Course Catalogue

1. Apply the leadership and management skills and business knowledge required to operate as an effective manager within a modern work environment in order to enable business growth. 2. Make a professional contribution to management within a fast moving environment and to accelerate business growth. 3. Apply cross-functional abilities and transferable management skills to make a positive contribution to organisational growth. 4. Assess strategic business growth issues and make a timely contribution to these through : • Scale up leadership • Assessing market access and strategies for growth • Funding sources and building the financial case for growth • Productivity, talent and performance • Digital and technological innovation and creativity • Apply new techniques for accelerated growth in projects and change. 5. As an independent learner, reflect on the principles and practice of self development and apply these so as to impact positively in an organisational setting. 6. Evaluate the impact research methodologies and industry investigation processes can have on a business and select the most suitable method for the task at hand. 7. Synthesise current business scale up management theory and business principles to enhance career prospects and to facilitate personal, academic and professional development.

Modules will normally be delivered in block release format i.e. three full days per 10 credit module, however, days will be broken down into 2-3 hour workshops sessions. The universities VLE (Canvas) will be employed to allow teaching and extension materials to be readily available off-site and provide a means for participants to maintain contact. A strong emphasis is placed on recognising that the workplace is an important place to learn, learners will integrate key concepts and theories, assessing the impact of these on their own working environment and reporting back on their findings. Action learning will be adopted as the key supportive and collaborative approach to learning, issues and challenges from the workplace can be discussed and peer reviewed by tutors and colleagues on the course, providing a forum to bring ideas, thoughts, issues and actionable remedies to the fore. The predominant assessment methodology is one piece of individual coursework per module, which will require participants to relate their learning to an organisational setting. These assessments will normally be developed from their own experience or setting by each individual student through the module activities with the application of theory to practice being a key element of the programme. During all modules formative feedback, which supports the summative assessments, is on-going both within and outside the formal sessions. Students experiencing changing circumstances or difficulties with access may be supported by providing suitable case studies for their assessments, however this is not promoted. The assessment methodology, as set out above, provides the opportunities for participants to demonstrate knowledge and skills. In addition to this a 'flipped learning' approach will also be encouraged, providing content prior to the teaching and learning session using the universities VLE, this approach brings the focus onto action learning, enabling the application of skill development. Masterclasses, where key note speakers address current issues, emerging practice and thought leadership will also be employed on the programme, fostering intellectual skills and addressing the ever changing nature of leadership and management in the real world. Knowledge and skills are assessed through individual work-related assessments, which may be supplemented with group activities. An important element of the programme is the opportunity it provides for participants to apply their learning to organisational situations. The fact that learning is applied, rather than being purely theoretical, is of critical importance to students, since their roles empower them to make a contribution to, and impact on, their organisation. In addition to students producing course work which links theory to practice, the application of learning is also achieved through case-study analysis and a sharing of understanding which draws on the group experience. The applied nature of the programme will, normally, require participants to relate theory to an organisational context. The ability to analyse organisational issues and apply recommendations supported by a theoretical framework is assessed. The students will investigate a business or management problem that requires independent research and the synthesis of acquired knowledge and data, to solve the problem. Participants will be provided with support enabling them to develop and evaluate their transferable skills starting with induction. This follows right through the taught elements of the programme, highlighting different transferable skills at different points, such as problem solving, leadership and management skills and personal reflection. The nature of classroom sessions is devised as an interactive, student-centred experience with group activities playing a large part in the classroom activity. Participants will be expected to undertake work on their own and, given the applied approach to assessment, this will demand a degree

The programme conforms to the QAA requirements for "a career development programme for those who have significant ... and relevant work experience on which the learning process should build". Manager and leader development is a shared responsibility, and the ethos of this programme is that it is best developed in partnership between the Business School, together with the organisation and the delegates for whom it is intended. The programmes approach to how manager’s and leader’s learn applies proven management and leadership development approaches. At the centre of the programmes philosophy is the notion that we learn best from experience, so action learning and coaching are a key part of the programme. This approach also builds strong peer learning groups where managers learn from each other. That is because the programme sees management and leadership development as a social and collaborative process. It also means that the programme takes learning from the workplace seriously. Consequently, everybody brings their experience from their area of expertise with them, and plans to apply knowledge and skills in practice and then to reflect on their experience and improve their performance.