Strategic Management within the Co-operative Sector. Research and Quantitative Methods for Managers. Supervised Dissertation on a topic agreed in advance with the University of Leicester. A minimum of a good second class honours degree, or the endorsed level on the Certificate in Co-operative Management Programme. Exceptional entry will only be permitted to non graduates who have achieved a senior management position within a co-operative society with a substantial turnover and who can demonstrate extensive experience in this role.
All applications require to be accompanied by two professional references.
There will be no other charges levied by the University except in the case of a resit examination when the bare costs of postage and examination charges will be levied. Candidates are reminded that they may incur additional costs if they need to telephone or fax course faculty for tutorial support. The university charges include reasonable outgoing correspondence, fax and e-mail communication from the University but all telephone communication must be at the student's expense. The course materials will require the purchase of some additional text books to complete the programme materials and the assignments. Students may be recommended to explore further readings at a later date but these will not be required for the completion of this programme of study.