The primary aim and underlying philosophy is to focus on the promotion of management skills and competencies by introducing students to the most contemporary ideas in the area of management. The importance of developing problem-solving and communication skills is emphasised, as well as critical analytical abilities, which enable students to improve their understanding and to deal with complex business issues. Unique modules to the General MBA are, for example, Creative Problem Solving and Total Quality Management. The Course integrates this leading-edge knowledge with the necessary background understanding, and more traditional materials; eg. Marketing, Accounting / Finance and Human Resource Management.

The General MBA is intended for aspiring managers who are graduates (or equivalent) in business studies, the social sciences or other related areas, and who normally have work experience. Applicants should ideally hold a first degree from a British University, a postgraduate diploma or suitable professional qualifications, but we welcome applications from successful business people who do not hold the usual academic qualifications. Overseas candidates should have equivalent credentials. Candidates whose mother tongue is not English must provide evidence of their proficiency in the language.

A Part from this, our ideal student is someone who wishes to understand, at fundamental level, the most contemporary ideas in business administration, and is willing to use his or her practical knowledge to make sense of those ideas in the business domain. Students should be able to make the most of what university life has to offer and be willing to contribute in and gain advantage from multi-cultural groups. Prospective students may come from many varied business and management activities.

The MBA offers an education in all the important aspects of modern-day business administration. It is designed to produce well-informed business people who can combine the fundamentals of business administration, practical training on the course and their own practical experience. The range of business opportunities is therefore wide and successful students will receive a major career boost.

All students take six compulsory courses in the first semester, six in the second, and are examined by a combination of assignments, and written examinations. In addition, a dissertation or project report must be completed during the third semester.

The full-time MBA consists of the 12 modules and 15,000 word dissertation or project report, lasting in all 12 months. The project may be based in a locally sited company or in the company with which the student is associated.

Introduction to Management Thought

Human Resource Management

Strategic Management and Business Policy

Accounting for Decisions

Total Quality Management

Marketing Management

Financial Management

Global Marketing and International Business

Management of Information Technology

Creative Problem Solving

Project Management

Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Change

Dissertation/Project

This module covers the theory and practice of managing the human resource in organisations. It aims to introduce students to traditional approaches to management, before looking in depth at human relation’s theory. All this thinking is then integrated into the ‘contingency approach’ to the study of organisations, in which management of human resource has to be considered in relation to the technology, structure, size and environment of the enterprise. Topics include: traditional approaches to management, the management process, human relation’s theory, motivation, leadership, system thinking, organisation and environment.

This module provides a conceptual and practical framework for the study of human resource management issues within organisations. Topics include: resourcing, training, payment structures, industrial relations and discipline.

This module is designed to help students gain some understanding of how organisations formulate strategies to achieve their stated goals.

Topic areas include: identification of organisational objectives, the nature of environmental analysis, the general environment, the internal business resource audit, generic strategy alternative, the identification and evaluation of alternative strategic options, the implementation and monitoring of the chosen strategy. The main aim of the course is to apply the principle and techniques of strategic management to a variety of case studies covering a wide range of topics such as new product development, diversification strategies, and managing change.

This module provides an understanding of the role of accounting not only in the production of published financial reports and accounts but also in the process of managerial control effective decision making within an organisation. Attention is paid to the structure and interpretation of published financial information and also to the provision of information to assist with internal management. The syllabus contains: the use of accounting information; the creation of wealth and the measurement of profit; the profit and loss account; working capital, assets and deprecation; source of finance; the balance sheet; cash flow statements, interpretation of published financial information and also the provision of information to assist which internal management.

This module introduce Quality Management as a contemporary and leading philosophy for modern-day business, industries and organisations. Topics include: the key concepts and principles of Total Quality Management, how to build a total quality company-workshops, clear company goals, quality council, the importance of projects in quality management process, analysis of Departmental purposes, Quality education and training, appreciating a total quality culture, tools and techniques of quality management, comparing and contrasting different quality cultures from Japan, America, Europe and Asia.

This module is designed to introduce students to the core issues and problems facing organisations when dealing with pertinent aspects of their operating environments. The topics covered include: the scope of marketing, the operating environment, coping with change, strategies for changing environments, buyer behaviour, competitive behaviour, investment policy, the marketing mix, etc.

This module aims to provide an understanding of the concepts and modern practices of financial management, the process of raising funds and deciding the uses to which they are put. Emphasised here is longer term planning and control. The topic area are: the finance function, financial reports and their interpretation, capital budgeting techniques and investment decisions, portfolio theory and the efficient markets hypothesis, capital structure decisions and the coast of capital, dividend policy, working capital management, mergers and take-overs and the management of exchange risk.

This module takes account of the fact that organisations increasingly use computer and telecommunication to aid them in processing information. This course considers the role of information in organisations and explores some issues in the management of information and its associated technology. Topics include: an introduction to MIS, decision-making and information, understanding information, planning and control, the organisational context of MIS, decision, planning and control support systems, planning for information systems, developing MIS, evaluation of MIS, the management of information resources.

This module focuses on how projects are planned, managed and carried out. The course is directed at student who may, now or in the future either work in a project environment or be project managers in charge of complete projects. The fundamental ideas and concepts considered are not specifically directed towards any one sphere of work. The syllabus considers the reasons for using project management organisation structures, considering also the advantages and disadvantages, fundamental concepts and ideas, project planning and control, techniques and tools, the use of traditional and widely used information and planning systems and the use of alternatives such as computer simulation modelling. Most projects use many of the managerial skills taught, although the cases used during the course are from commercial industries. Students, having completed this course, should be able to understand and appreciate the advantages of an increasingly used means of managing projects.

This module highlights the importance of innovative thinking in small, medium and large enterprises. Topics covered include: defining the entrepreneur, the entrepreneur and innovativeness, the relationship of the innovator with other management activities such as quality problem solving and organisational design, setting up an organisation for venture capital, small and medium size enterprises, case studies and management games.