MBA Defence

Relevant management skills are at a premium today, as business practices evolve rapidly as the pace of business increases. With greater reliance on technology and deeper integration of the commercial sector within the defence economy, managers and planners of defence resources must possess the skills to respond quickly and decisively in making informed and effective decisions.

For defence managers in the military, civil service and private sectors, a recognised post-graduate degree in management is essential for progression into senior management.

With a multi-national, multi-cultural and multi-professional mix, the MBA provides a hotbed of knowledge sharing and networking that is invaluable and inestimable, both personally and with respect to your business environment, whatever it may be. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity.

• On successful completion of the MBA Defence, a graduate will be able to:
• Demonstrate robust qualities of leadership and a broad range of management techniques, both in the corporate and defence domains
• Exhibit a conceptual understanding of the principal functional areas of defence management along with a systematic knowledge of the relevant underlying commercial, scholarly and policy-oriented literature
• Develop and analyse business and defence-related planning, strategy, cross-functional working and core business processes
• Assess all elements of the global business environment, relating particularly to the political, economic, cultural and ethical challenges facing the defence community
• Display the capabilities to identify, explain, analyse and implement appropriate conclusions and follow-on policy conclusions for complex problems in the context of uncertainty and change.

Our faculty are passionately committed to improving the practice of management. As leaders in their field with hands-on business experience, they understand the challenges of putting theory into practice. Their experience is reinforced by close links with organisations through consultancy projects, teaching on executive development programmes and sponsored research. This ensures that what you learn at Cranfield is always current and cutting edge.