University of Gibraltar

MA in Leadership and Management

Modules

Delivered by expert teaching staff and industry experts, the full-time mode is a one-year accelerated programme that usually requires a commitment of sixteen hours of class time a week. You will also have the option to tailor your programme by selecting specialist elective modules.

The part-time study mode is designed to fit around your career and typically requires a commitment of eight hours of class time a week over two evenings.

Semester 1

• Accounting and Reporting
• Managing New Technologies
• Elective Module*
• Managing People

Semester 2

• Leadership and Managing Change
• Comparative Management
• Elective Module*
• Strategic Decision Making

Semester 3

• Capstone Project

*Students can select their preferred electives from a list of Elective Modules.

Elective Modules

Electives for the MA in Leadership and Management aim to provide you with the opportunity to enhance your leadership and management knowledge in specific areas of interest. In meeting elective credit requirements, you will have the opportunity to select up to two modules delivered face-to-face at the University of Gibraltar or two online modules delivered via King’s College London International School for Government.

Face to face*

• Business Ethics
• Marketing Management
• Business Law
• Operations Management

Online (Kings College London)**

• iData: The Markets and Politics of Personalisation
• Understanding Multi-level Government
• Embracing Uncertainty: Policymaking in Turbulent Times
• Financial Management for Policymakers
• Anti-Corruption and the Rule of Law
• Forecasting and Horizon-Scanning in Policymaking
• Learning What Works
• Communications, Media and Public Policy
• Ethics, Leadership and Governance
• The Economic Analysis of Public Policy
• Participatory and Deliberative Governance
• International Conflict Analysis and Resolution
• Public Sector Leadership

*Note that each face to face module is worth 15 credits

** Note that each on-line module is worth 5 credits, entry points vary and admission cannot be guaranteed.

Note titles are subject to change

A unique learning experience

Based at the University of Gibraltar’s award-winning Europa Point Campus, you will have access to specialist learning resources including open study areas and cutting-edge technology. This, combined with a curriculum that blends theoretical approaches with practical experience, means that you will emerge from the course ready to lead within your organisation.

Much of the study will focus on ‘live’ workplace issues that allow you to apply taught theory to your career and examine the practice of leadership and management informed by contemporary theory and practice. Small class numbers, participative face-to-face classes and live webinars with academics and global peer groups for the online modules ensure you will benefit from a highly personal learning experience.

The main target audience for the MA are those professionals who wish to enhance their career prospects, as well as recent graduates who have undertaken meaningful placements or work experience. The MA will provide high-level application skills across key aspects of leadership and management as well as the opportunity to apply the learning in a chosen area of interest. It will also benefit those for whom their undergraduate degree was not in a business-related area (e.g. pharmaceutical, engineering, medical and healthcare, education). By providing a comprehensive grounding in leadership and management, it thus paves the way for professionals to attain leadership and management positions within their existing fields.

The part-time study mode is designed to fit around your career and typically requires a commitment of eight hours class time a week over two evenings.