Business and Management

Subject code
WUR31.0007

The program challenges you to consider a wide spectrum of sustainability issues and their often-complex interrelationships. You will learn to analyze and assess sustainability-related case studies and to suggest solutions for pressing societal problems like climate change. The curriculum is based on the pillars of economics, management, environmental studies, ethics, and political sciences through a mixture of applied and research-oriented coursework.

Right from your first semester, you will be straight into the mix with courses in Restaurant and Service Management, Culinary Theory & Practice and Food & Beverage Management and Controlling; these courses introduce students to the practical aspect of classical restaurant service, culinary arts and key concepts necessary to managing and developing a foodservice operation.

The MA is designed to provide philosophical knowledge to help students develop their critical thinking and enhance their personality awareness; update and develop the theoretical knowledge of business management and practice which students have learned at the Bachelor level to solve the professional issues at work; develop professional skills to solve problems and perform their professional tasks to their job requirements, and develop the communication, team working and team leading skills in the changing community, the time management skills as wel

You will acquire specific skills to meet the challenges of this competitive atmosphere through courses in negotiation, sponsorship and broadcasting, among others. Students completing this specialization pursue careers in:

  • Team and club management
  • Merchandising
  • Sports event management
  • Corporate sponsorship 

This specialization deals comprehensively with contemporary project management concepts for business while exploring the social, organizational, behavioral and systems issues of project management and the provision of a framework for managing projects. You will learn project management skills from the initial feasibility phase of an idea through to project completion. On successful completion of this program, you will earn a state-recognized Dublin Business School BA (Hons) in Business degree awarded by Quality & Qualifications Ireland (QQI).