DEVELOPING PEOPLE, DEVELOPING BUSINESS

MA in Leadership and Management from the University of Chichester

This programme offers students the opportunity to study for a Postgraduate award in leadership and management.

You will gain a greater understanding of advanced thinking in management, your own capability and in turn your overall performance through a critical reflection on your own management practice and ideas.

How does it work?

The MA programme has been designed to achieve a close connection between the learning environment and the workplace.  Emphasis is placed on face to face delivery of the programme with student participation and experience being central to the facilitation of learning and teaching. The use of professional specialists to provide input where required is also a key feature of the learning approach.

The programme examines the practice of leadership and management informed by an analysis of wider management theory, in a changing organisational context. 

You will attend our Bognor Regis campus for 1 day per month for 10 months in the first 2 years. The final year is more flexible and focuses on producing a dissertation topic supported by your tutors. We predominantly use small group learning and Action Learning Sets to deliver the content of the programme. Assessment is via assignment/presentations and report completion.

What will I be studying?

You will create a detailed, transformational Personal Development Plan in your first year alongside a study into ‘Managing a Department’.  In the second year you will study Strategic Leadership and High Performance Team Management.  In the final year you will attend research methods workshops, decide on a specific area to investigate and report on what is relevant to you, your career or your employer.


What are the distinctive features of this programme?
•    We emphasise the examination of leadership and management practice, using case examples from within the students own organisation
•    We create greater critical understanding of leadership and management in a range of sectors and the opportunities and constraints present in organisations at a time of great change
•    We enable the study of leadership to enhance capability and in turn the overall performance of organisations through structured reflection on practice
•    the development of individual effectiveness as a leader in professional workplaces and particularly when working in unpredictable and changing contexts
•    flexibility of ‘stepping off’ points at Certificate, (year 1) Diploma (year 2) and MA (year 3), to suit individual and organisational demands and needs
•    the use of action learning sets to develop a supportive learning environment for postgraduate students

What qualifications do I need to do the programme?

You will normally need a degree, or equivalent to do the programme.  In exceptional circumstances we can consider non-standard applications from non-graduates with significant, relevant work experience who can prove that they would benefit from and be able to cope with the programme.

How much does it cost?

Provisional course fees are £3,500 per academic year for the first two years and £2,800 for the third and final year (these are provisional and subject to change)

How do I get more information?

Contact Andrew Adams, Business Development Manager, School of Enterprise, Management and Leadership, University of Chichester – a.adams@chi.ac.uk  - Tel: 07796 655247

Dr Rob Warwick, Programme Director, School of Enterprise, Management and Leadership, University of Chichester, Upper Bognor Road, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO211HR
r.warwick@chi.ac.uk