a subject broadly related to Business and Management is advantageous, this is not essential. The application process will carefully consider the suitability of the student to successfully complete the programme based on the information provided. Where appropriate, a discussion will be held with the applicant to determine their suitability, or
  • A graduate level professional qualification from a recognised University institution or appropriate comparable recognised higher education institution. A graduate level professional qualification in a subject broadly related to Business and Management is advantageous. The application process will carefully consider the suitability of the student to successfully complete the programme based on the information provided. Where appropriate, a discussion will be held with the applicant to determine their suitability, or
  • Where appropriate, a pre-master’s orientation programme approved by Global College Malta.

Students whose first Language is not English and who have not previously been exposed to spoken and written English at a reasonably advanced level will normally be required to demonstrate an English competence of IELTS 6.0 or equivalent. The College may undertake a video interview with the prospective student to better understand their English proficiency and, where appropriate, may also require a Medium of Instruction certificate from the student’s previous educational institution. The English language proficiency requirement may be waived if the student is a native speaker of English and they have completed their secondary education in a country where English is the official language or English was the language of instruction where they graduated.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to have two or more years’ relevant work experience, although this need not necessarily be continuous, and may have been undertaken on a voluntary or unpaid basis.

EQF/MQF level of every module, total learning hours and Module Learning Outcome
Module Code Module Name EQF/MQF level ECTS Total hrs of learning
GCM-M01 Marketing in Practice 7 8 200
GCM-M02 Accountancy and Finance 7 8 200
GCM-M03 Research Methods 7 8 200
GCM-M04 Strategic Management 7 8 200
GCM-M05 Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources Management 7 8 200
GCM-M06 Leadership 7 8 200
GCM-M11 Strategic Change 7 8 200
GCM-M12 Business Models 7 8 200
GCM-M29 Major project 7 26 650

Module Teaching & Assessment for all modules except Dissertation

The module will normally have the following assessment regime:

– Written examination: this will typically account for some 40% of the final grade and takes the form of a written examination under controlled conditions.

– Individual Essay(s): this will typically account for some 40% of the final grade and takes the form of a specialised essay. Students will be required to explore an emerging trend or topic within the theory and practice of the module discipline. This will require an extensive search of the relevant academic and practitioner-based literature and students will need to make reference to both academic and industrial/practitioner sources in their written work.

– Group work: this will typically account for some 20% of the final grade and takes the form of a report. A selection of the groups will be invited to present or pitch at the end of the module to a panel.

 

Module Teaching & Assessment for Dissertation

Each student will be allocated a supervisor who will help them with the development of their project proposal, oversee progress with the project, comment as appropriate on draft materials produced by the student and be available to assist the student with the project, as appropriate.

The dissertation/major project is assessed via the production of a dissertation of some 10,000 to 12,000 words in length.

Where necessary, a viva voce will be conducted in those instances where the provisional mark is considered to be a marginal pass.

To successfully complete the module an overall pass mark of 40% must be achieved.

All assessments will be submitted via the internationally recognised plagiarism software Turnitin.

For Local/EU Students:

Tuition Fees

Application Fees

Registration Fees

€8,650

€100

€250


For International Students:

Tuition Fees

Application Fees

Visa Sup Doc Fee

Registration Fees

€9,500

€100

€200

€250


Fees include:

  • Assessment fee
  • Overall qualification certificate
  • Course material tutorial support notes
  • Access to online course resources

Monthly discounts are available, please contact one of our student recruitment staff members to learn more.

Face-to-face

Total hours : 2250

Total contact hours: 330

Assessment hours: 260

Self-study hours: 1650

Supervised placement and practice hours: 10

Full-time
19-65+
English
On campus- SmartCity Malta, SCM01, Ricasoli
Four modules are delivered in the first Semester of the Programme. In the second Semester, a further four modules are delivered. GCM-M29, the Major Project, forms the final part of the Programme following the completion of Semester two.
Module Name Learning Outcome
GCM-M01 Marketing in Practice 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:
  • Be able to critically analyse and demonstrate the relative importance of marketing to a specific business or organization;
  • 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;
  • Be able to supervise and monitor marketing spend as part of a continuing campaign for a specified organization;
  • Be able to demonstrate the necessary competencies to be able to be responsible for generating customer interaction in an organisation’s market research approaches.
GCM-M02 Accountancy and Finance 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:
  • Be able to produce competent draft accounts for an organisation;
  • Be able to create a competent budget incorporating both annual and capital expenditure evaluating the appropriate balance of these;
  • 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;
  • Be able to demonstrate an ability to be able authorise expenditure against budget; and,
  • Be able to monitor regularly-reported management accounts and authorise remedial action where relevant.
GCM-M03 Research Methods 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.
  • Be able to monitor complex circumstances within and around an organisation to determine when to recommend research projects be developed and approved;
  • Be able to authorise the commissioning of appropriately complex organisation-relevant research projects;
  • Be able to manage complex projects if so commissioned by the organisation.
GCM-M04 Strategic Management 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:
  • Be able to critically analyse the internal and external environment of the organisation;
  • Be able to create a detailed strategic plan for a chosen organisation;
  • Be able to represent complex views underlying the strategic plan to the most senior decision-making team of an organisation; and,
  • Be able to produce a detailed monitoring report on the progress of the strategic plan based on research of the detailed circumstances.
GCM-M05 Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management 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:
  • Have the competency to effectively supervise a staff team;
  • Be able to identify, set, and achieve complex personal and staff goals;
  • Have the competency to be able to manage a department or section of an organisation, including the personnel within it;
  • Have the competency to be able to select an appropriate person(s) to recruit to an identified organisational post; and,
  • Have the competency to be able to select an appropriate person(s) to undertake a successful project.
GCM-M06 Leadership 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:
  • Be able to effectively apply higher level leadership behaviours in different organisational circumstances;
  • Be able to effectively collaborate with colleagues to ensure the development of complementary and appropriate leadership approaches across the organisation; and,
  • Be able to critically monitor leadership behaviours across an organisation through a formal and continuing research process.
GCM-M11 Strategic Change 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:
  • Be able to critically apply the key concepts of organisational change;
  • Be able to critically apply relevant models and techniques which are useful to implementing change management across a variety of different contextual scenarios;
  • Be able to effectively apply best practice in human resource management practices relating to organisational change management;
  • Be able to develop effective strategies to overcome any barriers to change that might occur during change implementation projects;
  • Be able to recognise the key competencies of change agents and their impact on both the organisation and internal/external stakeholders; and,
  • Be able to effectively plan, manage and control projects successfully and on time.
GCM-M12 Business Models 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:
  • Be able to critically understand the link and association between strategy and operations by applying business models;
  • Be able to critically examine operational areas which can provide an organisation with a key competitive advantage.
GCM-M29 Dissertation/Major Project 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.
  • Critically monitor and assess the circumstances within and around an organisation to determine when to recommend research projects be developed and approved;
  • Have the knowledge, understanding and authority to authorise the commissioning of appropriate organisation-relevant research projects;
  • Be able to implement research projects if so commissioned.

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