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This 100% online MSc Management with Project Management Master’s from the University of Lincoln has been created for individuals who want to develop key skills in business, leadership and project management. It has an applied focus and is designed to develop both the management and project management skills that cut across functions and will set you up for professional success. This management with project management Master’s programme can be studied anywhere, any time and on any device and is built in a digital learning environment that fosters collaboration, creativity and active learning.
The flexible design of this Master’s degree means you can continue to work full-time and apply what you learn to your current role. With six starts a year, you’re not restricted to the traditional academic year and can begin your studies within weeks.
Skills taught on the MSc Management with Project Management:
- Business acumen based on critical appreciation of theory and its application to cases and class exercises
- Critical enquiry, logical thought, creative imagination and independent judgement, as well as their applications to decision-making processes within management environments
- Understanding of principles of responsible management and leadership
- Skills needed to successfully manage a variety of management decisions and situations – including strong communications skills
What you will study
The MSc Management with Project Management Master’s course is designed to provide you with a solid understanding of the fundamental subjects needed to manage a business and projects within a complex and changing environment.
The course content will cover key areas of project management, including:
- Project planning and management
- Delivering projects, programmes and portfolios
- Project and contract risk management
- Global project teams
Modules in finance, risk and procurement will equip you with the tools, techniques and knowledge to be able to work effectively in different contexts. You will also have the opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills in key areas such as leadership, marketing, finance and accounting, and people management.
Benefit from internationally-recognised research and award-winning industry links
This project management course brings together leading academic theories and research with practical understanding of management and project management within organisations. With award-winning industry links and impressive graduate prospect credentials, the University of Lincoln has set a blueprint for excellence in its pioneering approach to working with industry. It is this combination of the practical and theoretical that sets the academic content of our online programmes apart.
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Entry requirements for home and international students
You should have, or be about to complete:
- A recognised undergraduate with honours or postgraduate degree (or equivalent qualification) from an accredited college, institution or university, equivalent to or higher than a UK bachelor’s degree qualification
Or:
- If you do not hold a recognised degree, you should have at least two years of relevant work experience
English language requirements
If English isn’t your first language, you may need to provide evidence of your English language ability. We accept:
- IELTS 6.0
If you do not have an English language qualification we will also consider applications with the following on a case by case basis:
- A degree qualification taught in English
- Evidence that you work in a company where English is the first language
Fees
Tuition fees are calculated per eight-week module. You can enrol in and pay for each consecutive session as your studies progress. Payment is accepted through the online student portal and must meet the payment deadline.
Total programme fees: £8,880 / Per 15-credit module fee: £740
If you are based in the UK or the EU, you may be eligible for a government-backed postgraduate loan to cover the full costs of the programme.
In addition, if you have successfully completed an undergraduate degree at the University of Lincoln, you are eligible for a 10% tuition fees reduction.
ELCAS funded students
ELCAS funded student fees are £4,440 per year for online MSc Management and £4,920 for the online MBA programmes, and must be paid module-by-module. You must submit your ELCAS Claim Authorisation Note to the Enrolments Team a minimum of 15 working days before the course start date, before you make any payments for the course. The Student Administration team will then advise you of your personal contribution, which you will pay before the course start date, and your remaining module fees for that year.Modules
Leadership Development
This module provides you with opportunities to develop a conceptual and theoretical background in leadership, and to develop leadership competencies in yourselves and others. It covers areas such as leadership style, followership, ethical and responsible leadership, gender and leadership, and cross-cultural leadership. Over the course of this module, you can gain an in-depth understanding and appreciation of the impact interpersonal skills have on leadership effectiveness. With an applied focus, the module requires you to reflect on and apply theories and techniques to your personal real-world context in order to enhance your leadership practice.
Project Planning and Management
This module offers you a foundation in the theory and best practice of project management and explores the practical skills of how to plan, implement and control projects. It examines the system perspective on management and takes a practically-oriented overview of the nature and purpose of project management and its key functions, including scope, time, cost and quality. The role and qualities of the Project Manager and the composition of the team are also examined. The material and approach in the module incorporates worldwide best practices from major professional bodies: the PMI Body of Knowledge, APM Body of Knowledge and PRINCE2.
It is focused on transferable skills for boosting your professional development and employability: practical problem solving and decision making in conditions of uncertainty and ambiguity; planning capability; and adaptability to work in different contexts – attributes highly valued by employers.
Delivering Projects, Programmes and Portfolios
This module is designed to deepen the understanding of traditional project management tools and techniques, whilst challenging their validity and proposing a number of alternative paradigms, methodologies and more sophisticated methods to better account for the dynamics, complexity, uncertainty and variability of the project environment. PM governance, portfolio and programme management within organisations are also core themes. The material in the module encompasses worldwide best practices from major professional bodies: the PMI Body of Knowledge, APM Body of Knowledge and PRINCE2. The syllabus will help you to obtain all the necessary knowledge and skills required for a successful career in project management.
Project and Contract Risk Management
This module provides you with the opportunity to explore relevant theory and practice in the areas of project risk, procurement and contract management. The impact of risk on projects and the ways that risk is managed is examined. Methods of assessment, mitigation and monitoring to manage the project to a successful completion are also covered.
An assumed multi-disciplinary approach, covering risk and legal perspectives, gives you the opportunity to construct a framework for improving management action and professional practice in any project environment. In terms of contract law, the module programme introduces the legal issues and risks involved in the negotiation, formation and management of procurement contracts, and elaborates on available techniques to ensure effective contract risk allocation and how to protect a project delivery team from unexpected liability claims.
Global Project Teams
This module is designed to provide you with the skills to be effective when working as part of a global project team. It is specifically focused on providing an awareness of how technology affects communication and collaboration in organisations. You are given the opportunity to work as part of a small virtual team on a group project. This enables you to experience first-hand the challenges related to dispersed working and technology-mediated communication and to develop practical strategies for effective dispersed collaboration. You are given the opportunity to evaluate your individual and team performance on the project and to reflect on your own leadership, teamwork and project management skills.
Financial Analysis, Appraisal and Decision Making
This module is designed to prepare you to critically analyse financial statements for single and group companies, develop understanding how financial statements are prepared, and learn to consider compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and the relevant International Accounting Standards.
The module aims to equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary to understand corporate financial performance and the relevance of accounting information, including the implications for the organisation, stakeholders and for effective corporate governance. It considers the different types of decisions that managers are required to make, and considers how financial and management accounting information can be used in support of these decisions.
Strategy Making
This module is designed to equip you with crucial knowledge and strategy making skills to enable you to contribute to responsible and successful business strategies and give your organisation a competitive advantage. You can develop the knowledge and professional expertise on: the formation, implementation and analysis of business strategies; making appropriate choices between strategic options; and following a strategic route that will deliver results that are robust, ethically sound and socially responsible.
International Marketing Planning
Business now competes on a global stage where marketers can do much more with small budgets, shrinking the historic chasm between SMEs and large enterprise. Creative marketing that grabs the attention of the ever-changing needs of the consumer takes careful planning. International Marketing Planning provides you with the fundamental building blocks to manage an organisation’s marketing function. By establishing an organisation’s current market position, unpacking their value offering to consumers and formulating a plan to meet strategic marketing objectives, the marketing planning process provides a creative framework to drive organisational success.
Professional Inquiry Project
The Professional Inquiry Project allows you to demonstrate your understanding of management within the field of your degree. It is an individual and independent project in which you can bring together and apply your learning from the programme to help to solve a chosen business problem or challenge, a real-world issue or a research topic. Through bringing together learning from across your degree programme, you can demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of management within your field and its application to organisations.
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