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Overview

The MSc in Applied Management and Enterprise appeals to students from a range of backgrounds and with wide ranging undergraduate degrees, who are seeking to develop the knowledge and understanding that will enable them to pursue management careers in a small business or as an entrepreneur.

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Initially, MSc students take a number of management topics that will provide the understanding, knowledge and skills necessary to undertake a project with an applied entrepreneurial focus. In the second stage of the programme, students start a project to develop a business concept and identify the competence, skills and knowledge needs necessary to make the idea a reality. In the third and final stage students have the opportunity to study the principles of business from their own perspective and then finalise their business proposal project.

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Stage 1 compulsory modules

Technology and Information Management
Strategic management
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Corporate and Social Responsibility
Information Systems Planning for Sustainability
Applied Intellectual Property and Environmental Law

Stage 2 - Project

Students are expected to demonstrate their ability to carry out a piece of work with a high level of originality, articulating and developing a business concept in a poster and dissertation. The project is a self-managed piece of work consisting of three parts - dissertation, poster and business plan.

The purpose is to research and develop an entrepreneurial business concept and accompanying business plan and provide the platform for launching an entrepreneurial idea or an innovation. The work will be based on knowledge and experience gained in taught Phases 1 and 3.

Stage 3 compulsory modules