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 PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
The MBA is comprised of 6 core courses and 3 optional courses.
The MBA is worth of total of 190 credits.

Core courses (x6)

People, Work Leadership, Theory

and Organisations and Practice

Delivering Successful Developing and

Projects Executing Strategy

Financial Decision Strategic

Making Marketing
 Optional courses (x6)

Advanced Financial Big Data Analytics

Decision Making for Business

Business Analytics Business Consultancy

Business Negotiation Economics for Business

Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial Venturing
& Creativity

Global Purchasing
Financial Derivatives
and Supply

Green and Sustainable

Global Strategy Analysis
Logistics

Lending and Credit

Humanitarian Logistics
Risk Analysis

Logistic Operations: Freight

Managing Financial Risk
Transport and Warehousing

Mergers, Acquisitions
Network Analysis
and Restructuring

Performance Management
Operations Management
for Business

Research Methods
Quantitative Methods
for Business

Strategic Change Strategies for Managing

Management Supply Chains
 CORE MBA COURSES

Core MBA courses

Progress through six core MBA courses, designed to develop a broad range of key management skills.
These courses cover essential areas from leadership strategies to project management to financial
decision making, setting you up for success in today’s business world.

People, Work and Organisations

Course Aims
The aim of the People, Work and Organisation course is for you to develop a detailed appreciation
of factors influencing how people behave at work and how these link to performance. The course
focuses on understanding individual differences, how these differences affect team dynamics and
how organisational factors affect individual behaviour. At its core, the course aims to equip you with
the skills and knowledge to positively impact on individual, team, and organisational performance
in a variety of dynamic organisational contexts.

Credits: 20

Modules
• Understanding Behaviour in Organisations
• Individual Differences
• Motivation and Engagement
• Team Dynamics
• Power, Politics and Conflict
• Designing Effective Organisations
• Organisational Culture
• Organisational Change

Learning Outcomes
• Show critical awareness of historical, current, and future developments in the field of
Organisational Behaviour.
• Appreciate how the organisational context is influenced by social, political, cultural, technological,
and environmental factors.
• Explain the factors that affect workplace behaviour, taking into account individual differences,
team dynamics, and organisational culture and design.
• Apply an understanding of workplace behaviour to diverse organisational contexts.
• Analyse workplace scenarios and recommend individual, group or organisational level
interventions to improve performance.
• Critically evaluate the role of management and how management behaviour can impact on
individual, team, and organisation performance.
• Demonstrate the ability to critically reflect on their own behaviour at work and the impact of
their behaviour on others.

A core courses on this programme has been accredited by the prestigious

EFMD Online Course Certification System (EOCCS).

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 CORE MBA COURSES

Leadership, Theory and Practice

Course Aims
The Leadership, Theory and Practice course aims to develop a critical appreciation of the role of
leadership theory and the role of leadership in practice in a range of organisational, social and
cultural contexts.

Credits: 20

Modules
• Introduction to Leadership
• Traditional and Contingency Leadership Approaches
• Modern Theories of Leadership
• Post-Heroic Leadership
• Leadership in Contexts
• Leadership: Gender, and Culture
• Developing Leadership

Learning Outcomes
• Demonstrate an integrated awareness of leadership theory and its link to business practice.
• Propose appropriate leadership styles and approaches through evaluation of dynamic leadership
solutions and contexts.
• Develop a critical understanding of how different cultural and structural contexts can impact the
agents of leadership.
• Understand the role of effective leadership in organisational strategy.
• Apply diverse skills and approaches associated with leadership in a variety of organisational, social
and cultural situations and contexts.
• Critically evaluate complex ideas, concepts and issues relating to leadership.
• Develop practical, ethically-informed leadership skills that can be applied in a range of situations.
 CORE MBA COURSES

Delivering Successful Projects

Course Aims
The Delivering Successful Projects course aims to equip you with the necessary skills to conceive
of, plan, control and deliver projects, enabling successful realisation of business objectives using the
practical framework of project management.

Credits: 20

Modules
• Projects and Project Management
• The Project Manager
• From Strategy to Project
• Human Resourcing - Structuring and Managing Project Teams
• Risk Management
• Time Management
• Financial and Cost Management
• Quality and Performance Management
• Project Closure and Evaluation

Learning Outcomes
• Explain the principles, concepts, theory and future trends of modern project management.
• Critically analyse and evaluate complex business problems to propose robust and sustainable
project-based solutions.
• Demonstrate an applied understanding of project management skills to address issues and enable
strategic benefits realisation.
• Demonstrate an ability to plan and then implement the plan, manage change and successfully
achieve project objectives.
• Show critical awareness of and the ability to apply current project management tools and
techniques to plan a project-based solution.
• Proactively assess and manage business systems improvements.
• Implement and realise a single definable project solution, by balancing multiple, sometime
conflicting, objectives in ways that are accountable and achievable.
• Propose appropriate solutions for managing multidisciplinary stakeholders and complex scenarios
under conditions of risk, uncertainty and change.
 CORE MBA COURSES

Developing and Executing Strategy

Course Aims
The Developing and Executing Strategy course aims to encourage you to think and operate
at the strategic level in a range of dynamic settings through integration of ideas across core
business disciplines.

Credits: 30

Modules
• Introduction to Strategy and Strategists
• Strategic Intent
• Strategic Issue Diagnosis
• Interpreting and Understanding the Environment
• Interpreting and Analysing the Organisation
• Generating, Selecting and Evaluating Strategic Options
• Executing Strategy

Learning Outcomes
• Demonstrate the ability to identify and critically evaluate complex business situations and make
informed judgements using a multidisciplinary strategic framework.
• Identify and use a range of verbal, numerical and graphical sources to formulate strategic decisions.
• Show critical awareness of contemporary theory in the strategic management field and be able to
relate to current organisational practice.
 CORE MBA COURSES

Financial Decision Making

Course Aims
The Financial Decision Making course aims to provide you with a set of accounting and financial tools
that enables you to interpret and critique financial information from a variety of sources and to make
informed and effective financial decisions that directly impact company operations.

Credits: 20

Modules
• The Financial Landscape
• Financial Accounting
• Working Capital Management
• Management Accounting
• Budgeting
• Financial Tools
• Capital Budgeting and Investment Appraisal
• Financing, Payout Policy and Risk Management

Learning Outcomes
• Develop an applied understanding of finance and accounting concepts relevant to general
management roles.
• Critically analyse external financial statements and make informed decisions through the
identification and application of appropriate KPIs.
• Evaluate management accounting decision-making techniques and apply them in relevant
internal and external situations.
• Develop a critical awareness of the time value of money, risk, future returns and the capital
investment decision.
• Engage effectively in management discussions on finance and accounting issues.
• Make informed, reasoned and sustainable decisions on capital investment programmes.
• Critically analyse and propose reasoned solutions to questions of capital allocation, retention
and distribution.
 CORE MBA COURSES

Strategic Marketing
Course Aims
The Strategic Marketing course aims to provide you with the necessary tools and frameworks to enable
you to make proactive marketing decisions that take best advantage of the conditions in which the
firm finds itself.

Credits: 20

Modules
• Marketing Management for a Turbulent Era
• The Marketing Fit with Corporate and Business Strategies
• Capturing Key Environmental Marketing Insights
• Customer Insights and Customer Connections
• Capturing Marketing Insights for Demand Measurement
• Market Segmentation and Target Marketing
• Branding and Positioning
• The Integrated Marketing Mix
• Winning Strategies for Competitive and Market Scenarios
• Organising, Planning, Delivering and Measuring Market Performance

Learning Outcomes
• Demonstrate a strategic, global and ethically informed understanding of the marketing
management process, taking account of established and emerging practices in digital marketing.
• Show critical awareness of the analytical processes used to evaluate market opportunities and
propose appropriate marketing strategies to achieve competitive advantage in a variety of global
and dynamic market contexts.
• Understand the activities and organizational structures, including networking and partnerships,
required to implement, monitor and measure the performance of marketing strategies.
• Use evidence-based techniques to creatively segment and target markets as well as position
products/ services against market needs and competitive offerings.
• Develop integrated marketing strategies as well as evaluate and propose appropriate activities and
organisational structures to implement and control the chosen strategy effectively.
• Ability to undertake structured, critical analysis of marketing problems and opportunities and
develop appropriate marketing strategies in a variety of contexts.
• Ability to propose, plan and integrate creative marketing programmes.
• Use a range of verbal, numerical and graphical data to formulate, implement and measure the
success of marketing strategies.
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 OPTIONAL MBA COURSES

Optional MBA courses

Customise your learning by selecting three courses from a range of specialised subjects to match
your career goals. Focus on specific business areas such as operations management, negotiation,
or finance, or grow your expertise in industry-focused areas like supply chain management and
business analytics.

Advanced Financial Decision Making

Course Aims
The Advanced Financial Decision Making (‘AFDM’) course aims to enable you to analyse complex
financial choices, both external and internal, facing a company, and propose courses of action that are
consistent with the organisation’s goals. AFDM builds on the Financial Decision Making (FDM) course,
revisiting many concepts from FDM plus some new ones, taking the analysis and application to a
deeper level.

Credits: 20

Modules
• Financial Decision Making Core Principles
• Financial Reporting
• Management Accounting
• Planning and Performance Evaluation
• Working Capital Management
• Investment Appraisal
• Corporate Valuation
• Risk Management
• Corporate Restructuring
• Current Issues in Finance and Accounting

Learning Outcomes
• Use synthesised and critical awareness of both good and bad accounting practice, evaluate the
impact of management decisions about presentation of external information and internal costing on
perceived and actual company performance.
• Critically evaluate international financial issues including performance measurement, planning,
hedging and foreign exchange issues.
• Critically review available valuation techniques for equities, bonds, projects and companies and apply
these to make robust decisions around investment, financing and mergers and acquisitions.
• Through the evaluation of a given situation and risk profiles, propose and justify the use of
appropriate derivatives in diverse contexts.
• Develop the ability to make competent business decisions through synthesis of relevant knowledge
and evaluation of complex financial data from a variety of sources.
• Apply financial risk management principles in a number of organisational and international settings,
recommending courses of action consistent with management risk appetite.
• Apply profit and cash robust budgeting principles to construct integrated business planning models
that can be used to guide management decision making.
 OPTIONAL MBA COURSES

Big Data Analytics for Business

Course Aims
The Big Data Analytics for Business course aims to equip you with the knowledge and skill to
understand, evaluate the outputs of and apply analytical techniques to Big Data. Our course is
designed to demystify these techniques and demonstrate how you can use them in business contexts
to turn Big Data into useful insights.

Credits: 20

Modules
• Introduction to Big Data Analytics
• Big data Analytics Processes, Frameworks and Strategies
• Data Exploration
• Introduction to Modelling and Machine Learning
• Using Decision Trees
• Challenges in Big Data Analytics
• Cloud Computing and the Internet of Things

Learning Outcomes
• Develop in-depth knowledge and understanding of methods, tools and techniques used to solve Big
Data problems in business contexts.
• Understand Big Data trends and strategies used to solve associated problems.
• Understand and demonstrate different quantitative techniques for evaluating data.
• Understand technologies that support Big Data analytics.
• Develop practical skills for assessing Big Data.
• Evaluate the usefulness and limitations of common tools and techniques.
• Develop the ability to analyse complex problems through coursework.
• Critically review different analytical approaches through class discussion and lab sessions on the use
of commercial software.
 OPTIONAL MBA COURSES

Business Analytics
Course Aims
The Business Analytics course aims to equip you with the knowledge and skill to apply a range of
useful business analytics tools and techniques.

Credits: 20

Modules
• Business Analytics
• Descriptive Analytics: Introduction to Statistics
• Descriptive Analytics: Sampling and Estimation
• Predictive Analytics
• Prescriptive Analytics
• Introduction to Big Data

Learning Outcomes
• Understand the different approaches used by business analysts and management consultants to
solve decision problems.
• Appreciate the purpose and value of business analytics in management decision making.
• Possess a working understanding of the key statistical concepts that underpin aspects of strategic
decision sciences.
• Gain the practical skills to apply a range of analytical techniques used by Business Analysts.
• Gain a high-level understanding of the key concepts of Big Data and Big Data analytics.
 OPTIONAL MBA COURSES

Business Consultancy
Course Aims
The Business Consultancy course aims to build on your knowledge, draw on your experience and
encourage you to develop your career in managing consultancy and change. This course prides itself
on being grounded in best practice, placing best practice in the context of underpinning theory, and
relating that learning to the skills which enable us to succeed in intervening successfully in change
events in organisations.

Credits: 20

Modules
• Organisations and Change
• Change Interventions
• Role of the Change Agent
• Getting Started
• Step Approaches
• Culture and Identity
• Changing the Culture
• Training or Development
• Negotiating Successfully Through Change /Internal Change Agents
• Consultants, Ethics and the Law/CPD, Career and Research
• Consultancy: Consolidating your knowledge

Learning Outcomes
• Actively participate in groups working to analyse, diagnose and solve organisational/business
problems.
• Apply enhanced knowledge to analyse businesses, develop credible change strategies and present
them persuasively to management.
• Handle concerns and objections from management.
• Reinforce the benefits of change.
• Develop data analysis skills through case study discussions grounded in practical activities.
• Develop problem solving and workable change techniques.
• Practice the presentational skills of a change consultant.
 OPTIONAL MBA COURSES

Business Negotiation
Course Aims
The aim of this Business Negotiation course is to help you expand your knowledge of Negotiation
Theory and Practice. We will look at key concepts in negotiation, how to negotiate more effectively and
look at some of the challenges in negotiation from culture to diversity. Negotiation is generally a very
practical skill, and you will come away from the course with practical tools and techniques that will
help you negotiate in your job, and home life too.

Credits: 20

Modules
• What is Negotiation?
• Distributive Bargaining
• Integrative Bargaining: Preparation
• Integrative Bargaining: Debate
• Integrative Bargaining: Propose
• Integrative Bargaining: Bargain
• The Styles of Negotiation
• Rational Bargaining
• Streetwise Negotiation
• Culture and Gender Biases in Negotiation

Learning Outcomes
• Critically evaluate the role of negotiation as a decision-making tool, and explore its place in
your organisation.
• Compare the different types of bargaining: Distributive, Integrative and Rational.
• Demonstrate the lessons from single issue negotiation, that can help develop more successful
strategies in the multi-issue negotiations.
• Explain the benefit of rational theories when dealing with irrational human bargaining.
• Demonstrate the differences between the styles of negotiation, and be able to show their effects
on negotiations.
• Illustrate the issues of culture that affect negotiations in our global marketplace.
• Discuss gender bias in negotiations, what effect it has on you, and with particular focus on the
gender pay gap.
• Be prepared to counter difficult behaviours with strategies and behaviours, recognise power and
manipulation, and be able to counter a variety of different tactics.
• Analyse your own strengths and weaknesses as a negotiator and develop strategies to deal with
other negotiators.
• Use a range of tools to complete a successful negotiation.
 OPTIONAL MBA COURSES

Economics for Business

Course Aims
The aim of the Economics for Business course is to develop in you a systematic approach to decision-
making and the ability to recognise, use and interpret economic information from both within the
organisation and the wider environment.

Credits: 20

Modules
• The Role of Economics in Business
• The Market Mechanism
• Demand
• Supply
• Market Structure
• The Labour Market and the Capital Market
• The Role of Government
• The Macroeconomic Environment
• Macroeconomic Policy
• International Trade and Globalisation

Learning Outcomes
• Apply economic criteria for efficient resource allocation to a diverse range of dynamic
business situations.
• Analyse changing market conditions in terms of supply, demand and possible government
intervention and formulate appropriate and sustainable organisational responses.
• Propose appropriate economic solutions that draw on a robust, critical awareness of the role of
information in the market economy.
• Evaluate and apply appropriate approaches to economic challenges in relation to social and private
costs, taxation and government regulation.
• Propose relevant pricing and market strategies for a variety of market structures and in the presence
of market failures.
• Recommend appropriate courses of action to deal with economic uncertainty, through evaluation of
changes in macroeconomic variables and policy-making.
• Use diverse forms of economic information from both the environment and the organisation to
evaluate and propose solutions to business problems.
 OPTIONAL MBA COURSES

Entrepreneurial Venturing
Course Aims
The Entrepreneurial Venturing course aims to develop your knowledge and understanding of the
business planning process required to produce an investor-ready business plan.

Credits: 20

Modules
• Introduction to Business Planning
• The Business Environment
• Mission, Vision, Structure and Scalability
• Market Segments and Value Propositions
• Your Marketing Plan
• Your Operations Plan
• Your Financial Plan
• Putting Your Business Plan Together

Learning Outcomes
• Understand the business planning process, including marketing, operational planning and financial.
• Understand the processes of venture creation, including market and industry research analysis,
financial analysis and budgeting.
• Understand how to prepare a working business plan.
• Demonstrate an understanding of creativity and idea/problem identification, as well as techniques
to develop these skills.
• Demonstrate core skills and business skills, and the ability to apply these to a project; and an ability
to present a coherent and professional business plan.
 OPTIONAL MBA COURSES

Entrepreneurship & Creativity

Course Aims
The Entrepreneurship and Creativity course aims are two-fold: first, it will develop your baseline
understanding of the enterprise environment and its value in an economy; second, it will develop skills
in creativity, ideas development and refinement and commercial application.

Credits: 20

Modules
• What is Entrepreneurship and What is it for?
• Ideas and Commercial Feasibility
• Researching the External Environment
• Exploring Your Markets
• Knowing Your Competition
• Analysing the External Environment
• Intellectual Property
• Operations and Resources
• Initial Financial Analysis
• Preparing a Pitch Presentation

Learning Outcomes
• Master the processes of what entrepreneurship is (and is not) and its value in different contexts.
• Understand the processes of opportunity identification and generation.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of communication to different audiences.
• Develop your skills in business functions such as marketing research.
• Comprehend the processes of feasibility analysis of business ventures.
 OPTIONAL MBA COURSES

Financial Derivatives
Course Aims
This course aims to help you become proficient in using and evaluating derivative instruments and to
develop a critical understanding of their benefits.

Credits: 20

Modules
• Introduction to Derivatives
• Forwards and Futures: Principles
• Forwards and Futures: Hedging Strategies
• Forwards and Futures: Pricing
• Options: Overview
• Options: Strategies
• Options: Pricing Principles
• Interest Rate Swaps
• Currency Swaps
• Credit Default Swaps

Learning Outcomes
• Understand the terminology, characteristics, pricing and applications of financial derivatives.
• Select the appropriate contract for a given strategy.
• Price the main derivatives contracts.
• Develop a critical appraisal of the outcomes associated with derivatives markets.
• Select and justify the appropriate derivative for a particular event and be able to price it correctly.
• Explain the impact a changing underlying price has on each derivative and the performance of a
hedging programme.
• Critically evaluate the use of derivatives in different scenarios.
• Recognise the different combinations of derivatives that can be used to make risk management
more cost-effective.
• Evaluate hedging programmes.
 OPTIONAL MBA COURSES

Global Purchasing and Supply

Course Aims
The aim of this course is to develop your understanding and application of global purchasing and
supply for different contexts. The objective is for you to develop the skills and tools needed to work in
global purchasing and supply in a global context and to develop a thorough understanding of global
purchasing and supply in a variety of sectors including transport, retail, and services. The course has
practical skills and application at its core, bringing the theory to life through its application to case
studies with a focus on developing your purchasing and supply analytical skills.

Credits: 20

Modules
• Introducing Global Purchasing and Supply
• Supply Chain Management and E-Procurement
• International Sourcing
• The Business of Purchasing
• International Trade
• Outsourcing
• Vendor Selection

Learning Outcomes
• Appreciate the contribution that purchasing can make to business competitiveness.
• Demonstrate a critical appreciation of the principles of purchasing management.
• Be familiar with a range of practical techniques applied by purchasing managers.
• Know where to obtain relevant information on purchasing management.
• Demonstrate the key concepts of purchasing management.
• Apply these concepts in practical business settings.
• Utilise and source relevant information from library, internet and database sources.
• Appreciate the complexity of supply chains and the implications of managing assets owned by
someone else.
• Assess the extent of dependence on external resources.
• Be able to apply a range of practical purchasing techniques.
• Carry out supplier appraisal including assessment of financial stability.
• Appreciate the principles of global purchasing including international trade and INCOTERMS.
• Measure and report on purchasing performance.
 OPTIONAL MBA COURSES

Global Strategy Analysis

Course Aims
The aim of this course is to examine the complex role of the business environment upon global
business models. You will develop an understanding of how global sub-systems shape business
performance; address the trends and processes within the respective global systems; and identify
the major adaptive responses to these global tensions.

Credits: 20

Modules
• Global System and Risks
• Globalizing the Business Model
• Macro-Level Risk
• Geo-economic Risks
• Geo-political Risk
• Ecological Risk and International Business
• The Social Context of Global Business
• Technological Risk in the Global System
• Infrastructural Risk

Learning Outcomes
• Understand the complex form and nature of the global system, its operation, the risks within it and
how they impact upon business.
• Be aware of the processes and challenges of international market operation.
• Comprehend the facets of Global Business Models and how they evolve within the context of
multiple operating environments (political, economic, social, ecological and technological).
• Comprehend how tacit and proactive engagement within the global system impacts upon
business performance.
• Understand the dynamics of change within the global commercial system.
• Critically evaluate and assess the impact of legacy of change within Global systems.
 OPTIONAL MBA COURSES

Green and Sustainable Logistics

Course Aims
The aim of the Green and Sustainable Logistics course is to facilitate you in developing a critical
understanding of environmental issues in the logistics sector and the ability to recommend strategies
to reduce the environmental impact of logistics activities using a range of technological and
behavioural approaches.

Credits: 20

Modules
• Introduction to the Concepts of Sustainable Development and Green Logistics
• Measurement and Management of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHGs)
• Reducing the Environmental Impact of Freight Transport Operations
• Fuel Efficiency and Alternative Fuels
• Greening Global Maritime Logistics
• Greening City Logistics and Home Delivery
• Green Warehousing
• Reverse Logistics
• Future Scenarios for Green Logistics

Learning Outcomes
• Develop a critical awareness of the scale and range of impacts that logistics has on the environment.
• Gain in-depth understanding of how these impacts vary across different geographies and elements
of the logistics system, including city logistics, warehousing, and maritime freight.
• Knowledge of the regulatory and policy context of green logistics.
• Understanding of how environmental damage can be mitigated in the logistics sector.
• Recognise critical issues in green logistics within an organisation’s global and local supply chain and
the importance of these issues to the organisation and wider community.
• Select and apply a range of relevant techniques to assess the environmental impact of logistics
system components.
• Apply knowledge of green logistics to the preparation of strategies for environmental impact
mitigation.
• Source, critically evaluate and use business data and relevant ICT to effectively communicate green
and sustainable solutions to logistics and supply chain problems.
 OPTIONAL MBA COURSES

Humanitarian Logistics
Course Aims
The aim of this course is to provide you with an understanding of logistics strategy and operations
in the context of humanitarian crisis and what products and services are needed in a complex and
resource-constraint environment. The course explores the differences between commercial and
humanitarian logistics systems, and how efficient supply chains can enable sustainable international
development that strengthens local and regional market systematics which are better equipped to
meet beneficiaries’ needs during crisis.

Credits: 20

Modules
• Exploring the Humanitarian Context
• Responding to Disasters
• Resource Management
• Logistics Functions in Relief Operations
• Financing Humanitarian Projects
• Sustainability in the Humanitarian Context
• The Humanitarian Profession

Learning Outcomes
• Demonstrate a sound grasp of the principles and theories underpinning the formulation of
logistics and supply chain strategy in the context of humanitarian crisis.
• Gain knowledge about the products and services needed in a complex and resource-
constrained environment.
• Understand the differences between commercial and humanitarian logistics systems.
• Understand how efficient supply chains can enable sustainable international development that
strengthens local and regional market systems which are better equipped to meet beneficiaries’
needs during crisis.
• Be able to critically evaluate the impact of a range of business, regulatory and technological
trends on humanitarian logistics operations.
• Assist with the formulation of a logistics / supply chain strategy in the context of a
humanitarian crisis.
• Recognise and mitigate the sources of risk in a humanitarian supply chain.
 OPTIONAL MBA COURSES

Lending and Credit Risk Analysis

Course Aims
This course aims to develop your understanding and application of lending and credit risk
management for different credit context. The objective is for you to develop the skills and tools
needed to work in lending and credit risk management in a global context. The course will focus on
current developments within the global financial landscape and allow you to identify credit risk events
associated with different types of borrowers for different types of lenders.

Credits: 20

Modules
• Understanding Financial Statements
• Generating and Justifying Research Topics
• Individual and Commercial Real Estate Learning and Regulations
• Personal Lending Analysis
• Loan Portfolio Management and Non-Performing Loans
• Challenges, Alternatives and Futures
• Transfers or Risk
• From Theory to Practice

Learning Outcomes
• Identify credit risk events through the evaluation of financial statements.
• Apply the principles of lending and assessment of the risk associated with different types
of loans and borrowers.
• Evaluate loan portfolio management and bad loan risk management.
• Define the legal and ethical dimensions of loan provision.
• Construct a credit risk analysis for corporate customers.
 OPTIONAL MBA COURSES

Logistic Operations: Freight Transport and Warehousing

Course Aims
The aim of the Logistics Operations course is to provide you with the necessary tools and frameworks
to understand core activities and processes involved in freight transport and warehouse management
and to enable you to plan, assess, specify, evaluate and operate both in a variety of business contexts.

Credits: 20

Modules
• The Rise of Supply Chain Management
· Introduction to Freight Transport
· Freight Modes and Choices
· Optimising Freight Transport
· Regulations and Responsibilities in Freight Transport
· Introduction to Warehouse Management
· Fundamentals of Warehouse Design and Equipment
· Warehouse Operations
· Systems and Data
· Integrating Warehouse and Freight Operations

Learning Outcomes
• Appreciate the importance of logistics to corporate strategy and as a source of competitive
advantage.
• Understand freight transport types, multi-modal transport options, and each mode’s relative
suitability. Explain the key steps in selecting the appropriate mode of transport for freight operations.
• Evaluate the implications of freight transportation selection and its effect on optimum success
within the supply chain.
• Understand regulations and technology pertaining to freight movements. Understand how
regulation and industry impact both freight operations and warehousing.
• Evaluate multi-modal freight transportation and juxtapose these issues against the wide range of
alternative distribution centre resources, techniques, and technologies.
• Explain how the capability of a distribution centre can impact upon the capability and performance
of a supply chain.
• Understand storage, handling, and picking systems, and the current and emerging technologies
involved, as well as value-adding activities in distribution centres. Evaluate the suitability of the
different systems, techniques and technologies within a distribution centre against the strategic
and operational needs of an organisation.
• Recognise the key issues within distribution centres relating to activities, resources, and processes.
• Identify trends and future technologies in the fields of freight and warehousing and evaluate their
impact on selection and operations.
 OPTIONAL MBA COURSES

Managing Financial Risk

Course Aims
This course aims to develop a thorough understanding of the range of financial risk that face a
company, quantify these and introduce risk management techniques to control the risk. The objective
is for you to develop the skills and tools needed to work in current developments within the global
financial landscape and allow for the identification of financial risk associated in various types of
investment through different types of setups like financial institutions, private equity and corporate
finance. The course has practical skills and application in its core, bringing the theory to life through its
application to case studies with a focus on developing your financial risk analytical skills.

Credits: 20

Modules
• Financial Markets
• Financial Regulations
• Managing Financial Market Risk
• Introduction to Sources of Financial Risk
• Quantifying Financial Risk
• Controlling Financial Risk
• Innovations, Enterprise Risk Management and FinTech

Learning Outcomes
• Critically evaluate financial markets and regulatory environment in which a firm manages
financial risk through the evaluation of case studies.
• Identify, explain, and discuss the financial risks facing a specific company and make
suitable recommendations.
• Critically appraise the risk management techniques available to control risk and be able to
communicate these techniques to others.
• Describe recent financial developments and how these can be applied to evaluate and
manage financial risks faced by a firm.
 OPTIONAL MBA COURSES

Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring

Course Aims
The aim of this course is to give you a strong understanding of the topic of mergers and acquisitions
(M&A), from an applied perspective, while developing your critical thinking and reflection abilities. On
completion of the course, you will be able to develop a critical understanding on the role of takeovers
in finance. You will also be able to join specialised firms and take an active role in the structuring of
M&A.

Credits: 20

Modules
• Introduction to Mergers and Acquisitions
• The Rationale of Mergers and Acquisitions
• Takeover Threats and Corporate Governance
• Business Planning and Strategies
• Implementation of a Merger and Acquisition
• Valuation with Discounted Cash Flows
• Valuation with Alternative Approaches
• Financing Mergers and Acquisitions
• Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity
• Post Merger and Acquisition Integration

Learning Outcomes
• Understand and reflect on the role of M&A in the global financial system.
• Appraise the importance of takeover activities for firms, as an opportunity to deploy strategies,
but also as a threat motivating specific governance schemes.
• Analyse, synthesise and evaluate complex business problems and propose merger and/or
acquisition project-based solutions.
• Critically evaluate and value a target and/or partner and execute all necessary due diligence.
• Implement the merger and/or acquisition plan, manage change and successfully achieve
project-based objectives.
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Network Analysis
Course Aims
The Network Analysis course aims to provide you with an understanding of the relevance of networks
to business environments and to give you practical experience of how to interpret and meaningfully
discuss a range of network metrics and measures. Furthermore, you will have the opportunity to
practise assembling and analysing a data set using software designed for network analysis.

Credits: 20

Modules
• Introduction to Network Analysis and its Application to Business
• Network Data for Business
• Social Capital
• Principles of Network Research Design

Learning Outcomes
• Provide a critical evaluation of when and where network analysis could provide meaningful
business insight.
• Understand how network analysis can be used to enhance business performance.
• Critically interpret and describe various network measures and metrics in a business context.
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Operations Management
Course Aims
The Operations Management course aims to provide you with a critical understanding of the scope
and strategic importance of operations management and the role of operations managers; and an
appreciation of the interaction of operations with the organisation, employees and customers. You will
gain a critical understanding of the nature and importance of operations management, not only in
your own but in other organisations competing in the global environment.

Credits: 20

Modules
• Understanding Operations Management and Strategy
• Process Design, Type, Layout and Mapping
• Product and Service Innovation
• Capacity Management and Forecasting
• Inventory Management
• Quality Methodologies
• Sustainable Operations
• Technology in Operations Management

Learning Outcomes
• Understand the linkages between process and operations design, business strategy
and globalisation.
• Understand the different elements of operations and how to analyse an operational environment
in terms of these elements.
• Appreciate the tools and techniques applicable in the context of operations in global
dynamic organisations.
• Understand the challenges facing the operations manager to exploit innovative practices
(e.g. lean, new technologies and growing social agendas, such as CSR).
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Performance Management for Business

Course Aims
The Performance Management for Business course aims to introduce you to the theories and
principles behind performance measurement and management from both technical and social
perspectives. The course will also introduce you to the methods, tools and techniques for
measuring and managing performance as well as analysing and troubleshooting existing
performance measurement and management systems in the context of industrial, commercial
and public sector organisations.

Credits: 20

Modules
• Development of Theory and Practices
• What Are We Managing: A Systems Perspective
• How to Develop Effective Performance Measurement Systems
• Understanding the Drivers of Performance
• Using the PMS to Manage Performance of an Organisation
• Delivering Effective Performance Improvement Interventions

Learning Outcomes
• Discuss and critically evaluate the theory and practice of performance measurement
and management.
• Analyse, review and improve performance measurement and management systems of a range
of organisations.
• Analyse organisations and design performance measurement systems and improvement
interventions that meet the technical and cultural requirements of organisations.
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Quantitative Methods
Course Aims
This aim of this course is to introduce you to a set of research tools which will help you to
understand various aspects of quantitative research as well as enabling you to conduct your
own quantitative research. The course aims to present you with an overview of various areas in
quantitative research including quantitative research philosophy, data collection by surveys,
and analysis of data, among others.

Credits: 20

Modules
• Introduction to Quantitative Research
• Basics: SPSS and Descriptive Statistics
• Data Collection
• Questionnaires
• Data Ethics
• Assessing the Statistical Significance of Differences
• Correlation and Association
• Regression and Statistical Modelling
• Data Reduction
• Clustering and Segmentation

Learning Outcomes
• Understand what is meant by quantitative research and the application of statistics.
• Understand the variety of quantitative methods available to the researcher.
• Understand the various methods of data collection in quantitative research and make informed and
ethical decisions on what tools and techniques to use to collect and manage data.
• Apply knowledge to make an informed decision about the appropriateness of different quantitative
data analysis techniques, and explain the advantages and disadvantages of specific analytical tools.
• Effectively and ethically interpret and report the findings arising from quantitative data analysis.
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Research Methods for Business

Course Aims
This course aims to introduce you to research methods and core research concepts. The objective
is to equip you with a set of must-have research tools that enable you to understand and analyse
research papers and the nuts and bolts of undertaking research and writing a project. At its core,
the course aims to present an overview of the many of the areas that you need to be aware of when
conducting research.

Credits: 20

Modules
• Research: The Basics
• Generating and Justifying Research Topics
• Reviewing and Researching the Literature
• Research Philosophy: Identifying a Suitable Paradigm
• Research Methodology
• The Basics of Qualitative Research: Reflexivity, Sampling and Interview
• Processing, Analysing and Reporting Qualitative Data
• Quantitative Research: The Basics
• Quantitative Research: Advanced Notions

Learning Outcomes
• Understand basic principles and practices of research with a practical view of the whole process from
idea to required output.
• Generate and define research questions and prioritise these in relation to contemporary managerial
and business contexts.
• Recognise the quality and relevance of literature sources, be able to critically appraise the academic
literature and conduct systematic reviews.
• Understand good practice in research, including originality and appropriate referencing and citation.
• Think critically about research philosophy and consequently how methods and literature reviews
are interdependent.
• Learn about a number of methodological options and issues, including research ethics, and apply
this knowledge in analysing data and interpreting evidence.
• Write a robust research proposal.
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Strategic Change Management

Course Aims
The Strategic Change Management course aims to help you develop a critical awareness of the need
for organisations to learn, adapt and change continuously. This is achieved via an exploration of the
overall change process, drivers and types of change, the impact of change and the barriers that may
emerge along the way.

Credits: 20

Modules
• Introduction to Understanding Strategic Change
• Diagnosing Change
• Strategy, Structure and Change
• Organisational Culture and Change
• Resistance to Change
• Leadership and Communication
• Supporting and Motivating Change
• Planning Change Programmes
• Implementing and Sustaining Change

Learning Outcomes
• Critically evaluate organisational change initiatives using appropriate frameworks to diagnose, plan
and implement change.
• Apply the concepts, models and tools of change management and to a variety of situations and
environments.
• Develop a critical awareness of contemporary theory in strategic change and relate this to current
organisational and industrial practice.
• Investigate and diagnose change management issues in organisations using appropriate
theoretical frameworks.
• Propose appropriate solutions to strategic change management issues in organisations.
• Present outcomes of strategic analysis in an appropriate manner.
• Work with others to diagnose change situations and plan responses.
• Demonstrate a critical awareness of communication issues and related organisational complexities
in strategic change management.
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Strategies for Managing Supply Chains

Course Aims
The Strategies for Managing Supply Chains course aims to provide you with a critical understanding
of core subject concepts and the ability to select appropriate strategies that deliver sustainable and
competitive supply chain performance in rapidly changing global markets.

Credits: 20

Modules
• Logistics Versus Supply Chain: An Introduction To Terminology, Concepts and Theories
• Measuring Logistics Costs and Performance
• Strategies to Improve the Match Between Supply and Demand in Global Supply Chains
• Lean and Agile Supply Chain Strategy Design: Supply Chain Flexibility and Adaptability to
Dynamic International Contexts
• The Importance of Lead-time Management in Global Supply Chains
• The Shift Toward Servitisation
• Emergence of New Distribution Channels such as Omni-channel
• The Digital Supply Chain Transformation
• Managing Risk in Global Supply Networks
• Introduction to Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management in a Resource
Constrained world

Learning Outcomes
• Critically appreciate the role of logistics and supply chain management in achieving competitive
advantage.
• Understand the process of formulating strategy for supply chains and ensuring compatibility with
wider corporate strategy.
• Appreciate the integrative role of logistics and supply chain management and the need for
collaboration and cooperation between internal and external supply chain partners.
• Demonstrate a sound grasp of the principles and theories underpinning the formulation of logistics
network strategy.
• Appreciate how disruptive change in the business environment might affect and transform supply
chains in the future.

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