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Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies (PgDMS) Leading to MBA Top-Up
 
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MODULE
Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies is a 270- hour qualification comprising nine units of 30 hours each.

To achieve the whole qualification, a learner must successfully complete three core unit and six specialist units.

Unit Number Unit Title Guided Learning Hours Unit Level
Core Unit– all units are compulsory
1 Advanced Professional Development 30 7
2 Managing Change in Organisations 30 7
3 Management Research — Project and Presentation 30 7
Specialist units — six units
4 Strategic Planning and Implementation 30 7
5 Human Resources Planning and Development 30 7
6 Leadership of Your Organisation 30 7
7 Management Research Methods 30 7
8 Managing Finance for Strategic Managers 30 7
9 Strategic Marketing Management 30 7

Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies (DMS)
The nine-unit Diploma extends and deepens the specialist focus available in the six-unit Certificate. This qualification has three core units supported by six specialist units chosen from a wide range of available specialist units. This qualification broadens and deepens the learners’ management skills and knowledge.

These qualifications offer an engaging programme for higher education and adult learners who are clear about the area of employment they wish to enter or to which they wish to progress within existing employment. It also provides a suitable qualification for those wishing to change career or move into employment in management following a career break. Access to suitable management work situations is fundamental to successful completion of this qualification, either through permanent full- or part-time employment or through a collaborative work placement.

Pathway to an MBA
The DMS is widely recognised as the pathway to an MBA and most UK Universities including the University of Sunderland and Herriot Watt University consider this as an entry requirement to complete an MBA when a student does not have the prerequisite academic qualifications.

Entrance Requirements to the Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies (DMS)
Applicants must possess one of the following qualifications before they may be considered for admission on the course:
  1. A Bachelors degree
  2. HND or BTEC Award
  3. An approved professional qualification deemed to be of an equivalent standard
  4. Mature students with at least 3 years experience in post involving professional or administrative responsibilities
Applicants from overseas who have attended institutions where the medium of instruction is not English must satisfy the College of their proficiency in English by providing evidence of one of the following :
An English language test for entry into British Universities organised by British Council (I.E.L.T.S)
  • Cambridge First Certificate Proficiency
  • TOEFL or SAT test results
  • JMB test in English for overseas students or GCSE ‘O’ level in English with a minimum of Grade C pass
Core Units
Unit 1: Advanced Professional Development
Unit 2: Managing Change in Organisations
Unit 3: Management Research - Project & Presentation
Unit 4: Strategic Planning & Implementation
Unit 5: Human Resources Planning and Development
Unit 6: Leadership of Your Organisation
Unit 7: Management Research Methods
Unit 8: Managing Finance for Strategic Managers
Unit 9: Strategic Marketing Management

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