StudyQA — Master: Management — University of Leeds

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Our AMBA accredited programme provides you with broad-ranging management knowledge and skills, and critical insight into how organisations operate. It focuses on academic rigour and practical relevance. You are taught by highly qualified staff many are experienced researchers, consultants and practitioners.

You may already have a business-related degree, but want to tailor your learning and specialise in a specific area of interest, or you may have a degree in an unrelated discipline but would like to develop a broad understanding of the major management disciplines.

Either way, this programme focuses on developing the skills valued by employers including critical thinking and analytical skills, problem-solving and collaborative working.

We create opportunities for you to build applied skills and insight and offer enriching experiences such as organisation visits, talks from industry speakers and applied workshops on topics such as leadership.

Typically, the programme attracts students from a range of cultural and academic backgrounds creating a stimulating social and learning context, and an important multicultural experience.

The programme equips you with the hands-on practical experience organisations look for when recruiting. You will work on real-world business projects and build applied insights through organisational visits, talks from industry speakers and workshops.

Careers

Our AMBA-accredited Masters is valued by employers in both the public and private sectors. Graduates, with their broad-based knowledge and skills, offer wider, more informed contributions to roles, ranging from entrepreneurs to corporate managers, consultants to public servants.

This Masters also provides a sound basis for postgraduate research.

Whichever approach you take, the programme focuses on developing in you those skills valued by employers including critical thinking and analytical skills, problem solving and collaborative working.
We help you to achieve your career ambitions by providing professional development support as part of the Masters programme.

Compulsory Modules

All students

Behaviour in Organisations

Effective Decision Making

Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Creation

International Business Theory

Management in Practice

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Research Methods

Strategic Management

Stream 1: General

Core modules for those without a business degree

Accounting for Managers

Marketing for Management

Stream 2: Specialist

Optional modules for students with a business degree (choose one or two)

Advanced Management Decision Making

Business Ethics

Challenges in Information Management

Creative Industries Management

Economics for Business 1

Information Tools for Organisations

Human Resource Management: An International Perspective

Leadership

Managing and Designing Value Chain Networks

Managing Change

Managing for Innovation

Managing Global Logistics and Supply Chains

Risk Perception and Communication

Compulsory

All students

Dissertation

You should have a good first degree (2:1 or higher) in any subject.If you are not from the UK please visit equivalent qualifications to find out about entry requirements from non-UK countries.English Language RequirementsIf English is not your first language you need to attain one of the following:TOEFL iBT: At least 92 overall with a minimum of 21 in Listening, 21 in Reading, 22 in Speaking and 23 in Writing.IELTS test you need to achieve a score of 6 or more in each section and an overall score of 6.5. English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6.5 TOEFL iBT® test: 92 IMPORTANT NOTE: Since April 2014 the ETS tests (including TOEFL and TOEIC) are no longer accepted for Tier 4 visa applications to the United Kingdom. The university might still accept these tests to admit you to the university, but if you require a Tier 4 visa to enter the UK and begin your degree programme, these tests will not be sufficient to obtain your Visa. The IELTS test is most widely accepted by universities and is also accepted for Tier 4 visas to the UK- learn more.