MBA (Entrepreneurial Management)

Maritime Greenwich College, with the Entrepreneurship Institute Australia (EIA), offers students from all around the world the opportunity to come to London to study the EIA MBA specialising in entrepreneurial management.

EIA is based in Adelaide, South Australia and is accredited by the South Australian Government under the Australian Qualifications Framework to award undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.

COURSE OVERVIEW

The MBA (ie Master of Business Administration) is one of the world's best known and most widely recognised postgraduate degrees. In recent years the MBA has become the foremost academic qualification for managers. The EIA MBA (Entrepreneurial Management) provides a good understanding of the language and structure of entrepreneurial management. The subjects in this course are designed to provide a sophisticated body of knowledge by integrating critical strategies and techniques with the principles of entrepreneurial management. The EIA MBA (Entrepreneurial Management) specialisation will prepare students for entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial challenges in both the national and international arena. The course covers 12 subjects integrating management, business and entrepreneurial knowledge.
There are three main benefits to students on completion of the EIA MBA (Entrepreneurial Management):

• Successful MBA graduates contribute constructive and creative input through their ability to implement decisions based on their improved understanding of business and entrepreneurial strategies.

The integrated nature of the course allows a holistic appreciation that is critical to the achievement of a sustainable competitive position in today’s changing business and entrepreneurial environment.

Through the MBA (Entrepreneurial Management), students will gain a valuable piece of research that can be tailored to students’ specific entrepreneurial and business career goals and objectives.

Furthermore, upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:

• Critically appraise a range of relevant practical entrepreneurial management knowledge, and apply it to entrepreneurial and management problems.

• Demonstrate proficiency in the analysis and interpretation of a wide range of business data.

• Synthesize knowledge from across a range of business disciplines, and apply it to the analysis of complex entrepreneurial management issues.

• Demonstrate the key personal and inter-personal skills required for effective management and implementation of solutions at all levels inside and outside the students' organisations.

• Demonstrate clarity of problem definition and scope.

Mode: Full-Time (12-18 months) 15-21 hrs a week
Commencement: September, January and July of every year

COURSE CONTENT
The current subjects for the EIA MBA (Entrepreneurial Management) are as follows:

COURSE CONTENT
The current subjects for the EIA MBA (Entrepreneurial Management) are as follows:

• Entrepreneurship
• Leadership
• Strategic Management
• Strategic Marketing
• Strategic Human Resource Management
• Strategic Legal and Social Issues
• Strategic Operations Issues
• Strategic Finance
• New Venture Creation
• Entrepreneurship and Globalisation
• Franchising
• Entrepreneurial Management Project

SUBJECT DESCRIPTIONS

Entrepreneurship
The objective of the module is to provide participants with an in-depth knowledge of the concept of entrepreneurship in the context of entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial organisations and entrepreneurial countries.

Leadership
This module will provide the participants with a systematic study of how individuals and groups behave within an organisational setting and the impact of leadership on this behaviour.

Strategic Management
The aim of this module is to provide the participant with an in-depth knowledge of the principles and practice of corporate strategy formulation built around a systematic approach to strategic management.

Strategic Marketing
This module is designed to provide participants with an in-depth knowledge of the marketing concept and the major principles, techniques and theories relating to the strategic practice of marketing, including the development and implementation of competitive marketing strategies.

Strategic Human Resource Management
This module provides an understanding of the formal relationship between the employer and employee and the techniques and methods aimed at making the relationship more effective.

Strategic Legal and Social Issues
The objective of this module is to provide the participants with an awareness and understanding of the critical legal issues that relate to an organisation, thus enhancing the formulation and implementation of strategies for the organisation.

Strategic Operations Issues
The aim of this module is to provide participants with an in-depth knowledge of strategic operations issues that are critical for the operations of an organisation, to the end that the operations may become more efficient and effective.

Strategic Finance Issues
The module is designed to prepare participants for effective and efficient planning and management of financial and resource requirements and targets. The module is adapted for specific requirements of government, non-profit and entrepreneurial organisations.

Entrepreneurship and Globalisation
This module is designed to expand the participant's understanding of the role of entrepreneurs in global business development. The module will also examine issues in operating across international borders in a global context.

New Venture Creation
This module features the process of creating successful new ventures, including evaluating opportunities, designing strategies, forming the entrepreneurial team and developing strategies for financing.

Franchising
The objective of this module is to provide participants with the concepts, dimensions and processes of franchising and licensing.

Entrepreneurial Management Project
The objective of this module is to enable participants to undertake a major entrepreneurial project. They will use their knowledge of action research as a method of implementing the project and record the process.

ASSESSMENT

For each module (except the Entrepreneurial Management Project, for which the students will be required to undertake a major assignment), students will be required to complete an assignment and an examination. The assignment is worth 20% and the exam is worth 80% of the overall grade for the subject. The students must pass the examination to pass the subject.

Upon successful completion of the 4 subject Graduate Certificate in Management, each applicant may proceed to the 4 subject Graduate Diploma in Management, Upon successful completion of the 4 subject Graduate Diploma in Management, each applicant may proceed to the final 4 subjects of the MBA.

ENTRY CRITERIA

Any applicant who wishes to undertake the MBA Course must satisfy all of the following entry criteria:

English Requirements

Where the applicant's medium of instruction (at a tertiary level) was not in English, the applicant must have obtained:

§ a score of 550 or better on the TOEFL;

§ a score 6.0 or better on the IELTS;

§ a credit or better in English in the GCE "O" or "A" levels or equivalent; or

§ any other evidence of proficiency in English acceptable to EIA’s Registrar.

Applicants Must Satisfy Either (a) or (b)

(a) For Direct Entry

The applicant must have:

1. an acceptable bachelors degree or a relevant professional qualification conducted at a standard equivalent to a bachelors degree under the Australian Qualifications Framework; and

2. relevant work experience.

Applicants who do not satisfy the above entry criteria will still be eligible to undertake the MBA Course but on a stage-by-stage basis. Each of these applicants may enrol in the Graduate Certificate in Management course (the first stage of the MBA Course) provided each applicant satisfies all of the below criteria.

(b) For Stage by Stage Entry

The applicant must have either:

1. a qualification deemed equivalent to an Advanced Diploma under the Australian Qualifications Framework;

2. relevant specialised professional or technical qualifications deemed acceptable to TIA’s Registrar; or

3. a minimum of 3 years verifiable experience and learning deemed relevant to course by TIA’s s Registrar.