Upon successful completion of the MSc International Business Management programme you can fast track to the MBA. Completing the additional 4 courses (as seen below) will make sure that you have the credentials required to compete against the best giving you the MBA qualification on top of your MSc International Business Management.
At a glance
What you’ll study
We will endeavour to make all course options available; however, these may be subject to timetabling and other constraints. Depending on start date, courses may vary or change.
The courses that you will study on the MBA (IBM Graduate Pathway) are worth 90 credits in total, as follows:
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Business Strategy (QB 5009) Business Strategy covers a broad range of topics that come under the general heading of “Business Strategy” / “Strategic Management”. The course introduces participants to concepts, frameworks and models that are useful in providing explanations of how companies operate with respect to goal setting, understanding their competitive landscape, assessing opportunities, managing own capabilities, coordinating their activities with other companies, and competing to create value for customers. The course is interactive in nature, applying a learning-by-doing method involving students taking on roles as part of a series of simulation exercises.
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Managing Change (QB 5010) The concepts of change and innovation have never been more topical, especially given the commercial context of fierce business competition, shorter product life cycles and more demanding customers. Increasingly, long-term commercial success is based on an ability to manage change, to act creatively and to promote innovation; These processes interconnect and overlap and often present major challenges to modern organizations; We address these issues through providing detailed case illustrations ranging from the workplace to the wider business market. Learning is encouraged through interaction, reading, investigation, video and case analysis, and critical discussion.
Operations and Project Management (QB 5511) The focus of this course is not people but processes, not outside the organisation but within. Operations transform materials, information and customers to create goods and services using staff and facilities. We study process types and focus particularly on projects. We see how capacity and inventory reconcile demand and output and explore location, supply chains, quality, risk and resilience. About 40% of the course is on projects and project-management techniques. Prepare for both critical discussion of theory and application (operationalisation), including calculation.
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Professional Practice Journal (BU5044) The aim of the Professional Practice Journal (PPJ) is to provide an opportunity for MSc IBM graduates to reflect on the skills, knowledge and understanding obtained in both their MSc IBM courses and their additional MBA courses in light of their own workplace experiences.
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How You'll Study
All our modules are assessed entirely by coursework – there are no exams – so you will be required to produce reports, briefing notes, presentations and reflective journals. Together these will build up into a personalised portfolio of experience – tangible proof that you’ve acquired key business skills and knowledge and something we know that prospective employers find very useful.
Learning Methods
Assessment Methods
- Just like industry, we don’t run our programmes around exams – in fact there are no exams, just intensive real-world learning that helps you gain relevant knowledge, quickly and effectively.
- All assessments are done by a portfolio of work-based assignments.
- We’re talking about powerful knowledge that will stay with you and make you more marketable within industry long after you’ve completed the MBA.
Entry Requirements
The minimum entry requirement for students who wish to study MBA (IBM Graduate Pathway) is successful completion of the IBM programme.
Students must have 2 years post-degree work experience on starting the Professional Practice Journal (PPJ) but can commence the rest of the programme prior to this.
Fees
The programme is the equivalent to 90 credits, or half, of the MBA programme. Fees will be charged pro-rata in line with the current MBA fee for the academic year.