Business Pathway
MBA (Project Management) Anglia Ruskin University
Qualification On successful completion of the programme you will be awarded a Master of Business Administration (MBA) (Project Management).
Awarding Body Anglia Ruskin University
Course Description The Anglia Ruskin University MBA programme is designed to equip you with essential modern management skills and knowledge and prepare you with an enterprising spirit grounded on solid business practices. The programme also aims to provide you with analytical and decision making capabilities in order to face different kinds of new challenges resulting from the rapid changes seen in today’s growing business environment. You will study tools and techniques that will help you develop and manage products and services that will be competitive internationally.
The programme will provide you with the opportunity to develop specific expertise in project management.
Mode Online distance learning
Course Content (Modules) Comprises an induction and eight modules:
1. Managing Change in
Organisations This module will provide you with an understanding of the nature of organisational change; the role of a manager in dealing with that change; and skills which will allow them to contribute positively to the change process. After completing this module you will be able to: • Critically evaluate and define the nature of the change process.
• Apply a range of appropriate conceptual tools applicable to the management of change situations.
• Critically review how organisations have responded to change.
• Synthesise and analyse the links between knowledge management, knowledge
tracking and knowledge migration in organisational/change management.
• Design strategies to deal with resistance to change.
2. Financial Management This module will provide you with the tools to enable you to interpret and evaluate financial information and utilise financial information for decision-making purposes. After completing this module you will be able to: · Draft financial statements. · Critically analyse information contained in published financial statements.
· Select and apply financial decision-making techniques to appraise projects.
· Evaluate complex investment decisions. · Utilise spreadsheets to present and analyse financial information.
· Appreciate differences between financial decision-making in the public and not for profit sectors as compared to the private sector.
· Apply appropriate techniques to protect against currency loss.
3. Marketing Management You will investigate the role and function of marketing within the context of changing markets and increasing international competition. After completing this module you will be able to: • Critically evaluate the information needs of the marketing function in terms of its contribution to the strategic processes and tactical decision-making.
• Integrate marketing decision-making with organisational strategy.
• Establish a broad base of marketing knowledge and the strategic implications.
• Develop and implement marketing plans for a product or service.
• Reflect an international perspective and the global context of decision-making in marketing planning.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of e-business strategies.
Online-based distance learning
4. Managing the Human Resource This module will help you to develop critical awareness of the contribution the human resource can make to workplace effectiveness. It will develop your ability to apply theoretical human resource models and concepts to a wide variety of work situations. This module is also designed to stimulate your thought on how an organisation design can impact on the effectiveness of people. After completing this module you will be able to: · Critically appraise the contribution people can make to an organisation.
· Analyse how factors concerning the management of human resource vary within an organisation and across situations.
· Compare and contrast the concepts of management and leadership.
· Demonstrate how to lead and develop effective teams.
· Analyse a human resource problem and apply appropriate models to develop solutions.
5. Strategic Management This module will introduce you to the strategy process in a range of organisational contexts. After completing this module you will be able to: · Critically analyse a range of strategic decision- making models.
· Undertake a strategic analysis of an organisation.
· Apply a range of strategic choice frameworks to generate and evaluate an organisation’s strategic options.
· Demonstrate the need to reflect cultural, structural and behavioural issues in the strategic process.
· Develop and justify plans for the implementation of agreed strategies.
6. Management of Projects You will critically evaluate the role of project manager and develop knowledge of areas surrounding project control. After completing this module you will be able to: · Distinguish between types of projects and the responsibilities of those involved.
· Critically evaluate different approaches to projects, including process models, prototyping.
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