Awarding Body
Glyndŵr University, United Kingdom
Overview
Glyndŵr University’s MBA with a specialization in IT Management provides technical and business knowledge to meet complex technology and business challenges. The emphasis in the MBA (IT Management) is on strategic management of information and knowledge assets in organisations.
The emphasis in MBA (IT Management) is develop you understanding of the current issues affecting the management of IT projects and the basic tools and techniques used in IT project management as well as both professional and ethical issues relevant to the discipline of IT projects.
Learning Objectives
Students will demonstrate the ability to:
A) Knowledge and understanding
1. Evaluate markets and customers: the development and operation of markets for resources, goods and services; customer expectations, service and orientation.
2. Assess the impact of environmental forces on organisations including ethical, social, economic and technological change issues; international developments; change management
3. Apply the concepts, processes and institutions in the management of resources and operations. Including the use of accounting for managerial applications
4. Develop appropriate business policies and strategies within a changing environment to meet stakeholder interests.
5. Deal with complex issues and make sound evidence-informed judgements and conclusions that they are able to communicate clearly to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
6. Demonstrate an ability to assess the relationship between technological change, society and the law and to develop an awareness of the wider social and ethical issues of computing.
B) Intellectual skills:
1. Critically assess theories and situations and reach appropriate conclusions.
2. Apply problem solving and decision making skills using appropriate quantitative and qualitative skills including identifying, formulating and solving business problems; the ability to create, identify and evaluate options
3. Demonstrate numeracy and quantitative skills including the use of models of business situations.
4. Exercise Initiative and self-direction in solving problems.
5. Demonstrate the ability to assess analyse and synthesise information from a range of sources and apply them to theoretical and practical problems.
C) Subject and other skills:
1. Use Communication and Information Technology (C&IT) effectively
2. Communicate effectively both orally and in writing, using a range of media, including the preparation of business reports.
3. Perform effectively within a team environment.
4. Demonstrate interpersonal skills of effective listening, negotiating and persuasion.
5. Evaluate current theories within business and management and apply to practice in a given context.
6. Act autonomously in planning, designing and applying research methodologies.
D) Professional Skills and abilities and Employability Skills and abilities:
1. Demonstrate effective self-management and the ability to continue learning.
2. Demonstrate self-awareness and sensitivity to diversity in people and different situations.
3. Demonstrate an ability to learn through reflection on practice and experience.
4. Advance their knowledge and understanding and to develop new skills through independent learning that will be enhance their continued professional development.
Modules
Module Code | Modules | Credits |
BUS745 | Leadership and People Management | 20 |
BUS746 | Managing Resources in a Business Context | 20 |
BUS747 | Achieving Corporate Success | 20 |
BUS748 | Strategic Thinking and Effecting Change | 20 |
COM703 | IT Project Management | 20 |
COM704 | Professional Challenges in Computing | 20 |
BUS757 | Fundamentals of Research and Dissertation | 20 |
A candidate must satisfy one, or combination, of the following conditions:
A candidate must satisfy one, or combination, of the following conditions:
a. Hold one of the following prior to commencement of the Programme:
i. An initial Honours degree of Glyndŵr University or another approved degree awarding body.
ii. an equivalent overseas qualifications deemed satisfactory by the programme team of Glyndŵr;
iii. a non-graduate qualification which the University deemed to be of satisfactory standard for the purpose of post-graduate admission.
b. Where an applicant’s first language is not English and where an applicant possesses qualifications other than those indicated above, evidence of Level 6.5 attainment in the International English Language Testing Scheme and / or TOFEL score of 575 and / or TEG Certificate of General English and English for Academic Purposes is required.
Course Duration
Full-time: 3 hours a day X 5 days a week X 16 months
Part-Time: 3 hours a day X 2 days a week X 16 months
Intakes / Registration
Registration occurs for the following intakes: January, May and September
All applications for admission should be submitted at least four (4) weeks before the commencement date. An application processing fee (inclusive of 7% GST) is payable for each application that is submitted. This fee is Non-Refundable.
Course Commencement Date | Course Completion Month/Year |
26 January | May (Following year) |
21 September | January |
25 January | May |
Course Commencement Date | Course Completion Month/Year |
26 January | May (Following year) |
21 September | January |
25 January | May |