Course overview  

This MBA is designed to provide contemporary and critical management skills for aspiring managers and business leaders. You will be exposed to a world of management theory and encouraged to develop your personal and professional skills by applying them to key business scenarios.  

This University recognises that practicing management in a global market is demanding in terms of the capabilities and variety of skills required. Building upon the four pillars of management – marketing, operations, human resource management, and finance – extensive preparation has gone into ensuring that the taught element of this degree will cover the range of skills required to operate in a global business environment. 

In keeping with the aim of ensuring graduates have a broad range of management skills, the dissertation is an option on the MBA. If you want to specialise in one area of business or develop a project, the dissertation will allow you to do this. 

Alternatively, if your main purpose for studying the MBA is to gain the broadest range of management skills possible, you can substitute the dissertation with electives in innovation and e-business.

Course content

• Principles of Marketing
• Financial Decision Making
• Operations and Project Management
• People in Organisations
• Risk Management
• Research Methods for Managers 
• Leadership and Management
• Professional Strategic Management

Option units (subject to demand)

• Cross Cultural Management Issues
• Financial Strategy
• International Financial Markets
• International Human Resource Management
• Management of Change
• Contemporary Issues in Marketing
• Entrepreneurial Marketing Management
• Corporate Social Responsibility and the Ethical Company.  

Electives

• Management of Innovation
• e-Business for Managers

Assessment

You will be assessed through a variety of methods, including exams, presentations, written assignments, role play and business simulation. 

Entry level   

A minimum 2:2 first degree from a recognised university in the UK, or an approved degree awarding body, university or college abroad, or equivalent recognised degree.

OR  The recognised stage of a professional qualification of equivalent standard. 

In addition, applicants are normally required to have relevant work experience, which includes devolved decision-making and management skills of a minimum of two years. 

TOEFL score of 600 (computer score of 250) or IELTS score of 6.5 is required. 

Special features  

Teaching and learning strategy

You will examine real-life case studies and suggest solutions to particular problems of existing companies. This provides a realistic insight into the corporate thinking, analysis and decision-making process.  

Effective learning is facilitated by a partnership between those participating in the course and those delivering it. We use a variety of strategies, including discussion, workshops and work-based projects to build on your existing knowledge and experience. A theoretical framework will be used to evaluate personal and organisational managerial effectiveness.

*This course has two intakes per year, September and January. Students starting in September will take 12 months to complete; those starting in January will take 16 months, with a four-month break between May and October.

Career opportunities

The course equips you for careers at a senior management level in various areas, such as banking, marketing, finance, HR or education, plus any other industry where management skills are required… which is almost everywhere!  

Fees

Fees for the 2010-2011 academic year are:

UK and EU students :- £7875

Overseas students:- £9495

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