MA PGDip PGCert Leadership and Management

Applicants should hold a good honours degree 2.2 or above in a relevant academic discipline, such as finance, accounting or economics.  Applications from candidates with relevant experience will be considered on an individual basis.

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Funding opportunities including scholarships available

On successful completion of the Postgraduate Certificate in Leadership and Management you will be able to:

• Demonstrate a critical awareness and systematic understanding of seminal and contemporary theories of leadership and management.
• Communicate a critical awareness of the complex nature of leadership and management theories within a wider organisational and contextual framework.
• Formulate and appraise personal leadership and management skills through self-reflection, personal development planning, analytical thinking and awareness of personal effectiveness.
• Communicate effective academic scholarship skills by judging and systematically presenting arguments from credible sources of information, both orally and in writing, using a range of media.

On successful completion of the Postgraduate Diploma in Leadership and Management you will, in addition to the above, be able to:

• Identify and critically analyse the key leadership and management issues that impact organisations at a strategic level and appreciate the conflicting pressures from the external environment.
• Critically assess and creatively apply contemporary theories of leadership and management to real-life organisations and industries with a specific focus on key areas which affect relationships between business functions and teams.
• Evaluate the credibility and rigour of published research and assess its relevance to modern organisations and industries of today.

On successful completion of the Master’s in Leadership and Management students you will, in addition to all of the above, be able to:

• Critically evaluate research methodologies and propose a research pathway that demonstrates reliability, validity and coherence through autonomous planning.
• Select a relevant leadership and management issue and demonstrate a critical awareness of seminal and contemporary theories through originality in the application of knowledge.
• Acquire and analyse primary and/or secondary data demonstrating an understanding of ethical approaches to gathering data for research purposes.
• Synthesise academic theory with independently gathered research data and construct an argument to form recommendations and conclusions for the industry or organisation of choice.
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the principles of coaching and mentoring and the theories and practices of strategic leadership.

• Leadership and Management Theory – 30 credits
• Personal Leadership and Management Skills – 30 credits
• Strategic Leadership & Management – 30 credits
• Leadership and Management of Communication, Culture and Change – 30 credits
• Leadership and Management Research Project – 50 credits
• Leading Diverse Workforces – 10 credits

With professional experience option 

The professional experience opportunity² enables you the opportunity to apply for optional professional experience in semester 1, which, upon successfully securing an opportunity, will extend the duration of your master’s to either 16, 20 or 24 months. The professional experience provides an opportunity for you to develop expertise and experience in your chosen field with the aim of enhancing your employability.