As businesses and industries grow there is an ever increasing need for experienced project managers who can take control of the planning, organising and managing of resources to complete goals and reach objectives. Whether you currently work in this industry or have recently graduated and aspire to do so Lancaster University offers a course which can supply you with all the knowledge you will need to have a successful career as a project manager in any industry you decide to go into.

Lancaster University Management School is one of the top research led business schools in the country and has MSc courses ranked in the top 50 worldwide. Based on a vibrant and lively campus the school has a supportive and welcoming community which includes undergraduate, postgraduate full time and part time students.

The MSc in Project Management offered at Lancaster has been specifically designed for graduates who wish to develop their career in this rapidly growing sector. As well as equipping students with the management tools used by professional project managers they are given the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the management theory and language also used.

The course also includes an action based project which is usually conducted over a summer. It gives students the chance to implement all the theory, tools and language they have learnt in a real project management environment. By applying the theory learnt in the classroom to a real situation in the work environment students can find out for themselves what the strengths and weaknesses of theories are in the real world. It can be of great benefit to everyone involved to find out how much you have learnt and how it can be transferred to real life situations.

For others looking for a change in career direction who have a wealth of management experience behind them they may decide to enrol at Lancaster to study for an MBA. The Lancaster MBA is accredited by the Association of MBAs and is also ranked by the Financial Times 2011 MBA rankings in the top 10 within the UK and in the top 50 in the world.

The challenging and rigorous course will completely change the participant as a person and their whole style of managing. The Full Time MBA recruits motivated and experienced managers who are looking to challenge themselves and access the most cutting edge knowledge which is taught by world-leading faculty. Not only will students be expected to learn theories and models but they will be expected to take them into the workplace to actually test out their strengths and weaknesses themselves.

Lancaster University Management School also offer a Part Time MBA. The Part Time Executive MBA is run over two years and is the perfect way to continue working while developing yourself and your management style while taking your company forward with you. This particular course focuses on work based assignments which give you the chance to implement the principles you have learnt in theory in the workplace so that you and your managers can then see the difference they could make to your organisation as a whole.

Both the full time and part time MBA courses give experienced managers, professionals and managers the opportunity to develop themselves and their companies so that they can understand complex business situations and how to apply their knowledge effectively. They also allow them to develop a knowledge and understanding of the functions of business and their inter-relationships while stimulating their desire to learn, read and critically appraise management theory.



Richard Senk is the author of this article on MSc Project Management. Find more information, about Full-Time MBA here