Management (Tourism)

12 months full-time. Students attend lectures, seminars and workshops throughout two taught semesters (15 weeks each). A dissertation is normally completed during the summer months.

The MA Management programme aims to equip Honours graduates from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds with the knowledge and implementation skills to pursue careers in management. The programme is specifically designed to meet a real and growing demand amongst well-qualified young people. Increasingly, employers are seeking graduates with skills and knowledge which are not found (or perceived by employers to be found) among many recent graduates. The programme aims to provide such skills and knowledge and thus to give graduates a competitive advantage in the graduate management and management trainee market in the UK and throughout the world.

The MA Management programme consists of a family of four pathways (International, Human Resources, Marketing and Tourism). 

All pathways consist of two taught semesters followed by a third semester in which a dissertation of 15-20,000 words is undertaken.

Taught modules are offered in core subjects in the strategy, accounting and finance, marketing and human resources management fields. Specialist modules are also available in these fields.

The dissertation is related to the subject pathway followed and allows students to apply the knowledge, skills and competences developed in semesters one and two.

• Four distinct pathways available in management
• International and cross-cultural student group
• Teaching staff highly experienced in management, research, consultancy and Masters level teaching
• Opportunities to network with the regional business community in Northamptonshire
• Opportunity to write applied dissertations related to real 'live' business problems and issues

Core modules:

• Accounting and Finance for Managers
• Managing Operations in the Supply Chain Context
• Marketing: Principles and Management
• Organisational Strategy
• People in Organisations

Specialist pathways in:

MA Management (Tourism)

• International Tourism Business
• Destination Management
• Tourism dissertation and research methods

The course has a mixture of assessment involving essays, research papers, case studies, portfolios, oral presentations, examinations and a final dissertation.

The International pathway aims to provide a rounded management education to those students seeking a generalist, broadly based management qualification which prepares them for a wide range of careers. It will be particularly relevant to those applicants without a business background (either academic or employment) who are not committed to a specific/specialist career path. The specialist pathways are designed to provide more focussed routes for students who have more clearly-defined career aspirations while still seeking to develop knowledge and skills in a broad range of business and management disciplines.