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Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of WarwickThe award | How you will study | Study duration | Course start | Domestic course fees | International course fees |
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MSc | Full-time, Part-time | 1 - 3 Year | September | GBP 12800 per year | GBP 23460 per year |
Designed for entrepreneurs, this course will allow you to apply best-practice approaches to your business proposals to maximise chances of success. It's a practical course, covering the process from generating new business ideas, developing and refining ideas, and designing the infrastructure right through to launching the business. You'll focus on how innovation can be exploited in technological and business contexts, to increase success for new product or services based businesses.
You'll cover themes such as business modelling, sales, starting a new business, innovation, leadership and financial analysis. Your dissertation is devoted to rigorously developing your business idea, so that by the end of the course you will be in a position to launch your business. The dissertation is run in accordance with a 'New Product Development Plan', developed with a range of industrial partners and tested with real new product business ideas. Modules include: Business Model Generation; Establishing a New Business; Innovation; Leadership; Management of Change; Sales and Sales Management; and Financial Analysis and Control Systems
Learning Style
The taught component of the course is a mixture of traditional lectured material, syndicate/group work, large scale delivery, practical work, online learning and forum activities. Module leaders are experts in their fields and are supported by external speakers working in organisations at the forefront of their fields.
Industrial visits are available to all students and the course is assessed through assignments.
Each module will usually last one week.
Your Career
Our postgraduates typically start their own business. However, the skills gained will also be extremely valuable for existing businesses, especially where there is interest in moving into new product or service areas.
Contact Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick to find course entry requirements.
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