15Feb
PostgraduateCourse summary
Aimed at professional managers with at least two years of professional experience and prior learning to PGDip level.
- This course covers the production of a research project, developed in collaboration with your employer, which will look to investigate a ‘live’ management issue.
- This project will cover a written component, as well as a digital artefact, such as a web page, which can allow your findings to be easily shared with your employer and colleagues.
- Delivered flexibly by practice focused academics, successful completion of this course can enhance your knowledge of management theories and how to apply them, which could help you to develop as a manager and learn the skills needed to progress in your career.
- Learn from practice focused academics, with a range of academic and professional experience
- Benefit from a flexible delivery schedule, with a small number of face-to-face teaching days (usually 3) followed by research project supervision sessions which can be conducted remotely via Skype or a similar platform
- Conduct a relevant project into a ‘live’ management issue, with your recommendations easily shared with your employer through the production of a digital artefact
- Study at Coventry Business School, which was ranked as ‘excellent’ in 2022 by Eduniversal, an annual ranking of business schools in over 150 countries
- Aims to provide a deeper understanding of management theory, and how it can be applied to real problems
Assessment method
This course will be assessed through the outputs of the modules studied – firstly, through assessment of a research proposal, followed by assessment of a dissertation and a related digital artefact. The Coventry University Group assessment strategy ensures that our courses are fairly assessed and allows us to monitor student progression towards the achieving the intended learning outcomes.
Entry requirements
Applicants to this course should hold a PG Diploma level qualification in a subject which contains relevant management content. Qualifications can be derived from professional body qualifications, such as those administered by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development, the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, the Chartered Institute of Marketing or the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply. In addition, applicants should be able to demonstrate at least two years professional experience, with evidence of management responsibility. This experience will be judged on a case by case basis by the course team.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
2025/26 fees TBC. Please see our website for latest information.
Provider information
CU Coventry
8 Mile Lane
Coventry
CV1 2TU