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MBA - Master of Business Administration
City Campus
Full Time
Jan 2028
16 Month
Develop the knowledge and expertise you will need for a managerial position in business. You will gain an in-depth perspective of all areas of business including strategic analysis, ethical decision-making, people management, financial analytics, marketing and risk management. A focus on entrepreneurial skills will be embedded throughout your course and your assessments will reflect the demands of the workplace environment, for example researching and delivering a presentation. Your tutors will deliver theory via lectures before you explore those ideas in smaller seminars. You will learn in a collaborative environment using case studies to enhance your learning and your tutors will guide your development by providing immediate personalised feedback. You will complete either a work placement or MBA Consultancy Project; either module will enable you to apply your theoretical knowledge to a real-life business issue, before collecting data and research to identify practical solutions. As Leeds Business School student, you will join a community that includes research-active academic staff, industry experts, members of the city’s business networks and fellow students, and you will have access to guest lectures given by industry experts sharing their professional experience. You will have access to specialist facilities including the simulation suite that will develop your decision-making skills through crisis simulation, and the trading floor that is equipped with Thompson Reuters’ Datastream. You will have the opportunity to apply to enhance your CV with a work placement. Your tutors will support you throughout the selection process and if you are successful at interview, you will complete a period of work at a junior managerial level. Your placement will enable you to boost your learning with hands-on experience and apply your theoretical knowledge to real-life business issues. By learning from an organisations managerial team and observing their approach, you will sharpen your skills and expand your range of experience in preparation for the workplace.
Take a strategic approach to harnessing both traditional and digital based marketing concepts and activities. You'll take an integrated approach to identifying a range of challenges and opportunities. You'll develop the contemporary marketing knowledge and skills required for being a professional in the competitive digital world of the 21st century. Optional modules may also be available for this course.
Study a range of operations and logistics management techniques. You'll take a comprehensive approach to managing operational resources and associated supply chain management principles. You'll develop critical thinking and decision making for operational and logistical aspects of an enterprise. This module will enable you to understand strategies for planning and co-ordination in a supply chain. Optional modules may also be available for this course.
This module has been developed around Quinn and Rohrbaugh's Competing Values Framework. You'll study the major indicators of effective organisations and the two major dimensions underlying conceptions of effectiveness: organisational focus and organisational preference for structure. You'll learn how to use the framework to critique leadership effectiveness. Optional modules may also be available for this course.
Build your critical understanding of the main theories, techniques and debates which inform contemporary approaches to business strategy. You'll learn to evaluate challenges and make decisions that managers are faced with in complex and dynamic environments. To achieve this, you'll combine multiple perspectives of business and management such as leadership, creativity and human capital, finance and environmental analytics, creativity and strategic thinking. Optional modules may also be available for this course.
This module will enable you to develop key decision-making skills by applying accounting and financial techniques to assist in control and planning at management level. You'll study a range of financial and management accounting concepts and techniques and how they can be used by leaders to evaluate a company’s financial performance. You'll explore the main principles of financial and management accounting. Your studies will have a strong practical emphasis on how accounting information can be used to improve to quality of decision-making by managers and business leaders. Optional modules may also be available for this course.
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