Course Details
This BSc (Hons) in Facilities & Workplace Management draws on the range of disciplines from financial to risk management, leadership to project management, and operation management to innovation and business development. This programme is aimed at those, working in the facilities or workplace management sector or working in support services/trades to the FM sector, seeking to develop their skills and knowledge to degree level to advance their career. This blended learning options enables you to work full-time whilst studying this BSc in Facilities and Workplace Management.
Level
UndergraduateQualification
Honours Degree| Course | Delivery Mode | Start Date | Duration | |
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| BSc (Hons) in Facilities & Workplace Management |
Blended Learning
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10th February 2024 | 3 years | |
| BSc (Hons) in Facilities & Workplace Management |
Blended Learning
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5th October 2024 | 3 years |
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Overview
What will I study during this BSc (Hons) in Facilities & Workplace Management course?
During this programme you will learn skills such as critically analysing and problem solving, the foundations for developing strategic decision-making skills. You will learn about the key theories, concepts and frameworks underpinning the study of Business Management in an FM context. Practical industry insights and presentations ensure that you can relate theory to real-life work scenarios. You will learn about the role that Facilities & Workplace Management has in the broader context of how modern organisations perform and the effects of the external environment on facilities management.
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Understanding Workplace and Facilities Management
The unit explores the term ‘Facilities Management’ and the role and scope of a facilities manager in the workplace and overall function within the organisation. Learners will develop an understanding of how Facilities Management fits within the structure of an organisation. The unit explores how Facilities Management as a non-core services can support the organisation core activities. It aims to develop knowledge, competencies and behaviors that characterize the modern facility manager. The Workplace and Facilities Management module provides learners with the opportunity to enhance their customer service, communication and people management skills. Facilities Managers are required to go beyond maintenance of the building asset to influence innovating the workplace environment. Understanding how Facility Management can deliver value goes beyond daily governance and maintenance, as workplaces are currently undergoing a dramatic change, which is influencing workplace and support functions are managed.
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Fundamentals of Business Decision-making in Facilities Management
Advances in technology and data are generated at an ever-increasing rate. Business data analysis and Excel knowledge are key skills required for the application of Facilities Management. Business Decision Making provides the skills required to make effective use of the mathematical and statistical methods of data analysis and learners’ interpretation and reporting skills. The module further introduces you to forecasting and target setting, budgeting and project management. It. In doing so, it provides the skills and knowledge required for levels 5 and 6 modules, including the dissertation, that develop and evaluate the quantitative and qualitative aspects of Facilities Management.
Your Lecturer
Kevin Murray
"This module is a great grounding in how to turn large volumes of data into meaningful information on which business decisions can be made, and how information can be represented professionally."
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Fundamentals of Management
Managers are crucial to getting things done, for example, they plan, organise, lead and coordinate the workplace of others to meet organisational goals. The challenges of managing in today’s ever-changing, increasingly uncertain and complex environment requires managers to have the knowledge, ability and skills to deal with ongoing change. Skills such as managing information, delegating tasks, setting goals, building teams, motivating others and numerous other activities, achieve organisational success. The traditional view of the purpose and role of management in the workplace was to seek stability and efficiency in a top-down hierarchy aimed at achieving bottom-line results. In contrast, the contemporary management paradigm expects managers to engage in motivating people share information and lead change and finding shared vision and values in a complex workplace. Today’s managers require the knowledge and ability to draw on both traditional and contemporary approaches to management when formulating workplace decisions. They also need the skills, tools, and techniques to manage their own career trajectory based on the acquisition of sound employability skills and accompanying behaviours.
Your Lecturer
Derek Fox
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Workplace Operations and Facilities Management
The Workplace Operations and Facilities Management module provides learners with the knowledge required to effectively manage the facilities function within the workplace. The module introduces learners to the theories, concepts and frameworks that underpin operation management. This module identifies a range of facilities support services, their application, monitoring budgets and ensuring services are delivered within safe systems of work. Procurement practices are core learning, learners identify the functions of a specification in the procurement for facilities services, identifying different procurement processes, contracts and management of contracts.
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Leadership and Change in the Workplace and Facilities Management
This module provides learners with an comprehensive interpretation how both traditional and contemporary theories of leadership. It examines how cumulative knowledge of leadership and change theory, can contribute to leading and managing business organisations. Identifying the impact of leaders’ behaviour on others, particularly in terms of power, politics and conflict is crucial to understanding how to manage and lead an organisation to successful changes .Learners on this module will have opportunities to enhance their goal setting and communication skills, and to develop key skills such as negotiation and persuasion as a means of dealing with conflict and morale issues that can arise when managing and leading people. The module also examines the Influences such as securing credit, changing demands, changing technology, legislation change and globalization creating ongoing opportunities and threats for organisations.
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Workplace Risk Management
The purpose of this module is to develop leaner’s knowledge of the tools and techniques for managing Facilities Management risk in the modern workplace. Managing building asset carries risk, to the facility, occupants or the corporation as a whole through action or inaction. This module questions the risk management theories and practices while developing the learners understanding through research and study using a reflective, integrated approach. Operative risk is core to Facility Management as it exposes the infrastructure of the core business. The module will provide a firm foundation in the practical factors that characterize facilities and operations management research, fundamental concepts, ideas and practices.
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Property and Asset Management in Facilities Management
This module enables learners to interpret the application of property and asset management in the workplace and Facilities Management. The purpose of the module is to develop learner’s knowledge of the tools and techniques for managing Facilities Management assets in the business environment. Asset management is the planned management of the physical assets to meet with the demand of the occupier. This can only be achieved by continuous decision making thought-out the lifetime of the asset.
This module equips learners with the skills to develop and manage a property portfolio which supports the core organisations strategy. This is achieved by providing learners with the knowledge develop and evaluate appropriate premises fabric and building services strategies and review the effectiveness of the strategies.
Delivering the best possible assets management and service delivery strategy is an essential part of Facilities Management. Adequate asset maintenance reduces the demand for new assets by putting strategies in place which that result in non-asset solutions. In this module learners will develop their knowledge of the infrastructural management function as well as the principal infrastructural management instruments and strategies such as asset registers, building condition appraisal and investment options.
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Managing People for Facilities Management
The Managing People for Facilities Managers module will provide learners with the key skills required for managing employees. The maintenance of the workplace environment, which supports the organisations core operations, is the objective of the facilities manager. As the dynamic and requirement of modern organisations are everchanging, the work environment is also changing. It is essential for the facilities manager to have the skills and capability to manage people, to apply all these processes and effect continuous change within the workplace.
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Budgeting for Facilities Management
The Financial Management for Facilities Managers module plays a significant role in developing learners as responsible and professionally developed management practitioners. This module will provide learners with deep insight into the fundamentals of finance while also providing them with the requisite knowledge to advance further in the field of Workplace and Facilities Management.
The module will prepare learners to undertake and to communicate financial data while also providing a foundation in the theoretical and practical elements of business finance. In addition, learners will be provided with the management knowledge and skills necessary for their professional development and the decision-making processes appropriate to Facilities Management.
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Innovation and Research for Facilities Management
This module introduces students to the essential methodologies, approaches and tools for business research. The module takes over from the skills picked up at level 4 in particular, the quantitative and qualitative skills taught and assessed in various modules. It explores some of the philosophies and theoretical perspectives underpinning the many different ways of conducting research as well as providing practical examples and guidance on how research should be planned and implemented. This module also provides a grounding to the final year dissertation for the Business and Management and related courses.
The module enables students to gain lifelong and employability skills such as planning, searching, reading, gathering and analysing data, writing and referencing. It provides students with technological tools to achieve the necessary results efficiently.
The module helps students to reflect on how research has enabled global organisations with their integrated and interdependent challenges to adapt to the uncertain world.
The module introduces students to the key and current business concepts and their operationalisation through a simple review of the literature. In doing so, it enables students to deal with conflicting issues of ethics and equality.
The key skills taught and assess on the module will include advanced use of Excel and/or SPSS, data analysis (Statistical and Thematic) and reporting.
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Strategic Management for the Workplace and Facilities Management
Strategy is concerned with the development, success and failure of all types of organisations, from multinationals to entrepreneurial start-ups, including charities to government agencies, and many others. Strategic management constitutes a key element of all professional business and management qualifications. The facilities managers role, in terms of strategy, is different from other aspects of management. Facilities manager, as an operational manager, is required to deal with problems of operational control in the workplace and the monitoring of financial performance while maintaining a high level of internal customer service. Facilities managers spend most of their time involved in operational management.
Operational management, and managing resources, is essential for the success of strategy but it differs greatly from strategic management. Strategic management is concerned with the large amount of complexity within the workplace which have organisation wide implications. Facilities managers whom are used to managing daily operations and resources are often challenged to understand the organisational overall strategy. This module equips facilities leaders with the knowledge, skills and techniques required to critically analyse contemporary organisations within changing environments both nationally and globally.
This module sets out the key elements of strategic management using Fundamentals of Strategy. Learners will be able to formulate, evaluate and defend realistic and creative proposals for future strategic direction of the Facilities Management department; and to plan for the effective implementation of the workplace strategy selected.
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Project Management in Facilities Management
Increasingly facilities managers are required to manage projects. Facilities Management workplace projects can range from commission new work areas, implementing new methods for work, sustainability programmes or reallocation of staff. To successfully execute these projects, facilities managers need to set out an approach which is structured to complete the project. This module provides the learner with the core learning and knowledge required to equip them projects on time and meeting expectations. This module uses the Association of Project Management Body of Knowledge (APMBOK), and prepares learners in the capabilities required for effective project management: managing resources, time, people, and the project as a whole. The module includes both the use of computer programmes for project management and approaches to managing people and leading and motivating teams.
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CSR and Energy Management in Facilities Management
Corporate and Social Responsibility (CSR) and Energy for Facilities Managers as a module plays a significant role in developing learners’ ethical and environmental responsibilities. Sustainability decisions are now significant factors for organisations when determining business strategies. Governments are driving change, consumers and organisations are increasingly including sustainability in their purchasing decisions.
The module will prepare learners for real world practice through case study theory and to undertake and to communicate tasks and assignments linking theory, research, analysis, evaluation, evidence and practice. It will provide a firm foundation in the philosophical and practical factors that characterize CSR, sustainability and energy management and fundamental concepts, ideas, practices and methodologies of Facilities Management.
Energy Management within Facilities Management promotes the efficient utilization of energy in industrial and commercial environments. This module provides participants with a fundamental understanding of energy management from a local, national and international perspective.
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Procurement and Contract Management for the Workplace and Facilities Management
This module plays a significant role in developing learners as ethical, responsible, well informed, evidence-based Procurement and Contract Management for Facilities Management. The correlation between procurement and service delivery is examined and the criteria necessary for successful delivery of the daily Facilities Management service. This module provides an overview of outsourcing, procurement, contract and contract management in the workplace and Facilities Management.
Outsourcing in Facilities Management involves turning over decision-making to an entity external to the organisation. The decision to outsource the Facilities Management, or part of the Facilities Management function is to maximise returns on investment. This module will outline how learners can determine the most suitable procurement strategy to serve the current workplace services by assessing the service requirements and the real cost of the service delivery.
The module covers the content and structure of service contracts and how clear specifications are essential to engage and maintain high levels of service delivery, increase performance and control costs. Selection of bidders and the management of the tender process specific to services and successful negotiation techniques will also be explained.
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Financial Management
The module is concerned with the financial decision making within the Facilities Management department and the facilities manager role as a business manager. Decisions in terms of raising revenue cost reduction and the Financial Position and required investment.
The module examines how the efficient management of finance by the Facilities Management. is essential for funding the daily operations, maintenance, repair and any project works.
It focuses on the strategic aspects of management accounting and will explore and critically evaluate management accounting techniques. This approach develops learners’ knowledge and critical understanding of the theoretical models, analytical methods and practical aspects of corporate financial decision making.
Your Lecturer
Kevin Murray
"Students in this module get an insight into the way a finance function works and interacts with other functions in an organisation. The elements of the module which looks at the Budget process is particularly valuable as all department managers will at some point be heavily involved in preparing and reviewing budgets."
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Industry Research Project
This module focuses on the process of transforming data into information that will be useful to users, one being the writer of the report and another a potential specialist in the industry itself, i.e. a future employer. The undertaking of the investigation and project will enable the student to pursue a robust enquiry into the industry or sector in which they are hoping to find employment.
Furthermore, this module will help students to prepare for the graduate job market by ensuring they have up-to-date application material and online profile as well as gaining further personal experience of the application process. Researching the report and completion of associated activities will enable students to excel at interviews.
Who will I learn from?
Programme Manager
Personal Academic Tutor
Each student is assigned a personal academic tutor to support you throughout your learning journey. They are available to offer you telephone and email support at any time. You can arrange to meet them for further one to one guidance at a time convenient to you.
Many of our past graduates have found it is the opportunity to ask a simple question, seek direction and submit a draft of their assessment that supported them most to successful completion. Emailing your tutor at any stage during your programme to ask a query or submit a draft of your assessment supports you to achieve your personal best throughout your studies with Portobello.
How will I learn?
Delivery Mode
This programme is delivered online with webinar learning affording you the opportunity to study from anywhere.
What is Online with Webinar Learning?
Online with Webinar Learning is a form of blended learning. It re-structures the content introducing online learning together with interactive webinars and one to one tutor support. This mode of delivery includes contact tuition (by webinar) and web-based e-learning sessions. The e-learning platform is interactive including recorded sessions, webinars with weekly content and assigned tasks to themes and topics.
There are webinars held at regular intervals including the commencement of each module. Attendance is not mandatory but is encouraged for optimal learning. The webinars are designed to support students understand the requirements of the learning outcomes, the expectations of the assessment and meet their tutor for the module.
What is a webinar?
A webinar, in the context of online learning, is a lecturer delivering a presentation or class online to a group of students. We use specifically designed e-learning software so you can participate in the class just as if you were present in the same room. You can ask a question of the lecturer at any stage during the class.
Interactive break-out rooms
The software is designed with “break-out rooms” where you can discuss a topic or complete a group exercise with a smaller group from your class. You will need a computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone that has internet connection, an audio facility so you can hear and speak during the class and a camera so your lecturer and fellow class participants can see you.
Secure online learning environment
The webinar is a secure online environment and only those permitted entry by the lecturer can gain access to the “classroom”. Webinars are recorded during each session and should you miss a session, you can catch up with the recorded session at a later date. You will only be able to access Webinars of the group you are assigned to.
Expert Tutor Support
You can email your tutor at any stage during the module to ask a simple query and there will be scheduled opportunities to submit a draft of your assignment. Our programme management team are always available to meet you or offer you telephone and email support. For more information about our team, click here. Many of our past graduates have found it is the opportunity to ask a simple question, seek direction and submit a draft of their assessment that supported them most to successful completion.
One to one support
This level of one-to-one support is unique and is a particular benefit to choosing Portobello Institute. We have invested in a team of programme managers and tutors who are experienced sports therapists and clinicians as well as knowledgeable educators. They are available to assist you at every stage of this programme and support you to achieve your personal best.
Online Learning Portal – ePortobello
During the induction seminar, we will show you how to navigate and find what you need with all of the information you need to complete this programme uploaded on to ePortobello. The content of this programme is set out in an easy to follow format with a combination of notes, articles, podcasts and other materials that will help you to understand the subject and complete your assessments.
Course Structure
This is an online learning course with webinars delivered over three academic years. There are supported seminars held at weekends with an exact schedule available here.
In first year, you will complete four core modules which will introduce you to the programme of study and provide you with essential skills that will aid your study for the course of your degree.
In second year, you will complete a total of six modules, two yearlong core modules which run for the duration of both semesters, alongside two additional modules each semester.
A schedule for year 2 February 2024 is available here.
In third year, you will complete seven modules, one core yearlong module that runs for the duration of both semesters, as well as an additional three modules each semester. The modules include your research assignment which will take place in the first semester.
A schedule for year 2 February 2024 is available here.
A FLEXIBLE LEARNING JOURNEY
The schedule of this course is designed to offer you flexibility and support at the times you need it.
Unpredictable work hours are the norm of the FM so we record webinar sessions for you to catch up later should you be unable to attend.
You can book one-to-one tutor support at a time that is convenient to you including evenings and Saturdays.
Our expert tutors are available to support you throughout your learning journey, including the weeks when webinars are not scheduled.
Course Schedule - October 2024 Start Date
The first year of this course runs from 05/10/24 – 24/05/25
Year 2 & 3 run to a similar schedule as year 1.
How will I be assessed?
SMART assessments – we use a range of assessments for each module designed to support a broad range of learning styles, giving you the opportunity to excel.
The primary aim of the varying assessment styles is to support you to demonstrate your knowledge of theory and practical implementation as a result of a range of assessments.
We encourage you to reflect on your knowledge gain with a number of assignments designed to explore your learning journey. All of these assessment methods are seeking to support you to combine theory with scenario-based learning and how to practically implement these methods into your everyday work.
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Career prospects
This BSc (Hons) in Facilities & Workplace Management was developed in response to growing industry demand for graduates with a suitable range of skills and knowledge. Specialist FM expertise is not enough, FMs also need to be creative thinkers, problem solvers, deadline-driven and with a strategic mindset – this is the kind of approach we encourage and help you to develop.
Add credibility to your experience with a recognised degree
This BSc (Hons) Facilities and Workplace Management is an industry specific honours degree adding credibility to your existing qualifications, knowledge and experience, supporting you to advance your career and fulfil your potential.
Qualified FMs are in demand
Facilities Management underpins the business of all industries and qualified FM professionals are required in all sectors of global economies from airports and other infrastructure to leisure facilities, commercial organisations, consultancies, property companies, Integrated FM providers and local and national government.
Broaden your professional network
Many graduates tell us they learn as much from each other as they do from tutors. Attending the webinars is key to meeting fellow students, engaging in discussion and exchanging ideas about facilities management. Meeting fellow students gives you the opportunity to create your study network for the duration of your learning journey. This network can prove extremely useful afterwards during your professional career.
Understand our graduates success
Visit our Graduates Success Stories to understand the opportunities they availed of, the further studies they have undertaken and their unique learning journeys.
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Speak to an expert
Choosing a course that will lead you to your career of choice is a significant decision. Understanding the delivery modes, supports available, career opportunities and further study options are all key considerations when making your choice. Our course adviser team are experts in the courses Portobello offers, the employment prospects and possible progression routes to Masters programmes – they will guide you through the detail and support you with any queries you may have.
It is important you make the right choice for you and choose the Institute and course that will best suit your needs.
Your Consultant
Brandon McLean
I am Brandon McLean, the Corporate Admissions Manager here at the Portobello Institute and I can be contacted on 01 892 0035.
Education is a journey and the destination is a career that you love. I support the department that helps you to plan your journey so you can find the path that’s right for you. I have been with Portobello since 2018 and I love the elation that you can see on the face and hear in the voice of a student who talks through a complicated goal, who we can provide with a simple solution. When the conversation has finished and they can clearly see the path forward, I am thrilled. Education is a milestone in determining your future, and I cannot think of a better milestone to have a hand in.
How do I apply?
Entry is by direct application to Portobello Institute.
To recognise your previous qualifications and give you credit for the experiential learning you have as a result of your work to date, we have designed this degree with multiple entry points. Our experienced course adviser team are available to support you with your programme choice. If you are unsure if this programme is right for you or if you are unsure where you fit, please email your cv to [email protected] for further advice or call him on 01-8920035. We can support you identify the correct entry point for you.
Requirements
Without a Leaving Certificate
Entry to First Year
If you are seeking to enter the first year of this degree, you must meet one of the following criteria:
- BIFM Level 3
- Leaving Certificate
- Experiential Learning in FM or related field
- Senior trade certificate
Advanced Entry to Second Year
You may apply for advanced entry to the second year of the BSc (Hons) in Facilities & Workplace Management if you meet one of the following criteria:
- Relevant other 3rdlevel qualification eg: IWFM Level 4 Diploma
- Senior Trade Cert with significant experience and three senior endorsements – requires entry assessment via application process
Advanced Entry to Third Year
You may apply for advanced entry to the final year of the BSc (Hons) in Facilities & Workplace Management if you meet one of the following criteria:
- Relevant other Level 7 degree
- Level 5 or 6 graduates from IWFM Diploma
Application Process
Step 1
Complete the online application form.
Step 2
Applicant’s application will be reviewed by the Portobello enrolment team.
Step 3
Applicant’s will be contacted by the Portobello enrolment team to confirm place on the course or for more information.
Applicants who do not meet the criteria, may be required to attend the IWFM level 3 certificate with an offer of a place on the programme issued following completion of this certificate. This programme is available through Portobello Institute.
Please note places on this course are only confirmed once tuition fees have been received.
Students will be registered as an undergraduate degree student with London Metropolitan University.
Fees & Payment Options
Fees
Course Price
Year 1 base fee
Exam Body Reg. Fee
Overall Course Price
Total amount due
Easy Payment Plan
Payment Option 1
33% deposit payment (€2,047.65), followed by 8 scheduled payments on the first of each month, commencing the 1st of the month after the start date of the course. Includes one off instalment fee of €365.
- €519.67 due in month 1
- €519.67 due in month 2
- €519.67 due in month 3
- €519.67 due in month 4
- €519.67 due in month 5
- €519.67 due in month 6
- €519.67 due in month 7
- €519.67 due in month 8
Available Courses
| Course | Delivery Mode | Start Date | Duration | Fees Per Year | |
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| BSc (Hons) in Facilities & Workplace Management |
Blended Learning
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10th February 2024 | 3 years | €5,840.00 | |
| BSc (Hons) in Facilities & Workplace Management |
Blended Learning
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5th October 2024 | 3 years | €5,840.00 |
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