Part Time Healthcare Management MBA

The AMBA accredited Brunel MBA in Healthcare Management is designed specifically to meet the management education and development needs of aspiring senior managers in the healthcare sector.

• Fully accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA)
• Underpinned by Brunel's reputation in healthcare research and our close links with the sector
• Offered both full-time over one year (starting in September) or part-time over two years (starting in September or February)
• Unique opportunity to explore healthcare policy and change management - with particular reference to the healthcare sector - and the role played by information systems in assuring healthcare delivery
• Integrative and professional series of workshops to develop your personal and leadership skills

Eight core modules + business project

This programme is designed to provide you not only with a sophisticated understanding of the principal business functions such as corporate strategy, finance, marketing and people management but will also allow you to explore healthcare policy and change management - with particular refence to the healthcare sector - as well as the role played by information systems in assuring healthcare delivery.

Corporate and Business Finance
This module provides you with a thorough understanding of matters financial, explains the concept of risk, and teaches the process of financial management in the short and long term. You will learn the general principles of management accounting as well as systematic techniques for analysing and evaluating the financial health of an organisation.

Leading People and Managing Organisations
This module develops your understanding of people's behaviour in an organisational context and teaches the theories and practices of effective people management. You will also gain a better appreciation of the significance of human resources for operational effectiveness and understand how best to motivate, lead, interview and communicate as well as how to manage conflicts of interest.

Healthcare Systems Management
Over the course of this module you will be able to identify and critically examine the role played by structures, processes and information flows in order to assure the quality of healthcare delivery. You will gain an insight into the key features of healthcare systems which are based upon principles of enterprise resource plannning, strategic modelling and knowledge management. Thus, this module acts as a reference point for examining the healthcare industry as a series of interconnected systems within which people and information flow.

Strategic Marketing Management
By the end of this module, you will have an in depth knowledge of all the principal marketing concepts as well as how marketing has evolved following the introduction of new technology. You will also appreciate how best to evaluate the effectiveness of marketing activities, conduct a marketing audit and construct a marketing plan.

Operations Management
During this module you will explore the tools and techniques for managing operations. You will gain a greater awareness of the strategic issues involved in the way organisations manage their operational activities and facilities - both within and beyond the organisation's boundaries. You will also develop a better appreciation of the relation between operations/service design choices and performance imperatives.

Corporate and Competitive Strategy
Over the course of this module, you will be introduced to concepts and methodological tools and techniques for analysing an organisation's strategic position. You will gain a thorough appreciation of the issues and challenges that confront managers responsible for the strategic management of organisations in potentially complex, hostile and uncertain conditions.

Healthcare Policy
This module will enable you to develop a sophisticated knowledge and understanding of how health policies and agendas are constructed and how they might be implemented in practice. Through evaluating influences within and across the field, you will acquire the ability to apply techniques and administrative theories relevant to analysing health policy processes. Subsequently the module will allow you to understand the significance and role of healthcare professionals in the policy-making process.

Managing Change in Healthcare
This module will facilitate your development of original and innovative initiatives in healthcare management and help you to promote these within your organisation's culture and strategic plans. You will also review, analyse and evaluate current and recent developments in health policy as they impact on implementing change in healthcare and use research evidence in the application and evaluation of change theories, strategies and initiatives to develop best practice.

Business Project
To complete your MBA, you will be required to undertake extensive research into a business and management challenge of particular interest to you and then analyse your findings in depth. The business project allows you the chance to demonstrate your business acumen as well as the opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills you have learnt on the programme.