Postgraduate Prospectus

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organisations and the management of
people at work. Our emphasis is on an
international perspective of leadership
and the management of human resources,
and on social and ethical criteria that foster
the sustainability of entrepreneurship,
organisational structures and processes,
collaboration, learning, and innovation.
Central to our course is an examination
of the evolution of organisations through
their people, and the management of
organisational content and processes
in varying international environments.
MSc Public Management•
MSc Public Management is concerned
with the critical, multi-disciplinary study
of entrepreneurial management in the
public sector. We provide a critical
perspective on the dilemmas of strategy,
effective management and organisation
in a complex environment, governance,
and the idea of enterprise in the public
and not-for-profit sectors.
Building on the experience of other
public sector related international
programmes offered at Essex, our
MSc Public Management gives an
opportunity for critical study of issues
of civic leadership and governance in an
environment of continuous change. You
also address: new forms of public and
not-for-profit enterprise across different
sectors; globalisation and international
perspectives; social and economic
development; and the inter-relationships
between the public, private, voluntary
and community sectors. It will enable
you to investigate critical, and increasingly
entrepreneurial, relationships between
the state, civil society and the market.
MSc Social and Community Enterprise
Management•‡
This course studies the management
and sustainability of social and community
enterprises, so you examine the people
and organisations engaged in taking risks
on behalf of customers and stakeholders
in a community environment.
Managers of social and community
enterprises look for new ways in which to
serve their stakeholders, weighing-up both
social and financial returns on investments
and long-term benefits for the community.
You examine social and community-based
entrepreneurship through practical
exercises and case studies, and study
how social networking and social capital
combine innovatively with traditional
sources of technological, financial
and human capital.
Postgraduate Certificate in Creative
Industry Management•‡
Our postgraduate certificate comprises
two core modules that focus on the key
issues of the management of creative
enterprises and the broader context of the
environment, trends and characteristics of
the creative industry sector. You develop
your understanding of entrepreneurial
organisations in the creative industries, their
economic, social and technological context,
and how they are managed. We equip you
with critical, analytical and learning skills,
and with the ability to manage your own
learning and network with different
stakeholders. We help you apply your skills
and knowledge to a range of complex
situations in the creative industries and take
responsibility for continuing to develop your
own knowledge and skills.
This course will also help you progress
towards a rewarding career in the creative
industries by offering a range of business
support services, so that you emerge as a
key contributor to a learning, innovative and
entrepreneurial community.
Management courses
MSc International Management•
This course should interest you if you wish
to pursue a career within an international
dimension or want to gain a greater
understanding of the increasingly global
context in which businesses operate, and
the changing role of management and
organisation in the twenty-first century.
Although a first degree in business or
management is not a pre-requisite, some
experience of studying a social science
is needed.
MA Management and Organisational
Dynamics•
We deliver this course jointly with our Centre
for Psychoanalytic Studies and equip you
with powerful tools to support creative work
in organisations. Uniquely, we draw on both
critical management theory and current
thinking on underlying group dynamics. Our
course is designed for leaders, consultants,
researchers and others who wish to get to
grips with the complex human processes
that impact on change in organisations.
MSc Management, Marketing and Society•
This course should interest you if you want
to focus your studies on both management
and marketing. You will be introduced to
cutting-edge marketing theory and practice,
and there is a strong emphasis on locating
marketing and management within their
broader social context.
While the relationship between marketing
and society is a complex one, being able to
understand this relationship and evaluate
the impact of change, is a crucial skill for
marketing managers today. By focusing on
this broader perspective, often neglected in
straight marketing courses, we encourage
you to become a reflexive practitioner who
is aware of the complex relations between
marketing theory and practice, and the
way that theory and practice can impact
on the world.
MSc Management Psychology•
MSc Management Psychology will
develop your critical understanding
of the relationship between behaviour
and experience. Our primary focus is
on the individual in the organisation, the
construction of meaning, bureaucratic and
technological consciousness, organisational
socialisation and secondary adjustments,
and the significance of time, gender and
motive as organising principles.
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