MBA
Develop your knowledge, ability, and ambition to shape the future of an organisation and your career. Our MBA is a truly transformative leadership experience.
The next generation of leaders need to be adaptable and resilient to change. With our MBA, you’ll learn to think and behave differently. You'll question established norms and search for new answers.
Our MBA programme offers you a carefully structured, immersive experience. You will be empowered to push beyond your boundaries. On our MBA, you will develop the capabilities you need to be competitive and successful in any industry or entrepreneurial venture. You'll hone your leadership skills, critical thinking and communication. You will also work to improve your performance.
We’ll prepare you for jobs of the future, technology that hasn’t been invented, and opportunities we don’t yet know about.
Your leadership journey has four key phases
Through our 13 core modules, you’ll strengthen your management fundamentals, develop your global perspective, and integrate your learning.
You can personalise your MBA and choose from six electives during phase two of your leadership journey. This offers you more scope to align your learning experience with your individual career objectives.
Your MBA modules are outlined below for January 2021 and September 2021 course start dates.
You'll start your journey by developing a comprehensive understanding of business and management. This makes the MBA the preferred route for future leaders and entrepreneurs.
You will study:
- Accounting and Finance (January 2021) (September 2021)
- Organisations and People Management (January 2021) (September 2021)
- Projects, Programmes and Operations Management (January 2021) (September 2021)
- Strategic Global Marketing (January 2021) (September 2021)
- Strategic Management (January 2021) (September 2021)
- Transitions in the Global Economy (January 2021) (September 2021)
You will then integrate and apply your learning with the Business Awareness Experience.
You’ll work in project teams to practise and consolidate your understanding of core business skills. You'll do this through:
- a time-bound series of intensive lectures
- industry visits
- interactive workshops
Delivered in both Newcastle and London, you will benefit from our connections with business and industry.
Prepare for the key challenges of business in the 21st century and the changing landscape of the future of work. Choose two electives to develop your skillset and knowledge of emerging business trends and thinking.
You will study:
- Business Analysis for Decision Making (January 2021) (September 2021)
- Entrepreneurship (January 2021) (September 2021)
- Corporate Social Responsibility (January 2021) (September 2021)
And choose two electives, one from each group, to suit your interests:
Group one
- Leading Organisational Change (January 2021) (September 2021)
- Finance and Investment (January 2021) (September 2021)
- Strategic Human Resource Management (January 2021) (September 2021)
Group two
- Digital Business (January 2021) (September 2021)
- Emerging Economies: Challenges and Opportunities (January 2021) (September 2021)
- Managing for Innovation (January 2021) (September 2021)
You can also replace one of your elective module choices with an international elective overseas at one of our international partners.
You will then integrate and apply your learning with the Personal Development Experience.
You will hone your skills as a leader and a team player in a risk-free environment. Through a series of exercises, you will embrace new challenges. This will lead to real personal growth, as you learn from one-to-one feedback provided by practitioners.
Apply your MBA learning through a range of projects. You'll investigate and make an original contribution to issues of current concern to business.
Boardroom Challenge
Leverage your new knowledge and leadership skills from the Business Analysis for Decision Making module and take this opportunity to start to think like a director.
Gain an understanding of what it means to present a thorough business case to corporate executives. It’s more than education and training. It’s about developing that language, positioning, value and confidence to make you ‘boardroom-ready’.
Management Consultancy Project
Work with a live client on this team-based consultancy project. You can complete this project with a UK or international company.
Individual Project
Apply your learning to a corporate consultancy project, an entrepreneurial business plan or a research project.
Running throughout your year, these modules focus on providing experiential learning that builds your consulting skills. It integrates your knowledge, develops your self-awareness, and enhances your personal management style.
You will study:
- Business in Action (January 2021) (September 2021)
- Personal and Professional Transformation (January 2021) (September 2021)
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