Part-time MBA Structure

Global Marketing

This module will cover current issues relating to all those analytical and conceptual tools that will help the students to apply global marketing strategies. Students will get an insight into the strengths and opportunities, as well as the weaknesses and threats that are presented when trying to market a product or service in a foreign country.

International Financial Management

This module aims to help students apply relevant skills and exercise professional judgement, as expected of a senior financial executive or advisor, in taking or recommending decisions relating to the financial management of an organisation.

Management in the Digital Economy

The digital economy is considered to be a preeminent driver of economic growth and social change. An MBA student interested in an eBusiness arena can make considered decisions by understanding these fundamental transformations. By taking this module, the student will review topics such as socio-economic influences on the digital economy, law and policies of the digital economy, market structure and competition, and macro and micro economics.

Internet and Digital Marketing Communications

By reviewing this module, the students will gain and develop their knowledge of to how to apply digital media such as the web, e-mail, mobile and online study TV in order to effectively market a firm's product and services.

International Financial Management

International Financial Management will reinforce the foundations of finance with particular attention to issues related to international finance and economics. Theories of international business and recent changes in global finance will be explored in depth, including international commercial policy, foreign exchange markets, and currency derivative markets.

Equity and Fixed Income Investments

The module covers the valuation of fixed/equity income securities, the management of fixed/equity income investment portfolios, and how private equity funds are raised and structured. The syllabus provides a detailed analysis of the types of finance used in private equity and fixed income assets, and an evaluation of the short and long-term performance of these investments.

Global Marketing

This module will cover current issues relating to all those analytical and conceptual tools that will help the students to apply global marketing strategies. Students will get an insight into the strengths and opportunities, as well as the weaknesses and threats that are presented when trying to market a product or service in a foreign country.

The topics reviewed include the global economic environment regional market characteristics and preferential trade agreements; social and cultural environments; the political, legal, and regulatory environments; global information systems and market research; and segmentation, targeting, and positioning.

Internet and Digital Marketing Communications

This module is designed to help students to develop their knowledge as to how to apply digital media such as the web, email, mobile and interactive TV in order to effectively market a firm's products and services.

Enterprise Risk Management

This module will introduce principles and concepts essential to developing an understanding of risk and its management. Standards, requirements, and legal expectations for formal risk management within an organisation will all be examined in depth to gain an appreciation of risk characteristics and influences necessary to implement effective risk management.

Business Continuity and Crisis Management

The design and implementation of a risk management programme suited to the specific needs of organisations is crucial to mitigating risk effectively. This module will introduce students to a broad range of risk management tools, techniques, and processes for business continuity planning and project risk management. The goal of this module is to provide an understanding of the risk management viewpoints that exist at different levels within an organisation, and the need for effective communication among them.

International HR Management

Students taking this module will get an insight into human resource management on an international scale, and will cover key issues for multinational corporations when managing human resources across diverse national boundaries. Globalisation and international management, national systems and management action, international strategy and structure in multinational companies, are some of the concepts to be reviewed within this module.

Coaching and Mentoring for Leadership

This module will provide a wider portfolio of approaches and different techniques to coaching and mentoring people within a firm.

Project Management

It is important for MBA graduates to be able to coordinate, plan and control the current complexity and uncertainty of the business environment. The purpose of this module is to provide a fundamental knowledge of project management, to plan and control business projects while being able to recognise the risks and adversities that exist.

The topics reviewed include project tasks, estimation of project costs, project timing and plan scale, financial appraisal and business plan, principles of resource scheduling, and scheduling people and materials and procurement.

Coaching and Mentoring for Leadership

Performance Measurement and Control

This module aims to develop knowledge and skills in the application of management accounting techniques to evaluate business choices and promote efficient and effective use of resources. Students will study strategies to assess the performance of a business from a financial and non-financial perspective, while appreciating risk and allowing for external aspects.

International Financial Management

This module aims to help students apply relevant skills and exercise professional judgement as expected of a senior financial executive or advisor, in taking or recommending decisions relating to the financial management of an organisation.

*Only available to ACCA and CIMA qualified students

This module will study the different tools and strategies which are used by an organisation when taking financial decisions. The main objective of finance and accounting is to maximise corporate value while managing the firm's financial risks.

Concepts such as capital expansion or development, mergers, demergers, acquisitions or the sale of private companies, financing joint ventures, project finance, infrastructure finance, public-private partnerships and privatisations will be reviewed.

Students will gain the knowledge and skills required to capture value, and to interpret and develop marketing strategies in the current and future business environment. The module also aims to provide students with a fundamental understanding of how to internationalise business.

This module will increase students' understanding of information management issues facing the contemporary organization, and how systems can be utilised to ensure organisational efficiency and effectiveness. Students will develop an understanding of operations and ICT functions, both of which are critical to the success of an organisation.

The aim of the module is to equip learners with the knowledge, skills, and competencies to interpret and develop strategic planning and understand the current thinking on leadership. They will then better understand the creation and capture of value, as well as how to obtain a sustainable competitive advantage.

By reviewing this module, the MBA student will be provided with a detailed framework and guidance for preparing their Final Project (Dissertation). Concepts such as research process, types of research, research methodology, and sources of collection and analysis of data will be reviewed.

The aim of the dissertation is to show the student's ability to carry out detailed research, critical thinking and the capability to provide solutions for a specific problem. As an MBA student, this is essential not only within academia, but also in the everyday business environment.