Management MA

This module explores the workings of the business environment at various levels and how this affects business operations. You’ll engage with primarily qualitative and some quantitative analysis techniques to understand the external influences on business at both a micro and macro level.

This module aims to develop your knowledge and competence of the research process and the application of research methods in the area of Business and Management. It covers qualitative and quantitative research methods and considers the contexts within which different methods are useful and how they should be applied in practice. It focuses on research design, data collection and analysis, and the presentation of findings.

This module provides business managers with a comprehensive, practical approach to using financial and accounting techniques and analysis in their business lives. It also looks at the concepts behind the techniques, recent developments in conceptual thinking and academic critiques. It will give you the confidence and expertise to use financial techniques and concepts in business-decision-making.

This module provides you with opportunities to critically analyse and reflect upon contemporary approaches in human resource management, and helps you to understand the strategic contribution of these in determining the success of organisations. The module in particular focuses on the critical role that contemporary HR practices play for enabling people to add value and achieve a sustained level of superior performance. More specifically, supports you to develop critical thinking and handling of complex people management and business decisions.

This module provides an understanding of how the behaviour of managers impacts on the effective working of organisations. More specifically, the module gives an insight into key aspects of the functioning of organisations in terms of structure and culture and how these impact on the behaviour of organisation members and the effectiveness of managers in managing others. The module links these issues with the development of leadership and managerial competence.

This module blends together the digital and the physical into a unified whole. Operations and Information Management are concerned with using human, material and financial resources, to deliver required products and services efficiently and effectively. The manager needs sound information about performance across the organisation; facts and figures about suppliers, customers and the rest of the organisation’s environment. This module develops a critical understanding of the sources and application of such information from a managerial viewpoint, and examines specific issues of managing operations in the digital age.

This module provides a grounding in the knowledge, theory and practice of marketing as applied by managers in the digital age. The module focuses on the development of effective market-oriented managerial thinking, using marketing related digital tools, frameworks, strategies and tactics.

This project is significant in how its aims, content and the manner of execution reflect the integrative nature of projects at Master’s level. In addition to applying theories studied in the different modules, you’ll be able to undertake an intensive study of an area of your choice. This should implement the Project Proposal demonstrating your ability to work autonomously and to apply the theory learned during the programme to a substantial real life problem.

This module equips you with the knowledge and skill to analyse complex environments, judge resource deployment for whether it creates value for customers. You’ll then put these skills into action by developing, evaluating and selecting innovative strategies through which firms capture value from their customers in global markets. You’ll draw on a range of data types and resources to integrate prior and on-going learning, identify strategic problems, and manipulate complex as well as incomplete information. Doing so, you’ll be able to integrate learning from other modules on the program of study that enables i) conceptual thinking at a higher level of abstraction; and ii) clear effective communication in oral and written form.

All students on our full-time business Masters courses can apply to undertake the PG Internship Programme Reflective Practitioner Module. This is a 6-12 week credit-bearing internship, which can be taken in addition to optional modules and will help students to gain invaluable work experience. The internships are normally taken part-time (14-20 hours per week) or on a full-time basis during the summer period. Interns are expected to be paid at least National Minimum Wage or if unpaid, travel and lunch expenses covered.

Ultimately students source their own internships with support from the WBS Placement Team and module. 

To find out more and to register onto the module, students can email the WBS Placement Team: [email protected]