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Please note that, while the university has taken all reasonable steps to ensure the accuracy of this leaflet at the time of printing, the information contained within this leaflet may change from time to time. While the university undertakes to take all reasonable steps to provide educational services in the manner set out in this leaflet, it does not undertake any absolute obligation to do so.Nottingham Business School
Corporate Management Development Programme
Postgraduate Certificate in Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Management
Masters (MSc) in Applied Management
Contact details
Nottingham Business School Nottingham Trent University Burton Street Nottingham NG1 4BU Tel: +44 (0)115 848 8139 Fax: +44 (0)115 848 8150 Email: [email protected]
www.ntu.ac.uk/nbsbusiness
Postgraduate, professional and executive courses offered by Nottingham Business School
Full-time courses
MA Business Administration (MBA) MSc Management
MSc Management and Entrepreneurial E-Business
MSc Management and HRM MSc Management and International Business
MSc Management and Investment Strategy
MSc Management and Marketing MSc Marketing
MSc Services Marketing* MSc Economics and Finance
*subject to validation
Part-time courses
MA Business Administration
(MBA)
Human Resource Management /
Personnel
CIPD Certificate in Personnel Practice (CPP)
Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management / Human Resource Development / Employee Relations
Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Coaching Practice
CIPD Membership through Professional Assessment of Competence (PAC) MSc Human Resource Management
Marketing
CIM Professional Diploma in Marketing CIM Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing
Public Services Management
Professional Certificate in Public Services Management
Postgraduate Certificate in Public Services Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Public Services Management
MSc Public Services Management CIPFA Professional Accountancy Qualification (PAQ)
MSc Theory of Constraints (Healthcare Management)
Executive programmes
include:
Masters in Public Administration (MPA) Senior Executive Leadership
Bespoke Management Development Graduate Development
Accreditation Services Coaching & Mentoring Tailored Short Courses
For 30 years the Business School has been working to recognise and satisfy the training, development and opportunity needs of both individuals and organisations alike.
Committed to the development of a partnership through which the aspirations of delegates and the needs of businesses are successfully matched, our Corporate
Management Development Programme is the direct result of our work and expertise in management development.
What is the Corporate
Management Development
Programme?
Nottingham Business School’s Corporate Management Development Programme (CMDP) is a suite of accredited postgraduate programmes that blend theory with practice, in order to develop a real understanding of management issues and achieve
organisational transformation and
improvement through individual improvement. These action oriented programmes aim to develop managers who are reflective practitioners and provide opportunities for organisational, personal and academic development.
The CMDP is a flexible framework that includes three stages, and allows progressive learning and development up to master’s level and incorporates the following awards: • Postgraduate Certificate in Management
(PGCM)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Management (PGDM)
• Masters in Applied Management (MSc) Each stage stands alone and progression to the next stage is not compulsory. Delivery is flexible in terms of location and timing and can be tailored to suit your organisation’s requirements.
How does it work and what
are the benefits?
The CMDP award framework offers your organisation flexibility to develop managers operating at all levels. It allows organisations and individuals to match their learning needs and individual’s own level e.g. early junior managers (PGCM), experienced managers (PGDM) and senior / potential senior managers (MSc).
The programmes cover a wide range of essential contemporary management topics. There is the added benefit of being able to tailor the programme to meet specific business requirements and / or include electives that are particularly relevant to your organisation or sector.
Each stage is designed to have a strong experiential workplace orientation, offering managers the opportunity to take their learning into the workplace through work-based assignments and projects. This makes it easier for organisations to evaluate the return on investment.
The programmes are designed to give delegates greater self and executive
mindfulness, a strategic understanding of their organisation and the wider context, enhanced skills to be more effective in day-to-day business life and meet today’s national and global business challenges.
Ultimately our goal is to integrate three perspectives: the company, it’s employees and the academic knowledge of the Business School. As Drucker said “creativity and innovation do not happen in isolation”.
Established in 1979, Nottingham Business School was
one of the first full service business schools in the UK and
today is one of the strongest. We’re the country’s
number one for value-added undergraduate education
and are in the top 3 for the number of students studying
taught doctoral programmes.* We educate and develop
world class business professionals, offering an
international pipeline to business and industry.
Through a combination of rigorous research, specialist
education and world-class consultancy and intervention,
we’re transforming the performances of businesses
locally and internationally.
We provide integrated and tailored educational
programmes in order to improve and underpin
organisational and industrial performance – from short
courses, to tailored management and executive
education and accreditation of in-company provision.
Via our specialist centres of expertise in areas such as
Talent Management, Public Services Management and
Business Performance, we provide world class partnership
consultancy and advice for business, industry and the
public sector, functioning as a catalyst for change and
development.
*Based upon HESA / The Good University Guide 2008 data
One of the UK’s leading business schools
The Corporate Management Development Programme
at Nottingham Business School
“The ability to learn faster than the competition, is the only sustainable competitive
advantage a company can have.”
Corporate Management Development Programme (CMDP)
Postgraduate Certificate in Management (PGCM)
The aim of Stage 1 of the Corporate Management Development Programme (CMPD) is to
assist in the development of competent managers and provide a sound structure for the
continuing improvement of managerial practices
Objectives of the Corporate Management Development
Programme
PGCM programme objectives
On successful completion of the programme, participants should be able to:
• demonstrate a critical understanding of their organisation along with its external and internal contexts and how they are managed;
• apply relevant knowledge to a range of complex situations, taking into account the interactions within areas of their business or organisation;
• identify and justify appropriate tools and techniques to allow detailed investigation into relevant business and management issues;
• undertake independent critical research applied to a business and management topic;
• recognise the importance of reflective analysis in evaluating and extending their own learning and development and enhancing their performance at managerial level.
PGCM programme structure
and content
The PGCM stage comprises six distinct modules, five of which are undertaken as a group, and one of which the delegates must time-manage themselves.
The modules are:
Business Strategy
Module content focuses on your
understanding of the external environment and the techniques used to manage external influences on your organisation.
Managing People and Organisations
This module seeks to develop a broad understanding of the key human resourcing issues within organisations.
Finance
This module highlights financial techniques and helps you to develop an understanding of the general financial environment.
Managing Operations
This module seeks to develop an
understanding of the concepts, models and frameworks that contribute to the
management of operations and projects.
Marketing
The focus of this module is to develop marketing skills and an understanding of operations management by adopting a customer-focused approach.
Research Project or Elective
This module is a little different from the others in that it allows you to research specific individual concepts, models or journals and to consider their potential impact within your organisation, or it’s supply chain.
Personal Development and Career Advancement
Skills and competencies are developed in this module to enable you to become more
effective as a manager in the workplace and to facilitate career progression. Individual learning skills are also improved.
Optional residential weekend
In the early stages of the programme, delegates may spend a weekend at Lakeside. This is a national training centre on the shore of Lake Windermere in the Lake District. A wide range of activities provide members with an insight into different behaviours, roles and business-related skills in a supportive environment. This event also provides the opportunity for members to consider their own personal effectiveness.
Assessment
Assessment at the PGCM stage focuses on work-based assignments rather than
examinations. Individuals apply their learning and understanding from each module back to their own organisation. In addition, a personal development record is completed.
Flexible delivery
The programme is designed to be delivered in blocks over a period of approximately one year.
Corporate Management Development Programme (CMDP)
Masters level skills and personal development
Certificate in Management (60)
Diploma in Management (120)
Masters in Applied Management (180)
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The objectives of the CMDP are as follows: • To help your employees enhance and
develop their knowledge in a critical but supportive learning environment. • To add value to employees’ managerial
and personal development by providing a flexible and choice-led learning environment, together with a range of innovative learning experiences.
• To develop goal and action behaviour, human relationships and analytical reasoning abilities.
• To enable delegates to assess and improve their distinctive and personal managerial skills and values.
• To encourage and develop employees’ awareness that an ability to initiate and manage change and innovation is a
life-enhancing component in achieving an improved personal life and career. • To enable delegates to apply their
emerging higher level understanding of managerial issues to both simulated and real-life business situations.
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Strategy
Managing
People &
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Finance
Managing
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Marketing
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Research Project
Postgraduate Diploma in Management
Stage 2 of the Corporate Management Development Programme (CMPD) is the Postgraduate
Diploma in Management (PGDM). The PGDM builds upon the foundations laid by the
Postgraduate Certificate in Management (PGCM) by continuing to strengthen the capacity of
individuals to manage their own learning and development.
An integrated approach is taken to management activities and delegates develop their
understanding of corporate-level decision-making and its impact on day-to-day management.
Masters in Applied Management (MSc)
The aim of the Masters is to encourage delegates to learn experientially and challenge
perceptions and interpretations of business management. By demonstrating innovation,
initiative and insight into attitudes of responsibility, ethics and leadership you will be able to
acquire and apply knowledge to enhance your independent research and critical skills, thus
improving your strategic management capabilities.
PGDM learning outcomes
On successfully completing the PGDM programme, delegates should be able to: • demonstrate knowledge and critical
understanding of the established theories and current issues of business and management and their application within organisations;
• conduct research into business and management situations in order to critically evaluate existing and new approaches to practice;
• acquire and analyse data and information, evaluate the relevance and validity of data and synthesize information in the context of new situations;
• demonstrate creativity in the application of knowledge, together with a practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry are used to develop and interpret knowledge in business and management;
• exhibit qualities and transferable skills relating to communications, organisation, management and working with others.
PGDM programme structure
and content
The PGDM comprises six distinct modules. The modules are:
Managing Information and Knowledge
This area of study helps you to develop an understanding of the role that information plays in the management of an organisation.
Managing Change
This module seeks to develop an understanding of the need for change in organisations, the nature and complexity of organisational change and the implications for all those involved.
Strategy Management
This module focuses on the study of the knowledge, skills and attitudes that inform and structure the strategic direction of the organisation.
Elective
A variety of electives are available, designed to meet business and delegate needs.
Management Project
This module demands the examination of an organisational issue in the light of the theories and modules that have been developed throughout the programme.
Consultancy Project
(one week full-time)
This Live Business Consultancy project enables companies and delegates to investigate real business issues, by developing consulting skills and applying learning from the course to a real business situation.
Clients are directors of local businesses who have highlighted areas where consultancy is required. For the PGDM participant the Consultancy Project offers the most
challenging opportunity to extend and stretch their knowledge and skills developed
throughout the whole course.
Masters learning outcomes
On successfully completing the Masters programme, participants should be able to: • demonstrate critical understanding of the
theories and current issues of leadership through strategic management and the development of conceptual frameworks to guide their application within
organisations;
• demonstrate creativity in the application of knowledge;
• demonstrate and apply independent research and critical skills enabling the investigation and evaluation of valid and relevant strategic management issues; • exhibit qualities and transferable skills
relating to communication, organisation, strategic management and working with others.
MSc Masters programme
structure and content
The Masters stage comprises three distinct modules:
International Business Management
To respond to global challenges this module addresses many of the contemporary, historical, and cultural issues facing companies and individuals.
International Consultancy Project
This module enables application of your knowledge and management skills in the international arena. Building on the PGDM Stage 2 Consultancy Project, you will be invited to undertake an international consultancy project of your own choosing. The timing of this project at the end of the programme gives maximum benefit to the delegate and client organisation alike.
Management Research Project
This module will develop your analytical abilities as needed by leaders who are expected to make future strategic actions and decisions. It will also encourage you to develop effective ideas for building organisational capacity for strategic action, learning and innovation.
Assessment
Assessment of Stage 3 of the Masters continues with work-based assignment reports but also includes group work assessment as well as an extended research project. There will also be an examination to assess your knowledge and learning gathered over the duration of the programme. A Personal Development Record is also required to be completed for Stage 3.
Over 400 projects have been completed, providing organisations with practical
and relevant advice.
Live Business Consultancy Projects – putting theory into
practice
A unique feature of the Business School’s CMDP is the opportunity for delegates to put theory
into practice, through a range of experiential elements.
Benefits to individuals and organisations alike
The CDMP is the result of 20 years working with top companies, learning with them what their
needs are and always seeking to meet and respond to those needs. Our thanks continue to
go to those companies who can see the value of extending their relationships, both in terms
of the future development of their company, and on the means of achieving their strategic
objectives.
The Research Project, the Live Consultancy Project and the International Consultancy Project are essential elements of the CMDP.
Research Projects
Delegates are encouraged to build upon their learning outcomes at every stage of the CMDP, which benefit them and the client company. The Research Project in the PGCM allows project companies to identify issues and or key concepts for initial investigation. The PGDM Management Project enables these investigations to be developed up to the discussion stage. This culminates with the extended project work at the Masters level, where delegates implement recommendations within the client company.
Live and International Consultancy Projects
Through the Consultancy and International Consultancy Projects, groups of up to four delegates undertake a real live consultancy project within a company who have approached the Business School with a request for help in relation to a specific issue. The course delegates, as acting consultants, will attempt to respond to the specific issue, reporting back to both the company and the Business School on appropriate solutions. For over 20 years, delegates have worked with a variety of local, national and international businesses, offering practical and beneficial advice that has brought real business improvements. Nova Scotia Boston New Jersey Washington DC Kentucky Texas Mexico Arizona California Colorado Michigan Toronto North Carolina Florida Cayman Islands Barbados Brazil South Africa Mauritius Sydney Japan Hong Kong Shanghai New Zealand Malawi Spain Poland Sri Lanka Malaysia Perth Delhi Nepal Bhutan Bangalore Czech Republic Chile South Africa Botswana Zimbabwe Gambia Egypt Gibraltar Portugal France Ireland Holland Sweden Germany
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Map showing locations of recent international consultancy projects
Regional organisations benefiting from consultancy projects include:
Almor Group (Engineering) Bartsch Inns
BioKnex (Medical) Dawson Bakery
Djanogly City Academy (Education) Garners Catering Equipment Ltd Hillary’s Blinds
Key Personnel Group Ltd Mitchells & Butler Plc National Ice Centre Northern Foods Plc Notts County Football Club Siemens (Utility Metering)
Smiths of Derby (Architectural Solutions) Severn Trent Water
Totalduct (Construction)
Zenith Development Partnership Ltd. (Housing)
People become better managers in a variety of ways. The CMDP builds upon the practical ways in which people develop their managerial understanding, sensitivity to organisational events and ability to make informed business choices and decisions. Enhanced awareness and competence in all of these will benefit programme participants in their personal lives as well as in their professional and managerial careers.
Nottingham Business School provides an integrated and innovative approach to management development. It has earned an international reputation for its teaching, research and consultancy and has been ranked amongst the top business schools within the UK reaffirming the investment in development of its services.
As part of Nottingham Trent University, the Business School recognises and satisfies the training and development needs of both individuals and organisations alike. It is committed to the development of a partnership through which the aspirations of students and the needs of businesses are successfully matched.
“...one of the companies represented on the course is working with NBS and a key supplier on
an initiative aimed at driving waste out of one of their procurement routes... there is every
likelihood that this will lead to reduced costs for STW and an improved market share for the
supplier.”
Steven Jones, Delivery Manager, Severn Trent Water Supply Chain programme
Resources, facilities and support
New technology is changing the way people work all over the world and at Nottingham
Business School it’s no different. We are continually investing in our facilities and
transforming our learning and teaching environment to create an inspiring and innovative
culture well into the 21st Century.
Resources and facilities
Library resources
The learning resources available to delegates at Nottingham Business School are provided primarily by the University’s Library and Learning Resources (LLR), who work proactively to support the teaching, learning and research needs of all academic departments.
The library facilities for Management courses are excellent. They include over 400,000 books and 28,000 journals (both reference and loan), plus audio-visual materials and special collections (e.g. the statistical series). Online database searches are available to support the work of participants, with full support being given by members of LLR. LLR holds licences for the use of more than 100 electronic databases, many of which are networked across the campus. External use of Internet-based materials and electronic journals is supported by the Electronic Library gateway that participants can access from anywhere in the world
IT resources
Participants will be able to use University and Business School computing facilities (which include some 24-hour access provision). Within the Management Centre there are class, as well as individual, computer facilities, all of which are Internet-linked, at the disposal of participants. There is also a dedicated IT resource centre for postgraduate participants in the Management Centre. The Harvard Lecture Theatre is linked so that laptops can be used for participants’ presentations.
NOW – the virtual learning
environment
e-learning within NBS is well supported, with several initiatives linking the Business School to wider University networks. NTU has installed a cutting-edge virtual learning environment (NOW – the NTU Online Workspace) which offers considerable capabilities and resources for e-supported learning, teaching and research.
The system encompasses some of the latest innovations in learning, and not only extends the range of learning activities that
participants can access online, but also provides a more integrated and structured set of tools for developing learning pathways through the materials.
Support
There are many reasons why people come and study at Nottingham Business School -advancing a career in business, developing their academic or research capabilities, taking the next step by retraining, or preparing to change jobs. Whatever the reason, we work hard to support each of our students, providing stimulating teaching, suitable learning environments and support according to their personal, pastoral and academic needs.
Our range of support services includes: careers, finance, counselling, disability support, international support, progression guidance, access to affiliated health centres and personal advice to students of all ages and from anywhere in the world.
Participants who require academic support are invited to discuss problems or issues with module leaders. Email addresses and contact phone numbers are provided in the Participant Handbook and details can be found on NOW, which will provide further academic support. Participants will be allocated a personal tutor / mentor at the start of the programme and will be able to contact them about any aspect of the course of study and problems they may be experiencing with it.
