Management

Key facts

• Our MSc Marketing Management is designed to develop participants’ existing skills througha scheme of specialist advanced study
• The course will provide participants with relevant analytical training so that they are familiar with the latest theoretical and practical developments relating to marketing and management
• The participants will be able to understand coherent theoretical framework for the various subject areas,and apply them in an advanced practical manner in a real-world setting
• Academic staff with industrial experience
• The flexibility to specialise after the first part of the course
• Access to major British and international employers in both the service and production industries

To succeed in today’s business environment, all managers need to understand and respond to the implications of financial, operational, strategic and organisational changes as well as understand how to manage and motivate people. At the core of all management activity is a fundamental (and common) problem, that of how to deploylimited resources in ways that yield superior outcomes, and to manage value-adding processes in pursuit oforganisational objectives.

This course is ideal for you if you are a recent graduate looking for a postgraduate qualification to give you a competitive edge in the marketplace; an entrepreneur seeking to develop yourmanagerial skills to start or expand you own business; or a manager or management consultant whose first degree is not in business or management.

Course duration

Full-time

1 year

Location: Wrexham

Start month: September

Career opportunities

Successful completion of this course will equip you with the knowledge and skills required for senior managerial positions across the business sector or to manage your own company.

Course content

At stage one there is a common core of four modules which must be studied. At stage two modules can be selected from a list of modules.

Part 1, Stage 1(Postgraduate Certificate)

• Leading & Managing People
• Finance and IS for Managers
• Developing Competitive Advantage
• Achieving Corporate Success

Stage 2(Postgraduate Diploma)

• There will be a choice of options available from a range of modules enabling you to either remain broad-based or specialise in particular fields of business such as finance, human resources, marketing, etc.

Part 2 (MSc)

• Masters dissertation

Entry requirements

Entry requirements are a good honours degree (or equivalent), a relevant postgraduate qualification or a professional qualification. Alternatively a non-graduate qualification which the University deems satisfactory for the purpose of postgraduate admission and which includes sufficient management components may be accepted along with relevant employment experience. Interviews may be held to give you an opportunity to provide evidence of your suitability for this course.

Assessment

A range of assessment strategies will be utilised by academic tutors on this course. Assessments include formal written examinations, presentations, group work projects and independent research.