MBA in Operations and Project Management - UCAM, Spain

1. Course description:

The Master’s Degree in Business Administration in Operations and Project Management is a career-focused program designed for professionals aspiring to leadership, management, and executive roles in today’s competitive business world. Graduates earn a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration from Cambridge International Qualifications (UK) and an MBA from Universidad Católica de Murcia (UCAM).

This program equips learners with practical management skills, strategic decision-making ability, problem-solving expertise, and a strong understanding of global business practices. It develops leadership confidence, communication excellence, and the capability to manage teams, improve performance, and drive organizational success across diverse industries.

2. Credits Table:

3. Module Descriptions:

PART A

Strategic Change Management:

Change dynamics challenges managers due to the inherent uncertainty and need for adaptability. Strategic change impacts the human resources structure of the organisation, and this often means a restructuring of the workforce or changes in working practices. This course defines sequential process, role, and dynamics to organisational change, which imparts the skills and knowledge to support active engagement in the process of strategic change management and further highlights ways of dealing with it. It focuses on the need, phases, and conditions for successful organisational change. The knowledge developed as part of the module assists in real-world decision making. Different organisational interventions are also incorporated. The SCM module is designed to help students understand the dynamics of Strategic Change Management.

Learning Outcomes:

LO1. Identify and analyse the implications for managing strategic change in supporting organisational transformation.

LO2. Analyse the organisational management challenges faced during the transformation and changes experienced by the organisation.

LO3. Analyse and evaluate the significance of strategy employed in trying to bring about an effective change management in an organisation. How does this impact leadership and human behaviour in an organisation.

LO4. Evaluate different change management theories propounded on management and leadership attributes which leads to enhanced contribution by managers and the employees.

Strategic Management and Leadership:

This module is designed to help students understand and evaluate various aspects of Strategic Management in a global context. The module explores theories, models and frameworks to provide insight on how an organization’s life cycle evolves through various stages to achieve excellence. The module helps students to evaluate the relationship between organisational strategies, performance and stakeholder expectations.

Learning Outcomes:

LO1. Analyse the concepts and theories of strategic management and critically evaluate the relationship between strategy, stakeholder expectations and organisational performance.

LO2. Evaluate the impact of current and emerging Economic, Political and Cultural factors on strategic management in an international context.

LO3. Formulate business strategies under challenging circumstances of Innovation and Change and evaluate those that contribute to the success of a particular organization.

LO4. Develop plans for the implementation of business strategies and enhance Stakeholder Expectations.

Operations Management:

The module is designed to help students understand the strategic role of operations management and its competitive advantage for organisational survival. It brings out the relationships between the operations function and other functional areas of a business such as marketing, finance, and information systems and how they can work together to achieve the business strategy.

Learning Outcomes

LO1. Know the various tools, techniques and apply suitable tools and techniques in different alternative scenarios of Operations Management.

LO2. Apply information management techniques and evaluate them in context of operational functions to achieve competitive advantage and make the organisations globally competitive.

LO3. Apply and critically evaluate the importance of project management to given business situations (Using PERT / CPM).

LO4. Demonstrate operations strategy in domestic and global context and evaluate how the use of technology has impacted the operational functions

International Human Resource Management

The objective of this module is to make students understand the human resource management, and equip them with knowledge, skill and competencies to manage people along with material, information, capital and knowledge asset in the organization, to equip the students in formulating their own managerial and leadership, style, their assumptions and belief about ‘people’ and their behaviours in an organization. Given the state of competition and globalization, business environments are getting volatile and managing Human Resources is a challenge faced by present day organisations in both domestic and global scenarios. This module helps students relate HRM practices in globalized context, its significance, scope, and practices in relation to International Human Resource Management.

Learning Outcomes

LO1. Critically review and analyse the importance of HRM and its practices in an organisation, and how it can be linked with organisational behaviour activities in overcoming business issues and challenges for a better performance of the organisation.

LO2. Critically review and analyse the framework of leadership and consider the nature, strengths and weaknesses of the various approaches: traits; functional; behavioural; style; contingency. The continuum of leadership behaviour should be explored in some depth with consideration of the factors determining the chosen leadership style.

LO3. Discuss the concept of organisational behaviour and its interface with management. Review and critically synthesize the various influences on behaviour in organisations and the interface with management in integrating and balancing these.

LO4. Assess the role of IHRM and its impact on global organisation. Identify some of the key HRM challenges facing organisations working internationally. Discuss the prevalent HRM practices and integrating the best practices in global organisation.

Strategic Supply Chain and Logistics Management

This module supports strategic decision makers and operational managers in international and domestic markets to manage successful logistics across their business. This module supports strategic decision makers as well as operational managers in both international and domestic markets to manage successful logistics across their business. It will enable participants to develop an understanding of how to create lean systems and organisational agility to solve strategic and operational issues using a range of practical problem-solving tools.

Learning Outcomes

LO1. Understand the relationship between supply chain management and organizational business objectives.

LO2. Be able to use information technology to optimize supplier relationships in an organization.

LO3.Understand the role of logistics and procurement in supply chain management.

LO4. Understand the basics of shipping operations, including the documentation involved.

Strategic Project Management and Implementation

The purpose of this module is to give learners an opportunity to integrate all the knowledge from their programme of learning by developing a project in which they plan and implement a new product, service or process. Learners need to take a full and active role in all aspects of the project, and the selection of an appropriate management issue is crucial to success. Learners will cover a full range of management activities and roles, including resource and people management and implementation of change. The result needs to be a substantial report in a style appropriate for consideration by senior management.

Learning outcomes

LO1. Understand how to develop project specification, schedule, control and evaluation of project work, with use of different project management tools.

LO2. Understand communication planning and management within a 

project context. 

LO3. Understand Project Management strategies and practices in a global context. 

LO4. Be able to implement and evaluate the outcomes of a project.

PART B

Socio-Economic and Legal Environment

This module has been designed to provide the learners with the adequate understanding of the economic, social, political and legal context which affects the environments in which businesses and organisations operate. An analysis and understanding of critical factors such as globalisation, growth in the economy and legal regulations which affect the ability of businesses to operate is deemed highly important for management professionals.

Learning Outcomes

LO1. Critically analyse the knowledge economy and the various drivers of economic changes which impact business activities.

LO2. Understand the legal framework and its implications in the wider context of business Management.

LO3. Analyse case scenarios and case studies on the various economic drivers and legal frameworks practised in business management.

LO4. Critically evaluate the political factors which influence company management and dynamics.

Research Methods

The Management Project is supported through 8 structured Research Methods sessions designed to guide learners through their dissertation journey. This is an individual research effort where learners investigate a topic of their choice over an extended period, with ongoing guidance from an assigned supervisor. The sessions focus on building a clear understanding of the research process and expectations, while supporting learners in developing their literature review, exploring different research methodologies and philosophical approaches, and applying quantitative and qualitative analysis techniques. Learners are expected to attend all scheduled sessions, as these are essential for effectively planning, executing, and completing the dissertation.

Learning Outcomes

LO1. Identify and critically justify postgraduate research/enquiry techniques appropriate to the chosen business and management context.

LO2. Critically evaluate relevant ethical and operational issues relating to the chosen project.

LO3. Demonstrate the capability to undertake a systematic, analytical and evidence- based approach to a strategic management project.

Viva + Dissertation