The Postgraduate Diploma E-business and Innovation programme is designed for graduates who wish to develop a thorough understanding of the importance of innovation for rethinking management, business strategy, corporate assets, intellectual property rights, institutions, organisations and firms in a globalised e-business world. The programme equips students with theories, principles and tools for analysing and coping with issues of e-business and innovation in a changing environment. It is relevant for those who aspire to become managers, business analysts, industrialists or deal with policy making.

All the specialised e-business and innovation options are offered by Birkbeck’s School of Management and Organizational Psychology. This is an internationally recognised centre for research and education in the areas of human resource management, governance, innovation, international business and public policy.

The programme is available by both full-time and part-time study.

Course Fees (2008/9)

Part-time: £4284 (Home/EU); £6168 (Overseas*)

Full-time: £8580 (Home/EU); £12,336 (Overseas)

* subject to eligibility criteria

Course structure:

Students take a total of 8 taught courses

5 core elements

• Research Methods 1
• Principles of Organization and Management
• The Economics and Governance of Innovation and Institutions
• E-business: Strategy and Policy
• Intellectual Capital and Competitiveness

2 targeted options from a selected mix of modules:

• Innovation: Management and Policy
• Innovation Systems, Networks and Social Capital
• Social Networks in the Information Society
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• The Creative Industries and the Knowledge Economy

Plus

• 1 free option (any of the above or another postgraduate level module from Dept of Management)