Managing 3: The integration challenge

Managing 3: The integration challenge is one of the three modules of the Professional Certificate in Management, prestigious qualification in management programme offered by CODECS.
The module consolidates the key learning points from your previous management studies and integrates organisational, people, customer and financial based perspectives of the managerial role.
This module is designed to be studied after completing .“Management 1: organisations and people” and “Management 2: marketing and finance”, or may be studied at the same time as one of these courses.

Who is it for

No manager would be able to operate effectively unless he or she had a holistic view of the job and was able to understand how each function impacts on the other. To complete your study of the Professional Certificate in Management, you are required to attend a residential school and take a three-hour examination which examines your ability to make connections across the four management areas studied in the previous two modules.

What you will study

The module The integration challenge has three aims:

• to integrate organisational, people, marketing and financial based perspectives of the managerial role
• to practice key management skills and techniques with others
• to develop and examine the ability to understand and tackle complex and integrated management problems.

The overall shape of the course is as follows:

Preparation (months 1- 4)

A range of optional individual study and online activities aimed at consolidating previous learning, integration of concepts and preparation for the later parts of study.

The residential school (mid month 5)

A compulsory residential or online school focusing on the integration of management disciplines and problem-based decision-making.

At the school you get the opportunity to look at a business case created to help you integrate the knowledge you have gained on the other two modules. It is designed specifically to help you prepare for the examination.

The school develops:
• core interpersonal management skills
• team working
• negotiation
• self-evaluation of skills and behaviours.

Revision of the whole materials (months 5 - 6)

Post-school review and reflective activities, followed by revision and examination preparation using a pre-issued case study.

Examination (month 6)

A three-hour exam based on the pre-issued case.

You will learn

The specific learning outcomes for students studying The integration challenge are to:
 

• Consolidate key learning points from earlier functional-based study of management, e.g. Managing 1: organisations and people and Managing 2: marketing and finance
• Integrate the different functional views of management
• Apply managerial problem-solving approaches to ‘holistic’ work situations
• Share and to learn how to critique different problem solutions and different approaches to problem solving
• Further develop interpersonal and other skills that require interactive learning.

Computing requirements

You will need a computer with internet access to study this course which includes also online activities.

Support from your tutor

An online forum facilitated by one or more moderators will help to prepare you for the residential or online school and will guide you through the process of addressing problem-based questions similar to those you will come across in the examination. In addition, you will be supported by a tutor while taking part in the residential school.

Assessment

Satisfactory participation at the residential or online school is required. There is a three-hour examination associated with this course.

Certification

The award of Professional Certificate in Management is conferred by CODECS only after studying and graduating all the three modules.

The Professional Certificate in Management is a top professional qualification for managers, strongly recognized by the labor market in Romania.