Course summary
This postgraduate degree aims to enhance your prospects by developing your ability to apply the latest thinking to organisational development and change in a competitive global context. Successful completion highlights your potential to have a transformational impact on the organisation you join. Your placement provides you with experience of applying your knowledge and skills to solve real business problems and also forms the basis for your dissertation project. The placement and dissertation is academically supervised and supported throughout. Why choose this course? Every taught unit on this course is delivered in six-week block mode and has six entry points allowing you to start at a time that suits you Follow a practice-led curriculum that develops your ability to creatively apply theoretical knowledge and understanding to complex real-life issues Through practice events work on live consultancy projects with leading employers in organisations across private public and not-for-profit sectors Develop the attributes and skills expected by professional and industry bodies such as the Chartered Management Institute and the Confederation of British Industry; these include team-working negotiation leadership confidence and the ability to apply critical and creative thinking to complex problems with the aim of finding innovative solutions.
Modules
- Advancing Professional Practice (BSS070-6) Compulsory
- Leading And Managing Organisational Resources (BSS064-6) Compulsory
- Management Practice (BSS063-6) Compulsory
- Strategy And The Global Competitive Environment (BSS058-6) Compulsory
- Theory Into Practice Project (BSS056-6) Compulsory
Assessment method
The underpinning philosophy of all assessments is to develop both your knowledge and skills to enter employment as a confident manager with a strong base from which to meet your own aspirations. This requires consideration of your own personal capabilities as well as looking outward at the business world. The aim is for you to become an independent and self-directed lifelong learner. Apart from the formal assessments there will be an emphasis on self, peer and group assessment. Tutors will provide feedback on formative assessments to support your development of good academic practice. All assessments are rooted in authentic and practical workplace scenarios to enable the integration of theory and practice in dynamic `real world work contexts. Exams are kept to a minimum. To facilitate learning for all students a range of assessment methods are used throughout the course, including:
- Business Reports to demonstrate contextual insight and professional practice;
- Project Plans to demonstrate project planning skills;
- Seminar Papers to develop critical analysis skills; - In-class tests of your knowledge of core concepts in context;
- Project Report integrates learning throughout the course independently applied in practice;
- Business simulation where you demonstrate the impact of your strategic decision making.
Entry requirements
Applicants should have a good undergraduate degree at Honours level, or equivalent. We also consider candidates with other relevant qualifications and individuals with appropriate work experience. For international students English competence of IELTS 6.0 or equivalent is required.
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
For information on the 2025 fees and scholarships please refer to our website, https://www.beds.ac.uk/howtoapply/money/fees/
Provider information
University of Bedfordshire
Park Square
Luton
LU1 3JU