MSc in Business Analysis and Management

Our MSc in Business Analysis and Management trains students in the broad, core aspects of business management with particular emphasis on the development of a range of modelling, analysis and consultancy skills. Knowledge and skills are further developed within the group-based Business Analysis module and the IT-intensive Operational Research Methods. There is a strategic theme within the programme to instil knowledge and skills relevant to middle management and more senior roles.

Delivered over three Semesters each lasting 12 weeks, students typically spend 12-15 hours per week in lectures and workshops. However, expect to invest time on preparing for lectures as well as on directed reading and group-based case study work. Assessment is based on a combination of group work, essays, and written examinations. Gain 180 credits over the 12 months and you’ll leave Loughborough with an MSc degree and hugely improved job prospects. Still think it’s for you?

Here’s how each Semester breaks down…

Semester One (October to January)
The first Semester introduces our core management modules. These cover the main functions of an organisation, namely:

Human Resource Management (15 credits) – the theory and practice of managing people including everything from recruitment and training to motivation and job design.
Marketing Management (15 credits) – examines how products and services are developed, priced, distributed and promoted in the global marketplace, including how to identify and satisfy your customers’ needs.
Accounting and Financial Management (15 credits) – developing technical and analytical skills in accounting and financial management, this module introduces the financial practices of business and how these influence other functional areas.
Operations Management (15 credits) – learn how organisations develop and distribute products and services effectively and efficiently.

Semester Two (February to June)
Our second Semester builds on the core modules to develop a deeper understanding of problem solving in management.

Business Forecasting (15 credits) – employing ideas and structures from the core modules, students analyse a designated industry and a company within it in considerable detail.
Information Systems and Management (15 credits) – a valuable chance to study the critical role of information gathering and how its analysis guides decision making. This module also familiarises students with basic software packages used widely in business.
Operational Research Methods (15 credits) – has been designed to provide an understanding of the techniques used to structure, model and optimise management decisions. In so doing, students have a very real opportunity to develop their skills in the analysis and modelling of management situations, and in applying the models, methods and computer software to address the decision problems faced. In a business world in which numerical, analytical and IT competences are increasingly valued, the materials covered in this module should greatly enhance students' potential in the job market.

Summer Integrating Modules (July to September)
The summer further builds on the competencies you have learned during the course, instilling a vital understanding of business strategy.

Strategic Management (15 credits) – looking at long term decisions made by senior managers and how these direct and influence other functions of the organisation in both public and private sectors. We’ll also cover strategy implementation and control in this module.
Business Analysis and Planning (30 credits) – fosters a deeper and richer understanding of all the previously completed modules, by explicitly inviting students to integrate and build upon these learning experiences in the context of a management consultancy exercise. More specifically, this module has been designed to develop students knowledge of the process of evaluating business situations and formulating plan, whilst also providing a very significant opportunity for students to develop their numerical, analytical and IT-related competences in the context of a real world business case. Moreover, through undertaking this module, students should greatly improve their abilities to work in groups, process information, write management reports and deliver business presentations.

Optional Modules (15 credits each)
Semester Two gives you the freedom to explore two areas in which you are particularly interested. Options include:

• International Marketing
• Marketing Strategy and Planning
• Enterprise Resource Planning
• Work Psychology
• Advertising and Consumer Behaviour
• Small Business and Entrepreneurship
• Retail Management
• Business Economics

Please note that modules are subject to change. Please contact our office for the most up-to-date information.

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