Management and Psychology

About this course

Management and psychology is a combination that addresses one of the most fundamental insights of organisational life: that good management is ultimately about understanding people. Management provides the frameworks for how organisations are structured, how decisions are made, how strategy is formed, and how performance is measured and improved. Psychology provides the scientific understanding of human behaviour, motivation, cognition, and social dynamics that gives those management frameworks their grounding in how people actually think and act. At the University of St Andrews, this four-year full-time MA (Hons) programme combines a broad-ranging education in psychology, covering perception, cognition, motivation, and behaviour and grounded in the theoretical foundations and modern developments of contemporary psychological science, with management education that engages seriously wit

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 65% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 15% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 15% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Natural and social science professionals · 10% of graduatescards →

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