100% Online MBA with Project Management

Explore the foundational concepts and models of leadership, including transformational, inspirational, and charismatic leadership. You will also examine the sociological turn and development of critical leadership studies, and how culture can shape the identity and performance of leaders, as well as the expectations of followers. Additionally, you will learn about the challenges of working with diverse groups, including regional and national cultures, and how to exercise responsible leadership, including power, influence, and ethics. This module will provide you with the knowledge and skills necessary to become an effective and responsible leader in your chosen field.

Develop a critical understanding of essential management accounting and finance topics within a business environment and learn the importance of managing customer value parameters (cost, quality, and time) through management accounting practices for value creation.

Develop critical insights into the process of change management and explore the models of change management, and how these can be effectively implemented within organisations. You will examine how the process of change can be led, and moreover the specific roles people have in that change process. Leading change is not without its complexities and as such you will further consider the varying approaches that can be taken to minimise some of the challenges that organisations and stakeholders may experience from change.

Explore the sources of data and how data is collected, processed, and presented, and then continue the data lifecycle by considering how this is used within informed decision-making processes within contemporary enterprises. Upon completing this module, you will be able to answer questions such as: How can businesses be certain that their data is reliable and valid? How can they link that to a primary function within management and leadership, making decisions.

The module incorporates strategic concepts, tools, and techniques that organisations can employ to assess their environment and resources and make strategic decisions towards long-term success. The knowledge and skills developed in this module are transferrable and used in a broad range of management functions.

In increasingly dynamic and complex business environments, effective project management is crucial for driving and delivering strategic objectives. This module explores contemporary trends, ideas, and innovations in project management, and provides an understanding of how contemporary issues impact the theory and practice of project management. By examining contemporary and emerging topics and domains within this context, the students will gain insights into the evolving landscape of project management. Thus, the module will equip students with the knowhow to navigate current challenges and respond to future developments.

This module examines various approaches, structures, sources and methods used in contemporary project management, and evaluates their suitability and relevance for different project contexts and challenges. In this module, students will learn about a range of project management methodologies, approaches, structures, frameworks, tools and techniques, and develop a critical understanding of their requirements, advantages, applications and limitations. Students will also acquire the relevant skills to assess the suitability of these for various project structures, hierarchies, scope, priorities, resources, timelines and quality. They will learn to develop project performance monitoring instruments and contingency approaches.

Evaluate and apply project management theories, tools, and techniques to design a project management approach based on a case study. Issues such as the nature and scope of a project, the project methodology, contracting and working with suppliers in project management, planning of project activities, delegation and team management, communications planning, quality management, cost planning and control, risk management, baselining and project change management, time control and project closure are all explored. Finally, you will gain an in-depth understanding of the higher-level function of managing and leading a project.

Project Management requires a deep understanding of uncertainty and risk. How Project Managers manage these elements is a key aspect of delivering successful project outcomes. Project Management requires that there is a profound understanding of the nature of uncertainty in projects. Robust approaches to managing risk and enhancing project resilience should be embedded into the practice of project management. A careful and ongoing analysis of potential risks throughout the project lifecycle is essential in the contemporary projects context, defined by increasing complexity and uncertainty. Methods and instruments to monitor, address and mitigate uncertainty and risks should be built into the project plan to support the successful delivery of projects. Within this module you will critically evaluate the nature of risk and uncertainty within Project Management. You will learn how we identify risk, evaluate it, reduce it and mitigate or prevent its impact, and how taking a strategic and systematic approach helps to mitigate risks from negatively impacting successful project outcomes.

Gain the knowledge and skills required to carry out a project at master’s level successfully. You will develop essential research skills and knowledge that you can apply within the context of business. Starting with developing a philosophical underpinning of knowledge appropriate for master’s level study, you will learn good research practice and research design. You will also explore the design of data collection instruments, data collection processes, data analysis and management methods, and research ethics.

This project enables you to build upon your programme modules to develop and apply the skills of research and independent inquiry to a self-selected project which contributes insights and advances understanding to a subject, field or profession. You will be required to design and undertake a small-scale independent research project, relevant to your field of study and/or professional practice, reflecting on the application of the insights you generate. You will be required to exhibit a professional approach, academic rigour, independence, critical thought and self-direction with the input of a supervisor.