Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies (London International College)

 
Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies
 
London International College
 
Benefits:
 
This postgraduate qualification is designed for graduates and holders of other professional qualifications who either wish to gain a valuable management qualification or to progress to the Masters of Business Administration or Master of Science programme with the University of Northern Virginia.
 
Title:
Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies
 
Awarding Body:
London International College
 
Mode: 
Stand alone course or access to MBA/MSc.
 
Duration: 
Approximately twelve months.
 
Entry requirements: 
First degree or equivalent qualification or relevant work experience.
 
Programme Content: 
 
Management Communications
 
Students will receive an overview of general business communications including interview techniques, teambuilding and presentation skills. Students will develop professional presentation skills; content, organisation and effective delivery through oral presentation. The course is designed to give students a comprehensive view of communication in both the internal and external business environment.
 
Strategic Management
This module will focus on the creation of competitive advantage by examining external and internal factors that define management action/responses. These factors include evaluating the competitiveness of other firms in the industry as well as the company’s internal strength/weaknesses, building competitive advantage and responding to changes in competitive advantage. The module provides students with a broad understanding of strategic management concepts and theories and their importance for the organisation, industry and society. It deals with identifying and analysing past and current strategies and with constructing new ones. It addresses contemporary theories of decision-making.
 
Operations Management
The module aims to furnish students with an understanding of the concepts, systems and strategies relevant to operations management, along with the ability to analyse and solve problems associated with the supply and control of goods and services. Topics covered include demand forecasting and management, quality control, supply chain management, procurement and quality management. Students will gain an understanding of how operations management principles can be applied to general business activities.
 
Marketing Management
This module intends to provide students with a framework for analysing marketing processes from a strategic and managerial perspective. The module focuses on the development and implementation of marketing strategies to help organisations gain a competitive advantage in challenging markets. Students will learn how to examine and review marketing management theory and concepts, assess key marketing information and diagnose marketing problems accurately and formulate and communicate a detailed marketing plan that includes marketing strategies and marketing mix policies.
 
Management Decision Making
Combines elements of accounting, economics and management. This module is intended to teach techniques that can develop effective decision-making skills for managers and potential managers. Analytical frameworks and methodologies are essential instruments that can support managerial decisions. This course will explain the various methodologies that underpin the decision-making process and provide the student with an understanding of how to analyse the factors involved in decision-making.
 
Financial Management
This module will provide students with an understanding of the key elements of financial theory and practice. The concepts of the time-value of money, valuation and rates of return, cost of capital and capital budgeting are covered. The emphasis is on establishing an understanding of the basic elements of financial theory in the application of analytical reasoning in solving business problems. Students will examine the financial planning process via workshops and case studies and work towards gaining a greater understanding of the financial mechanisms for creating profit.
 
Accounting for Managers
This module defines managerial accounting rather than financial accounting. It reviews major cost accounting systems and how they work in a technological environment. Students will gain an understanding of how financial data obtained from the accounting systems is used to make informed business decisions and to evaluate organisational performance. Topics covered include the analysis and interpretation of income statements, balance sheets and statements of cash flows for the guidance of managers, shareholders and creditors, liquidity, short and long-term debt-paying capacity and profitability.
 
Global Business Environment
The purpose of this module is introduce the students to global business environment so that the students can understand business matters based on a knowledge of the environmental factors that influence them. Focus is on the understanding of the growing economic interdependence of nations and the impact on managerial and corporate policy decisions that transcend national boundaries. 
Students will receive an overview of general business communications including interview techniques, teambuilding and presentation skills. Students will develop professional presentation skills; content, organisation and effective delivery through oral presentation. The course is designed to give students a comprehensive view of communication in both the internal and external business environment.
 
Strategic Management                                                                           
This module will focus on the creation of competitive advantage by examining external and internal factors that define management action/responses. These factors include evaluating the competitiveness of other firms in the industry as well as the company’s internal strength/weaknesses, building competitive advantage and responding to changes in competitive advantage. The module provides students with a broad understanding of strategic management concepts and theories and their importance for the organisation, industry and society. It deals with identifying and analysing past and current strategies and with constructing new ones. It addresses contemporary theories of decision-making.
 
Operations Management                                                                       
The module aims to furnish students with an understanding of the concepts, systems and strategies relevant to operations management, along with the ability to analyse and solve problems associated with the supply and control of goods and services. Topics covered include demand forecasting and management, quality control, supply chain management, procurement and quality management. Students will gain an understanding of how operations management principles can be applied to general business activities.
 
Marketing Management                                                                          
This module intends to provide students with a framework for analysing marketing processes from a strategic and managerial perspective. The module focuses on the development and implementation of marketing strategies to help organisations gain a competitive advantage in challenging markets. Students will learn how to examine and review marketing management theory and concepts, assess key marketing information and diagnose marketing problems accurately and formulate and communicate a detailed marketing plan that includes marketing strategies and marketing mix policies.
 
Management Decision Making                                                           
Combines elements of accounting, economics and management. This module is intended to teach techniques that can develop effective decision-making skills for managers and potential managers. Analytical frameworks and methodologies are essential instruments that can support managerial decisions. This course will explain the various methodologies that underpin the decision-making process and provide the student with an understanding of how to analyse the factors involved in decision-making.
 
Financial Management                                                                             
This module will provide students with an understanding of the key elements of financial theory and practice. The concepts of the time-value of money, valuation and rates of return, cost of capital and capital budgeting are covered. The emphasis is on establishing an understanding of the basic elements of financial theory in the application of analytical reasoning in solving business problems. Students will examine the financial planning process via workshops and case studies and work towards gaining a greater understanding of the financial mechanisms for creating profit.
 
Accounting for Managers                                                                      
This module defines managerial accounting rather than financial accounting. It reviews major cost accounting systems and how they work in a technological environment. Students will gain an understanding of how financial data obtained from the accounting systems is used to make informed business decisions and to evaluate organisational performance. Topics covered include the analysis and interpretation of income statements, balance sheets and statements of cash flows for the guidance of managers, shareholders and creditors, liquidity, short and long-term debt-paying capacity and profitability.
 
Global Business Environment                                        
The purpose of this module is introduce the students to global business environment so that the students can understand business matters based on a knowledge of the environmental factors that influence them. Focus is on the understanding of the growing economic interdependence of nations and the impact on managerial and corporate policy decisions that transcend national boundaries.
 
 
               
 
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