MBA Master of Business Administration (with PgCert) Full-time

In this module, you’ll study different leadership theories and apply them to real business issues, with a focus on strategy and sustainability. You’ll work with business leaders to understand the skills employers look for in a digital and global workplace. You’ll also reflect on your own learning throughout the module. This will help you understand your leadership style and identify areas for improvement as a future business leader.

This module helps you explore the opportunities and challenges of international business. You’ll see how globalisation and digital technology have made businesses more connected. You’ll develop practical and sustainable solutions to current and future international business issues. You’ll also analyse different approaches to leadership and management in an international setting. This will help you build strong stakeholder management skills and improve your digital business knowledge.

This module helps you understand digital businesses and how they create sustainable innovation. You’ll explore culture, communication, and leadership, and see how these shape digital organisations. You’ll also look at the opportunities and challenges these businesses face. By working with local and national digital companies, you’ll apply what you learn to real business problems. You’ll also build your digital skills and improve your chances of future employment.

In this module, you’ll explore portfolio management, wealth planning, and risk diversification. You’ll learn how to create a sustainable investment portfolio by analysing financial data from listed companies. You’ll study key financial management concepts, including capital structure, investment appraisal techniques, and mergers and takeovers, using real-life case studies. You'll also develop transferable skills for a career in financial institutions, stock broking, investment and portfolio management, treasury, and corporate finance departments.

In this module, you’ll carry out a research project on an organisation or industry you know well. You’ll examine your chosen topic and form a clear, critical view. You’ll take part in seminars on personal skills, digital skills, and research methods. These sessions will help you complete your research project. You’ll build a strong understanding of why research matters in sustainable business practice. By exploring a real business issue, you’ll prepare for entering or returning to work. You’ll also gain a better understanding of your own professional development and your future role as a business leader.

In this module, you'll examine the key theories, models, and frameworks that support the identification and assessment of market opportunity, the selection of target markets, and the evaluation of choices available to marketers to ensure successful and sustainable marketing mix implementation. You'll focus on the strategic dimension of marketing, which is a key component of long-term corporate strategy. You'll also explore sustainable competitive advantage and how marketers are required to understand the dynamic environment to identify long-term objectives and deliver short-term tactical marketing solutions in an increasingly digital and sustainably aware world.

This module will allow you to examine the considerations of a digital marketer. You'll explore how to address the behaviour and expectations of the modern customer in both business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) markets, be they local, national, or global. Undertake a practical case study where you'll work in the role of a digital marketing consultant. From this, you'll build the digital marketing knowledge and practical skills needed to deliver digital marketing in the workplace.

This module develops key management and leadership skills. These include decision-making, information management, and effective teamwork and interpersonal practice. You'll build self-awareness, and explore your personal values and professional identity. Through the module you'll gain insight into leadership, HR practice, emotional intelligence, ethical decision-making, inclusivity, and cultural awareness. This is while strengthening personal, digital, and academic skills.

This module explores contemporary people management within a dynamic global and digital context. It focuses on talent management, global resourcing, and the development of high-performing organisational strategies and people models. You'll examine how people policies and practices align with organisational strategy. This is alongside managing sustainable performance, reward, wellbeing, and attendance, using data analytics and emerging technologies. The module also addresses employee engagement, retention and turnover reduction strategies. You'll consider the legal and professional dimensions of managing employee exits, including retirement, dismissal, and redundancy.