Master of Business Administration - Executive MBA:
Course Description:
The Cranfield Executive MBA allows you to combine studying for a world-class management qualification with your family and work commitments. It gives you the opportunity to:
Develop a sophisticated understanding of core aspects of business and finance, as well as enhance your soft skills.
Keep up-to-date with best practice and work out how to implement it in your organisation.
Create and implement your own leadership development plan, setting a vision for where you want to be and how you are going to get there.
Build relationships with and learn from experienced, like-minded professionals from all around the world.
Discover the confidence and competence to take on new challenges, and raise the level of your ambition.
Start Months:
January
Full Time/ Part Time: Part time
School:
SoM
Theme:
Leadership and Management
Fees:
The course fee for the two-year Executive MBA course starting in January 2016 is: £36,000 GBP
Duration:
2 years
Course format:
Overview:
The Cranfield Executive MBA will allow you to combine study with family and work commitments. It will enable you to apply what you learn directly in your workplace and support your career progression. In addition it will prepare you to carry out senior strategic roles successfully or to build your own business.
In 2017, Cranfield School of Management celebrates 50 years. Five decades of making a difference, five decades of growing people to become exceptional leaders. To mark this special year, we are delighted to announce our 50th Anniversary Scholarships for Executive MBA students.
You are invited to join a global community of alumni, business partners, fellow students, friends and supporters, collectively striving to improve the practice of management.
Who is it for?:
The Cranfield Executive MBA is suitable for:
- Experienced professionals who want a "real-world" business education which they can apply directly back to their workplace
- Self-motivated managers who are keen to improve themselves, enhance their skills, knowledge and abilities, and become more effective leaders
- Energetic entrepreneurs who want support to start a new business or grow their existing business.
Why this course?:
You will be participating in a world-class MBA at a management school with strong business links and almost 50 years’ history of leadership development. You will learn from expert faculty who are actively engaged with global businesses and from a diverse cohort of fellow professionals, In addition this format will allow you to take what you learn and apply it immediately back to your organisation.
The programme covers all the core management subjects in a series of 16 modules, but is also highly flexible. You will choose 8 electives and tailor projects to suit your organisation's needs, your interests and your professional aspirations.
You will carry out projects and assignments and participate in competitions and business simulations, designed to help you apply the theories, tools and techniques you learn. The programme is designed to support your career progression, preparing you to carry out senior strategic roles successfully or to build your own business.
Your Executive MBA:
Our two-year part-time Executive MBA programme is offered in a weekend format. Classes take place at Cranfield on fifteen weekends – all day Friday and Saturday – plus three one-week residential periods each year.
Your teaching team:
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.
To view the biographies of our MBA Teaching Team please click on each individual name below.
Dr Abdul Mohamed
Senior Lecturer in Finance
Dr Andrea Moro
Senior Lecturer in Finance
Dr Bob Lillis
Senior Lecturer in Service Operations Management
Dr Catarina Figueira
Reader in Economics
Dr Constantinos Alexiou
Reader in Economics
Professor David Grayson CBE
Professor of Corporate Responsibility,
Director of the Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility
David Kobrin
Visiting Fellow
David Simmons
MBA Admissions Director
Director of International Development
Dr Edward Ochieng Senior Lecturer in Programme and Project Management
Dr Elmar Kutsch
Senior Lecturer in Risk Management
Professor Emma Macdonald
Associate Professor of Marketing
Professor Frank M. Horwitz
Professor of Global Human Resource Management – Emerging Markets
Dr Ian Forbes Speakman
Senior Lecturer - Key Account Management
Professor Joe Nellis
Deputy Director of Cranfield School of Management
Professor of Global Economy
Director of Policy, Sustainability & Performance Community
John Algar
Director of Specialised Open Programmes
Director of MBA & MSc Project Management Core Programmes
Senior Lecturer in Programme and
Project Management
Dr Jutta Tobias
Lecturer in Performance Management
Professor Keith Goffin
Professor of Innovation & New Product Development,
Director of Centre for Innovative Products & Services (CIPS),
Director of Innovation and Process Management Community
Dr Matthias Nnadi
Lecturer in Accounting
Professor Michael Dickmann
Professor of International Human Resource Management
Programme Director, MSc in Management
Mike Bernon
Senior Lecturer in Supply Chain Management &
Executive Development Director
Professor Patrick Reinmoeller
Professor of Strategic Management
Dr Peter Yallup
Senior Lecturer in Finance
Dr Richard Kwiatkowski
Senior Lecturer in Organizational Psychology
Dr Richard Schoenberg
Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management
Dr Ruth Bender
Associate Professor of Corporate Financial Strategy
Dr Stephanie Hussels
Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Director, Full-time MBA
Accreditation:
Cranfield School of Management is one of an elite group of business schools worldwide to hold triple accreditations from:
- European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS)
- Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
- Association of Master of Business Administration (AMBA).
Course details:
The programme is structured in two main parts. The first part comprises 13 core management modules, including a consultancy skills module and a group consultancy project. In the second part, you will take a further 3 core modules including an International Business Assignment. You will then choose 8 elective modules (half-theme worth 10 credits), and have the option to complete a company-based project. Leadership development and career development activities run throughout the programme.
Group project:
The programme includes a compulsory consultancy project. Working in small groups, you will apply what you have learnt in your core and elective modules to the project. You will help an organisation to tackle a contemporary challenge, researching the problem, analysing data and making recommendations for action.
Individual project:
During part two you will have the opportunity to undertake a company-based project if you wish, as an assessed part of your course; giving you the flexibility to build on your Executive MBA learning through a consultancy experience linked to your career objectives.
You can either work on a project individually, with a project partner or in small project team of no more than three people. Projects can be sourced by you using your own networks or by the School.
Assessment:
You will be assessed through a mixture of exams, written projects and presentations.
Core modules:
- Accounting
- Strategic Marketing
- Strategic Operations Management
- Economics of Organisations and Strategy
- Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation
- Venture Capital Investment Competition
- Decision Making and Data Analytics
- Global Macroeconomics and Business Environment
- Project Management Introduction
- Strategic Management
- Financial Management
- International Business Assignment
Elective
- International Strategy
- Managing Project Uncertainty
- Business Law
- Investment and Risk Management
- Managing International Mergers and Acquisitions
- Managing Strategic Innovation
- Strategic Human Resource Management in the 21st Century
- Negotiating in Business and Organisations
- Corporate Finance Transactions
- Corporate Financial Strategy
- Driving Value Through the Supply Chain
- Identifying Hidden Needs
- Entrepreneurial Finance
- MBA Consultancy Project
- Major Critical Projects and Programme Management - a Sectoral Approach
Entry Requirements:
A minimum of three years' post-qualification work experience.
A good degree and / or professional qualification.
Applicants who do not have a degree are welcomed provided they can demonstrate high levels of achievement, exceptional career progression or evidence of leadership potential along with Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) scores over 600 or GRE score in the 80th percentile for both verbal and quantitative reasoning. Our Designated Institution Code is 3641 or the successful completion of our own Cranfield admissions tests
English Language:
If you are an international student you will need to provide evidence that you have achieved a satisfactory test result in an English qualification. The minimum standard expected from a number of accepted courses are as follows:
IELTS - 7
TOEFL - 100
Pearson PTE Academic - 68
Cambridge English Scale - 190
Cambridge English: Advanced - A
Cambridge English: Proficiency - B
In addition to these minimum scores you are also expected to achieve a balanced score across all elements of the test. We reserve the right to reject any test score if any one element of the test score is too low. We can only accept tests taken within two years of your registration date (with the exception of Cambridge English tests which have no expiry date). Students requiring a Tier 4 (General) visa must ensure they can meet the English language requirements set out by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) and we recommend booking a IELTS for UKVI test.
GMAT:
We welcome candidates with Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) scores over 600. The average score for our Full-time MBA students is currently 680. You will need to contact GMAT directly to book an appointment to take the test.
You can also try a sample GMAT test paper on The Princeton Review website
Cranfield's GMAT registration number is:
Executive Part-time MBA - K2H-N3-41
Where we are satisfied that your career progress demonstrates the kind of skills and competencies assessed by GMAT, we may offer exemption from these tests. This waiver is granted at the discretion of the Executive MBA Director.
GRE:
We welcome candidates with a minimum GRE score in the 80th percentile for both verbal and quantitative reasoning. Our Designated Institution Code is 3641.
Sample Cranfield admission tests:
If you are able to come to Cranfield for interview, you may be able to take the Cranfield admission tests as an alternative to GMAT. These are two paper-based tests, designed to assess your numeracy and problem-solving skills. The Cranfield admission tests serve the same purpose as GMAT but provide us with greater flexibility. If you have a GMAT score of 600 or more you will not need to take the Cranfield tests.
Test 1: Numeracy
This is a test of your numerical ability. There are a total of 25 questions to be attempted in 30 minutes. You are not expected to complete every question but should complete as many as possible in the time available. We strongly advise that you bring a calculator for use during this test.
Test 2: Problem solving
This is a test of your ability to solve a variety of verbal, numerical and spatial problems. The questions are similar to those used in intelligence tests. There are a total of 35 questions to be attempted in 30 minutes. You are not expected to complete every question but should complete as many as possible in the time available.
Further reading:
If you feel that you need some more practice on numeracy and problem solving questions, we recommend that you read the following:
The Official Guide for GMAT Review by Graduate Management Admission Council - the chapters on math review and problem solving
Quantitative Approaches in Business Studies by Clare Morris, Pitman publishing - chapter 1
Improve your Maths: A Refresher Course by Jon Curwin and Roger Slater, Business Press, Thomson Learning 2000
The Ultimate IQ Test Book - 1000 Practice Test Questions to Boost Your Brain Power by Philip Carter
Succeed at IQ Tests: Improve Your Numerical, Verbal and Spatial Reasoning Skills by Philip Carter and Ken Russell
Your career:
The Cranfield Executive MBA will enable you to develop your knowledge, skills and abilities while applying what you learn directly in your workplace. The programme will support your career progression, preparing you to carry out senior strategic roles successfully or to build your own business.
The Cranfield Executive MBA has a strong focus on leadership development. You will work with accredited coaches, members of faculty and careers advisors to create and implement a personalised development plan. Leadership development continues throughout the year and will enable you to:
- Discover and develop your leadership and team-working style
- Identify how to enhance your personal effectiveness
- Work out where you want to go professionally
- Learn the techniques of effective team leadership
- Become more sensitive to situations, cultures and contexts
- Prepare to lead change and face future challenges.
Our Career services team offer: individual career consultations, speaker events, alumni networking, networking workshop, personal and executive career coaching, leadership assessment centre, and more practical skills-based workshops on writing CVs and cover letters, and interview skills.
Career development service:
Our career development team comprises eleven experienced professionals. The team includes practised career coaches who will work in partnership with you to achieve the personal and professional changes you wish to make, and business development consultants who will help you develop strategies to penetrate markets and make contacts with key employers.
Our MBA students receive extensive support with their career development throughout the year, including:
- Individual career consultations
- CV and cover letter workshops
- Interview skills workshop
- Career planning day
- Mock interviews
- Personal career coaching
- Networking workshop
- Assessment centres
- Careers fair
- Speaker events
- Sector events
- Alumni networking