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.

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.