MSc Strategic Project Management  MSc Strategic Project Management Leeds Beckett University ../webroot/files/Institutions/cover_photo/1566803809Leeds-Beckett-University-1.jpg

Strategic project management concerns itself with the delivery of projects in a strategic context. Programmes of projects managed with this strategic perspective have the potential to add significant value to an organisation. In particular this course is suitable for graduates of the BSc (Hons) Project Management who wish to take their studies to the next level, but also suitable for non-cognate graduates. Applicants from all backgrounds are encouraged. The course is research-led and seeks to utilise contemporary issues in the field of strategic and project management, from practice and your own experience to inform the application of theory. Consequently, you will be encouraged to apply your own workplace dilemmas as research topics. Modules Strategy, economics & finance You will examine and analyse the strategy process and the nature of strategy. You will also consider the application and failure of strategy in organisations. People in projects Focuses on managing others (in teams) and managing oneself. You will study organisational behaviour, individual awareness, efficacy and reliance. Project futures Phenomenological and case study examination of contemporary issues, comes together with a series of guest lectures and day conferences to examine what the future of project management might look like. Project management skills Project management is a doing profession. This module encourages you to build a tool kit of skills, tools, techniques and processes that might be applied to the situations raised in research into contemporary issues. Innovation & entrepreneurship Project management might be said to be problem solving. Innovation then becomes the problem solving tool of the project manager. Seen as a key value adding tool, this topic is examined in detail. Parallels are drawn between the entrepreneur and the Project Manager?s role. Future opportunities The career options to graduates are not likely to be bound by a particular industry. The changing nature of organisations means that project workers with transferable skills are in high demand. The centre?s graduates enjoy the highest levels of employability across a wide variety of sectors. Throughout the course there are many opportunities to network and meet those in industry via conferences. The course also facilitates further study onto MPhil and PhD level.