MSc Operations, Project and Supply Chain Management Manchester Business School

Put your organisational skills to the test and learn to help businesses manage the production and delivery of products and services in an increasingly globalised marketplace. This course covers operations management, supply chain management, project management and process improvement in one challenging and rewarding degree.

Recent recruiters include:

AC Nielsen, Accenture, British Council, ICI, Network Rail, PricewaterhouseCoopers,

Procter & Gamble, Rothschild Foundation Europe, Sapa Group, Volkswagen

Course structure

(all taught course units are 15 credits)

Semester 1

- Global Operations Management1

- Managing Projects1

- Strategic Supply Management1 and one elective from the following ‘specialist’ electives:

- Commercial Management of Projects and Programmes

- Strategic Process Improvement

Semester 2

- Research Methods and three electives, including at least two of the following ‘specialist’ electives:

- Business Improvement Tools, Techniques and Systems

- Global Supply Chain Management1

- Managing Major Projects and Programmes

- Organisational Change

- Performance Assessment and Decision Support

- Risk Management

- Simulation and Risk Analysis

- The Reflective Project Manager

1Required for CIPS accreditation pathway

By agreement, you may choose one elective from other masters courses such as Corporate Communications, Global

Business Analysis, Accounting and Finance, Computing or Mathematics. This is by arrangement, and subject to timetabling and what you have studied previously.

Summer research period

Research dissertation (60 credits)

You must complete a satisfactory dissertation to be awarded your MSc.

This piece of work, undertaken in your third term and over the summer, gives you the opportunity to apply the techniques and theories you have learned during the taught modules. Dissertation topics reflect the expertise of your lecturers and you may be asked to choose from a list of options.

Supervision often starts with small groups of students studying similar topics meeting with their supervisors, who then guide students in deciding on the focus for their individual dissertations. The dissertation itself normally consists of a literature review followed by a piece of empirical work, involving either qualitative or quantitative research.

Recent dissertations have covered:

• Globalisation, risk, ethics and global supply chains: an operations perspective

• The implementation, use and effectiveness of the balanced scorecard

• Identification of best practices for the supplier pre-qualification model for Siemens (UK)

• Production and control systems for small manufacturing enterprises

• Risks in international purchasing and a case study in the UK paper industry

• Risk modelling in an international management consulting group.

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Description:	Put your organisational skills to the test and learn to help businesses manage the production and delivery of products and services in an increasingly globalised marketplace. This course covers operations management, supply chain management, project management and process improvement in one challenging and rewarding degree. Recent recruiters include: AC Nielsen, Accenture, British Council, ICI, Network Rail, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Procter & Gamble, Rothschild Foundation Europe, Sapa Group, Volkswagen Course structure (all taught course units are 15 credits) Semester 1 - Global Operations Management1 - Managing Projects1 - Strategic Supply Management1 and one elective from the following ‘specialist’ electives: - Commercial Management of Projects and Programmes - Strategic Process Improvement Semester 2 - Research Methods and three electives, including at least two of the following ‘specialist’ electives: - Business Improvement Tools, Techniques and Systems - Global Supply Chain Management1 - Managing Major Projects and Programmes - Organisational Change - Performance Assessment and Decision Support - Risk Management - Simulation and Risk Analysis - The Reflective Project Manager 1Required for CIPS accreditation pathway By agreement, you may choose one elective from other masters courses such as Corporate Communications, Global Business Analysis, Accounting and Finance, Computing or Mathematics. This is by arrangement, and subject to timetabling and what you have studied previously. Summer research period Research dissertation (60 credits) You must complete a satisfactory dissertation to be awarded your MSc. This piece of work, undertaken in your third term and over the summer, gives you the opportunity to apply the techniques and theories you have learned during the taught modules. Dissertation topics reflect the expertise of your lecturers and you may be asked to choose from a list of options. Supervision often starts with small groups of students studying similar topics meeting with their supervisors, who then guide students in deciding on the focus for their individual dissertations. The dissertation itself normally consists of a literature review followed by a piece of empirical work, involving either qualitative or quantitative research. Recent dissertations have covered: • Globalisation, risk, ethics and global supply chains: an operations perspective • The implementation, use and effectiveness of the balanced scorecard • Identification of best practices for the supplier pre-qualification model for Siemens (UK) • Production and control systems for small manufacturing enterprises • Risks in international purchasing and a case study in the UK paper industry • Risk modelling in an international management consulting group.
Teaching mode:	Full Time
Language:	English
Tuition fees:	Home/EU £9,400 Overseas £16,700
Begin:	17 September 2012
Length:	1 Year
Application deadline:	Rolling admission - please apply as early as possible.
Application procedure:	Entry requirements First or upper second class honours (2:1) degree from a UK university or the overseas equivalent, in any discipline.
Entry Requirements:	no academic background in business or economics required
URL:	http://www.mbs.ac.uk/programmes/masters/courses/operations-proj-supply-chain-manage/

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