Program Overview

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Overview

The 100% online MSc Organisational and Business Psychology from the University of Wolverhampton provides a balance of theory and practice to equip students with the knowledge, skills, and cultural sensitivity required to apply psychology as a tool for organisational success and individual well-being in workplaces across the globe.

Program Details

• Accreditation: The British Psychological Society (BPS)
• Duration: 14 months (full-time) or 24 months (part-time)
• Tuition Fees: £7,200 (total), £600 (per 15-credit module)
• Entry Requirements:
  • A recognised undergraduate or postgraduate degree (or equivalent qualification) from an accredited college, institution, or university, equivalent to or higher than a UK bachelor's degree with honours.
  • Or: At least two years of relevant work experience in a professional, managerial, or supervisory role.

Modules

Core Modules

• Positive Psychology and Wellbeing
• Leadership and People Management
• Personality, Ability and Individual Differences
• Distance Leadership and Virtual Teams
• Organisational Strategy
• Marketing Strategy
• Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Sustainability in Business
• Financial Management and Control
• Research Methods and Statistics
• Dissertation

Module Descriptions

Positive Psychology and Wellbeing

This module explores positive psychological phenomena such as resilience, growth, flow, and how those relate to personal wellbeing and performance.

Leadership and People Management

This module introduces people management and effective leadership practice within the organisation, analysing themes that relate to the changing landscape of people management.

Personality, Ability and Individual Differences

This module examines issues such as personality, intelligence, emotions, and persuasion, providing a critical understanding of the ways in which humans are likely to behave in certain situations.

Distance Leadership and Virtual Teams

This module critically examines the evidence base for distance leadership practices as well as working in virtual teams and asks what organisations can do to enhance distance leadership and virtual team working.

Organisational Strategy

This module introduces practical techniques for identifying emerging trends in the business environment, both in a national and international context.

Marketing Strategy

This module develops understanding of the market decisions that organisations face, applying marketing theory, models, and tools to gain an understanding of the importance of the organisational environment.

Operations and Supply Chain Management

This module provides a firm foundation in the principles of operations and supply chain management, introducing students to a broad range of operations management challenges facing managers working in modern organisations.

Sustainability in Business

This module explores the range of meta-challenges facing business, understanding the social and the business case for acting sustainably, and discussing how sustainability can be managed.

Financial Management and Control

This module enables students to make well-informed decisions based upon a sound knowledge of financial reports, systems, and developments in the accounting and financial environment.

Research Methods and Statistics

This module equips students with knowledge and training to conduct psychological research ethically and responsibly, introducing the use of critical thinking to develop independent research and study design.

Dissertation

Students conduct their own piece of psychological research, investigating a phenomenon of psychological interest that is developed into an answerable research question.

University of Wolverhampton

• Ranked No. 1 in the UK for Teaching first-generation students
• 85% of research 'world-leading' or 'internationally important' (latest REF)
• Online Psychology Master's accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS)
• A university of 22,000 students
• Providing education and opportunity since 1827