Overview
With its MBA-style curriculum, our MSc Management course shapes future leaders for the intelligent-technology era by uniting a rigorous management education with advanced fluency in data‑driven decision‑making, digital technologies, and frontier AI. It enables graduates to excel in consulting, corporate and entrepreneurial roles while driving organisational transformation with confidence and integrity. The programme is highly interactive and provides the opportunity to engage with real life business challenges through cases, simulations and projects. To give you a flavour of what to expect from the programme in terms of content and delivery, please have a look at the following videos:
Take a seat in the Bayes MSc Management classroom
MSc Management Industry Project
Timetables
You should use the MyTimetable system to view your timetables. Timetables will be available later this summer.
Important: To help you generate an accurate timetable please read this quick guide on how to use the system first.
Pre-course readings
Given the interactive nature of the programme, good preparation is key and the following readings can give you a head start for the term 1 modules. Please note that you do not need to get access to all of these books. One or two from each of the two sections will be enough depending on your level of knowledge. If you have access to other books with similar titles and content, these will also be suitable for pre-reading.
Quantitative Methods
Please find below a number of books for revising quantitative methods topics prior to starting your MSc Management. This list is designed for those of you with limited or no background in numerical subjects, who have not studied maths in a few years or those who simply want to brush up on these topics.
- Basic mathematical knowledge (no statistics, simply maths, recommended for those who have not studied any maths in your undergraduate degree):
- Foundation Maths, Croft and Davison, 7th Edition, 2020, Pearson
- Business Mathematics, Clendenen and Salzman, 13th Edition, 2014, Pearson
- Basic mathematical concepts (less detailed than above) and key statistical concepts (the first one is recommended, the second one has more concepts, probably beyond what you’ll need when doing your MSc Management):
- Quantitative Methods for Business, Management and Finance, Swift and Piff, 4th Edition, 2014, Bloomsbury Academic
- Essential Quantitative Methods for Business, Management and Finance, Les Oakshott, 7th Edition, 2020, Red Globe Press
- “Simply” Statistics (both equally good in covering key statistical concepts but the first one is more engaging to read):
- An Adventure in Statistics: The Reality Enigma, Andy Field, 2nd Edition, 2022 Sage
- Statistics for Economics, Accounting and Business Studies, Michael Barrow, 8th Edition, 2024, Pearson
- And for those who want something that is frequently used in some of the best MBA programmes… (statistical concepts, as in 3 above, with explanations at a more advanced level)
- Quantitative Analysis for Decision Makers, Wisniewski and Shafti, 8th Edition, 2025, FT Prentice Hall
- Statistics for Business and Economics, Newbold, Carlson and Thorne, 10th Edition, 2023, Pearson
Management Concepts
Please find below a number of books for revising some core managerial concepts prior to starting your MSc Management. This list is designed for those of you with limited or no background in managerial subjects, who have not studied business, management or finance in a few years or those who simply want to brush up on these topics.
- Basic accounting and finance knowledge (accounting and finance practices and techniques, recommended for those who have not accounting and finance in your undergraduate degree):
- Accounting and Finance: An introduction, McLaney and Atrill, 11th Edition, 2023, Pearson
- Principles of Managerial Finance, Zuttner and Smart, 15th Edition, 2018, Pearson
- Foundational management knowledge (management concepts and frameworks coupled with real-life examples, recommended for those who have not studied business or management in your undergraduate degree):
- Management, Robbins and Coulter, 15th Edition, 2020, Pearson
- Management, Gomez-Mejia and Balkin, 1st Edition, 2012, Pearson
- Influential contemporary readings on strategy and leadership (insightful knowledge for anyone who aims to craft strategies in crowded and increasingly AI-driven business landscapes):
- Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters, Rumelt, 1st Edition, 2011, Crown Currency
- Competing in the Age of AI: Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World, Iansiti and Lakhani, 1st Edition, 2020, Harvard Business Review Press
- And for those who already master the basics … (some suggestions for developing habits that will serve you well during the programme and beyond):
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Covey, 30th Anniversary Edition, 2020, Simon & Schuster.
- How Leaders Learn: Master the Habits of the World's Most Successful People, Novak, 1st Edition, 2024, Harvard Business Review Press