Entry requirementsEntry requirements Applicants require three years' relevant work experience in addition to standard entry requirements.
Academic titleMBA
Course descriptionThis programme has been carefully designed to support practitioners who have executive potential and the commitment to enhance their career prospects and management contribution by developing their knowledge of business processes and issues. It offers a distinctive and highly participative learning experience in the company of like-minded managers, normally in their mid-twenties to early thirties, with more than three years' business or professional experience. It is fully accredited by the Association of MBAs and is recognised by the UK Cabinet Office.
Content
The programme can be taken on a one-year full-time or two-year part-time basis, beginning in September and running through to the October of the graduating year. Concentrated access courses are offered for those who have not previously studied management or have limited coverage from their first degree. For international students, these courses are offered jointly with colleagues who specialise in teaching English as a foreign language.
The programme promotes an integrative understanding of business and management, with emphasis on developing reflective capabilities:
Theme 1: Critical enquiry
* Understanding the external environment
* Introduction to research methods
* Decision-making tools
* Developing creativity and criticism.
Theme 2: Strategy and operational Performance
* Strategy
* Managing people and resources
* Marketing
* Accounting and finance
* Economics.
Theme 3: Strategic foresight
* Political contexts (geopolitics, corporate responsibility, scenario planning)
* Ecconomic contexts (regulation and international markets, risk management, social and environmental accounting)
* Social contexts (the importance of place, personal and corporate ethics, cross-cultural management)
* Technological contexts (innovation, ICT and global communications)
* Environmental contexts (climate change, energy)
* Legal contexts (changing roles of the state, citizen and consumer rights).
In addition, you choose five electives from a wide range of options, including:
* Entrepreneurship
* International business
* Human resource management
* Corporate communication
* Ethics and judgement
* Marketing management
* E-business and innovation.