NCFE is
a UK National Awarding Body established in 1848 and is
recognised as an Awarding Body by the Qualifications and Curriculum
Authority (QCA) in England, the Council for Curriculum, Examinations
and Assessment (CCEA) in Northern Ireland, and the Qualifications,
Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales (DELLS). |
Introduction |
The Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing Management (PGDMM)
aims to educate, develop and enhance professional competence
in non-cognate and cognate students who aim to build and expand
their managerial skills through a structured programme of study
which would enable them to understand the underlying theory
and practice of marketing management. The development of their
knowledge, intellectual qualities, professional and transferable
skills will equip students for middle management and senior
appointments within the public, private and social economy
sectors of the business community.
The programme will prepare the students to contribute towards
the strategic position and development of their organisations.
The focus is on the theory and practice of marketing principles,
the nature of management skills, analytical and diagnostic techniques,
and the integrated nature of business, marketing, human resource,
financial, economic and information environments within which
a manager operates. |
Course Aims |
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The main aim of the course is to:
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evaluate marketing across a range of business contexts
including consumer, industrial, financial, service, profit
and not for profit sectors
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prepare students for and/or to develop their career in
Marketing by developing and enhancing their intellectual
skills necessary for leading and managing at a general and
strategic level;
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develop an interdisciplinary, theoretically informed and
practical understanding of marketing;
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develop students’ ability to
apply relevant methods and techniques in the completion
of Marketing projects or assignments;
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develop the students’ ability
to analyse complex management and development problems
critically, rationally and rigorously, and to make informed
decisions by creatively and systematically applying the
knowledge and understanding of Marketing concepts and practices;
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develop students ability to critically
evaluate and apply new concepts and practices in marketing
in a local and global perspective; and
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enhance the students’ lifelong
learning skills, continuing personal and professional development
so as to enable them to work with self-direction and originality
as thinking performers, thus contributing to the business
performance and society as a whole.
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Course
Market |
The course is aimed principally at providing a Masters level
qualification for the following markets:
- employees in top management positions or with significant
management responsibilities wishing to develop their practical
and theoretical knowledge in marketing;
- jobholders who seek to gain a specialization in marketing,
underpinned by rigorous conceptual knowledge, capable of
deployment in a vocationally useful way;
- those who seek to be well-placed for strategic marketing
management and business management roles;
- graduate/professional students seeking progression to
a postgraduate qualification;
- overseas students seeking to gain an international professional
qualification in the United Kingdom.
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Course Structure |
Total
Credits - 120
The syllabus is made up of Eight modules
of 15 credits each, totalling to 120 credits for the overall
course. The PGDMM will be awarded on successfully completing
all eight modules.
Module
Title |
Module
Code |
Accounting and
Finance for Managers |
NFA004 |
Strategic Management |
NBM042 |
Managerial Economics |
NBM203 |
Management Information Systems |
NIS001 |
Marketing Research |
NMM061 |
International
Marketing |
NMM041 |
Strategic Marketing |
NMM031 |
Marketing Communication |
NMM021 |
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Duration |
- 06 Months Fast-Track
- 12 Months Full-Time
- 24 Months Part-Time
The overall duration of the course is 480 Guided Learning
Hours and 1200 Notional Learning Hours.
Fast-Track students are required to dedicate huge amount
of time and efforts every week. Students have to complete all
the eight modules within six months duration. They will have
to submit their assignments and undergo exams.
Full-Time course is divided into two terms of six months
each. Students have to study four modules per term and will
have to undergo exams at the end of each term apart from submitting
their assignments.
Part-Time students can study one or more modules
at a time during each six months term. The overall eight modules
have to be completed within 24 months. Students will have to
undergo exams at the end of each term apart from submitting
their assignments.
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Assessment |
The goal of assessment is to judge whether the desired level
of performance has been achieved in relation to both teaching
and learning. Criteria are developed by analyzing the learning
outcomes and identifying the specific characteristics that
contribute to the overall module contents.
Criteria |
Weighting
% |
Assignment
and/or Presentation |
30 |
Written
Exam** |
70 |
TOTAL |
100 |
Students MUST score the minimum 40% marks
in EACH of the criteria. Failing to attempt even one of the
above criteria would result in subsequent failure in the module.
** The Exam Paper will carry 100 marks.
This will then be proportionately converted into ‘out
of 70’ while rewarding the scored marks.
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Entry Requirements |
Applicants
WITH Standard Qualifications
Candidates must satisfy the following admissions
criteria for gaining entry to the Programme:
a) Previous Qualification:
An Honours Degree from
a British University or equivalent institution;
or
An equivalent graduate level qualification from an overseas
university or equivalent institution;
or
A graduate level professional qualification in Business
or Marketing;
or
Advanced/Higher Diploma in Business or Marketing
from recognised awarding bodies,
plus normally in each case relevant working experience.
b) Prior Experience:
Students should have a minimum 2 years relevant work experience,
although this need not necessarily be continuous, and may have
been undertaken on a voluntary or unpaid basis.
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Applicants WITHOUT
Standard Qualifications
NLC welcomes applications from persons with certificated
learning or who have had a significant amount of relevant working
experience and who are able to demonstrate that they will be
able to study effectively at Masters level.
Some applicants may be interviewed by the Course Leader or
a member of the teaching team and/or be required to submit
a 1000 word essay on a selected aspect of management.
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English Language
International students’ whose first
language is not English, must be able to furnish satisfactory
evidence of an appropriate level of attainment in English Language
commensurate with study at Masters level. In most cases, this
will be a minimum TOEFL score of 575 or IELTS score of 6.0
or an equivalent certification. |
Exemptions |
| This programme does not offer
any exemptions. |
| Progression |
The qualification is at Level-7
and can be accredited by universities as a minimum of half
to two-thirds of a Master's Degree programme, but
it would be at the discretion of individual university.
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