Course description
Modules
Core modules:
-Organisational Analysis and Human Resource Strategy
-Information Management and Systems Strategy
-Finance and Accounting For Business Strategy
-Strategic Management and Marketing
-International Business
-Network Company Consultancy Project
-Research Proposal and Research Project
Specialist modules
-Competing in a Digital Economy
-Systems, Information and Processes
-Information Systems Management
Assessment
Varied methods are used throughout the course, including presentations, group work, management reports, and examinations.
Course content
The common core modules will help you to develop an in-depth understanding of current management practice and leading edge research. The specialist modules will provide you with a grounding in IS management and will help you to explore the potential for competitive advantage afforded by IS projects in an eBusiness environment. You will also examine the different approaches, techniques and methodologies used in the design and implementation of IS.
Graduate employability
Graduate destinations from this course include, senior management positions, IS careers, international employment and marketing roles. A sizeable proportion of students join graduate management trainee programmes and students have also been offered jobs with the SME company for whom they have completed a consultancy project as part of the course.
How do you study?
A variety of teaching and learning methods are employed including, lectures, seminars, case studies, discussions, business simulations and group activities. As part of the course, careers advisers will run a series of workshops, where you can identify methods and strategies to enable you to effectively pursue your career goals.
Inductions
We provide a comprehensive induction phase, which involves looking at the resources and talents that exist within groups, the characteristics of group members, their decision making styles and their effectiveness. This is conducted via individual, group, in-house and outdoor activities, which include a mandatory residential course. This is an important part of the course and must be completed before module teaching starts.
Professional recognition
Nottingham Business School is one of the UK’s leading full-service business schools, providing a wide range of Business and Management education services for individuals and organisations. The School’s reputation within the international and global business world continues to go from strength to strength as a result of its consistent performance in terms of accreditation, student performance and research, and its impressive client base.
Special features
Common to our Management Masters courses are the following innovative features that reflect our aim to put employability, personal development and real life experience at the centre of management learning.
Conversion to MBA
In recognition that not all graduates have the necessary management experience to progress directly on to a Master of Business Administration award, a full-time MSc award may be converted to an MBA, following appropriate management experience, through the completion of a portfolio of evidence which illustrates their experience and management competence.
The Network Company
Groups of students gain direct consultancy experience through interaction with a Network Company where they are assigned a managerial mentor and complete a consultancy project. This is an opportunity that will be highly valued by potential employers and is particularly valuable to participants with little or no managerial exposure, as well as those wanting to build on their existing experience. Students will also be required to reflect upon their personal development and contribution to the team effort.
Career Development
As part of the course, careers advisers will run a series of workshops, where students can identify methods and strategies to enable them to effectively pursue their career goals. The focus will be on developing your skills and occupational awareness, and workshops will focus on both home and international students.
In-sessional English language Support
For those students whose first language is not English, the Business School provides in-sessional support for academic writing specific to the requirements of the course.
