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Study mode

Full time

Duration

13 months

Start date

01-OCT-24

Key information
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Qualification type

MSc - Master of Science

Subject areas

Management (General)

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

Our Management MSc is a top-ranked management master's course. It is ranked 6th in the UK and 28th in the world by QS World University Rankings: Masters in Management Ranking 2022. This postgraduate management course will equip you with the knowledge and practical skills you need to tackle complex business challenges and to prepare you for demanding managerial roles in the future. By studying this MSc in Management you will have the opportunity to gain invaluable work experience at a company during a three-month in-company internship project.

This course will:

Introduce you to managerial economics and enable you to use economic reasoning in managerial decision making, and understand how external environment and internal capabilities shape a firm’s competitive position.

Develop your knowledge and understanding of a range of management science techniques and tools to support management decisions.

Develop your management consultancy skills, and enable you apply them while role-playing a management consulting team working on a genuine business issue, competing against other teams.

Engage you in gaining a better understanding of how corporate action can be best configured to promote responsible and sustainable business strategies.

Gain an understanding of operations management and its contribution to organisational competitiveness, the ‘human factor’ element and how people behave within organisations, together with strategic marketing and management.

The internship provides invaluable practical work experience, and many of our graduates have been offered positions within the companies they completed their internship with.

Modules

In essence this module is concerned with managing the organization's key resource ? the people who work for it. It aims to help participants understand how effective people management and human resource management can contribute to develop and sustain organisations. The focus of the module will be concerned with helping participants understand the relationship between people management and organisational performance, including the crucial role of line managers. The module aims to develop an insight into the complexities of managing people in a changing environment. The module will provide an introduction to the main activities associated with resourcing, developing and day-to-day management of people in work organisations. It is not the intention of the module to develop human resource management specialist, but rather to provide a general introduction to the people management issues that concern all managers. Throughout, the sessions will be highly interactive in order to develop critical insight and core skills in the people management field.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (overall cost)

£16,995

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£26,800

Entry requirements

We welcome applications from talented candidates of all backgrounds and each application is considered on its individual merit. Usually candidates must hold either a: first or a second class UK honours degree in a relevant discipline, or international degree - equivalent of UK qualifications. Candidates who do not meet these criteria may be considered if they have a professional qualification (e.g. CIMA, ACA, ACCA) together with 5 years' post-qualification relevant work experience. Other relevant qualifications, together with significant experience, may be considered.

Department profile

Cranfield School of Management is an internationally renowned business school with over 35,000 global alumni, many of whom are now leading the way in their fields. Our consistent presence in world rankings and our triple accreditation put us in the elite 1% of schools worldwide. So why join our community? Ultimately, we are a business school with over 50 years’ experience in offering MBAs, Business and Leadership MScs and Corporate Executive...more

University information

Cranfield University is an exclusive postgraduate university with a main campus in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, and a second site in Shrivenham, Oxfordshire. The university specialises in science, engineering, technology and management, exploring how they work together to benefit the world. Cranfield’s world-class postgraduate courses and unrivalled facilities attract talented and hard working students from around the world. The university...more