Learning and Understanding the Voluntary Sector
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This module represents the starting point for you and the opportunity to learn about the process of learning and establishing plans for learning on the programme. The vital 'Learning Contract' is developed on this module, and forms the basis of the learning throughout the Masters programme.
It also offers a perspective on leading public/voluntary sector debates within an historical context, alongside a more enduring understanding of scholarly approaches to the understanding of developments and changes in the relationship between government and the voluntary sector. |
Resource Management
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This module aims to enables the student to:
Provide students with an understanding of the principles of resource management within the specialist context of charities |
Marketing and Fundraising
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This module aims to enables the student to:
To provide students with the concepts, underpinning knowledge, skills and techniques to plan and develop marketing and operations systems
Enable students to analyse marketing needs, evaluate marketing plans, in the context of applying marketing concepts to their own organisation |
Strategy, Diversity and Governance
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This module aims to enables the student to:
To develop a broad knowledge and conceptual base in the field of strategy development, diversity and governance
Introduce practical tools to help improve the quality of an organisation's strategic response to the changing environment
Introduce practical tools to help improve the ability of the organisation and its managers and leaders to build a diverse workforce
Enhance appreciation of the constraints and opportunities offered by the changing governance and service-delivery frameworks which affect voluntary organisations |
Shadowing
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This module aims to enables the student to:
Develop a different perspective on the role and environment at senior management level in a different organisation
Consider the ethical and environmental issues faced by a senior manager
Look at optional and compulsory roles when overseeing an organisation
Provide the opportunity to study at close hand the way change is managed in another organisation
Provide the opportunity to apply theory in practice |
Organization, Leadership and Change
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This module aims to enables the student to:
Develop a broad knowledge and conceptual base in the field or organisation analysis, leadership and change
Introduce practical tools to help improve organisational effectiveness and individual performance in the management of change
Foster the development of analytical skills, the ability to apply theoretical models, and skills to understand, synthesise and evaluate the complexity of organisation functioning
Syllabus:
Theoretical models and frameworks for looking at organisations and management (macro and micro level, culture, structure, lifecycle, learning)
Frameworks for looking at organisational change and learning, and improving organisation performance
Leadership and management theory: trends, traits, definitions, skills and competencies |
Managing People and Quality
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This module aims to enables the student to:
Develop a broad knowledge and conceptual base in the field of quality management, people management and the management of multiple stakeholder needs
Introduce practical tools to help implement quality assurance systems which also reflect the importance of ethical issues underlying the mission of a nonprofit organisation
Introduce practical tools and theories for managing individual performance
Look at aspects of volunteer management |
NGO Management
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This unique course is one of the only management courses in Europe to focus on the specific needs of the staff, trustees and volunteers working in international NGOs - particularly those whose activities are focused on working with the poor and vulnerable in the developing world. It is aimed at those currently working in the sector, but also at people exploring a career shift into the international development sector and consultants looking to develop their expertise in the NGO sector. |
