The Bolton Master of Business Administration (MBA) top-up (Executive) qualification delivered in partnership with the Malawi Institute of Management (MIM) could be your chance to move your career forward. Lasting only two trimesters, which is less than a year, the course explores how to tackle large-scale, strategic business challenges, allowing you to grow as a leader in almost any field.

Course Details

Whatever sector you currently work in, this MBA top-up (Executive) qualification is designed to help you understand the problems and challenges facing all enterprises and organisations – and identify potential solutions. Offered as a full-time course over two trimesters, which is less than a full calendar year, youll have the opportunity to develop vital skills that can be applied in almost any business.

Areas covered include building a thorough knowledge of an organisation and its leadership developing creative and systematic approaches to underlying business issues and understanding how business and management practices can be improved. Throughout the course, youll have the opportunity to cultivate your intellectual capabilities of research, critique, synthesis and innovation, culminating in a masters level dissertation.

We aim to optimise learning by employing a varied programme of blended teaching and learning methods, including lectures, workshops, group tutorials, individual tuition and guest speakers. By tutoring you in strategic thinking skills, the course will allow you to develop the sought-after analytical and critical competencies that prestigious employers in todays global economy value so highly.

Highlights

• MIM and the University of Bolton have a well-established partnership of over 10 years.
• This MBA course offers you the chance to join a well-established postgraduate community engaged in preparing themselves for a career in executive management.
• Teaching and supervision are delivered by a dedicated team of experienced and well-qualified staff drawn from business and academia.
• You'll undertake a research and study skills module which will assist in your studies.

What can I do with this qualification?

A wide range of employers, including financial institutions, technology companies, blue-chip companies and SMEs, recruit MBA graduates. Employers look favourably on MBAs because studying for this qualification promotes knowledge and skills that apply to any organisation (regardless of the sector). The universal appeal stems from the MBA's focus on collective business principles. Popular options for MBA graduates include human resource management, investment banking, management consultancy, marketing and supply chain management.

An MBA is also highly respected around the world, so if you're interested in a global business career then it could be beneficial - particularly as qualifications from UK business schools are so well regarded. It can also help you to specialise in your current sector, or a new industry that you want to move into. If you want to continue your study then you could opt for a research degree (MPhil, DBA or PhD).