MSc/PgDip/PgCert Organisation Development and Consultancy
Part-time
Location • City Campus
Subject area • Business and management
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We designed this course to meet the needs of change agents, managers, and internal and external consultants. It is ideal for people with a professional responsibility for developing and implementing change processes.
You develop a self critical awareness of current developments. We encourage you to think about the nature of change and the value of consultancy approaches in managing it.
Each module consists of workshops which combine interactive lectures, practical skills development, small group work and informal presentations to develop confidence in your own capabilities. Support materials are presented through BlackBoard, our virtual learning environment.
The course helps you
• gain and develop specialist knowledge, understanding and skills in organisation development
• learn about new theories, ideas and concepts about organisation development and the nature of change
• learn how to develop practical ways of implementing those theories, ideas and concepts in the workplace, as a manager or consultant
After successfully completing your studies, you learn to
• think creatively and produce solutions to meet organisational and managerial requirements in change processes and organisation development
• develop a deeper understanding of the social and technical design of organisations and of the importance of change
• develop a deeper understanding of the strategy, change and the dynamics of consultancy
This course is part of the MSc Organisational Change and Consultancy programme. The other awards are MSc Coaching and Mentoring, MSc Charity Resource Management and MSc Co-operative and Social Enterprise Management.
You attend some workshops alongside students from these related courses. This allows you to share ideas and experiences between the different professions.
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Related courses
Part-time – typically two year and a half years
There are four modules a year, usually lasting three and a half to four days
Starts January
Complete the application form available at www.shu.ac.uk/study/form
2013/14 academic year
Typically £3,060 a year for years one, two and three
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees and funding see www.shu.ac.uk/funding
Each module is assessed by written assignment. For the MSc there is also a dissertation.
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Jeremy Lewis
MSc Organisation Development and Consultancy, graduate
'I'd been out of education for 15 years and the decision to start university again was a difficult one. Sheffield Business School attracted me because of the work-based nature of the assignments, access to leading edge research and experienced consultants and practitioners.
'The reality surpassed my expectations. My experience of the professors and students alike has broadened my horizons and deepened my understanding of behaviours and change at both the organisation and individual level.
`I chose to leave my HR job in banking and on the day I graduated I became a full time organisation development consultant. My first client was in Sheffield…it was somehow meant to be!
`I'm now doing the job I love, I'm good at and I'm qualified to do. I could not have chosen a better partner on my change journey than Sheffield Business School.'
Jeremy Lewis, principal consultant in the People and Organisation Excellence practice at Capita Consulting, formerly the head of management information for Lloyds Banking Group.
Andy Aston
MSc Organisation Development and Consultancy, graduate
'By studying the this course I have made a very real difference to the impact that my internal consulting team has at RAF Waddington.
'I have been able to critically examine the way that my team works and have ensured that everything has solid academic underpinning. This high level of credibility has resulted in significant levels of positive sustained change that has benefited all.
'I even managed to amaze myself by creating a model for sustained internal change that has proved itself over and over for not only the management of change, but for human factors error management and quality assurance as well. This has highlighted to me the far reaching extent that has taken place through my MSc study.'
Andy Aston, squadron leader, RAF
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Jeremy Lewis
MSc Organisation Development and Consultancy, graduate
Andy Aston
MSc Organisation Development and Consultancy, graduate
