Programme Overview
This one-year programme, delivered in partnership with Al-Maktoum College of Higher Education, will teach you the fundamental concepts of organisational learning, learning organisations, individual, team and machine learning.
The programme builds on diversified bodies of knowledge, including:
Total quality management
Open innovation
Organisational development
Workplace learning
It focuses on applying these concepts in the organisation. It includes driving a culture of continuous improvement and managing change to achieve and sustain business excellence.
How the Course Works
What you'll learn
You will study units such as Organisational Learning Foundations, Group & Team Learning, Organisation-wide Learning, Individual Learning, Research Skills and Project Report, Sustainability & Ethics, Civic Institutions & Sustainable Development and Management. This qualification will enable you to work in learning and development departments, in quality management, customer service or business development. You may also wish to continue your studies at PhD level.
The programme and assessments will provide you with opportunities to develop your ability to critically analyse data/information/literature, prepare reports and plans, give presentations, work as part of a team and enhance your IT skills. Students will prepare for the world of work through engagement with real-life situations and problems in assessments. Further, working to deadlines will improve your time management, prioritising and planning skills. In addition, experts from the field will be invited to share their experiences of real-world issues as part of in-class learning.
Teaching and Assessment
Teaching will take place at Al-Maktoum College and Abertay University through lectures, seminars, workshops and digital learning methods.
A range of appropriate assessment methods will be used including coursework and examinations requiring critical analysis and reflections, and individual/group presentations. Each 20-credit unit compromises 200 hours of learning; this is made up of 40 hours of teaching and 160 hours of independent study.
The programme targets learning leaders, looking to
expand their impact on business performance and
organizational results.
Through the programme content, and teaching,
assessment and learning strategies, the programme will
develop the employability skills expected of Master's
graduates, including critical analysis skills, critical self-
reflection, critical evaluation of complex and potentially
contradictory arguments, research skills, advanced
communication skills, both oral and written, resiliency
and self-advocacy, integrity, ethics and the ability to
manage time effectively.
Graduates of this programme will typically find work in
the private, public, and non-profit sectors in a broad
range of positions and roles. The programme is of prime
importance to professionals and directors in the
following areas:
- Training and learning and development
- Talent management,
- Human Resources Development (HRD)
- Quality and Excellence Management
- Organisational Development
- Performance Management
- Future Foresight
- Innovation and Continuous Improvement
- Change Management
- Corporate Governance
- Students will also have access to Abertay's Careers
- Service.
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