MSc Business Management Online modules

This module is NOT available unless you have successfully completed at ALL 7 compulsory modules (140 Credits)
MSc Dissertation
Compulsory on all routes
SCQF level 11, 40 credit.
The Dissertation assesses all the skills and knowledge you have gained throughout your masters’ programme and provides an opportunity to research and explore a topic of specific interest to you and your future career. You will use the tools and advice gained from the Research Methods module and witness first-hand how it all ties together to produce a successful thesis

This module is NOT available unless you have successfully completed six compulsory modules.
MSc Research Methods
Compulsory on all routes
SCQF level 11, 20 credit.
Research Methods aims to support you in developing necessary skills, including research, analysis and presentation, required to successfully complete your master’s level dissertation. You will explore essential areas and tools including problem solving, critical thinking, effective writing and communication, project management, and management research. This skill set is transferable, assisting your future management and leadership career as well as your dissertation at the end of your programme.

MSc Leadership, Strategy & Innovation
Compulsory on all routes
SCQF level 11, 20 credit.
Leadership, Strategy and Innovation requires critical examination of leaders’ roles in developing and adopting strategies and achieving innovation and creativity within an organisation. You will explore the key theoretical models which underpin strategy and innovation development, and evaluate the functionality of ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ leadership components. As a result you should develop a broad understanding of the steps and measures leaders implement when developing the strategic direction of their organisation.

Please note you can only take this module if you have not take Sustaining Organisational Performance, and / or Global Economic Environment and Marketing.

MSc BM - Business Economics and Finance in a Global Environment
Compulsory on all routes
SCQF level 11, 20 credit.
This module will teach you the most essential analytical tools required for economic decision making such as: the concepts of economic systems, profit and utility maximisation, demand elasticity, market equilibrium, market structures, macroeconomic objectives, government policies’ (monetary, fiscal and trade policies) tools and their impact on businesses. You will also learn how to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages to the business of a range of sources of finance, how managers report on the financial affairs and financial position of the business, and how to analyse financial reports in order to evaluate business performance.

Please note you can only take this module if you have not take Sustaining Organisational Performance, and / or Global Economic Environment and Marketing.

MSc BM - Creating Business Excellence and Marketing

Compulsory on all routes
SCQF level 11, 20 credit.

MSc-Organisational Change & Management
Compulsory on all routes
SCQF level 11, 20 credit
In today’s complex business environment it is essential to understand how organisations behave. Organisational Change and Management emphasises the evaluation and analysis of organisational change, and implementing change as a leader and manager in a way that ensures a smooth transition for the organisation and its stakeholders. Completion of this module should result in the ability to determine the different types of change and the route to implementing successful changes within an organisation.