Executive Management MSc

KING’S BUSINESS SCHOOL

We know that executives in their mid-careers face ever-increasing challenges. There are new opportunities and greater rewards but allied to those are increasing demands on their time and energy, and for a wider skill-set.

The King’s Executive Management MSc is a postgraduate qualification with a flexible approach. It is designed to equip experienced mid-career executives with the strategic and business skills they need to tackle leadership challenges, in ways that will be relevant throughout their working lives.

Professor Alison Wolf Programme Director

Unlock your leadership potential

King’s Business School is in the heart of London and currently rated top in London for Business and Management Studies. It is part of King’s College London – ranked in the top 25 universities worldwide (QS World Rankings 2017/18).

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The MSc will normally take between three and six years to complete, depending on participants’ own preferences. Themed courses take place at King’s Business School, central London, and include innovative and immersive learning methods, work-related projects and 1:1 coaching; these are complemented by core research courses, and by individual study completed from home and the workplace.

The King’s Executive Management MSc offers a distinctive postgraduate-level education for experienced executives who wish to study part time. The component courses cover a range of business and management related subjects and provide peer-networking in an active research and intellectually challenging environment.

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Programme benefitsThe King’s Executive Management MSc is designed for mid-career professionals taking on new or greater responsibilities or wishing to strengthen and deepen their management skills. The flexible approach encourages executives to tailor the programme to their own areas of interest and enables them to complete a postgraduate qualification to their preferred timing.

It offers insights from cutting-edge academic research; discussions with senior practitioners and leaders; stimulating interaction with peers from a wide range of professional backgrounds; and individual assignments, work-related projects and personalised feedback on your chosen topics.

This MSc specifically aims to equip participants with:

Enhanced knowledge of a variety of management related topics.

An environment to critically evaluate and develop the impact and effectiveness of their current leadership practice.

The opportunity to understand and debate topics and challenges as they apply to their own sector and organisation.

Improved confidence, personal insight, communication and people skills which enhance management performance.

Specific technical skills that they can apply on their return to their workplace.

Deeper consideration of pertinent business challenges through assignments that combine academic rigour with practical, practitioner relevant institutional analysis.

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Who is the Executive Management MSc for?Managers and leaders from all sectors who want to engage systematically with recurrent workplace challenges to improve their leadership and executive skills. Participants may be senior professionals, highly proficient in their technical area of expertise and now needing to harness a different skill-set, including leadership behaviours and management techniques.

Our participants come from the private, public and charitable sectors, from large and small organisations, well-established companies and small start-ups – and that mix is one of the most valuable aspects of the programme.

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Innovative programme design for impactThe curriculum of the course is both rigorous and interactive; it includes case studies, simulations, real-world projects and the opportunity to complete a substantial piece of research on a topic of your choosing.

Course format Participants need to successfully complete two 15 credit executive education courses before officially applying for and enrolling on to the Executive Management MSc. They then take another two 15 credit courses from the suite on offer, and complete the two compulsory 60 credit core courses.

Participants can also exit before completion of the MSc with either the Executive Management Certificate (60 credits) or Executive Management Diploma (120 credits).

Core courses (compulsory) ● Institution-based methods study (60 credits) ● Research Dissertation (60 credits)

The institution-based methods study must be completed before the dissertation

Executive education (elective) courses ● Leadership & People Management

(15 credits) ● Finance for Strategic Impact (15 credits) ● Strategic Marketing Management

(15 credits) ● Social Entrepreneurship (15 credits) ● Strategic Management (15 credits)

Other elective courses will be added to the programme, and any four can be taken by MSc candidates, in any order. Please see the King’s website for the latest available courses and information.

Participants create their own MSc by choosing the four executive education courses that align with their development objectives and professional interests.

We aim to make a choice of at least three elective courses available annually and release courses in new topic areas each year for the next few years.

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Learning formatEach elective course entails attending King’s Business School for three or four days of taught sessions, presentations, group work, simulations, networking and debate. This is followed by coaching, and a Capstone day where everyone comes together to present and get feedback on their personalised projects.

The institution-based methods study requires attendance at some appropriate research methods day courses, to be selected by individuals in consultation with MSc programme staff.

The institution-based study itself, and the dissertation, will be completed independently, at home and in the workplace, and both will tackle core management challenges and topics identified by the candidate. For each of these two courses participants will have an individual supervisor from the King’s Business School faculty. There is no requirement to travel to King’s Business School for meetings with your supervisors: these can, if wished, be conducted over Skype.

The Tavistock InstituteOn some programmes, faculty partner with the Tavistock Institute, which has a global reputation for its work on workplace dynamics, to deliver simulation exercises to allow participants to ‘practice’ the theory, including:

● Experiment in organisational life, stepping back,

observing and noticing. ● Work and lead across organisational boundaries. ● Research and reflect upon the impact of your

leadership on others.

AssessmentTo be awarded the MSc you need to successfully complete four taught courses in total, plus two large pieces of individual work: an institutional study which develops and demonstrates your research skills, and a dissertation.

Each elective course is assessed individually; this may include a personalised project or presentation and an extended essay.

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Learn from the expertsProgrammes are led by King’s academics who are world-class researchers in their field; additional insights come from industry practitioners as guest speakers.

At King’s Business School, our work is focused around the biggest problems facing organisations today and the MSc brings together faculty members with a wealth of experience in research and practice including:

Professor Alison Wolf Programme Director, King’s Executive Management MScProfessor Baroness Wolf CBE is Sir Roy Griffiths Professor of Public Sector Management and a cross-bench peer. She has been a frequent consultant to governments and professional associations in the UK and globally, and has a particular interest in the management of the professions.

Professor Crawford Spence Programme Director, King’s Finance for Strategic Impact ProgrammeCrawford Spence is Professor of Accounting and Vice Dean (Corporate Relations) and Co-Director of the FinWork Futures Research Centre. He is an experienced researcher and educator across an array of business disciplines with specific expertise in financial service professions. Prior to joining King’s, he was Associate Dean at Warwick Business School.

Dr Prokriti Mukherji Programme Director, King’s Strategic Marketing Management ProgrammeLecturer in Marketing, Prokriti Mukherji’s research and teaching focus on marketing strategy, pharmaceutical innovations, word-of-mouth, and high-technology marketing. Prokriti’s research projects include work on direct-to-consumer advertising for prescription drugs, marketing of high definition televisions, exploring how Big Data has been used for social good, and adoption of technology in the health sector.

Professor Ko De RuyterKo De Ruyter is a Professor in Marketing. His research focuses on customer loyalty, marketing strategy, technology on the organisational frontline and social media. He has published widely in flagship academic business journals, such as the Journal of Marketing and Management Science. Professor de Ruyter was recently awarded a life-time achievement by the American Marketing Association.

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Studying at King’s Business SchoolBased in the heart of London, our executive students benefit from being in a hub of business, finance and government. Executive Education participants will study at the new King’s Business School home in the iconic Bush House, previously home of the BBC World Service in the centre of Aldwych. Bush House offers excellent transport links and executive facilities but is also an inspiring place for learning as it is a building with a truly global history and connections.

Key facts

Course datesDates are dependent on your four chosen executive education courses – please see the King’s website for the latest information.At least three courses will be available per year.

Format ● Part-time programme ● Four executive education courses completed in

person at King’s Business School (usually three-

or four-days duration) followed by an individual

learning project, 1:1 coaching, and one-day

capstone. ● Institution-based methods study – completed from

home, following attendance at selected research

methods teaching sessions ● Research Dissertation – completed from home

DurationBetween two and six years

Venue ● Bush House, Strand Campus, London ● Individual study completed from home

Who for ● Managers and leaders with relevant professional

experience ● Specialist professionals looking to take on greater

leadership responsibility

Assessment ● For each of the four courses: project or case

study based on individual work environment plus

extended essay ● Institution-based methods study: two submissions,

one of 1,500 and one of 8,000 words ● Research dissertation: 12,000 words

Entry requirements ● Professional experience, relevant to specific

course, evidenced through online application form ● 2:1 undergraduate degree or equivalent

Total credit value180 credits

Fee£13,000 introductory offer for 2019/20(10% alumni discount)

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Frequently asked questions

When can I apply for the Executive Management MSc? You can apply to start the MSc at any time once you have successfully completed two individual executive education courses for credit.

What is the time commitment? Is the MSc part-time, full-time or distance-learning? Do I need to be based in London? This is a part-time programme and participants will usually also be in full-time work. Each course involves a combination of time spent at King’s iconic Bush House campus in London, and individual work and study. Because the on-site sessions are scheduled as a block, usually four days and either side of a weekend, they are designed for executives from anywhere in the world – we have had participants from Mexico, Australia, Canada, West Africa. The dissertation and institution-based methods study will be completed by individuals from wherever they are normally based. However, the institution-based study also requires attendance at selected research methods teaching sessions, selected from the Business School’s postgraduate research methods teaching programme.

What is the cost? The flexible format of the programme is reflected in the fee structure and financial commitment; the MSc fees are payable in stages as you apply and complete the component courses.

In 2019 individual executive education courses cost £2,500 each. If you progress after taking two taught courses (£5,000) and enrol for the full MSc in 2019/20 there is a single additional fee payable of £8,000. This means a total fee of £13,000 for the Executive Management MSc. Please note that this is a special introductory offer for participants completing an executive education course and enrolling for the MSc during 2019–20. In future years, fees will be aligned with those for the Business School’s other Management MSc degrees. There is a 10% discount for King’s alumni.

Can all the individual Open Programmes be taken for credit and not-for-credit? When do I need to decide if I want to progress to the full MSc? Yes, they can all be taken for credit and not-for credit. Taking them ‘for credit’ means you are set an additional substantial assignment; however, the course fees are the same. You will need to choose one or the other when you apply because the online admission system requires this, but you can change your mind once you arrive. You can take the individual programmes in any order that works for you. You should decide and apply for the MSc once you have completed two elective individual programmes but can then take the additional two at any point that is convenient.

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Important informationPlease note that information is accurate at the time of going to press (June 2019). All information is subject to change. Please see our website for the latest details including courses available, dates and fees.

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Why choose King’s Business School for your leadership development?Since 1989, King’s Business School has grown into a leading management institution – and one of the largest in London. Our global community of over 9,000 Management & Business alumni is based in 118 countries worldwide. There are three specialist research centres based at King’s Business School. We undertake ground-breaking research that improves the way people do business. Thanks to our highly regarded original research we were ranked 8th in the UK in the latest Research Excellence Framework.

We are able to use the full breadth of world-class, interdisciplinary education and research across King’s within our executive education programmes.

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