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In this explanation related to management with a specialism in entrepreneurship.
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PROGRAMME SPECIFICATION
KEY FACTS
Programme name Management – with a specialism in entrepreneurship
Award MSc
School Cass Business School
Department or equivalent Specialist Masters Programme
Programme code PSMGEN
Type of study Full time
Total UK credits 205
Total ECTS 102.5
PROGRAMME SUMMARY
The Cass MSc in Management will provide you with an academically rigorous and
professionally relevant education that will serve your career needs throughout your
personal and professional development.
The first term is aimed at laying the theoretical foundations in management. In the
second term, you will have the opportunity to deepen your knowledge of key general
management topics and specialise in entrepreneurship. The third term is about the
application of the conceptual tools acquired through the first two terms while deepening
the knowledge of specific management topics. Importance will be given to the social role
of the business manager in order to develop your awareness of the wider, social, impact
of their business actions.
Aims
The degree is aimed at equipping you with rigorous analytical skills to deal with complex
business and management issues and to instil the importance of developing so called
“soft” skills to influence people and organizations. The entrepreneurship stream aims to
provide you with the tools and the confidence to develop realistic business plans and
grow new ventures from the early entrepreneurship phase to the growth and managerial
phase.
We are also committed to creating not only excellent managers but also responsible
leaders and this ethos pervades the programme as a whole. With this in mind the term
three module “Business in Society” takes an “outside in” perspective on business and
will allow you to reflect on the wider social implications of business decisions.
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WHAT WILL I BE EXPECTED TO ACHIEVE?
On successful completion of this programme, you will be expected to be able to:
Knowledge and understanding:
• Understand the history and development of modern management methods and
theory sufficient to enable you to apply this understanding to current issues, and to
form the foundation of your future career in any area of management.
• Understand the nature, importance and applicability of academic research sufficient
to enable you to make informed and objective decisions in a wide range of situations.
• Gain the knowledge and understanding that will enable you to develop business
ideas and plan for their launch in the marketplace.
• Learn how to take a new venture from the launch phase through to the growth and
managerial phases.
Skills:
• Apply knowledge and understanding to complex issues, both systemically and
creatively, so that theory is converted into practice from a critical and informed
perspective, thereby enhancing organisational effectiveness and competitiveness.
• Communicate effectively using the full range of media (including listening and
presenting), working both individually and in groups / teams.
• Identify issues of value to management practice and organisational effectiveness,
thinking critically and working objectively and creatively.
• Apply problem solving and decision making techniques, identifying and evaluating
options and implementing and evaluating the effectiveness of solutions.
• Carry out research enabling relevant information to be collected from a wide range of
sources. Scanning, organising and analysing data to produce reliable conclusions
and disseminate knowledge.
Values and attitudes:
• Show the ability and willingness to work effectively in a variety of situations.
• Show a genuine and continuing interest in the study and practice of management,
including the development of learning skills that will ensure self confidence, belief
and awareness.
• Show assurance confidence and self awareness in your ability to apply the skills and
knowledge learned in the degree.
• Advise management on a wide variety of issues impacting their organisations.
This programme has been developed in accordance with the QAA Subject Benchmark
for Business and Management.
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HOWWILL I LEARN?
The MSc in Management reflects the pedagogic philosophy of Cass Business School:
advances, technically challenging education to prepare business professionals and
leaders to operate at decision -making levels. Teaching and learning are delivered and
achieved through a range of methods including lectures, case studies, group work
presentations, seminars and hands on sessions.
We emphasise the specific acquisition of a sound theoretical foundation based on a
review of the history of management and develop your ability to apply this knowledge in
practical, real-world contexts through the study of current and future management
theories. Student presentations - to lecturers, visitors from the City and other members
of the class are used to give invaluable practice in using, applying and expressing
complex subject matter clearly and concisely to a business audience. Group work, on
the preparation of case studies and a business plan, consolidates the acquired
knowledge and also builds interpersonal and communication skills which are essential
for any future career.
A minimum of 10 teaching and learning hours (both contact and non-contact) are
required for each credit awarded. The precise weighting of different types of teaching
and learning depends on the modules you take and the breakdown is therefore provided
within the appropriate module specifications.
Overall teaching and learning hours: approx 2050 hours
Contact hours: approx 360 hours
WHAT TYPES OF ASSESSMENT AND FEEDBACK CAN I EXPECT?
Assessment and Assessment Criteria
This course is assessed by coursework and examinations and applies standard MSc
grade related criteria.
Terms one and two are assessed by an approximately 50/50 split between group work
and individual assessment / examinations. The third term is 100% assessed by
coursework with a strong emphasis on group work and the dissertation module.
Assessment Criteria are descriptions, based on the intended learning outcomes, of the
skills, knowledge or attitudes that you need to demonstrate in order to complete an
assessment successfully, providing a mechanism by which the quality of an assessment
can be measured. Grade- Related Criteria are descriptions of the level of skills,
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knowledge or attributes that you need to demonstrate in order achieve a certain grade or
mark in an assessment, providing a mechanism by which the quality of an assessment
can be measured and placed within the overall set of marks. Assessment Criteria and
Grade-Related Criteria will be made available to you to support you in completing
assessments. These may be provided in programme handbooks, module specifications,
on the virtual learning environment or attached to a specific assessment task.
Feedback on assessment
Feedback will be provided in line with our Assessment and Feedback Policy and will be
provided in a variety of ways throughout your course, both formally and informally, in
order to support your learning.
You will normally be provided with coursework feedback within three weeks of the
submission deadline or assessment date. This would normally include a provisional
grade or mark. The timescale for feedback on final projects or dissertations may be
longer. Examination grades will be provided once they have been agreed by an
Assessment Board.
More details about the feedback you can expect from individual modules and
assessments will be provided by your lecturers.
The full policy can be found at:
https://www.city.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/68921/assessment_and_feedback_p
olicy.pdf
Assessment Regulations
In order to pass your Programme, you should complete successfully or be exempted
from the relevant modules and assessments and will therefore acquire the required
number of credits. The Pass mark for each module is 50%.
If you fail an assessment component or a module, the following will apply:
Re-sit: you will normally be offered one re-sit attempt. However, if you did not participate
in the first assessment and have no extenuating circumstances, you may not be offered
a resit.
If you are successful in the re-sit, you shall be awarded the credit for that module. The
mark used for the purpose of calculation towards your Award shall be calculated from
the original marks for the component(s) that you passed at first attempt and the
minimum pass mark for the component(s) for which you took a re-sit.
If you do not satisfy your re-sit by the date specified you will not progress and the
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Assessment Board shall require that you withdraw from the Programme.
If you fail to meet the requirements for the Programme, but satisfy the requirements for a
lower-level Award, then a lower qualification may be awarded as per the table below.
For the award of a Post-Graduate Diploma you may be compensated for up to 20 core
module credits as long as:
• Compensation is permitted for the module involved.
• It can be demonstrated that you have satisfied all the learning outcomes of the core
modules.
• A minimum overall mark of no more than 10 percentage points below the module
pass mar has been achieved in the module to be compensated, and
• An aggregate mark of 50% has been achieved overall.
If you fail to meet the requirements for the Programme and are not eligible for the award
of a lower level qualification, the Assessment Board shall require that you withdraw from
the Programme.
If you would like to know more about the way in which assessment works at City, please
see the full version of the Assessment Regulations at:
http://www.city.ac.uk/__data/assets/word_doc/0003/69249/s19.doc
WHAT AWARD CAN I GET?
Master’s Degree:
HE
Level
Credits Weighting
(%)
Class % required
Taught 7 205 100 With Distinction 70
With Merit 65
With Pass 50
Postgraduate Diploma:
HE
Level
Credits Weighting
(%)
Class % required
Taught 7 155 100 With Distinction 70
With Merit 65
With Pass 50
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WHAT WILL I STUDY?
At the beginning of the course you will complete a number of induction workshops
including:
• Team building
• Career induction and careers fair
• Excel induction
In term one you will complete seven core modules for a total of 60 credits. In term two
you will complete four core modules and two specialist Entrepreneurship modules for a
total of 55 credits. In term three you will complete three core modules, a further module
in your specialist Entrepreneurship area and two electives alongside your dissertation
module. You will also have the opportunity to undertake an international trip and / or
enter the Business Plan Competition - both of which are optional and carry no credits.
Term three accounts for 90 credits overall.
Throughout your studies you will also undertake a number of professional and career
development workshops and be required to submit a career development essay.
Module Title SITS
Code
Module
Credits
Core/
Elective
Compensation
Yes/No
Level
Accounting SMM472 10 C N 7
Principles of Marketing SMM879 10 C N 7
Organisational
Behaviour
SMM481 5 C N 7
Finance SMM473 5 C N 7
Strategic Analysis SMM880 10 C N 7
Business Economics SMM474 5 C N 7
Quantitative Methods
for Business
SMM939 15 C N 7
Supply Chain Analysis SMM476 10 C N 7
International Finance SMM475 10 C N 7
Leadership and
Change
SMM480 10 C N 7
Business Research
Methods
SMM482 5 C N 7
Entrepreneurial
Management
SMM478 10 CE N 7
Entrepreneurship 101 SMM477 10 CE N 7
Business and Society SMM895 10 C N 7
Consulting Project SMM479 10 C N 7
Practices of
Management
SMM483 10 C N 7
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High Growth
Entrepreneurship
SMM887 10 CE N 7
Family Business SMM400 10 E N 7
Brand Management SMM448 10 E N 7
Financial Management SMM449 10 E N 7
Customer Service and
Relationship
Management
SMM863 10 E N 7
Strategies of Fast
Track Venturing
SMM864 10 E N 7
Managing Strategic
Change
SMM871 10 E N 7
International
Management
SMM875 10 E N 7
Global Outsourcing
Strategy
SMM890 10 E N 7
Consulting Skills SMM892 10 E N 7
Leading Change in 21
st
Century Management
SMM917 10 E N 7
Digital Marketing SMM955 10 E N 7
And then either:
Business Research
Project
SMM885 30 C N 7
Business Research
Project in Corporate
Responsibility
(by application)
SMM896 30 C N 7
TO WHAT KIND OF CAREER MIGHT I GO ON?
http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/more-about-cass/careers-services - Careers Service
http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/more-about-cass/alumni-services - Alumni Service
WHAT PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE?
- Placements are not part of the programme – however:
All students are able to register a summer internship with the programme office for
recognition on their transcript. Please refer to the MSc Moodle page for further
details when you are choosing your electives.
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WILL I GET ANY PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION?
To be agreed.
HOW DO I ENTER THE PROGRAMME?
To be accepted on to a Cass MSc degree you will need a good Bachelors degree. This
usually means a UK 2.1 or above, or the equivalent from an overseas institution. Some
level of previous study in the specific subject area may be required.
Applicants will need to submit two references, one of which must be an academic
reference if the candidate does not have previous work experience. Previous work
experience is not a requirement of our full time MSc courses.
We require all students who have not previously studied at an English speaking
University to take either the IELTS or TOEFL. The IELTS requirement is 7.0 with a
minimum of 6.5 in any one category. The requirement for TOEFL is 107 (internet based
test).
GMAT
All candidates must take the GMAT for this course. We look for a well balanced average
score in the range of 600-800. GMAT should be submitted with your application.
Version: 2.0
Version date: July 2013
For use from: 2013-14
doc_691833245.pdf
In this explanation related to management with a specialism in entrepreneurship.
1
PROGRAMME SPECIFICATION
KEY FACTS
Programme name Management – with a specialism in entrepreneurship
Award MSc
School Cass Business School
Department or equivalent Specialist Masters Programme
Programme code PSMGEN
Type of study Full time
Total UK credits 205
Total ECTS 102.5
PROGRAMME SUMMARY
The Cass MSc in Management will provide you with an academically rigorous and
professionally relevant education that will serve your career needs throughout your
personal and professional development.
The first term is aimed at laying the theoretical foundations in management. In the
second term, you will have the opportunity to deepen your knowledge of key general
management topics and specialise in entrepreneurship. The third term is about the
application of the conceptual tools acquired through the first two terms while deepening
the knowledge of specific management topics. Importance will be given to the social role
of the business manager in order to develop your awareness of the wider, social, impact
of their business actions.
Aims
The degree is aimed at equipping you with rigorous analytical skills to deal with complex
business and management issues and to instil the importance of developing so called
“soft” skills to influence people and organizations. The entrepreneurship stream aims to
provide you with the tools and the confidence to develop realistic business plans and
grow new ventures from the early entrepreneurship phase to the growth and managerial
phase.
We are also committed to creating not only excellent managers but also responsible
leaders and this ethos pervades the programme as a whole. With this in mind the term
three module “Business in Society” takes an “outside in” perspective on business and
will allow you to reflect on the wider social implications of business decisions.
2
WHAT WILL I BE EXPECTED TO ACHIEVE?
On successful completion of this programme, you will be expected to be able to:
Knowledge and understanding:
• Understand the history and development of modern management methods and
theory sufficient to enable you to apply this understanding to current issues, and to
form the foundation of your future career in any area of management.
• Understand the nature, importance and applicability of academic research sufficient
to enable you to make informed and objective decisions in a wide range of situations.
• Gain the knowledge and understanding that will enable you to develop business
ideas and plan for their launch in the marketplace.
• Learn how to take a new venture from the launch phase through to the growth and
managerial phases.
Skills:
• Apply knowledge and understanding to complex issues, both systemically and
creatively, so that theory is converted into practice from a critical and informed
perspective, thereby enhancing organisational effectiveness and competitiveness.
• Communicate effectively using the full range of media (including listening and
presenting), working both individually and in groups / teams.
• Identify issues of value to management practice and organisational effectiveness,
thinking critically and working objectively and creatively.
• Apply problem solving and decision making techniques, identifying and evaluating
options and implementing and evaluating the effectiveness of solutions.
• Carry out research enabling relevant information to be collected from a wide range of
sources. Scanning, organising and analysing data to produce reliable conclusions
and disseminate knowledge.
Values and attitudes:
• Show the ability and willingness to work effectively in a variety of situations.
• Show a genuine and continuing interest in the study and practice of management,
including the development of learning skills that will ensure self confidence, belief
and awareness.
• Show assurance confidence and self awareness in your ability to apply the skills and
knowledge learned in the degree.
• Advise management on a wide variety of issues impacting their organisations.
This programme has been developed in accordance with the QAA Subject Benchmark
for Business and Management.
3
HOWWILL I LEARN?
The MSc in Management reflects the pedagogic philosophy of Cass Business School:
advances, technically challenging education to prepare business professionals and
leaders to operate at decision -making levels. Teaching and learning are delivered and
achieved through a range of methods including lectures, case studies, group work
presentations, seminars and hands on sessions.
We emphasise the specific acquisition of a sound theoretical foundation based on a
review of the history of management and develop your ability to apply this knowledge in
practical, real-world contexts through the study of current and future management
theories. Student presentations - to lecturers, visitors from the City and other members
of the class are used to give invaluable practice in using, applying and expressing
complex subject matter clearly and concisely to a business audience. Group work, on
the preparation of case studies and a business plan, consolidates the acquired
knowledge and also builds interpersonal and communication skills which are essential
for any future career.
A minimum of 10 teaching and learning hours (both contact and non-contact) are
required for each credit awarded. The precise weighting of different types of teaching
and learning depends on the modules you take and the breakdown is therefore provided
within the appropriate module specifications.
Overall teaching and learning hours: approx 2050 hours
Contact hours: approx 360 hours
WHAT TYPES OF ASSESSMENT AND FEEDBACK CAN I EXPECT?
Assessment and Assessment Criteria
This course is assessed by coursework and examinations and applies standard MSc
grade related criteria.
Terms one and two are assessed by an approximately 50/50 split between group work
and individual assessment / examinations. The third term is 100% assessed by
coursework with a strong emphasis on group work and the dissertation module.
Assessment Criteria are descriptions, based on the intended learning outcomes, of the
skills, knowledge or attitudes that you need to demonstrate in order to complete an
assessment successfully, providing a mechanism by which the quality of an assessment
can be measured. Grade- Related Criteria are descriptions of the level of skills,
4
knowledge or attributes that you need to demonstrate in order achieve a certain grade or
mark in an assessment, providing a mechanism by which the quality of an assessment
can be measured and placed within the overall set of marks. Assessment Criteria and
Grade-Related Criteria will be made available to you to support you in completing
assessments. These may be provided in programme handbooks, module specifications,
on the virtual learning environment or attached to a specific assessment task.
Feedback on assessment
Feedback will be provided in line with our Assessment and Feedback Policy and will be
provided in a variety of ways throughout your course, both formally and informally, in
order to support your learning.
You will normally be provided with coursework feedback within three weeks of the
submission deadline or assessment date. This would normally include a provisional
grade or mark. The timescale for feedback on final projects or dissertations may be
longer. Examination grades will be provided once they have been agreed by an
Assessment Board.
More details about the feedback you can expect from individual modules and
assessments will be provided by your lecturers.
The full policy can be found at:
https://www.city.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/68921/assessment_and_feedback_p
olicy.pdf
Assessment Regulations
In order to pass your Programme, you should complete successfully or be exempted
from the relevant modules and assessments and will therefore acquire the required
number of credits. The Pass mark for each module is 50%.
If you fail an assessment component or a module, the following will apply:
Re-sit: you will normally be offered one re-sit attempt. However, if you did not participate
in the first assessment and have no extenuating circumstances, you may not be offered
a resit.
If you are successful in the re-sit, you shall be awarded the credit for that module. The
mark used for the purpose of calculation towards your Award shall be calculated from
the original marks for the component(s) that you passed at first attempt and the
minimum pass mark for the component(s) for which you took a re-sit.
If you do not satisfy your re-sit by the date specified you will not progress and the
5
Assessment Board shall require that you withdraw from the Programme.
If you fail to meet the requirements for the Programme, but satisfy the requirements for a
lower-level Award, then a lower qualification may be awarded as per the table below.
For the award of a Post-Graduate Diploma you may be compensated for up to 20 core
module credits as long as:
• Compensation is permitted for the module involved.
• It can be demonstrated that you have satisfied all the learning outcomes of the core
modules.
• A minimum overall mark of no more than 10 percentage points below the module
pass mar has been achieved in the module to be compensated, and
• An aggregate mark of 50% has been achieved overall.
If you fail to meet the requirements for the Programme and are not eligible for the award
of a lower level qualification, the Assessment Board shall require that you withdraw from
the Programme.
If you would like to know more about the way in which assessment works at City, please
see the full version of the Assessment Regulations at:
http://www.city.ac.uk/__data/assets/word_doc/0003/69249/s19.doc
WHAT AWARD CAN I GET?
Master’s Degree:
HE
Level
Credits Weighting
(%)
Class % required
Taught 7 205 100 With Distinction 70
With Merit 65
With Pass 50
Postgraduate Diploma:
HE
Level
Credits Weighting
(%)
Class % required
Taught 7 155 100 With Distinction 70
With Merit 65
With Pass 50
6
WHAT WILL I STUDY?
At the beginning of the course you will complete a number of induction workshops
including:
• Team building
• Career induction and careers fair
• Excel induction
In term one you will complete seven core modules for a total of 60 credits. In term two
you will complete four core modules and two specialist Entrepreneurship modules for a
total of 55 credits. In term three you will complete three core modules, a further module
in your specialist Entrepreneurship area and two electives alongside your dissertation
module. You will also have the opportunity to undertake an international trip and / or
enter the Business Plan Competition - both of which are optional and carry no credits.
Term three accounts for 90 credits overall.
Throughout your studies you will also undertake a number of professional and career
development workshops and be required to submit a career development essay.
Module Title SITS
Code
Module
Credits
Core/
Elective
Compensation
Yes/No
Level
Accounting SMM472 10 C N 7
Principles of Marketing SMM879 10 C N 7
Organisational
Behaviour
SMM481 5 C N 7
Finance SMM473 5 C N 7
Strategic Analysis SMM880 10 C N 7
Business Economics SMM474 5 C N 7
Quantitative Methods
for Business
SMM939 15 C N 7
Supply Chain Analysis SMM476 10 C N 7
International Finance SMM475 10 C N 7
Leadership and
Change
SMM480 10 C N 7
Business Research
Methods
SMM482 5 C N 7
Entrepreneurial
Management
SMM478 10 CE N 7
Entrepreneurship 101 SMM477 10 CE N 7
Business and Society SMM895 10 C N 7
Consulting Project SMM479 10 C N 7
Practices of
Management
SMM483 10 C N 7
7
High Growth
Entrepreneurship
SMM887 10 CE N 7
Family Business SMM400 10 E N 7
Brand Management SMM448 10 E N 7
Financial Management SMM449 10 E N 7
Customer Service and
Relationship
Management
SMM863 10 E N 7
Strategies of Fast
Track Venturing
SMM864 10 E N 7
Managing Strategic
Change
SMM871 10 E N 7
International
Management
SMM875 10 E N 7
Global Outsourcing
Strategy
SMM890 10 E N 7
Consulting Skills SMM892 10 E N 7
Leading Change in 21
st
Century Management
SMM917 10 E N 7
Digital Marketing SMM955 10 E N 7
And then either:
Business Research
Project
SMM885 30 C N 7
Business Research
Project in Corporate
Responsibility
(by application)
SMM896 30 C N 7
TO WHAT KIND OF CAREER MIGHT I GO ON?
http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/more-about-cass/careers-services - Careers Service
http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/more-about-cass/alumni-services - Alumni Service
WHAT PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE?
- Placements are not part of the programme – however:
All students are able to register a summer internship with the programme office for
recognition on their transcript. Please refer to the MSc Moodle page for further
details when you are choosing your electives.
8
WILL I GET ANY PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION?
To be agreed.
HOW DO I ENTER THE PROGRAMME?
To be accepted on to a Cass MSc degree you will need a good Bachelors degree. This
usually means a UK 2.1 or above, or the equivalent from an overseas institution. Some
level of previous study in the specific subject area may be required.
Applicants will need to submit two references, one of which must be an academic
reference if the candidate does not have previous work experience. Previous work
experience is not a requirement of our full time MSc courses.
We require all students who have not previously studied at an English speaking
University to take either the IELTS or TOEFL. The IELTS requirement is 7.0 with a
minimum of 6.5 in any one category. The requirement for TOEFL is 107 (internet based
test).
GMAT
All candidates must take the GMAT for this course. We look for a well balanced average
score in the range of 600-800. GMAT should be submitted with your application.
Version: 2.0
Version date: July 2013
For use from: 2013-14
doc_691833245.pdf