Programme Specification: MSc Management, Organisations and Governance
1. Awarding Body
2. Details of accreditation by a
professional/statutory body, e.g. ESRC;
BPS etc
3. Name of final award
4. Programme Title
5. Duration of the course
6. Based in the Department/Institute:
7. Relevant QAA subject benchmark
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8. UCAS Code
9. First written/last amended
LSE
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MSc
Management, Organisations and
Governance
12 months full-time (full-time only)
Management Department
N/A
N2U6
September 2007 / November 2012
10. The programme aims to:
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provide a high quality education in the study of organisations and management in a
research-active environment for intellectually able students from a wide range of
backgrounds;
help students understand the social science basis and inter-disciplinary nature of
organisations and governance;
enable students to concentrate on specialist areas within the subjects;
encourage students to develop intellectual flexibility and powers of rigorous analysis, by
placing a premium on the interpretation of organisational management in the context of
the economy and society;
provide a basis for further study and for employment, including careers in relevant fields.
11. Programme outcomes: knowledge and understanding; skills and other attributes
Programme Outcomes:
 the ability to address contemporary organisational issues, both public and private,
from a managerial perspective taking into account social and economic conditions;
 the ability to analyse organisations from the perspective of a number of disciplines;
 a sophisticated introduction to core management issues, especially governance,
organisational structure, innovation strategy, entrepreneurship, international
comparative features, and the analysis of practice.
Knowledge and understanding:
 knowledge of specialist subjects in chosen fields;
 understanding of social science methods applied to management;
 understanding of varieties of governance regimes and their comparative values;
 understanding of the importance and challenges of innovation and entrepreneurship
to businesses and organisations, in broad.
Skills and other attributes:
 social science skills appropriate to evaluate claims made by organisational analysts;
 an ability to solve problems by interacting in small teams;
 clear communication skills, both written and verbal;
 gain specific business skills involved in starting, developing and growing an
enterprise.
12. Teaching, learning and assessment strategies to enable outcomes to be achieved
and demonstrated
Teaching and learning strategies:
Teaching method comprises lectures and seminars. Seminars particularly encourage student
participation through problem solving in teams and group presentations. Students have
supervisors who are available to discuss progress and give guidance and assistance with
academic and personal concerns. A considerable amount of guidance is given to help with
essays.
Assessment strategies:
Assessment involves written examinations, extended essays and individual and group
presentation in the Enterprise Development course. Oral feedback on student performance is
provided in seminars and written feedback is provided for most assessed work. Students are
given the option to complete a reflective diary for the compulsory Organisations in the
Economy and Society course.
Each student also writes a dissertation on a topic approved by their dissertation supervisor.
13. Programme structures and requirements, levels, modules and awards
See MSc Management, Organisations and Governance programme regulations.
Additional information
14. Criteria for admission to the programme
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Intellectual achievement as reflected in first degree results;
Indication of professional experience;
1st or good upper 2nd class bachelor's degree or equivalent, preferably in social science
(see non-UK equivalent qualifications);
All graduates of non-UK institutions must submit a GRE or GMAT score;
English requirement: Higher. English requirements explained.
15. Indicators of quality
Very high demand for the programme; students being offered high profile career positions and
in initiating entrepreneurial ventures.
16. Methods for evaluating and improving the quality and standard of teaching and
learning
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Termly staff-student liaison meetings;
Annual review of academic staff;
Regular programme review meetings;
School quality assurance processes include:
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regular staff appraisal and review;
improvements in teaching technique are affected by the Teaching and Learning
Centre (TLC) through observations, advice and further training;
induction programme and mentoring scheme for new members of staff;
Staff/student liaison committee;
centrally administered student satisfaction questionnaires by the Teaching Quality
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Assurance and Review Office;
an improved system for ensuring that External Examiner’s
comments/recommendations are fed through to Departments and acted upon;
the School’s Teaching, Learning and Assessment Committee (TLAC) which regulates
all aspects of teaching quality;
annual monitoring of courses and periodic reviews every 3-5 years. The outcomes of
the annual reviews are presented to TLAC;
the School’s Graduate Studies Sub Committee and Graduate Studies Sub Committee
which oversee all taught programmes and ensure that significant changes to
programmes and courses pass through a sequence of formal stages to ensure that
curricular changes are appropriate and compatible with other developments.