运营管理方面的知识和专业知识是所有业务职能部门经理的重要要求，并且所有类型的组织中对运营管理专家的需求都在不断增长。我们的MSc运营管理旨在对运营管理在组织绩效和竞争力方面的作用有重要的了解。它将建立有关运营管理原理和概念的知识，以及如何在不同的组织职能（包括财务，销售，市场营销，人力资源管理和设计）中应用这些知识。它还将在使用各种质量，过程和供应链管理工具和技术方面发展专业知识，以分析和改善包括制造业，服务业，公共部门和第三部门在内的广泛行业的运营。
Knowledge in operations management is an important requirement of managers across all business functions and there is an increasing demand for operations management specialists in every type of organisation. Our MSc Operations Management programme has been designed to provide an opportunity to expand, refine and enhance knowledge for those who have worked in industry or previously studied a similar subject. This one-year master’s degree will blend cutting-edge academic thinking with best practices from the industry, to provide you with a highly employable skillset and set you up for careers in operations management. During the master’s programme, you’ll develop a critical understanding of the features, boundaries, terminology, and conventions of operations management. You’ll study five specialist-taught courses that focus on examining operations management-related theories and practices within a variety of organisation settings, such as industrial, commercial, public, and third sector. You’ll develop a range of specialist skills, techniques, and practices within operations management, informed by the forefront of developments in the discipline. You’ll be instructed on contemporary operations strategy, service operations management, process analysis, and improvement concepts, tools, and techniques to allow you to identify, conceptualise and define recent problems associated with practice, innovation, and implementation of processes and techniques in operations management. You’ll use theories and models to support and understand a range of operations management issues and apply your problem-solving skills to generate strategic options to resolve operations management problems and improve the operational performance of organisations. Beyond the taught skills and knowledge, you’ll gain key transferrable skills which will set you up for life after graduation. You’ll gain crucial written and verbal communication, ICT, critical evaluation, teamwork, and decision-making skills which will allow for your continued professional development and transition to the workplace. be equipped with the ability to think critically, identify problems, evaluate options, and communicate solutions which will enable you to effectively implement your specialist knowledge to any operations problem you may face in your career. You’ll have the opportunity to specialise and choose two optional courses – from measuring and managing performance, strategic innovation management, systems thinking and analysis, big data analytics, and project management – to customise your learning and develop your specific interest. Your operations management dissertation will allow you to further build on these subject interests, by presenting you the opportunity to carry out an original research project at the forefront of knowledge. The knowledge base, subject and transferable skills you will gain will prepare you for lifelong learning and personal development.