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Executive MBA
Curriculum
As a MBA participant, you will build on your previous experience and acquire new skills to solve business challenges. You will gain practical experience in finance, strategy, marketing, accounting, economics, human resources, leadership, communications and information technology.
Programme Structure
The MBA programme consists of three parts - A Foundation Programme, Academic Programme and a Personal & Professional Development Programme. Assessment on the MBA is based on a combined grade for group assignments and presentations, individual projects, class participation and written examinations.
| Foundation | Year 1 | Year 2 | Summer (Year 2) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Reporting | Strategies for HR | ||
| Team building | Operations and Supply Chain | Global and Corporate Strategy | |
| Presentation Bootcamp | Financial Markets and Valuations | Corporate Financial Strategy | |
| Report writing | Organisational Behaviour and Decision Making | Performance-driven Marketing | |
| Research skills | Strategic Information Systems | Leading the Innovative Enterprise | Capstone Project |
| Time management | Business and Society | Doing Business in Emerging Markets | |
| Competitive Strategy | Option 1 | ||
| Management Accounting | Option 2 |
| Personal Professional Development Programme | |||
| Careers Service |
Core Modules
The programme begins in late August with a week-long Foundation Week. You will then begin to study your core courses.
Option Modules
In the second half of the MBA Programme, you will choose specialist electives to complement your core courses. The range of elective courses allows you to choose subjects that suit your career goals –or simply subjects that you have a particular interest in. You can develop areas of expertise that you can then use to improve your position in the workplace. Option modules can include the following:
| Corporate Governance | Managing the Negotiations Process |
| Entreprise Risk Management | Entrepreneurship |
| Strategic Finance | Financing New Ventures |
| Financial Statement Analysis | Sustainability and CSR |
| Business Law | Managing Sales Relations |
| Project Management | Strategic Marketing |
| Leadership in Action |
