MBA

Course aims and objectives

This course is designed to give you the opportunity to:

• An academic underpinning in the core areas of Business and Management
• A critical appreciation of key debates in each of the main subject areas
• The tools for analysis and techniques for resolving business issues
• The space to reflect and develop strategic insight and leadership skills necessary for a successful senior management career in Business Management.

Course learning outcomes
Knowledge

• A critical appreciation of contemporary theories and practices
• A critical understanding of an evidence-based approach
• Awareness of emerging debates and discourse
• Data analysis and synthesis

Thinking skills

• Problem-solving and innovative thinking
• Application of theory to the practice of Business and Management
• Risk evaluation and management

Subject-Based Practical skills

• Applied research skills to produce effective Business Management reports
• Financial analysis skills that are necessary for success as a general manager
• Effective people management skills
• Skills that will sustain high-performance goals for self and the organisation
• Skills to critically evaluate the marketing of products and processes

Skills for life and work (general skills)

• Intrapersonal and interpersonal skills for success
• Time management and project management skills
• Skills to adapt to a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, complex and ambiguous) world