Program Overview

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MSc Strategic Management

Overview

The MSc Strategic Management at Domain Academy Malta operates within the Postgraduate Regulatory Framework which covers all the Masters suite of programmes in The Derby Business School. It aims to set the MSc Strategic Management within the context of the broader field of Business and Management enabling learners to demonstrate relevant knowledge and understanding of organisations, the external context in which they operate and how they are led.

Intake

• January
• May
• September

EQF / MQF Level

• Level 7

Mode of Delivery

• Online

Duration of Course

• 2 – 3 Academic Years – Part-Time

Operational End Date

• N/A

ECTS Credits

• 180 UK Credits (equivalent to 90 ECTS)

Programme Qualifies for

• Get Qualified Scheme

Certificate after completing

• MSc Strategic Management

Student Success Rate

• 98.5

Course Information

Course Description

The MSc Strategic Management aims to set Strategic Management within the context of the broader field of Business and Management enabling learners to demonstrate relevant knowledge and understanding of organisations, the external context in which they operate and how they are led. The MSc Strategic Management aims to:

• Provide a modular programme within the Postgraduate Regulatory Framework with sufficient variety and flexibility to maintain the rigour of a postgraduate award and to meet market demands.
• Provide an intellectually challenging, postgraduate learning opportunity that prepares students to “enrich” their chosen career and/or for ‘strategic’ level career development.
• Develop the ability to apply knowledge and understanding of business and management topics and issues, both systematically and creatively to inform Strategic Management practice.
• Develop relevant transferable professional and cognitive skills that enables participants to make a valuable contribution to their current or future employment.
• Support individual participants’ endeavours for personal self-development and life-long learning so as to be able to work with confidence and originality and to contribute to business and society.
• Allow students to study within a blended learning environment.
• Reflect external frameworks e.g. QAA Qualifications Framework.
• Develop closer links with local, regional and international employers, other Schools within the University and with international partners.

Target Group

It is designed for a new generation of ambitious business professionals and graduates with an international outlook. The business world is experiencing rapid growth on an international scale and, now more than ever, managers within every industry need to be equipped with a strategy for global scalability.

Target Audience

• 21+

Course Language

• English

Where you will learn

• Domain Building, 102/104, Constitution Street, Mosta

What you will study

Modules

• Career Coaching and Mentoring (Core Module)
• Strategy Formulation, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Core Module)
• Strategic Execution, Management and Leadership (Core Module)
• International Business Strategies (Core Module)
• Transforming Personal Skills (Core Module)
• Strategic Risk Management (Optional Module)
• Strategic Talent Development (Optional Module)
• Innovation in Marketing (Optional Module)
• Financial Dimensions of Strategic Decisions (Optional Module)
• Sustainable Business Management (Optional Module)
• Independent Study (Core Module)

How will you learn

Modules within this course will be delivered by expert academics who are practising professionals too. This ensures that module content remains up-to-date and highly relevant and brings through pertinent examples from the business world which are current and topical.

Delivered entirely online through our user-friendly student portal dashboard and intuitive digital learning environment, you will interact with your tutors and fellow students and through a mix of virtual live classrooms, tutorials and guest lectures. Group discussions and debate are held through forums and community spaces and the use of collaborative tools such as wikis for group projects and assignments. Digital texts, ebooks, journals, databases and more are available electronically via our library.

Assessment

A range of assessments, commensurate with level 7 requirements has been devised and the programmes operate within the University’s Regulatory Framework and conform to its regulations on assessment. A flexible approach has been taken in developing the assessment strategy, to allow for the diverse nature of the student cohorts as well as the different learning preferences of individual students.

Structure of Programme

The academic year is made up of three 10-week terms, known as trimesters. We recommend around 20 hours of study per week to complete one 20-credit module over a 10-week trimester for the standard study plan.

If you opt to undertake the accelerated study plan whereby you will study two modules in one trimester, we recommend 40 hours of study per week.

Teaching, Learning and Assessment Procedures

The development of the autonomous and independent learner is further enhanced by a range of technology enhanced learning tools and activities. Students will have access to a range of tools and activities, providing support for research activities, personal diagnostics, additional content, online discussion and self-directed study techniques. Different methods will be used to take account of different learning preferences and include, for example, face to face or virtual lectures, case studies, role play, debates, student presentations, formative and summative enquiry based learning, and problem solving activities. The programme encourages students to apply learning to the work place and this is a central feature of the teaching and learning strategy.

Grading System

• 90-100% Excellent – Distinction
• 80-89% Excellent – Distinction
• 70-79% Excellent – Distinction
• 60-69% Very good – Merit
• 50-59% Good/Satisfactory – Pass
• 40-49% Unsatisfactory – Marginal Fail
• 5-39% Very Poor – Fail

Entry Requirement

You should normally have the following:

• Undergraduate degree (at least a 2:2) with Honours in any discipline or equivalent
• Where candidates have a Business related degree with a lower classification we would consider entry with an additional 1-2 year’s work experience at a relevant supervisory or managerial level
• We would also consider professional qualifications, relevant work experience equivalent to an undergraduate degree

Students should also be in possession of either of the following:

• IELTS 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each module
• TOEFL 550 paper based (213 computer based or 80 internet based)
• Cambridge Advanced Certificate pass
• London Tests of English level 5
• International GCE O level English Language grade C
• International GCSE English or English as a second Language grade C
• ASE Proficiency pass

Students should produce copies of certificates, full CV in EuroFormat and passport-size photo.

Fees & Funding

• Get Qualified Scheme
• MFHEA Licence Nº: 2011 – TC – 01
• Further and Higher Education Institution