Participants need to have access to personnel information in an organisation in order to carry out the requisite research for the organisation-based assignments. Participants grow and develop with the programme and many move to more senior human resource or training roles on completion of the programme. The course is modular. The first year of the course consists of the modules which make up the Certificate in Management course. The Management Report is a 12 month, self-managed module.
Participants choose an organisation-based personnel issue which is real, complex and broadly based.
Participants attend two management report research methodology workshops and are supported throughout the year by a personal tutor. The completed report should be 10,000 words in length. Learning, Teaching and Assessment Participants are encouraged to use their own experiences and reflections to complement relevant theory and research. In Year 1 participants attend on Tuesdays from 2.00pm to 8.00pm during term-time. In Year 2 they attend on Wednesdays from 1.00pm to 8.30pm during term-time.