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Course Descriptions

There is no average course within our M.Sc. in Advanced Information Technology and Business Management programme. We aim to provide an outstanding learning experience and there no better way to achieve this aim than with outstanding courses.

These been carefully crafted by professors graduated from the best business schools (like Oxford University, Harvard Business School, New York University and Wharton just to give you a glimpse) and they are all meant to make you a more successful and efficient manager.

There are also no old-fashioned exams in our courses but real-life case studies and essays which let you think critically about your company and your own career.

All this might seem too glossy but there is one catch: we don't accept average candidates and only individuals as outstanding as our values can find their way toward admission at the Robert Kennedy College.

Power Learning For Managers

(not-for-credit module)

The prelude to your M.Sc. programme is our Power Learning for Managers module. As a roadmap to your journey, this module provides you with the essential skills to success in the M.Sc. with a wide array of power learning tools for today's business managers. This module differs slightly from the others because, in preparation for the first core module, you have more flexibility with regard to your assignment and schedule: this course starts every month and lasts four to six weeks.

Among the unique set of outcomes provided during this module we can count writing for business, managing your time and career effectively, becoming a successful manager, solving business problems, and achieving superior performance in a virtual team.

In addition to these managerial concepts we will also gently introduce you to the assessment system and the case method. You will have access to sample assignments with clear DOs and DO NOTs to ensure your personal success in the M.Sc.

Organisational Behaviour

The way people are managed within organisations plays a paramount role in corporate success. In a fast changing organisational landscape we take into account impacting factors like social, technological, economic, environmental, political and legal considerations.

With a variety of real-life case studies you will be asked to make decisions which will inevitably influence the (work) life of your employees.

These are of course backed by the core taught concepts which feature: group dynamics, motivation and leadership, group behaviour, communication, power, conflict and prejudice in the workspace, organisational culture and how to manage and understand change within the organisation. This course is led by Prof. Benedicta Lusk, an MBA graduate of the Peter F. Drucker School of Management.

Entrepreneurship

Dean Costa will unveil to you the marvels of creating and managing your own enterprise. But this course isn't meant to be of exclusive interest to entrepreneurs or budding business owners. It will help you better understand your role and - why not?- open up to you the possibility of starting your own business if you haven't already done so.

Topics like entrepreneurship redefined, the dark side of entrepreneurship, budgeting, fast-tracked business growth, strategic marketing, capital raising strategies, management control and creative innovation make this course a valuable component of your M.Sc.

Enriched with videos from the Sloan School of Management at the MIT and by a business plan competition that forms the final assessment, this course is set to provide you with a stimulating and challenging experience.

Financial Management

Business is about profit and there can only be sustainability with a proper knowledge of effective financial management.

Oxford and Harvard Business School graduate Prof. David Duffill will expand and reinforce your knowledge of financial accounting, management accounts, budgeting and financing.

Once again, the course leader isn't just crunching numbers but will link each and every topic to real financial situations where you, as the manager in chief, have to assess the financial performance of successful corporations and develop sharp analytical skills with tools like decision tree analysis.

Financial Management is about successful financial results and at the end of this course you will not only know the basics, but you will be in the position to master each and every component of superior financial management and analysis.

Marketing Management

You will reinvent the airline business, redefine the boundaries of retailing, manage the sales of an online computer mega store, and learn how to focus on your customer. Seems like a bold prediction but it is just the content of marketing management directed by a marketing management extraordinaire: Professor Michelle Schaefer.

The teaching of market segmentation, environment, research, innovative sales system, international marketing and policy planning and implementation will make sure that your view of marketing will never be the same. A concrete marketing plan for your company or your own business will be your final assessment providing you with flexibility and effective learning results which you can assess and apply in no time.

Project Planning and Control

The principles of project management are applicable at all levels of the project hierarchy, ranging from individual work packages through to the provision of a single point of responsibility on behalf of the client. Different techniques and skills are applicable at different levels. At the work package level, the emphasis will lie in ensuring on-site production within specified constraints of time, cost and quality. At the strategic level, the emphasis will lie in managing the evolving interface between the client and the project. Irrespective of the level of application, effective project management depends upon a blend of the appropriate techniques and advanced behavioural skills. The aim of the module is to provide students with the ability to select the appropriate methodologies to structure problems on the conceptual level.

The Strategic Context of Project Management

The aim of the module is to offer a theoretical and practical perspective on critical factors for successful strategic management of projects and to provide participants with a comprehensive insight into the realities of project management, enabling participants to identify best practices to provide a source of competitive advantage.

Management of Information Systems

IT is a rapidly expanding field which is now an indispensable part of any successful business since it is ever-more closely connected with both human and organizational issues. Ways of thinking about IT, and understanding its potential and its limitations, should be an essential concern of any manager. Accordingly, the core of this module lies in the way in which data-information systems relate to general business systems and business decision-making. The module has been designed to give students an understanding and appreciation of how a company’s handling of data is intimately linked with the production and/or distribution of goods and services, and how it consequently directly affects business performance. The concentration of the module is on the front-end activities of information systems, but includes a study of the main techniques and tools used in systems design and analysis, including both linear and iterative approaches, and both logical and physical design.

eBusiness

Technology has reshaped the way you work, live and communicate. With an assessment of today's latest electronic business this course will open the doors to new concepts like electronic marketing, e-business planning, technology and strategy, business to business marketplaces and collaboration, and discuss the various aspects of digital innovation.

Cases like Dell, Amazon.com and eBay will reveal the DNA of successful eBusinesses and provide you with valuable ideas to exploit the full potential of digital-based business.