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Thursday, April 24, 2008
New masters announced at Oxford's Said Business School: MSc in Major Programme Management
BT Centre for Major Programme Management, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
OXFORD, HP - April 23, 2008 -- A new MSc in Major Programme Management, offered by the BT Centre for Major Programme Management at Saïd Business School, will begin in October 2008.
The BT Centre is the world’s first research centre for major programme management. It will carry out a programme of leading-edge and multi-disciplinary research, drawing together the expertise within the Saïd Business School and the broader University of Oxford (within departments such as engineering, computer science and law) and eminent practitioners from the global business community. The Centre will consolidate knowledge around this emerging and dynamic field, which has considerable significance economically and often politically, and will foster a practical approach to the effective management of large scale programmes. The BT Centre will create a community of knowledge and will provide a resource for practitioners to locate the latest thinking on specialist topics. As well as carrying out research in this field, the Centre will also develop a ground-breaking teaching programme.
About Saïd Business School
Established in 1996 the Saïd Business School is one of Europe’s youngest and most entrepreneurial business schools with a reputation for innovative business education. An integral part of Oxford University, the School embodies the academic rigour and forward thinking that has made Oxford a world leader in education. The School has an established reputation for research in a wide range of areas, including finance and accounting, organisational analysis, international management, strategy and operations management. The school is dedicated to developing a new generation of business leaders and entrepreneurs and conducting research not only into the nature of business, but the connections between business and the wider world. In the Financial Times ranking of MBA programmes (Jan 08), Saïd is ranked 19th in the world. This achievement follows the School’s success in HM Treasury’s 2005 ranking of the top 50 MBA programmes in the world, where it finished number one out of all the UK business schools. In the university league table published by The Guardian (May 2007), Saïd ranked first of all UK universities for undergraduate business. The University of Oxford also ranked top for business studies in The Times report published in August 2007. For more information, see www.sbs.ox.ac.uk.
For further information please contact the Press Office at Saïd Business School:
Josie Powell, Public Relations Coordinator
Direct telephone: +44 (0) 1865 288403
Email: josie.powell@sbs.ox.ac.uk or pressoffice@sbs.ox.ac.uk
OXFORD, HP - April 23, 2008 -- A new MSc in Major Programme Management, offered by the BT Centre for Major Programme Management at Saïd Business School, will begin in October 2008.
- There is a growing need for professionals who are skilled in major programme management (MPM)
- The skills and competencies required for managing major programmes are distinct from the traditional practices of project management
- The new MSc in Major Programme Management is the only masters degree currently available to focus solely on major programme management
- A part-time modular masters-level degree programme, designed to allow programme managers to continue working while they study.
- Consists of ten, week-long residential modules delivered over a two-year period, with private study between modules.
- Programme was developed with careful consultation with a number of major programme practitioners to ensure its relevance for working professionals. Visiting speakers will contribute to the teaching.
- The curriculum for the MSc will be informed by current research, enabling participants to benefit from the latest understanding of best-practice in the area.
The BT Centre is the world’s first research centre for major programme management. It will carry out a programme of leading-edge and multi-disciplinary research, drawing together the expertise within the Saïd Business School and the broader University of Oxford (within departments such as engineering, computer science and law) and eminent practitioners from the global business community. The Centre will consolidate knowledge around this emerging and dynamic field, which has considerable significance economically and often politically, and will foster a practical approach to the effective management of large scale programmes. The BT Centre will create a community of knowledge and will provide a resource for practitioners to locate the latest thinking on specialist topics. As well as carrying out research in this field, the Centre will also develop a ground-breaking teaching programme.
About Saïd Business School
Established in 1996 the Saïd Business School is one of Europe’s youngest and most entrepreneurial business schools with a reputation for innovative business education. An integral part of Oxford University, the School embodies the academic rigour and forward thinking that has made Oxford a world leader in education. The School has an established reputation for research in a wide range of areas, including finance and accounting, organisational analysis, international management, strategy and operations management. The school is dedicated to developing a new generation of business leaders and entrepreneurs and conducting research not only into the nature of business, but the connections between business and the wider world. In the Financial Times ranking of MBA programmes (Jan 08), Saïd is ranked 19th in the world. This achievement follows the School’s success in HM Treasury’s 2005 ranking of the top 50 MBA programmes in the world, where it finished number one out of all the UK business schools. In the university league table published by The Guardian (May 2007), Saïd ranked first of all UK universities for undergraduate business. The University of Oxford also ranked top for business studies in The Times report published in August 2007. For more information, see www.sbs.ox.ac.uk.
For further information please contact the Press Office at Saïd Business School:
Josie Powell, Public Relations Coordinator
Direct telephone: +44 (0) 1865 288403
Email: josie.powell@sbs.ox.ac.uk or pressoffice@sbs.ox.ac.uk
