Full Time Master of Business Administration MBA

What Makes This Course So Special? The Newport MBA is the flagship course of Newport Business School. MBA students are essentially part of an MBA ' club' which includes social, and academic events including challenges, enterprise activity and guest lectures. All students receive, and have the chance to contribute to the Newport MBA Newsletter, which is designed to provide students with insight into current topical news, as well as updates on School and staff activity.
Course Intro The Newport MBA programme offers a fresh approach to the issues managers face. It is aimed at current or aspiring managers and builds on a strong ethos of helping managers to solve real problems. We keep class sizes low to give you the individual attention needed when studying such a prestigious qualification. Further, our partnership with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) will enable you to gain member status to the Institute and successful completion of the MBA programme may help you achieve Chartered Manager status.
What you study Studying at Newport allows you to join local, national and international students. This will provide you with many opportunities for sharing your experiences and workplace ideas.
YEAR 1/ PART 1
· Strategic Marketing
· Operations Management
· People Leadership and Management
· Financial Management
YEAR 2 / PART 2
· Strategic Leadership and Business Transformation
· Innovation Management

Elective units (two of the following)
· Stakeholder Management
· Business Futures
· Marketing Futures 1
· Strategic HRM
· Financial Management
· Globalization
· International Business Context
· Corporate Finance
· Marketing Futures 2
Please note the elective units may be changed at the discretion of the course team and depending on student numbers
YEAR 3 / PART 3 DISSERTATION STAGE
The dissertation aims to develop your ability to analyse management issues of relevance within your workplace. For students not in employment it can be based on a case study approach. Emphasis will be placed on solving real world business issues by applying skills, qualities and concepts acquired and developed throughout the course.
Where Next? The Newport MBA programme draws students from a range of backgrounds who all share the common goal of wanting to improve as managers / aspiring managers. Through studying the Newport MBA programme, many students have greatly enhanced their career prospects as managers and senior managers across a variety of industries in both private and public sectors. Some students also embark on a range of specialist professional qualifications offered at Newport.
Applicants may be interviewed for this course.
Assessment The vast majority of assessment is coursework-based. An assignment is typically contextualised in a real world organisation which has real world business problems to solve.