| Code | Faculty | Department |
|---|---|---|
| 07254022 | Gordon Institute of Business Science | Department: Gordon Institute of Business Science |
| Credits | Duration | NQF level |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum duration of study: 1 year | Total credits: 180 | NQF level: 09 |
The degree comprises the writing of a dissertation and coursework.
Full particulars of the degree programme are contained in a brochure which is available from the departmental website.
Refer to General Regulation G.55.
NB: All modules are compulsory. Candidates must pass all the modules, including the dissertation, to qualify for the MPhil degree.
Minimum credits: 180
Students need to select 4 electives of 6 credits each.
Students must contact the Faculty Administration to establish which electives are being offered.
Module content:
This module helps students to conceptualise a research design. It covers how the choice of a research design relates to the chosen analytic method (Qualitative Research, Quantitative Research or Mixed Methods). Students are expected to relate the business challenge to the research design and to justify the selection of a given design for a given problem. The objectives of the module are to help students: make informed decisions about their research design; and understand the implications of selecting a given research design in particular around the questions that can be answered.
Module content:
This module aims to provide students with a history of industrial revolutions and how contextual or technological disruptions impact business strategies. The focus will also be on potential impact to countries, but climate changes and other macro-issues include migration and inequalities.
Module content:
The aim of this module is to consider a set of themes that are key to developing an understanding of the current macro-environment of business and its forces, influences and consequences. Although the specific content of the module will vary according to events and dynamics currently being experienced, the underlying tools of analysis allow the students to develop a fuller understanding of how to analyse the most important dynamics that are at play in the macro-environment of business at any time, and thus to identify the implications for their businesses and prepare their businesses for change.
Module content:
This module aims to expose students to the systemic logic and underlying mechanisms of various new economies including Green, Digital, Circular and Shared Economies and any other emergent economies. This will equip them with the ability to articulate systemic effects of these economies on organisations and discern the necessary responses for effective organisational leadership.
Module content:
This module will offer offers students a holistic insight into the process and skills of making strategic decisions in the context of new economies. Armed with an array of strategic options, students must be able to evaluate the adequacy of a given strategy, using deterministic, stochastic, financial and ethical decision-making capabilities.
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