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Design. Innovate. Influence. Manage. Lead

The Institute of Management Studies (IMS) combines innovative and world-renowned 4* research from a UK top 20 creative university with the expertise of leading academics to teach the science of management. Designed to equip you with the skills, knowledge and creativity to develop your talent and potential in management, innovation and leadership, an IMS Masters programme will empower you to grow and thrive in any profession, in any role, and at any stage in your career.

The IMS is the result of a unique interdisciplinary collaboration, drawing on the teaching of diverse yet complementary subjects to provide you with an elite qualification to adapt to, and stand out in, an increasingly competitive economy.

Strong cross-sector industry links and guidance from leading academics in subjects ranging from Psychology, Design to Computing will give you an MSc qualification firmly rooted in cutting-edge theory, research, and practice, ensuring that the skills you learn and apply are always underpinned by expert knowledge.

Studying in a vibrant part of London, just a few minutes from central London and the City, you’ll benefit from our multi-milllion pound campus facilities with extensive resources, regular guest speakers and networking events and access to additional University of London resources across the city.

Find out more about postgraduate study at Goldsmiths.

Our programmes

MSc in Leadership and Talent Management

It takes talent to know talent. Learn how to attract, develop and retain the exceptional individuals a modern organisation needs to succeed. With an emphasis on practical skills and science-based techniques, the MSc in Leadership and Talent Management positions graduates to manage and enhance the human capital of any organisation.

MSc in Management of Innovation

Learn core leadership skills, and how to apply them to manage the near continuous need for innovations and changes in organisational products, structures, strategies, and processes. This programme mixes theory and practice, and allows students to obtain a professional qualification in project management and development, which will further enhance their employment prospects.

MSc in Digital Entrepreneurship

Learn how to design novel digital technology and establish the enterprises to commercialise those designs. In a programme with a strong practical component, students also gain a systematic knowledge and understanding of topics selected from areas such as project management and organisational behaviour and change.

MSc in Occupational Psychology

Fully accredited by the British Psychological Society, you will expand your knowledge of occupational psychology and hone your research skills. You’ll become an expert source of knowledge on work-related areas such as coaching and organisational development and change, placing you in an ideal position to pursue your research ambitions at a higher level, or take your talents into the workplace.

 

IMS blog

IMS featured in The Independent

The Independent newspaper has published a positive article on the Institute of Management Studies, titled 'The Hi-Tech Business Brains of Silicon Roundabout'. You can check it out here:
http://www.independent.co.uk/student/postgraduate/postgraduate-study/the-hitech-business-brains-of-silicon-roundabout-7660333.html

CIPD

We will be attending the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's  Learning and Organisation Development Conference and Exhibition between 25-26 April 2012, Olympia London. The Institute Director and senior staff will be on hand to discuss our programmes and answer your questions. We look forward to seeing you there! For further details: http://www.cipd.co.uk/cande/hrd

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Goldsmiths + Institute of Management Studies = Why?


If you are one of those people who is wondering why Goldsmiths, that well-known bastion of art and media, is starting an Institute of Management Studies (IMS), then you are hardly alone: my colleagues at Goldsmiths have asked me the same question. I think there are two main reasons: (1) we already have the expertise, and (2) there is a need for what we’re offering.

As you can see from our website, we are offering four masters programmes that build upon what Goldsmiths already excels at. For over 15 years, our MSc in Occupational Psychology (MSc OP) has been one of the best in the UK. Our staff publish high-impact research papers, which makes it easy for us to teach leading edge theory and practical skills, which, in turn, help our students—who are clever to begin with—to get excellent jobs at all stages of their career. The British Psychological Society (BPS) accredits the MSc OP, so it dutifully covers the eight core areas of OP. The MSc OP, and its staff, are moving to the IMS this summer (2012).

Building on our expertise in OP, we wanted to create another masters programme that kept key bits of the MSc OP but dropped those that are less important to people interested in leadership, human resource management, human capital, and organisational change. These are areas that our members of staff research, so we developed courses/modules in which we could teach them, added them to certain pre-existing OP courses and formed our MSc in Leadership and Talent Management (MSc LTM).

I have long been interested in the organisational and individual characteristics that promote innovation. You can see that from some of my publications. We also have researchers in our Institute of Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship, Creative and Social Technologies Unit, and Design, Psychology, and Computing departments who study the processes of innovation. Our MSc in Management of Innovation brings together all of this research and practical expertise to teach people how to lead innovation, project manage, and develop and refine policy. At Goldsmiths, we are well known for teaching people to innovate in a particular discipline (e.g., visual art, theatre, developing computer games), and now we will teach people how to leadinnovation, regardless of the industry.

Our MSc in Digital Entrepreneurship brings together expertise from Goldsmiths’ Institute of Creative and Culture Entrepreneurship, Computing, and Design departments to show students how they can develop their digital, or online, products and bring them to market. Students will also take courses that can teach them the leadership and organisational change skills that they need to lead successful digital innovation in a start-up or an established organisation.

We’ve known for years that there is a need for people who can lead innovation, and who can attract, manage, and retain leaders; we provide the knowledge, understanding and skills to help you get the job that will allow you to begin to show others your leadership skills. Likewise, if you are a budding digital entrepreneur (or intrapreneur) who wants to set-up shop on the ‘silicon roundabout’ off Old Street in London, or beyond, we can teach you how. In these difficult times, there is a need for these leadership and entrepreneurial skills. Our research active staff have the experience and applied skills to help you develop yours.

Goldsmiths + Institute of Management Studies = Naturally

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