This module examines how facilities management services are organised and delivered to support safe, efficient, inclusive and environmentally responsible workplaces. Students explore key FM service areas, operational processes, and the role of documentation, technology and legal requirements in shaping day‑to‑day practice. The module also introduces basic approaches to space use, property occupation, building maintenance and risk assessment, showing how these elements are coordinated to support effective operations.

Aims of this Module

• Give students a clear understanding of the main facilities management services and operational processes that support safe, efficient, inclusive and environmentally responsible workplaces.
• Help students explore how documentation, technology and legal requirements influence and shape everyday FM service delivery.
• Enable students to examine how approaches to space utilisation, property occupation and building maintenance are coordinated in practice to support effective operations.
• Encourage students to recognise how risk assessment principles underpin decisions in workplace and facilities management and contribute to reliable, well‑managed services.

This first‑year module introduces students to the core academic, digital, and data skills needed to succeed in higher education and in the facilities management profession. It supports students’ transition into university study by developing effective learning strategies, information literacy, and academic integrity, while also building confidence in working with numerical information, business data, and digital tools commonly used in facilities management contexts. Through a combination of reflective activities, source‑based tasks, and practical data exercises, students learn to interpret, manage, and communicate information for academic purposes and for decision‑making in facilities management. 

Aims of this Module

• Develop effective academic learning strategies, including independent study habits and reflective practice, that are aligned with the expectations of higher education. 

• Build information literacy skills for finding, evaluating, and using reliable academic and professional sources relevant to facilities management. 

• Understand and apply basic numerical and data analysis concepts to facilities management scenarios, supporting evidence‑based decision‑making. 

• Gain practical experience using digital platforms and spreadsheet tools to collect, organise, analyse, and present academic and business data. 

• Foster professional attitudes to academic integrity, written and digital communication, and the use of data that are appropriate to both higher education and the facilities management workplace. 

This module introduces key ideas about what managers do and how management is practiced in workplace and facilities management contexts. Students explore core management functions, organisational behaviour and people management concepts, and apply them to everyday FM situations involving teams and service providers. The module also supports students to reflect on their own communication, emotional intelligence and self‑management, and how these shape their effectiveness and ethical conduct as emerging FM professionals. 

Aims of this Module

• Introduce students to the core functions and practices of management within facilities management contexts. 

• Highlight how day‑to‑day managerial work supports organisational goals, service quality and stakeholder experience. 

• Develop students’ ability to apply management and leadership concepts to real or simulated workplace situations. 

• Foster critical reflection on students’ own behaviours, communication styles and ethical decision‑making as emerging FM professionals. 

This module introduces students to how facilities management operates as an organisational function and how it supports effectiveness in different settings. Through case examples and sector‑specific illustrations, students explore the main FM service areas, how they are organised and delivered, and how they connect with other functions and stakeholders. Attention is given to the ways in which FM shapes the workplace environment and practices, and how these in turn influence employee experience, service quality and organisational outcomes. 

Aims of this Module

• Provide students with a grounded understanding of what facilities management encompasses and why organisations and their stakeholders invest in it. 

• Enable students to examine how FM services are structured, delivered and governed within different organisational arrangements and stakeholder relationships. 

• Encourage students to critically consider how workplace settings and FM practices affect people’s experiences at work and contribute to wider organisational performance and stakeholder satisfaction. 

This module introduces students to the core legal, organisational, and practical principles that underpin safe facilities management. It focuses on the Irish health and safety framework, organisational policies and roles, the key factors that support effective practice, and the principles and process of risk assessment, including its application in typical facilities management activities. Through case‑based discussion and applied exercises, students learn how legislation, organisational arrangements, and day‑to‑day decisions interact to support duty of care and safer buildings. The module provides an introduction to risk assessment that will serve as a foundation for developing more advanced risk awareness and safety culture in later years of the programme. 

Aims of this Module

• Develop students’ understanding of how Irish health and safety legislation, organisational policies, and defined roles combine to shape safe facilities management practice and support duty of care. 

• Enable students to recognise and evaluate key factors that contribute to the development and ongoing improvement of health and safety practice in facilities operations, including communication, training, consultation, and monitoring. 

• Build students’ capability to apply the principles and process of risk assessment to common facilities management activities, documenting hazards, risks, and control measures clearly and systematically. 

• Establish a strong foundation for students’ longer‑term development of risk awareness and, in subsequent years, a deeper safety‑culture perspective across facilities management practice. 

This module introduces the principles and practice of procuring and managing facilities management (FM) services, from strategic sourcing decisions through today‑to‑day contract management. It combines conceptual frameworks with practical tools so that students can evaluate procurement options, design tender documentation and understand the commercial, legal and ethical implications of FM contracts in real organisational settings. 

Aims of this Module

• Critically examine sourcing and procurement strategies for FM services and their alignment with organisational, financial and stakeholder objectives.
• Develop students’ ability to design clear FM service specifications, tender documentation and evaluation criteria that support fair, transparent and value‑for‑money procurement.
• Build competence in applying contract management principles to plan, monitor and improve FM service provider performance.
• Foster critical awareness of the commercial, legal, ethical and stakeholder implications of FM contracts, including risk, accountability and sustainability.

This module introduces practical people management in facilities management, focusing on how frontline managers coordinate and support staff in day‑to‑day service delivery. It prepares students for first‑line supervision roles where they manage staffing, maintain service quality, and ensure safe, compliant, customer‑focused operations. Students plan and manage key stages of the people cycle in FM such as recruitment, induction, performance review and development using fair, transparent processes that support organisational goals. The module emphasises applying core employment legislation and professional guidance, and addressing motivation, engagement, wellbeing and performance in diverse FM teams through clear communication and effective use of HR and workplace technologies. 

Aims of this Module

Build the knowledge and skills required to manage recruitment, induction, performance review and staff development in typical facilities management settings, ensuring that people practices support reliable, safe and efficient service delivery.​

Enable learners to apply key employment legislation and professional guidance when dealing with staff issues and team decisions, reinforcing good governance, ethical behaviour and risk management in facilities operations.​

Equip learners to enhance motivation, engagement, wellbeing and performance through practical strategies that reflect the realities of diverse, cross‑cultural and multi‑service facilities management teams.​

Develop clear, professional communication and effective use of HR and workplace technologies so that learners can coordinate, support and develop teams across dispersed sites and functions in routine facilities management environments.

This module introduces students to the principles and practice of budgeting and financial control in a facilities management context. It focuses on enabling learners to plan, justify and monitor revenue and capital budgets for FM services and projects, and to use financial information to support effective decision making. Through applied tasks and worked examples, students develop confidence in using management accounting tools, constructing and interpreting cash‑flow projections, and working with basic IT tools to analyse and present FM financial data to clients and senior stakeholders. 

Aims of this Module

• Develop students’ understanding of the role of financial planning, budgeting and cost control in effective facilities management.
• Enable students to prepare and justify revenue and capital budgets for FM services using appropriate planning and forecasting techniques.
• Build competence in applying management accounting tools to monitor budgets, analyse variances and support timely corrective action.
• Develop ability to construct and interpret cash‑flow projections for FM projects and services and to explain their implications for project and service performance.

This module examines how effective property and asset management in the built environment supports organisational performance, risk control and service quality in facilities management. It introduces the strategic role of asset management across the asset lifecycle, from planning and maintenance through to investment, renewal and disposal, highlighting how informed decisions about buildings, systems and equipment contribute to value, resilience and user experience.

Students explore core principles of asset maintenance in FM, including building fabric, mechanical and electrical concepts, material deterioration, inspections, condition rating and maintenance decision‑making. They develop skills in using asset management tools and documentation such as condition appraisals, asset risk registers, lifecycle costing and reliability analysis to evaluate and communicate maintenance and investment options.

The module places strong emphasis on performance data, information systems and technology in asset management. Students learn to interpret key maintenance performance metrics, use asset information systems, and apply BIM/BMS and condition monitoring to plan and improve FM maintenance strategies, while integrating regulatory, health and safety and broader risk considerations into property and asset management decisions.

Aims of this Module

• To explain the strategic role of property and asset management in supporting organisational performance, value and resilience in the built environment. 

• To develop students’ ability to evaluate and communicate maintenance and asset investment options using relevant asset management tools, documentation and lifecycle concepts. 

• To enable students to use maintenance performance metrics, information systems and technology to plan, monitor and improve FM maintenance strategies. 

• To deepen students’ understanding of how regulatory, health and safety and risk considerations influence property and asset management decisions in facilities management practice. 

This module examines how effective property and asset management in the built environment supports organisational performance, risk control and service quality in facilities management. It introduces the strategic role of asset management across the asset lifecycle, from planning and maintenance through to investment, renewal and disposal, highlighting how informed decisions about buildings, systems and equipment contribute to value, resilience and user experience. Students explore core principles of asset maintenance in FM, including building fabric, mechanical and electrical concepts, material deterioration, inspections, condition rating and maintenance decision‑making. They develop skills in using asset management tools and documentation such as condition appraisals, asset risk registers, lifecycle costing and reliability analysis to evaluate and communicate maintenance and investment options. The module places strong emphasis on performance data, information systems and technology in asset management. Students learn to interpret key maintenance performance metrics, use asset information systems, and apply BIM/BMS and condition monitoring to plan and improve FM maintenance strategies, while integrating regulatory, health and safety and broader risk considerations into property and asset management decisions. 

Aims of this Module

• To explain the strategic role of property and asset management in supporting organisational performance, value and resilience in the built environment.
• To develop students’ ability to evaluate and communicate maintenance and asset investment options using relevant asset management tools, documentation and lifecycle concepts.
• To enable students to use maintenance performance metrics, information systems and technology to plan, monitor and improve FM maintenance strategies.
• To deepen students’ understanding of how regulatory, health and safety and risk considerations influence property and asset management decisions in facilities management practice.

This module supports learners to critically evaluate their evolving role as facilities management professionals and to take active ownership of their ongoing career development in a rapidly changing world of work. It explores how trends such as hybrid working, digitalisation, sustainability and outsourcing are reshaping expectations of facilities managers, and what this means for future roles and career pathways. Through structured skills and experience audits, ethical reflection on workplace practice and the development of a work‑based learning portfolio, students build a clear picture of their capabilities and development needs. They also design a realistic professional development plan, engage with professional body standards and accreditation routes, and refine their personal brand so they can communicate a confident professional identity within the wider FM industry. 

Aims of this Module

• Develop learners’ insight into how shifts in work, workplaces and employer expectations impact the roles, responsibilities and career pathways of facilities managers.
• Enhance self‑awareness through systematic skills and experience auditing, reflection on values and motivations, and critical examination of ethical issues in workplace practice.
• Enable learners to build and maintain a structured learning portfolio that evidence work‑based learning, aligns with professional competency frameworks and supports applications for professional accreditation.
• Support the creation of realistic, standards‑aligned professional development plans and CPD strategies that underpin sustainable career progression in FM.
• Strengthen learners’ ability to articulate and communicate a credible professional identity as facilities managers, using personal branding and networking to engage effectively with the wider industry.

This module introduces students to research methodology, the stages of the research process and key aspects of research design in workplace and facilities management. Focusing on the use of existing research, it emphasises the importance of research for improving FM practice and explores concrete examples of how research studies shaped practice and service models.  Students learn to source, interpret and analyse research literature on selected FM topics, and to critically examine other people’s methodological choices with a view to applying this knowledge in their own independent FM research project in the following year. 

Aims of this Module

• Explain why research is needed and how it impacts practice in healthcare and related disciplines. 

• Introduce core concepts in research methodology, stages in the research process and aspects of research design. 

• Develop students’ skills in sourcing, selecting and synthesising relevant secondary research literature on a chosen topic. 

• Foster students’ ability to critically analyse the methodology, strengths, limitations and ethics of published studies. 

• Support students to present and communicate findings from secondary research clearly and professionally for different audiences, and to transfer this learning to their future independent research project.

This module explores how leadership, organisational behaviour and change management concepts can be applied to facilities management. It examines how leaders interpret complex organisational contexts, shape team behaviour and culture, and plan and deliver change in FM services. Students engage with theory, case examples and practical tools to design, justify and defend approaches to leading FM teams through workplace and service change, including managing conflict and resistance. 

Aims of this Module

• Develop a critical understanding of key leadership and organisational behaviour theories and use them to justify appropriate approaches for leading FM teams in complex organisational settings. 

• Analyse how leadership styles and organisational culture influence team behaviour and shape responses to change in facilities management contexts. 

• Apply recognised change management models to design or defend workplace and FM change initiatives that are coherent, realistic and ethically grounded. 

• Integrate communication, negotiation and persuasion strategies to manage stakeholder expectations, conflict and resistance during FM change processes. 

This module develops project management capability for facilities management, focusing on the delivery of FM projects in real‑world organisational settings. Students critically analyse major project management methodologies and lifecycles and justify an appropriate approach for different FM project types, including refits, service transitions and technology implementations. They learn to plan, schedule, monitor and control projects under conditions of risk and uncertainty using a variety of techniques. The module emphasises the production of an integrated suite of FM project documents. Students evaluate project outcomes in terms of time, cost, quality, client satisfaction, stakeholder impact and whole‑life performance, and critically appraise stakeholder and client engagement strategies, proposing improvements that enhance relationships and support successful FM project delivery. 

Aims of this Module

• To enable students to compare and critique established project management methodologies and select approaches appropriate to different types of FM projects. 

• To develop students’ ability to plan, schedule and control FM projects using advanced tools and techniques that address risk, uncertainty and resource constraints. 

• To build competence in producing coherent, integrated FM project documentation, including business cases, risk and issue logs, budgets, schedules and communication plans. 

• To support students in evaluating FM project performance across time, cost, quality, client satisfaction, stakeholder impact and whole‑life considerations. 

• To enhance students’ capacity to design, assess and improve stakeholder and client engagement strategies that strengthen relationships and contribute to successful FM project outcomes. 

This module equips students with the knowledge and skills to monitor, analyse and reduce energy consumption in buildings, helping organisations lower both operating costs and carbon footprints. It examines the strategic role of facilities management in overseeing building services and energy use, linking day‑to‑day decisions to wider sustainability goals and organisational performance. Students learn how to conduct energy audits, interpret data from utility bills, sub‑metering and building management systems, and use performance indicators to diagnose inefficiencies. The module covers technical, operational and behavioural energy‑efficiency measures, from HVAC and lighting optimisation to building fabric improvements, maintenance and culture change. It also introduces energy management systems, digital tools and on‑site renewables, alongside the legislation, regulation, grants and reporting requirements that shape effective energy management in organisations.

Aims of this Module

• To enable students to critically evaluate the strategic role of facilities management in managing building services and energy use to support organisational sustainability goals. 

• To develop students’ ability to diagnose and interpret building energy performance using audits, data analysis and performance indicators to identify inefficiencies and inform decisions. 

• To equip students to design and justify integrated energy management programmes or action plans that combine technical, operational and behavioural measures to improve energy performance. 

• To deepen students’ understanding of how energy‑related legislation, regulation, grants and reporting requirements shape and enable effective energy management in organisations. 

This module explores how facilities management contributes to organisational strategy, sustainability and long‑term value creation. It introduces key strategic management concepts and examines how environmental, social and economic priorities, including ESG expectations and regulatory pressures, are reshaping FM roles, operating models and investment decisions. Students interpret relevant sustainability policies, legislation, standards and professional guidance, and apply strategic tools to assess FM options through a sustainability lens. Through case‑based activities, they design and justify FM strategies and initiatives that support sustainable resource and waste management, occupant wellbeing and organisational resilience. 

Aims of this Module

• Develop a critical understanding of how environmental, social and economic priorities influence organisational strategy and the evolving strategic role of FM. 

• Enable students to apply core strategic management concepts and tools to decision‑making in facilities management. 

• Build the capability to assess FM strategies, operating models and investments through a sustainability and ESG lens and to generate justified recommendations. 

• Strengthen students’ ability to interpret sustainability‑related policies, legislation, standards and professional guidance, and evaluate their implications for FM practice. 

• Support students to design and defend integrated FM strategies and initiatives that enhance sustainable resource and waste management, occupant wellbeing and long‑term organisational value. 

This module introduces students to innovation and digital transformation in facilities management, with a dual focus on new service models and data‑driven practice. It examines how emerging technologies and energy‑efficient solutions are reshaping FM roles, services and business models, from traditional service delivery towards more integrated, information‑rich and outcome‑focused approaches. Students explore how FM organisations generate, select, implement and embed innovations, while managing the associated benefits, risks and change implications for staff, suppliers and building users. The module also develops foundational FM data capabilities: organising and governing operational data, preparing it for analysis, and applying basic analytics and visualisation to support everyday and strategic FM decisions. 

Aims of this Module

• To enable students to explain and critique how innovation and digital transformation are changing FM roles, services and business models. 

• To develop students’ understanding of how FM organisations manage innovation processes from idea generation through to implementation and embedding. 

• To equip students to design effective, secure and well‑governed approaches to organising and managing FM data. 

• To build students’ capability to use basic analytics and visualisation techniques to generate insights from FM data that support decisions. 

• To encourage students to assess the benefits, risks and change implications of adopting technology‑enabled, data‑driven innovations in FM practice. 

This Industry Research Project module enables students to design and carry out a small‑scale applied research study that addresses a clearly defined workplace or facilities management issue. Building on prior learning in research methodology and FM practice, students work through the research cycle: formulating a focused question grounded in existing literature, selecting a feasible methodological approach, gathering a limited but meaningful dataset, and presenting their findings in a format appropriate for academic and practitioner audiences. Projects are typically situated in the student’s own organisation or a comparable real‑world context, ensuring that the work produces practical insights while remaining realistic in scope and workload. 

Aims of this Module

• Develop students’ capacity to identify and articulate a focused, small‑scale FM research question or problem that is clearly justified by existing literature and sector needs. 

• Enable students to design and implement a coherent research strategy, using suitable qualitative and/or quantitative techniques to collect and analyse a manageable amount of data in real organisational settings. 

• Support students to interpret their findings critically, drawing proportionate, evidence‑based conclusions and actionable recommendations for FM practice and policy. 

• Strengthen students’ ability to produce a concise, well‑structured and professionally presented research report, and to reflect systematically on their own learning, research skills and future development as evidence‑informed FM practitioners.