MSc Management, Organisations and Governance

About the MSc programme

This challenging and highly distinctive one year programme offers a rigorous interdisciplinary social science perspective on the practice of management. It is aimed at exceptional individuals aspiring to the highest levels of management seniority, whether in strategic or operational management in the corporate, governmental or not-for-profit sectors.

The programme is an advanced degree based around the issues, approaches and tools for the management and the governance of organisations. It presents a balance between the management, conceptual and analytical approaches which impact both practice and theory. Students may come from a variety of backgrounds but should have a basic knowledge of the social sciences.

Key features of the programme are:

• An introduction to key design issues in the governance of organisations and of markets, and the analysis and design of effective global business strategies and organisational practices in a wide range of economic, technical, and societal contexts.
• The opportunity to follow the development of an enterprise or other organisation from founder and idea generation through growth and change through a compulsory course in enterprise development.
• Exposure to issues of operational and strategic significance and their managerial consequences within modern organisations.
• Analysis of the particular problems confronting organisations which adopt hybrid structures and seek to build inter-organisational alliances across markets and economies.
• Consideration of the mechanisms organisations use to seek to shape their environments in pursuit of their goals by individual and collective action in different arenas.

The core curriculum focuses on organisations within the economy and society, management practice, entrepreneurship and innovation. The available options allow students to specialise in policy, economic or technological aspects of management, human resource management, accounting and finance, operations management, strategy, and many other fields.

The programme is, through the range of options available, particularly suited to candidates seeking to deliver solutions to issues of organisational behaviour and change management, corporate strategy, accounting and management control, business and public policy, global and cross-cultural management and the management of extended organisations.

Employment prospects for our graduates are excellent and we have alumni in major consulting companies, such as the Boston Consulting Group, PwC, KPMG and Deloitte, as well as a wide range of other organisations throughout the world.

Students can expect to receive at least 160 contact hours (lecture and class time) during the programme.

Compulsory courses

(* half unit)

• Organisations in the Economy and Society
• Enterprise Development*
• Design and Analysis of Innovative Organisational Practices* 

A research project/dissertation related to a topic from the above courses will be required (6,000 words).

Options

Students choose courses to the value of one and a half units from the following:

• Accountability, Organisations and Risk Management*
• Management Accounting, Decisions and Control*
• Systems Thinking and Strategic Modelling*
• System Dynamics Modelling* 
• Management of Human Resources*
• International and Comparative Human Resource Management*
• Negotiation Analysis*
• Leadership in Organisations: Theory and Practice*
• Organisational Behaviour*
• Organisational Change*
• International Employment Relations*
• Globalisation and Human Resource Management*
• Organisational Theory*
• Corporate Social Responsibility and International Labour Standards*
• Innovation and Technology Management* 
• Open Innovation*
• The Future of the Multinational Firm*
• Thinking Strategically*
• Public Management: A Strategic Approach*
• International Marketing: A Strategic Approach*
• Advanced Behavioural Decision Making*
• Operations Management* 
• Management Accounting, Strategy and Organisational Control* †
• Accounting, Strategy and Control* † 
• Aspects of Designing Information Services*
• Designing Information Services
• Reward System: Key Models and Practices*
• Corporate Social Responsibility and International Labour Standards*
• Organisational Theory*
• The Dark Side of the Organisation*
• International Business and Governance*
• Business Model Innovation at the Base of the Pyramid*
• Managing Information Risk and Security in Business*
• Global Business Management*
• Network Structures in Organisations and Markets*
• Management and Economics of E-Business*   

† May not be taken together

Students may take options not on this list, up to the value of one unit, with the approval of the programme director.