Strategic Project Management with Professional Practice and Placement

Develop key business consultancy skills by working on a real client project! This module will introduce you to the concept and process of client-centric management consultancy, combining theory with tried-and-tested consulting techniques to guide you through providing your own well-researched consultancy advice to your chosen client. By addressing a real-life business challenge, you will learn how to research solutions, overcome barriers, manage expectations and foster productive working relationships. This will give you a comprehensive understanding of how to manage consultancy projects using the consultancy cycle to provide meaningful and impactful advice to clients. Undertaking this module will help you to gain and develop consultancy skills you can use within your current employment, as well as aid the transition into the business consulting profession; internal consultancy positions within organisations, and / or senior management roles.

In a world marked by perpetual transformation, how can emerging leaders adeptly navigate the challenges and seize the opportunities that shape corporate strategies? Through engaging and interactive sessions, students will unravel the complexities inherent in change management principles and strategic decision-making. This module emphasizes hands-on applications, ensuring that students not only gain theoretical knowledge but also develop the practical skills essential for effective strategic change management in the contemporary business environment. You will leave the module with a knowledge of corporate strategy tools that are indispensable resources utilized by organizations to navigate the intricate landscape of strategic decision-making and planning.

Adaptability, agility and the ability to work in dynamic environment are highly regarded skills for the modern project professional. This module will provide you with deep knowledge of different Agile Approaches to Project Management, such as DSDM, Scrum and Lean, focusing on the agile ways of work, the benefits of iterative development and working with client requirements. You will learn by analysing real project cases and engaging in debates, games and other innovative approaches to learning. This module is designed to enhance your employability in different industries and prepare you for an agile corporate culture.

Get equipped as an aspiring project professionals with the tools, skills, and insights needed to excel in the dynamic world of modern project management. You will learn about project controls such as risk management, scheduling, quality management, planning and more for successful project delivery. You will also critique the P3M framework to understand how projects align with wider programme and portfolio management to support business strategy and achieve maximum value. By completing this module, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of project planning and control. This module isn't just an academic course; it's a stepping stone to becoming a pioneering force in the field of project management.

The role of a project manager and their competencies are key to project success. Responsible and ethical project management practice is at the forefront of all discussions in this module, You will explore what has led to the recognition of the immense importance of project Responsible Leadership" skills and competencies

Benefits Realisation Management enables senior management and project professionals to strategically and sustainably deliver the organisation’s vision, values and benefits through their portfolio of projects and programmes. You will develop a deep knowledge and understanding of the wide range of perspectives and principles of benefits realisation management through evaluating and balancing short- and long-term objectives of projects and programmes. Module’s contents and delivery method strengthen your analytical, critical and reflecting thinking skills, besides leading and teamwork within diverse, multidisciplinary and international teams. Combining your acquired knowledge, skills and independent learning practices, will enable and empower you to target and prepare yourself for acquiring a career as a strategic project professional.

Get ready for captivating discussions on cutting-edge topics such as Artificial Intelligence and Project Governance and bolster your Digital Toolkit and enhance your Project Analyst skills via the use of project management software to become a Project Practitioner with strong research and negotiation skills. This module is an invitation to be at the forefront of strategic project management evolution. Join the module as we navigate the twists and turns of the project management landscape, where each challenge becomes an opportunity, and each question sparks innovation. Let the exploration begin.

The Placement Assessment is your chance to reflect on and evidence your experiences in relation to both your university studies as well as to a wide range of employability skills. Through this, you will further enhance their critical thinking, communication, professional behaviours and resilience. This process allows you to better communicate to employers what skills and experiences you bring to their businesses and workplaces, setting you up to launch your career or forge a new path.

The Strategic project Management Challenge module connects students to organisational case studies and challenges them via a student consultancy experience. Students will be working in small teams on a company problem presented to them their task will be to pitch a solution to the organization. Students will practice consulting, team-work, communication and self-reflection skills as part of this module.

The Placement Experience provides you with a structured opportunity to combine work experience or entrepreneurial activity with academic study. The Placement enables you to develop and reflect on managerial and/or professional practice in real and often complex situations, and to integrate this with the study of the relevant subject(s) of your main degree programme. You’ll develop, reinforce and apply professional and/or technical expertise in an employment or entrepreneurial context. The Placement requires you to document your experiences in relation to both your university studies as well as to a wide range of employability skills. To be able to undertake this module it is necessary for you to secure a placement. The placement should be appropriate to your degree and experience. The length of the placement should normally be at least 39-44 weeks. This experience will further enhance your critical thinking, communication, professional behaviours and resilience.

The Professional Practice route provides you with a structured opportunity to combine work experience or entrepreneurial activity with academic study. You’ll develop and reflect on managerial and/or professional practice in simulated as well as real and often complex situations, and to integrate this with the study of the relevant subject(s) of your main degree programme. You develop, reinforce and apply professional and/or technical expertise in an employment or entrepreneurial context. The Professional Practice requires you to document your experiences in relation to both their university studies as well as to a wide range of employability skills. By taking this module, you will be exposed to a wide range of skills development workshops designed to get you ready for a global workplace, developing an understanding of ethical and sustainable management practices. Over the course of two academic terms, you will study a language as well as undertake an experiential learning stream in line with your career aspirations selected from three options: Leadership, Entrepreneurship or Consultancy. Finally, you will complete an 8-week virtual internship provided by the school, in the career field of your choice with a company located either abroad or in the UK.