Course summary
LJMU's Leadership and Management programme supports career progression for managers or those with ambitions to take up a management role. The MSc in Leadership & Management Practice takes you on a personal leadership discovery of concepts and theories to help you understand your own position in relation to your organisational context and leadership journey: it puts you at the centre of your learning experience. It is a part-time 30-month programme. The programme has a strong emphasis on recognising that the workplace is an important place to learn. The modules cover a variety of contemporary leadership topics within different areas of a business that open your eyes to new ways of working, help to build self-awareness and confidence in your leadership decisions. You will develop the ability to think critically about traditional, current, and future leadership theories & practices within your organisation, the impact this can have on others and ways in which practice can be improved. Thought leadership will also be employed on the programme, fostering intellectual skills, and addressing the ever-changing nature of leadership and management in the real world. The programme is personalised to individuals and customised for businesses so that they can apply the necessary management practices to ensure that:
- learners make an immediate impact in their job.
- skills are practiced and knowledge applied.
- time away from work is kept to a minimum with learning happening in the workplace.
- A personal leadership journey.
- Aids management career progression.
- CMI designed course with Charter Mark recognition.
- Job focused leadership theory and skills.
- Offers an alternative leadership and management development programme to the MBA, focusing on personal practice and development rather than strategic & operational focus.
- Part-Time, Block Taught delivery to support your development alongside your current role.
- Benefit from teaching informed by business research & local business needs.
- Expand your professional network and learn alongside local senior leaders and managers.
- Highly qualified & experienced teaching team.
- Specialised Masterclasses from business leaders.
- Transform your professional practice and enhance career progression prospects.
- All students and alumni benefit from membership of Liverpool Leadership Network.
Assessment method
To cater for the wide-ranging content of our courses and the varied learning preferences of our students, we offer a range of assessment methods on each programme. Knowledge and skills are assessed through individual work-related assessments, which may be supplemented with group activities. The predominant assessment methodology is one piece of individual coursework per module, which will require participants to relate their learning to an organisational setting. These assessments will normally be developed from their own experience or setting by each individual student through the module activities with the application of theory to practice being a key element of the programme. In the initial 20 credit module, the emphasis will be on a portfolio of work, bringing together different facets of learning activities enabling them to develop a broad understanding of themselves and their overall objectives for the duration of the programme. The assessment methodology, as set out above, provides the opportunities for participants to demonstrate knowledge and skills. In addition to this, a 'flipped learning' approach will also be encouraged, providing content prior to the teaching and learning session using the university’s VLE, this approach brings the focus onto action learning, enabling the application of skill development. Qualifying Awards To be awarded the PGCert, all core modules must be completed. To be awarded the PGDip, modules from the specialist pathways must be completed along with the core modules. To be awarded the MSc, the business consultancy module must be completed along with the core modules and the chosen pathway modules.
Entry requirements
Undergraduate degree: -A bachelor’s degree with a 2.2 (hons) is required and at least three years’ relevant strategic management or leadership experience. Alternatively, a minimum of five years’ relevant strategic management or leadership experience would be considered if no prior degree is held. Alternative qualifications considered: -If you do not meet the admissions criteria above, the course team has a strong commitment to widening participation and positively welcomes non-standard applicants. Candidates with some management experience or those who are about to enter a managerial role and have a demonstrated aptitude for study may still be considered dependant on circumstances and this can be discussed with the Programme Leader prior to application. Relevant work experience: -Applicants should be employed in a job role in which they contribute to leadership and management relating to their area of responsibility within the organisation. International requirements: -IELTS: Where English is not your first language, or your first degree was not taught and assessed wholly in English, an IELTS score of 6.5 must be achieved, with no individual score of less than 5.5. The programme complies fully with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010 Extra Requirements: -RPL: Credits may be awarded for learning already undertaken in the University or elsewhere for which you have received qualifications or certificates and you may submit a claim for recognition of unaccredited prior learning (RP(E)L). This may be for work you have accomplished in a professional, paid, or voluntary capacity. This must be submitted via an RPL form with supporting evidence. You will also be liable to pay an administration fee and charge per credit. All RP(E)L claims must be applied for at the point of admission and cannot be considered at a later stage.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £4605 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £4605 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £4605 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £4605 | Year 1 |
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
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
Liverpool John Moores University
Student Life Building
Copperas Hill
Liverpool
L3 5AJ