Program Overview

Management MSc

Overview

This online Management MSc will give you a good, high-level grounding in all areas of management, improving your skills, confidence and career progression opportunities. If you have a degree in a non-business subject but aspire to managerial roles, or are already working as a junior manager, it's the ideal programme for you.

Study Options

• Part-time: 2-3 years
• UK fee: £9,450 (2024/25) ‡
• International fee: £9,450 (2024/25) ‡
• Start dates: September, January, May
• Location: Online

The Highlights

• You will gain a broad range of management skills, in areas such as strategic thinking, HR, finance, risk management and supply chains
• You will follow a new curriculum that's been developed post-Brexit and post-Covid and addresses the challenges of managing in the 2020s and beyond
• We'll push you out of your comfort zone, expecting you to come up with solutions to challenging problems. Through this, you will build resilience and confidence
• Towards the end of the programme, you will put into practice everything you've learnt, by undertaking in-depth research for a business and recommending improvements. If you are employed, this project can be for the organisation you work for
• You don't need managerial experience to be accepted onto this programme

What You Will Study

• Contemporary and Sustainable Leadership and Management
• Global Supply Chain Management and Logistics
• The Changing Business Environment and Leading Strategically

Module Learning Outcomes

• Critically evaluate leadership and management theories and practices
• Critically analyse the connection between society, economy and sustainable leadership and management theories and practices
• Impact the body of knowledge about leadership and management theory and practice with your own research
• Apply secondary and primary research findings to your own leadership and management practice

Module Content

• Leadership and Management theories from their beginning to the modern day
• Societal and economic changes and the combination of society, economy, and management and leadership theories
• Sustainability and social purpose, and contemporary management and leadership issues
• The role of research and application in developing leadership and management theory and practice
• Research methods to carry out a project to inform the body of knowledge

How You Will Learn

• Self-paced online study and research
• Discussion boards where you can discuss and debate topics with fellow students and tutors, explore aspects of the study materials and share experiences related to the module topic
• Live sessions delivered by a module tutor; these are all recorded so you can watch them back at any time
• Pre-recorded videos delivered by members of the academic team, available to watch in your own time
• Insights from industry specialists, alumni and professional body representatives into sector trends, via guest lectures and assessment design

Careers

• This online MSc Management is designed to equip graduates from a none-business/management-related subject with the skills, knowledge and confidence you’ll need to succeed as a manager in any setting.
• It will open doors to management roles in all sectors: Private, Public, Not-for-profit.
• Following this course, you could apply for a management training programme with a major company, look for management roles, pursue a career in consultancy or set up your own business.

Entry Requirements

• An undergraduate degree (non-business and management related) with a minimum 2:2 classification or an equivalent international qualification
• We recommend graduates of business and management disciplines to consider other routes such as the online MSc Strategic Management or the online MBA Global.
• We will also consider your application if you have alternative qualifications and experience, though no work experience is required for entry to this course.

Fees and Funding

• ‡2024/25 for new entrants: £9,450
• ‡2025/26 for new entrants: £9,720
• Flexible payment plans available
• Masters funding options
• Alumni discount for Derby graduates

How to Apply

• Please look at our application deadlines before you apply.
• Apply directly to the University.
• Documents to support your application:
  • Official photo identification such as a passport or driving licence
  • Current CV
  • Written reference supplied on headed paper from either a manager, supervisor, tutor or teacher
  • Copies of certificates and transcripts or a letter of testimony for previous qualifications*