MBA

Course structure

Full time - January start - typically 15 months
Full time (placement option) - January start - typically 24 months

Full time - September start - typically 12 months
Full time (placement option) - September start - typically 24 months

Typical modules may include

Semester one modules

• strategic global human resource management and decision making* • leadership and change • business operations and process management • communication in contemporary organisations • developing personal and professional leadership practice 1 and 2*

Semester two modules

Core modules
• strategic marketing management and decision making* • managing strategy* • developing personal and professional leadership practice 3*

Options
Choose one from • international finance management • enterprise • the digital organisation

Semester three modules

• research and consultancy methods • dissertation or organisational project • developing personal and professional leadership practice 4*

Module descriptions – core modules

* Integrated modules have finance and globalisation built into the course content to replicate the real world business environment.

Developing personal and professional leadership practice 1,2, 3 and 4*
This module will help you to develop and enhance the qualities and transferrable skills necessary for your studies, career progression, professional and personal development. You will develop and practice the skills required to critically reflect on learning and on your ability to apply learning to real world complex issues within the work place; citing actions and barriers to implementation.

Strategic global human resource management and decision-making*
This module is designed to enhance your knowledge and develop your understanding of organisational behaviour and human resource management theory and practice.It will develop and expand your knowledge and perspective of the complexity of the interrelationships between people, organisations and the environment, in the contexts of contemporary international organisations.

Strategic marketing management and decision making*
This module will help you to understand what it means to be a marketing oriented organisation and how to develop marketing strategies that meet corporate objectives and deliver sustainable competitive advantage.

Managing strategy*
The module explores the theory of strategic management and financial concepts, in a range of industries, organisational and global contexts. You will develop the critical, theoretical and practical skills to examine past strategies and current positions, and develop proposals on how organisations might develop in the future with consideration of the global business environment.

Communication in the contemporary organisation
This module explores and develops critical perspectives on communication at personal and organisational levels recognising cultural contexts. The nature and importance of knowledge management in the organisation will be considered and links between these key areas critically analysed.

Leadership and change
This module will develop and expand your knowledge and understanding of the complexity of leadership and change, through real world diagnosis and application, and awareness of the diverse spectrum of related concepts, models and theories.

Business operations and process management
In most organisations, business operations make up around 80% of all activities. This module explores the theory of business operations and process management using a range of organisational contexts in a broad range of industries. You will develop the critical, theoretical and practical skills to be able to fully position the role of business operations and process management in the contemporary organisation. You will also be able to appreciate how they directly impact on the financial position and profitability of an organisation and how they are determined by and will influence organisational strategy.

Research methods
To provide you with a sound and wide ranging introduction to research methods, in order to underpin your dissertation.

Dissertation or organisational project
Undertake critical research and/or analyse specific business problems and provide new insights.

Module descriptions – options

The digital organisation
For most organisations the impact of the 'digital revolution' and the disruptive impact of the Internet would not have gone unnoticed. While some organisations have wholly embraced this revolution, others are yet to fully realise their potential in a changing digital world.

This module explores the theories developed around the impact of the digital revolution on organisations using a range of organisational contexts in a broad range of industries. You will develop the critical, theoretical and practical skills to be able to fully assess the impact of going digital on the contemporary organisation. You will also be able to appreciate how the digital agenda impacts on the financial position and profitability of an organisation and what new opportunities and challenges are to be faced by organisations.

Enterprise
This module aims to integrate learning from an enterprising perspective, building capacity to demonstrate practical application in an organisational context.

International financial management
This module explores the complexity of financial management in a global context. You develop the critical, theoretical and practical skills to understand the problems of managing finance in global multi-national organisations. You identify the problems of financial management and the financial solutions available to minimise risk and maximise shareholder wealth in such organisations.