MSc Managing Organisational Risk and Resilience at Buckinghamshire New University

Gain the teaching, skills, experience, and knowledge of experienced professionals with BNU. This remote learning course is here for those seeking to develop advanced capability to meet and exceed the needs of evolving organisations, through a applied and structured programme of study. Led by our experienced and supportive academic team, our course involves the study of both civil protection and business continuity, as well as the challenges and opportunities that come with threat and risk management.

Faculty: Security and Resilience  |  Duration: Two or Three Years  |  Study mode: part-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: High Wycombe, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Our course has been developed to enable you to critically appraise a range of strategies for holistic organisational resilience and apply concepts, theories and principles to a wide range of organisational and sector threats and risks. Designed to give those from military backgrounds, as well as those with security, risk and related practitioner experience the necessary skills to develop parity of understanding and knowledge with that of mainstream business and wider organisational disciplines. Core modules include Organisational Resilience, Risk Management for Organisational Resilience, Digital Management and Security Leadership for Resilient Organisations, Crisis and Emergency Management, Business Continuity Management, Strategic Leadership for Organisational Resilience, Taught Research, Independent Research.

Career pathways

On successful completion of this degree, you will find your employment prospects enhanced and understanding of the multiple facets of risk and resilience significantly improved. Managers will have gained the requisite knowledge and analytical skills that could enable them to perform at higher management levels within their organisations; recent graduates or people employed outside the sector are more likely to be able to obtain employment in relevant industries; and current employees may be better equipped to seek promotion.

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