Program Overview

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Postgraduate Diploma in Executive Management (L9, 60 ECTS)

Course Overview

This course is currently closed for applications, while we assess the current applications. If places remain after this, the course will reopen.

Key Features

• Postgraduate Level 9 Programme (60 ECTS)
• Online/Blended flexible mode of delivery
• Developed in partnership with the Midlands Regional Skills Manager and relevant companies
• Personal and supportive approach to teaching and learning
• Problem Based Learning (PBL) based approaches will be used to challenge and expand the students’ knowledge, skills and competence.

Programme Overview

Programme Modules

Semester 1

• Financial Reporting and Corporate Finance
• Strategic Management
• International Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Consumer Behaviour

Semester 2

• Operations and Sustainable Supply Chain Management
• Global Talent Management
• Business Economics

Module 1: Financial Reporting and Corporate Finance

Module Aim

The module aims to develop a students’ ability to understand, analyse and utilise financial information as part of the strategic planning and implementation process within an organisation.

Learning Outcomes

• Interpret published financial statements as part of the evaluation of performance and financial position of a business
• Critically assess the various sources of finance applicable to businesses.
• Evaluate alternative financial structures and strategy
• Critically appraise investment opportunities
• Manage working capital effectively in a range of organisational contexts
• Discuss the impact of contemporary and technological developments on financial performance.

Module 2: Strategic Management

Module Aim

This module explores the internal and external factors that shape strategic decision-making behaviour from an international strategic management perspective.

Learning Outcomes

• Apply an applied knowledge of the key issues related to the strategic management of organisations in a dynamic changing environment.
• Critically analyse the relationship between strategic management, competitive advantage, and profitability.
• Critically evaluate the analytical techniques associated with strategy formation at business and corporate levels.
• Formulate strategies appropriate to an organisation’s context and capabilities.
• Synthesise and integrate business decisions with key developments of the changing environment relating to technology, globalisation, and ESG (Environmental, Social Governance).
• Appraise the role of leadership in the effective formulation and implementation of successful strategies.

Module 3: International Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Consumer Behaviour

Module Aim

This module explores the internal and external factors that shape and frame consumer behaviour from an international marketing perspective.

Learning Outcomes

• Critically evaluate the role of internal factors such as motivation, emotions and attitudes in consumer behaviour.
• Assess how marketing implications can be derived from a deeper understanding of consumer behaviour in all its richness and diversity.
• Interpret the various elements of international marketing strategy and apply them to real world situations.
• Apply sound decision-making strategies and analytical frameworks to specific international marketing problems and issues.
• Critique a range of analytical and creative tools to foster entrepreneurial creativity in a range of challenging situations
• Develop a critical awareness of both traditional and digital marketing and a systematic understanding of the importance of digital marketing in modern day international business.

Module 4: Operations and Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Module Aim

The aim of the module is to provide the students with the theoretical background and knowledge which will enable them to analyse Global Logistics & Supply Chain Management and to understand the elements which require integration in order to ensure the successful management of Logistics & Supply Chain organisation.

Learning Outcomes

• Evaluate the complexities of supply chain management as it applies to a variety of Logistics & Supply Chain businesses.
• Discuss the physical management and stock control of inventory.
• Analyse and debate the linkage between the overall business aims and managing the strategic objectives of a sustainable supply chain.
• Identify the role of operations and logistics in the design and implementation of a lean supply chain.
• Assess the market, technological and data-driven changes that impact on the areas of operations and logistics.
• Appraise the 17 UN Sustainable Goals in respect of Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM)

Module 5: Global Talent Management

Module Aim

The purpose of this module is to facilitate the students in developing a critical view of Global Talent Management in the context of modern society and management practice across industrial, commercial and service organisations.

Learning Outcomes

• Critique the evolution of Talent Management and its relevant/importance to organisaitonal success in a global context.
• Design a training and development programme, considering geographic, cultural and ethnic differentiators.
• Display a contextualised, in-depth understanding of the global labour-relation landscape and its nuances.
• Critically appraise the landscape of Irish employee relations and describe the legal obligations of employers towards their employees. Consider the globalisation of the workforce and the workplace of the future
• Analyse the functions of the Formal Labour Relations Environment, Labour Court, Labour Relations Commission, Employee Appeals Tribunal and Equality Tribunal.
• Design and develop a coaching session on a work-related issue.

Module 6: Business Economics

Module Aim

The aim of this module is to develop a students understanding of the economic factors impacting organisations and how strategic development methodologies can help mitigate risks and capitalise on opportunities as a result of changes in economic conditions.

Learning Outcomes

• Critically appraise elements of the business environment, using appropriate economic theories and models.
• Identify and utilise appropriate economic concepts to inform business decision-making and strategy development.
• Determine the impact of economic policy and regulatory decisions on business operations.
• Using economic theory, assess the competitive landscape of an organisation.
• Critically evaluate economic factors impacting organisations within the context of internationalisation.
• Utilise research and analytical skills in the completion of a business economics research project.

Entry Requirements

Participants will be required to have a Level 8 Degree in any discipline plus three years post qualification relevant supervisory or management experience.

Applicants with a Level 7 degree with significant post qualification relevant management experience will be considered in line with the University’s RPL Policy

Schedule

Monday 7 pm – 9.30pm ONLINE Wednesday 7 pm – 9.30pm ONLINE PLUS 4 Saturdays per semester

Fee

This programme will be funded/part-funded by Springboard+ for the academic year 2025/2026.

This programme will be fully funded for eligible unemployed applicants.

Eligible employed applicants will be 90% funded. They will have to pay 10% directly to TUS. The 10% payable is €850.

Places are allocated on a first come first served basis, prioritising Unemployed and Returner applicants.

Duration

One Year

Progression

Upon successful completion of this course, students are eligible to apply for the TUS Executive MBA part-time programme. Graduates of the Postgraduate in Executive Management participants will have acquired a high level of competence that will enhance their ability to make effective decisions in changing, complex and uncertain environments. For this reason graduates of the Postgraduate Diploma in Executive Management are very sought after and take up senior management positions across a multidisciplinary range of industries.