The Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a Masters level programme
of study for managers
or aspiring managers to be delivered in the
context of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher
Education Benchmark
Statement for Masters awards in Business Management.
The MBA aims to
develop management and leadership skills. It aims to develop students'
ability to
apply knowledge and understanding to complex management
problems to improve business and
management practice.
It aims to
provide students with a level of skills, knowledge and understanding,
which will equip
them with the professional skills needed in today's
complex and turbulent business environment.
The proposed programme
offers the necessary knowledge in the core functional areas of business
management
and aims to provide opportunity for reflection on current practice and
developments
in the field.
The proposed programme aims to promote
the practice of life‐long and independent learning and
to develop
managers and future leaders, equipped with the ability to work
autonomously, with
creativity and originality and committed to their
own personal development.
Students are required to take a number of
core modules to gain:
. a critical understanding of organisational
theories and a critical awareness of current issues
in business
management
. the ability to analyse critically organisational behaviour
and to identify potential
consequences for stakeholders
. the
ability to analyse critically and develop organisational strategies which
meet the
dynamic needs of stakeholders
. a critical understanding of
theory relating to the management of strategic change and the
ability
to apply this to their organisational context.
Students will then be
able to specialise in an area of their choice and will typically also have
gained:
.
a critical understanding of a wide range of research methods
. the
ability to appraise critically and synthesise extant theory
. the
ability to identify organisational issues requiring assessment and
analysis and to design,
implement and report such organisational
research
The MBA programme consists of 120 credits of taught modules
(equivalent to the PGDiploma) and
a 60 credit dissertation. The taught
part of the course is described as epart 1 f, and the dissertation
part
of the course is described as part 2. Students must successfully complete
part 1 before
progressing to the epart 2 f.
The Postgraduate Diploma
in Business Administration programme consists of 120 credits of taught
modules
(including 80 credits of compulsory modules plus 40 credits of modules
from one of the
chosen pathway options)
Part 1 ] Postgraduate
Diploma in Business Administration
Compulsory Modules (80
credits, TAKEN BY ALL MBA STUDENTS)
Finance for non financial managers
10 credits
Human Resource Management 10 credits
Marketing Management
10 credits
Defining Entrepreneurship 10 credits
Introducing
Leadership 10 credits
Research Methods 10 credits
Tools of Strategic
Management 10 credits
Workplace Psychology 10 credits
MBA HRM
40 credits
HRM2
Quality Systems
Managing Diversity
HR Project
Part 2 - Master of Business Administration
MBA
Dissertation (60 credits)
Students will be awarded MBA if they
successfully complete the taught modules in part 1 and the
MBA
dissertation in part 2.
