2017/18 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue

MSc Management Consulting

Total credits: 180

Entry requirements:

Upper second class or First class Bachelors degree or international equivalent in any discipline. Students without these qualifications but with relevant working experience will also be considered
IELTS scores 6.5 overall, with not less than 6 in any area

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

WERD Division, LUBS

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

LUBS Postgraduate Board of Examiners

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Business and Management benchmarks:

Graduates from the Consulting programme:

- Will have able to evaluate the role of consultancy organisations, the external context in which they operate and how consultancy firms operate.
- They will be able to critically asses the nature of the consultancy lie cycle.
- They will have strongly developed consultancy research methods skills, equipping them with the ability to analyse and evaluate consultancy data, projects and
- They will have a sound theoretical grounding in the broad area of management consultancy and be able to evaluate and critically assess relevant business and management theories and models
- They will have developed a range of analytical and personal skills in management consulting.
- They have a clear understanding of how their knowledge and skills may be used effectively within an organisational context, enhanced by the undertaking of a consulting project

Programme specification:

The rise of management consultancy is one of the key success stories of the contemporary business world. Measured according to any range of criteria the growth of this occupation has been very remarkable. During the last two decades of the 20th century, the worldwide market for consulting services increased between 10 and 15 per cent per year, considerably more than the global economy (Armbrüster & Kipping, 2003). Economic success has been accompanied by a steady process of occupational expansion. Indeed, over the last 40 years, the ratio of management consultants to managers has experienced an almost tenfold increase from 1:100 to 1:13 (McKenna, 2006; Kirkpatrick and Kipping 2012). More specifically to the British context, the numbers employed in consultancy services (including market research) has doubled over the last decade. It is not surprising that consultancy regularly features as one of the preferred occupational destinations for graduates. Indeed 5 of the Top 10 Graduate employers (The Times Top 100) have very significant consultancy practices.
However, despite the rise of management consultancy as a distinct occupation and destination for our graduates, there are few dedicated programmes in this area, especially in the more established universities. The Leeds MSc. in Management Consulting will tap into the demand of the growing number of students who seek an understanding of and employment in this sector. Through this course, our students would gain extensive knowledge of the consultancy industry and its key issues, master some key consultancy techniques and methodologies, develop a range of transferable skills and through the CMI link acquire some useful industry contacts. The CMI accreditation is critical, and would give our degree a real USP. This should translate into a very significant advantage in the labour market. This course will be potentially of interest to any management or business graduate, which of course is the biggest subject area in the university system. We have designed the programme to ensure that students graduating from the degree are reflective thinkers in Management Consulting, with a strong academic grounding in the subject area, and core skills which will be of direct relevance in a consulting context. There are 135 credits of core modules to ensure this, across 5 modules. Options will allow students to specialise in particular areas of interest, and these options are drawn from modules already on the books and running in LUBS.

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[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Candidates are eligible for the award if they pass the 150 credits of modules (including compulsory to pass modules) and achieve an overall average mark of 50 or above, calculated across the 180 credits of modules studied.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 45 credits from the following optional modules:

Last updated: 05/03/2018

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