University of Portsmouth
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Business School
Full-time MBA
Accreditations: AMBA
Programme features
The Portsmouth Business School full-time MBA is an intellectually stimulating, challenging and rewarding programme which is accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA). It is intended for course members who take time out of their management careers to study on a full-time basis.
During the first teaching period, you will be introduced to our applied problem-solving and integrated approach to learning including the teaching of discipline-based subjects, along with the opportunity for you to apply and integrate the knowledge gained in seminar-based small group work.
- Developing Organisational Value
- Operations and Information Management
- Financial and Resource Management
- Marketing and Sales Management
- Operational Excellence
- Planning and Control
- Value Creation
- Development Centre Activity
- Team Building Residential in November
In the second teaching period, you will develop strategic insights and capabilities on a corporate international business level, based on the knowledge you have acquired in part one.
- Managing for Sustainability
- Intra/Entrepreneurship
- Not-for-profit Management
- Operational Agility and Quality
- Legal and Corporate Responsibility
- Stakeholder-oriented Performance Management
- European Residential in Holland and Belgium, late February
- The China Residential in April (a highly subsidised option)
Through the year, you will research strategy and leadership in terms of:
- Strategic Decision Making
- Strategic Implementation
- Strategic Leadership, Culture and Change
- Organisational Structure and Design
- Groups, Teams, and Change
- Strategic Human Resource Management
- Consultancy Skills, Processes and Client Engagement
- Developing Research and Critical Thinking
- Use of Statistical Methods
After your exams, in the summer period, you will be part of a small team working on a Consultancy and Business Innovation Project, in an external organisation usually at board level, where we find the consultancy opportunity for you. Finally you will undertake your Research Project which is a substantial management research dissertation that combines a review of previous research undertaken in your chosen topic with your own data collection and analysis. A work-based learning option is offered where post study work via individual interview with a UK company is desired.
Course offered
Full-time MBA
Duration
12 months
Number of places
Typically 40
Fees and funding 2012–13
- UK student fees £17,000.
- EU student fees £17,000.
- International student fees £17,100.
- Portsmouth Business School offers scholarships and bursaries.
Part-time Executive MBA
Accreditations: AMBA
Programme features
The Portsmouth Business School Executive MBA is an intellectually stimulating, challenging and rewarding programme delivered in a block structure using our unique integrative approach.
It is accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and is intended for course members employed in management positions who wish to study on a part-time basis.
The programme consists of a set of five core elements - Taught sessions, Master Classes, Residentials, Group Consultancy and Dissertation.
Part One focuses on developing the disciplines underpinning organisational capability and sustaining organisation value. It introduces our integrated and applied problem-solving approach to learning combining interactive taught sessions with opportunities in seminar-based group work, UK residentials and master classes to apply and integrate the knowledge gained.
A number of integrated themes are developed across key management functions.
Integrated Themes:
- Operational Excellence
- Planning & Control
- Value Creation
- Research and Development Methods
- Operational Agility and Quality
- Legal and Corporate Responsibility
- Stakeholder Oriented Performance Measurement
Key Management Functions:
- Operations and Information Management
- Financial and Resource Management
- Marketing and Sales Management
Part Two focuses on strategic leadership, culture and change and strategic management. It too applies the integrated and applied problem solving approach to learning (combining taught sessions, seminars, non-UK residentials and master classes) now developing strategic insights and capabilities on a corporate international business level.
A number of themes are developed across a number of different contexts. Themes:
- Organisational Structure and Design
- Groups, Teams and Change
- Strategic HRM
- Business/Corporate Strategy
- Strategic Decisions
- Strategic Implementation
- Research and Development Methods
Contexts:
- The Economic environment
- Social & Political Systems
- Sustainability
In Part Three you will be part of a small team working on a Group Consultancy Project, in an external organisation usually at Board level. Finally you will undertake your Research Project which is a substantial management research dissertation that combines a review of previous research undertaken in your chosen topic with your own data collection and analysis.
Course offered
Part-time Executive MBA
Duration
30 months
Number of places
Typically 25–30
Fees and funding 2012–13
- UK student fees £5,670 per year (plus inflation in Year 2 and Year 3).
- EU student fees £5,670 per year (plus inflation in Year 2 and Year 3).
- International student fees £5,700 per year (plus inflation Year 2 and year 3).
- Portsmouth Business School offers scholarships and bursaries.
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