MSc Project Management

Programme Overview

This module is designed for students to develop a comprehensive understanding of research in general and business. Both academic business research and business consultancy research are addressed in the module. 

The module examines the concepts and theories underlying research, as well as the practice of research. The module has an applied focus. The readings and assignments are designed to identify a feasible research topic and develop a research proposal for academic business or business consultancy research. How research problems and questions may be identified, and the process of achieving thoughtful, effective and efficient research design are examined. The importance of the literature review and how it can be carried out for optimal effectiveness in research are investigated.

In addition, the module provides an overview of research methodologies and methods and the techniques of the research process as applied to business, whether as a business consultant or as an academic researcher. The philosophical and epistemological assumptions underpinning the research approaches and methodologies, as well as their role in determining the design and implementation of the research, are studied. Besides these aspects, the ethical aspects of research and consultancy are also addressed. 

Programme Overview

This module is a continuation of Research Methods for Business and Management I in which the student will complete the project or dissertation presented in the first module. 

Programme Overview

This module introduces a wide range of economic concepts, theories and analytical techniques. It considers of the fundamentals of supply and demand, the microeconomic theory of the firm, the macroeconomic fiscal policy and monetary policy, and selected topics, such as international trade, financial markets, economic growth, and externalities, both positive and negative. The supply and demand model is the fundamental market model where trade-offs and choices are considered by comparing benefits and costs. Product and market structures, including perfectly competitive, monopolistically competitive, oligopolies, and monopolies, are analysed at the firm level. Macroeconomic issues of fiscal and monetary policy are explored at an aggregate level. Finally, selected topics in international trade, financial markets, economic growth, and positive and negative externalities are examined. 

Programme Overview

During this course, you will learn about the critical financial fundamentals necessary for managing an organisation’s operational activities and achieving its strategic goals. You will learn about the time value of money, investing in various instruments, making critical decisions regarding capital expenditures, and various methods for successfully capitalising the firm. Managing critical cash flows and allocation of financial assets are also discussed in detail from a managerial perspective.

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During this module, students will learn the skills and characteristics of an effective leader. Students will learn how to apply leadership skills during change and in multicultural and diverse environments. The common thread throughout the course will be leading with strong managerial ethics, emotional intelligence, and reflective leadership. The course will also examine the relationship between contemporary leadership issues and classical leadership theory.

Programme Overview

This module will introduce students to the concepts and applications of managerial accounting. Topics include cost behaviour, manufacturing versus non-manufacturing costs, cost-volume-profit analysis, costing systems, preparation of a cost of goods manufactured and sold schedule, creation of static and flexible budgets, variance analysis evaluation of capital investments.

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You will gain a deep understanding of operations management and how it is critical to your success in any field, from consulting to entrepreneurship to general management. Detailed in this course are major problems and decision processes of operations management such as operations strategy, process and capacity planning, facilities planning, aggregate planning, materials planning, and quality planning. 

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This module provides project managers with soft skills including leading teams, communicating strategies and plans, building trust, facilitating teamwork, and supporting diversity. The process of constructing effective communication plans to ensure all team members are operating under the same assumptions will be shared. Common management and leadership strategies will be applied to the project management process. Students will take away knowledge and skills to help make them a more effective, efficient and trusted leader for project success.  

Programme Overview

This module introduces concepts, tools, and practices of project management. The course adopts a managerial process approach to Project Management, which consists of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the project. Major topics will include project scope, project time, project cost, project quality, project risk, project resources, project communications, and effective project manager. 

Programme Overview

Students will analyse business processes management and enterprise resource planning systems, and understand their use and implementation in key functional areas of today’s global businesses.