Master Of Business Administration - Mba

at Keele University

Core Taught Modules
 

• MAN-40246 Financial Management
  Provides you with an insight into how the modern day business leader can use financial and non-financial information to support decision-making.
   
• MAN-40240 Strategic Marketing
  Strategic marketing is central to enabling an organisation to respond to a dynamic marketplace: it is the activity which determines and prioritises all other marketing tasks and as such is the core marketing activity.
   
• MAN-40244 Organisational Strategy in a Dynamic World
  Examines and explore several theoretical perspectives and theories – as paradoxes and/or conflicting viewpoints – and examine the strategic thinking and decision-making processes that take place for an organisation to develop suitable strategies to compete in what can be dynamic and hyper-competitive environments.
   
• MAN-40238 Leading in Complexity
  Addresses the needs of executives in today’s dynamic environment and so focuses on strategic leadership in the context of complexity and change.
   
• MAN-40234 Digital Transformation and the Digital Organisation
  Covers a range of different topics relating to the digitalisation of organisations, including: digital and data management strategies; use of data collection & analysis to support effective decision-making; and disruptive technologies and business models.
   
• MAN-40432 Management of People and Organisations
  Looks more closely at the role of management in organisations. It will provide practical skills informed by current academic thinking on management.
   
• MAN-40262 Creativity and Innovation Management
  The purpose of this module is to develop creative thinking and reflective analytical skills to stimulate new ideas to improve organisational performance and contribute to sustainable development.
   
• MAN-40276 Research Methods
  Will enable you to examine and apply appropriate paradigms for your sector and context, develop knowledge of the various research styles available to researchers, and explore epistemological rationales and ethical implications.
   
• MAN-40242 Creating Sustainable Value Through Operations
  Explores how organisations can build operations and supply chains in a sustainable way that help to deliver the triple bottom line of people, planet and profit.
   
• MAN-40266 Organisational Responses To Sustainability Challenge
  Looks at the bigger picture but focuses on how companies can respond by changing what they are doing - both strategically and operationally - to gain or maintain a competitive advantage whilst improving their sustainability performance.

This MBA is designed for professionals in the private, public or third sector. It is designed for any individual moving into or aspiring to a senior or strategic management role. This can include General Managers, Senior Managers, Section Leaders, Executives, Directors, COO, CFO, CEO, CIO roles, senior military officers as well as middle management roles that are a ‘stepping stone’ to these.
 

You should have:

• A 2:2 honours degree, or
• An equivalent overseas degree or
• A degree-level professional qualification or
• Non-standard qualifications and extensive work experience (on a case-by-case basis and through interviewing the candidate)
• At least two years post-graduation work experience prior to starting the course
• Applicants for whom English is a second language will be required to achieve IELTS 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component. 

International - Full time £20,000 per year
 

As an MBA student you will have access to comprehensive careers guidance through our dedicated careers advisors. This guidance is designed to support you in developing your personal brand and to assist you in navigating your career options beyond the MBA.  
 

You will have the opportunity to work with a range of businesses during the programme which will enable you to apply and refine the diverse skills required to succeed within the modern business world. As a full-time MBA student you will be eligible to apply for paid work alongside an academic expert to help local SMEs bring innovative products and services to market via the the Keele Research and Innovation Support Programme (KRISP).
 

As an MBA student at Keele you will have the opportunity to undertake a work placement to apply your theory and learning to practice. Placement opportunities not only enable you to refine your skill-set, but allow you the space to establish and foster professional relationships with a variety of business leaders. Previous Keele Business School students have undertaken placements with organisations such as Amazon, JCB, Bellway Homes, Michelin DC and Hewitt & Carr Services Limited.