Business and Organisational Psychology MSc

Course overview

Benefit from the flexibility of our 100% online Business and Organisational Psychology MSc degree. Start your path to a new career by learning when and where you choose, within given deadlines, around your existing career, family, or other commitments. Our digital learning environment offers you the opportunity to study completely online, with our guidance and support.

Through practical case studies, you will explore the individual, team and organisational factors that can affect workplace behaviours.

These may include decision-making, personnel selection, motivation and teamwork, as well as techniques needed to manage such situations.

Why you should study this course

The course aims to provide you with a thorough grounding in the theory and practical skills required to apply psychological research, business tools and methods within a variety of organisational settings and corporate cultures. You will explore learning business psychology-related techniques to promote individual workplace wellbeing and organisational success.

It aims to prepare you for business and organisational psychology roles in management or consultancy, in human resources and the many other occupational functions. These could include learning, training and development, recruitment, health and wellbeing.

• Accredited by the Association for Business Psychology (ABP)¹.
• Taught by academics, many of whom benefit from practitioner experience either as a Business Psychologist or through consultancy-based work (staff may be subject to change).
• Dedicated consumer psychology module, which provides a critical understanding of consumer behaviour and applied marketing and advertising practice.
• Opportunity to develop an evidence-based practice intervention plan as an outcome of a systematic literature review.

Careers and opportunities

A diverse and broad range of career opportunities have been the ‘next step’ for students completing the course successfully. These have included CEOs who have gained the confidence to apply evidence-based practice to others who have careers as business consultants, leadership coaches, HR managers and training and development practitioners.

On successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

• demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the theoretical principles of Business and Organisational Psychology as applied in a business (occupational) setting, together with relevant psychological business analysis techniques
• critically evaluative psychological literature and apply research findings to professional practice
• demonstrate the appropriate application of ethical and codes of conduct, analysing complex employee-related issues and selecting appropriate intervention techniques to produce creative and effective business solutions
• produce consultancy reports based on theoretical concepts and knowledge in line with professional reporting standards in psychology
• evidence a range of transferrable and professional skills, thereby enhancing employment and promotion opportunities. These could include presentation; problem-solving; aptitude in literacy, numeracy and IT; working independently and with others to complete tasks effectively; excellent verbal and written communication; report writing; and self-management strategies to organise time and workloads.

Our current teaching staff and the university’s career specialists, known as the Talent Team, can support your search for employment in the UK or overseas by making use of our alumni network, industrial contacts, and individual advice (subject to availability).