ACCA + Fully Funded MBA in Financial Management for ACCA students only

The LSBF MBA (Financial Management) is a well-recognized program with a strong reputation around the world. The MBA (Financial Management) provides Accounting Professionals with strong leadership capabilities and a strong holistic understanding of organizational practices. Not only can the online degree be 100% funded, but in recognition of your ACCA, the program can be completed in as few as 5 modules.

This module will broaden student knowledge as to how an organisation develops its strategy process and resources effective allocations. The module will also outline how proper strategic planning processes should be carried out. Concepts and topics such as SWOT, PEST, STEER and PESTEL analysis (among other business strategy concepts) will be shown.

As a business discipline, marketing management is essential for an organisation's resource management and the overall strategic planning, as it is designed to maximise the revenues and profits of the firm.

From this module review, the student will gain authentic marketing practice while studying the fundamentals of marketing. Concepts such as marketing mix, product market/matrix, product segmentation, product planning and development, distribution planning and pricing strategy are just some of the topics covered.

This module will study the different tools and strategies which are used by an organisation when taking financial decisions. The main objective of corporate finance 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.

Operations management is concerned with the ways of achieving the most effective and efficient use of an organisation's resources. The operations management module also focuses on making a better product or service, and making it more efficiently or at lower cost.

In this module, concepts such as forecasting, product planning, process selection, aggregate planning and master scheduling, inventory management, and material requirements will be reviewed.

It is essential for an MBA student to have a general knowledge of an organisation, not only from a technical point of view, but from multiple viewpoints ranging from the individual to the group dynamics analysis.

Concepts such as job satisfaction, organisational communication, leadership, negotiation and authority management, team management and change management will be explored.

This module will introduce students to a wide range of information systems and analyse the ways in which they facilitate organisations to secure a competitive advantage. Information systems will be examined from the planning and design stages through to their effective implementation and management.

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.

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.

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.

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.