MBA/PgDip/PgCert Facilities Management
Part-time
Location • City Campus
Subject area • Business and management
Related subjects • Real estate • Master of Business Administration – MBA
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Postgraduate certificate
Strategic management in action for facilities management
This module examines the various aspects of strategic management and sets a context for the course. It introduces a range of frameworks and techniques to support the strategic development process, and examines the range and complexity of internal and external influences upon organisations.
Managing organisations and people
You develop an increased awareness of managing and relating to others. You gain an essential and critical perspective of organisational theory and its influence on human resource management issues.
Strategic facilities management
This module provides an essential and critical perspective of facilities management as a profession, covering facilities management theories, models and practice.
Strategic marketing and communications for facilities management
You gain an understanding of the principles and context of strategic marketing, services marketing and communications across a variety of organisations and in relation to the facilities management function and services.
Postgraduate diploma core modules
Finance for facilities management
You develop an understanding of the role of finance and financial management principles within the broader context of strategic management.
Strategic property asset management
This module develops an understanding and underpinning knowledge of operational property management issues. You analyse and translate corporate business needs into an appropriate strategic approach to the management of the organisation’s property assets.
Leadership and strategies for change for facilities management
You explore traditional, modern and futuristic perspectives on organisational and individual change, together with the role of facilities managers as influencers on the human ecology of the organisation.
Postgraduate diploma options
One from • managing projects and contracts • work-based project
MBA
Research methods
This module prepares you for the dissertation. It develops your knowledge, capabilities and understanding of research and methodologies, and their application to the field of facilities management.
Dissertation
The dissertation provides you with the opportunity to develop in-depth research on a facilities management related issue linked to your own interest. Many students choose to focus their research on an issue within their own organisation.
Part-time – typically three years, in four one-week block sessions per year.
Starts October, although there are opportunities to enter the course throughout the academic year.
Complete the application form available at www.shu.ac.uk/study/form
2013/14 academic year
Typically £3,885 a year
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees and funding see www.shu.ac.uk/funding
2013/14 academic year
Typically £4,500 a year
2014/15 academic year
Typically £4,500 a year
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees, scholarships and bursaries see www.shu.ac.uk/international/fees
By written coursework. There are no traditional formal examinations. The MBA requires the completion of an assessed dissertation.
Subject to continuing accreditation, this course is accredited by the British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM). Successful completion of the MBA and submission of a portfolio in line with BIFM requirements gains you the formal professional certified membership (CBIFM).
The MBA is also approved by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). On entry to the part-time course, or completion of the full-time course, you may register your experience for the RICS’ Assessment of Professional Competence.
Lucy Hind
MBA Facilities Management
`As part of my professional development within my chosen field of work this course offered a natural progression in my qualifications. It was also something that I have aspired to achieve for a number of years.
The support I received from Mel Bull, my mentor, was excellent.
The course has improved my written and communication skills. It has given me a better knowledge of the industry and best practice, and an opportunity for networking.
This course is not to be taken lightly, but if persevered with, it is an accomplishment that is both beneficial and key to the industry that we work in.'
Hazel Hedicker
MBA Facilities Management
'After 25 years of working in facilities for the hotel and catering industry and the NHS, I realised that despite accumulating significant knowledge and skills over the years I had limited nationally recognised qualifications to reflect my progression up the career ladder. I realised that these days when competing with numerous other applicants for jobs, at the very least you will need recognised qualifications on your CV in order to get selected for an interview. I became very conscious that if at any time in the future I wanted to progress further in my career then I would need to achieve such a qualification.
'I studied the undergraduate Certificate in Facilities Management in 2005 with funding from my employer. Although I was used to writing reports and other documentation during my daily work, I wasn’t sure how to write a university assignment, or carry out academic research. Completing the undergraduate certificate was a great way of finding out what was expected of me and soon I was very comfortable with studying.
'After successfully completing the undergraduate certificate I immediately progressed onto the MBA in Facilities Management. Studying for this postgraduate degree has been hugely beneficial in my daily work. It’s given me a different outlook – a new perspective. It offered me an opportunity to really start challenging my own way of thinking and rational and I have re-modelled the way in which I view the organisation that I work for. It has opened my mind and offered me greater recognition and the opportunity to evaluate how the services my facilities management colleagues and I provide contribute to the core business.
'But it’s on a personal level that I have gained the most out of academic study. I've never considered myself to be one of the clever kids. When it came to studying or business – I wasn't particularly confident and as I progressed in my career I always felt that I was at a disadvantage not having a degree. Now I have finished my degree and I realise that I have gained far greater confidence and business acumen, as well as recognised proof of my abilities reflected in the academic qualifications that I have achieved.
'With part-time study, you have to find a style that suits you best. For some students, it may be studying in the evenings and perhaps late into the night. I found it best to study at the weekends. I tend to work long hours, and when I got home in the evening the last thing I wanted to do was study until the early hours. But, most importantly, it’s about getting the study and work life balance right to ensure you also commit time to family and friends too.'
Gary Pyle
MBA Facilities Management
`This course was appealing to me as I was already working in a facilities management (FM) environment. I felt it would enhance my FM knowledge and provide a credible qualification that would support the advancement of my career. In addition the course had the added benefit of being aligned to the BIFM recognised qualifications and is approved by RICS.
The tutors have been outstanding throughout the course and have always been more than willing to offer and give support whenever requested. I find part time study extremely effective, the support has been excellent and this suits my learning style, I tend to study in blocks rather than spreading it out.
The knowledge and experience I have gained to date during the course has had significant impact in terms of my career. The new found ability to operate at a greater strategic level, to use appropriate business language and demonstrate senior leadership behaviour has facilitated rapid advancement in terms of career position and remuneration. This has also significantly widened the potential opportunities open to me going forward.
I think my employer’s have had a great deal of benefit from my development during the course and I have been able to influence/change things for the better as a result.'
The students on my course are diverse and wide ranging in terms of their personal circumstances and all have found their way successfully through the course. The benefits are enormous in terms of personal and professional development.
I started the course to gain a credible qualification and have gained so much more. I have learned a huge amount from my tutors and the course syllabus, but have also learned an unexpected amount from my peers on the course and about myself through this difficult but extremely rewarding journey. I strongly recommend the course and study at Sheffield Hallam.'
Profiles
Lucy Hind
MBA Facilities Management
Hazel Hedicker
MBA Facilities Management
Gary Pyle
MBA Facilities Management
