MRes/PhD Business & Management

These are indicative optional modules which may vary year-on-year. Modules are subject to availability and demand and may therefore be taught in either the first year or second year of study.

• Advanced Empirical Accounting
• Advances in Behavioural Science
• Business Research in the Digital Age
• Classic & Contemporary Topics in Marketing Research
• Contemporary Issues in Management & Organisational Research
• Current Topics in Employment Relations & Human Resource Management
• Design Science Research Method
• Entrepreneurship & Innovation
• Ethnographic Methods in Organisational & Management Research
• Foundations of Management & Organisational Research
• Machine Learning & Data Analytics
• Process, Practice & Routine Studies
• Recent Advances in Operational Research
• Recent Advances in Operations Management
• Special Topics in Operational Research
• Theories & Research in Organisational & Applied Psychology
• Theories of Strategic Management.

The Behavioural Science pathway is designed for students from a variety of backgrounds, giving you the opportunity to work within one of the leading Behavioural Science groups in the UK, and benefit from the group’s outstanding global reputation. The Behavioural Science pathway comprises of two years studying for your MRes, followed by three years of focused PhD research.

By studying this pathway you will be taught by researchers in behavioural science and tap into their extensive academic expertise and collaboration network. You will develop the cutting edge skills and interdisciplinary expertise needed to succeed in this rapidly developing field. Previous students now occupy prestigious positions across academia, industry and the public sector.

The MRes part of the programme will provide you with in-depth learning of quantitative skills relevant to behavioural science research. You'll also learn skills applicable to big data analysis while engaging in detailed, rigorous debates of current topics within Behavioural Science. This will ensure you have ample opportunity to build your research topic and receive feedback from across our multidisciplinary team before continuing with your dedicated PhD research. 

Students will receive an MRes Business & Management after successfully completing the first two years of study, followed by a PhD Business & Management (Behavioural Science) after successfully completing the three year PhD.

Indicative structure of the MRes Behavioural Science pathway

In Year 1 you will complete the following:

• 1 core module - Foundations of Business & Management Research
• 1 optional core module - Analytics for Behavioural Research
• 2 quantitative modules - Causal Inference, Learning from Data, Introduction to Advanced Quantitative Analysis, or Optimal Decision Making
• 1 qualitative module
• 4 elective modules.

In Year 2 you will complete the following:

• 1 core module - Research Skills in Business & Management
• 1 core research module - Research Portfolio
• 1 elective module - Advances in Behavioural Science
• 2 further elective modules - we highly recommend students select from Machine Learning & Data Analytics, Theories & Research in Organisational & Applied Psychology, or Big Data (in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies).

Please refer to the Core, Qualitative, Quantitative, and Elective Modules tabs for module information.

Assessment and teaching

Modules are assessed by written assignments, exams, and presentations which vary from module to module.