Master of Business Administration

Duration 2 to 6 years Attendance requirements Three-day induction programme, or online option. Up to two modules, (20 credits) maybe studied onsite. Intake 30 a year at Bradford (plus intakes from administrative hubs in Hong Kong and Singapore) Fee
£10,950 (From Sep 09) Compulsory modules Induction
Business Economics
Business Accounting
Managing People
Operations Management
Marketing
Corporate Finance
Strategic Management
Business Research

Personal Development Planning
Management Project Elective modules Five from a range Assessment Written examinations, assignments, group projects, presentations Ranking Our one-year full-time MBA is consistently ranked in the top 25 in Europe and top 100 globally by the Financial Times. Students on our full-time MBA programme, on average, almost double their salary four years on from beginning the programme.

The Financial Times executive part-time MBA table places us as the number 1 business school in the north of England, and among the world's top 70 programmes.
What you study
Stage 1: compulsory modules (September to December)
Induction
The induction is designed to familiarise you with the programme and help you to get to know your fellow students. Alongside icebreaking activities, we help to smooth your return to study with an introduction to essential study skills. The personal development portfolio - a tool for self-assessment and skills review - will help you to choose appropriate skills to develop and advance your career.

Business accounting (MAN4055M)
Understand the fundamental concepts and techniques in business accounting, as well as the accountant's role in the organisation.
Business economics (MAN4101M)
Get to grips with the workings of an organisation's market environment, the economics of company growth strategies, and the skills needed to apply economic concepts to business problems.
Business research (MAN4214M)
Develop critical awareness of the quality of business research. Improve your ability to design, carry out and present research, and apply statistical techniques to business problems.
Corporate finance (MAN4071M)
Discover how to make and implement financial decisions and how to criticise corporate financial policy; understand how capital markets operate.
Marketing (MAN4045M)
Gain critical awareness of the concepts and principles of marketing and their applications; develop refined analytical, problem-solving and creative skills.
Managing people (MAN4230M)
Learn the issues that affect human behaviour in organisations, investigate the relationship between organisational behaviour, theory, development and human resource management, and find out how to work more effectively in the organisation.
Operations management (MAN4050M)
Develop a sound understanding of operations management in all types of organisations and achieve experience of some of the concepts and techniques that support decision making in this field.

Strategic management (MAN4094M)
Analyse the significance of business environments, competitive resources and advantage, and methods available for choosing appropriate corporate and business strategies and control.

Stage 2: electives (January to May)
You can choose five elective topics from around 25 modules offered.
Stage 3: the management project (June to September)
Most students find the management project to be the most rewarding and challenging part of the programme.
It enables you to put the knowledge and skills gained throughout the programme to practical use on a relevant management issue.
The management project
This involves conducting an original and detailed investigation of a specific business management problem, written in a 15,000-word dissertation.
If you are following the part-time executive or distance-learning pathway you may choose to write a shorter, 7,000-word dissertation and take two additional electives.
If you are sponsored by your employer, you would usually undertake a management project that relates to your workplace. Otherwise, you may choose to use the project to deepen your knowledge of a different sector or organisation, or as a stepping stone to your next job.
We provide plenty of support and guidance to help you to make your choice of topic - and, of course, during the project itself. Many organisations come to us with company-based projects. Most project sponsors will pay you, or at least reimburse your expenses, for the work you carry out on their behalf.
Examples of recent projects are:

• To establish the market options and parameters for a sustainable resource-management system (food waste)
• A review of trends in structural change in the printing supply chain caused by e-commerce and new printing technology
• Review of strategic growth alternatives
• Develop a risk-management strategy and reporting framework
• Making the best use of customer relationship management
• The impact of procurement evolution on today's sales professional