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Location
Southwark

Duration
1 year plus dissertation (full-time)

Start date
Mid September

Number of places
48

How to apply
Direct to LSBU

LSBU code
2056

Course contacts
Dr Leslie Gadman

Course Director
mba.enq@lsbu.ac.uk – 020 7815 8286
Mrs Fatmatta Sawlani

Course Manager
mba.enq@lsbu.ac.uk – 020 7815 7409

Course units
Year 1

The course begins with an intensive pre-teaching week of induction workshops (mid September)

Semester 1

September – January

– Business Communication Skills and/or Language Optional Module Core

– Management Skills/Stage 1 PDP

– Managing Human Resources

– Business Process and Organisational Design

– Managing the Marketing Environment

– Managing Accounting and Finance

Semester 2

February – June

Core

– International Strategic Management

– Critical Management Enquiry

– Plus timetabled Research Methods lecturesand workshops

Electives

These units are offered subject to appropriate demand and timetable availability, either on a day or evening basis:

– Consulting Skills and Personal Effectiveness

– Corporate Finance, E-commerce

– Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

– Financial Management of International Business

– Global Logistics and Operations Management

– Integrated Marketing Communications

– International Employment Relations

– International Marketing

– European Management and Business Strategy

– Managing Organisational Learning and Knowledge

– Managing Information Systems, Simulating the Management Environment

– Managing Projects

Other electives may also be available.

Year 2

June – December

– Project-based Dissertation


Course description

An MBA is the internationally recognised qualification for students with business experience. Our MBA is distinguished by its international focus, both in course content and student body. We have links with institutions around the world and with some of the leading business schools in Europe. Through the European Credit Transfer Scheme, students can take half their studies in London and half in Berlin or Paris with the possibility of gaining a jointly awarded MBA from LSBU and one of our partner institutions, the Berlin School of Economics and INSEEC, Paris.

The MBA is interactive and highly participative, using a mix of lectures, seminars and case study sessions. If you wish to specialise in one of the following
pathways, you must study the following elective units and the dissertation must be in your chosen specialist area:

– Finance: Corporate Finance, Financial Management of International Business

– International Banking: International Banking plus one from:Bank Value and Performance, Bank Lending and Credit Risk

– International HRM: International Employment Relations, International Strategic Personnel and Development

– International Marketing: International Marketing plus one from: Integrated Marketing Communications, Global Logistics and Operations Management, Market Driven Marketing

– E-business: E-commerce plus one from: Managing Information Systems, Knowledge Management, Project Management

Career opportunities

Employment prospects are excellent. In addition to strategic management, successful students can enter a variety of roles in consulting, marketing, finance and HRM.

Typical background of applicant Your degree/professional qualification should be in an appropriate subject equivalent to at least a UK Honours degree (2:2) You should also have at least four years relevant work experience, and for those whose English is not their first language, written English at IELTS Level 6.5. Students holding a Diploma in Management Studies at an appropriate level may be exempt from the semester one (full-time).

Professional contacts/industry links

Students qualify for associate membership of the Chartered Management Institute.

Recent guest lecturers

– Professor Chris Brewster, Henley Management College

– Professor Nigel Holden, Nottingham Trent University

– Professor Rob Briner, Birkbeck University of London

Additional notes
All students are encouraged to take a foreign language from the range offered by the Language Centre. The MBA also requires participation in two residential programmes provided (included in the fee).