Course Overview

This programme is available to Home and International applicants.

The programme covers a wide range of general business and management modules. You will be encouraged to apply the concepts you have learned to practical cases in order to effectively utilise the theoretical methodology.

The modules have been designed to develop your potential to manage and lead organisations effectively through the development of your own abilities. 

After covering the general curriculum in the first four modules, the course will focus in detail on the international business environment and on marketing in a global context.

The final module is highly adaptable to your circumstances and professional interests, and gives you the chance to draw on your own work experience as well as on academic research. 

Course Modules

The MBA General Management programme will equip students with general business management knowledge to provide a solid background in a variety of methodologies.

Part 1

Compulsory modules:

• Marketing Management (20 credits)
  Upon the successful completion of the Marketing Management module, the student should be able to:
  • critically appraise key marketing activities and the contribution of the marketing department to the organisation;
  • anticipate and critically evaluate future developments in the field of marketing especially through technology.

• Human Capital Management  (20 credits)
  Upon the successful completion of the Human Capital Management module, the student should be able to:
  • critically review and appraise current research and advanced scholarship so to enable them to evaluate managerial and business environments;
  • demonstrate a systematic understanding of current issues in HRM and IHRM within a variety of organisations so to enable them to manage effectively the design and implementation of fair, efficient and effective policies and procedures that serve to deliver upon the strategic aims of the organisation.

• Financial Management (20 credits)
  Upon the successful completion of the Financial Management module, the student should be able to demonstrate the ability to:
  • research, apply and evaluate a variety of financial assessment techniques for application to a case study;
  • research, evaluate and critically discuss various issues and theoretical frameworks used in the management and control of financial resources.

• Strategic Management (20 credits)
  Upon the successful completion of the Strategic Management module, the student should be able to demonstrate the ability to:
  • synthesise the relationship between the external context of an organisation and its internal context and their impact on its strategies;
  • critically evaluate competitive and development strategies, in the context of contemporary strategic management issues;
  • assess the factors that must be considered in strategy implementation.

Specialist modules:

• International Business Concepts (compulsory, 20 credits)
  • Upon the successful completion of the International Business Concepts module, the student should be able to demonstrate the ability to:
  • critically evaluate the main features which contribute to the international business environment and its main institutions and the key decisions underpinning international organisational strategy;
  • evaluate the different modes of engagement with international markets and explore the interconnectedness between these and the economic, legal, governmental, political, regulatory, cultural and other environments in which expanding companies operate;
  • conduct informed research into international business issues and apply theoretical insights to the analysis of such issues in the context of a complex international business environment.
    
    
• International Marketing: Principles and Practices (compulsory, 20 credits)
  • Upon the successful completion of the International Marketing: Principles and Practices module, the student should be able to demonstrate the ability to:
  • critically compare and contrast the impact of cultural differences and similarities between nations in a marketing context;
  • identify and critically reflect on the contemporary ethical and practical frameworks of marketing within a global context.

Part 2

• Dissertation, OR Integrated Case Study, OR Business Development Proposal (compulsory, 60 credits)

Career and Progression

Employability will depend greatly on international location, industry and career structure. Potential careers and advancement opportunities include management roles in business, human resource management and international workforce development, international business contexts including business entrepreneurship and regional development, education, health service development, in the public services and elsewhere.

Key Information

Study Mode: Fulltime

Study method: On Campus

Duration: 12 months, 3 semesters

Intake: February, June, October

Qualification: This programme is available to Home and International applicants.

Home applicants:

Normally, the possession of a minimum of a 2:2 UK first degree or an equivalent international qualification recognised by UK ENIC or work experience of five years at a senior managerial level in lieu of first degree.

International applicants:

Normally, the possession of a minimum of a 2:2 UK first degree or an equivalent international qualification recognised by UK ENIC or work experience of five years at a senior managerial level in lieu of first degree.

Normally, English language proficiency at or exceeding an average IELTS score of 6.0 (or equivalent in any other approved test), with no score less than 5.5 in any components of the test.

Tuition Fee: £9000/year

Funding options: Student Finance Company or Self Funded 

Campus: London, Winchester House (Oval), 11 Cranmer Road, London, SW9 6EJ

Admission Contact Information:

Direct number - 02035811993, 07737054248.

Email - admissions@fbaukltd.com 

Address - 214 Whitechapel Road, E1 1BJ, London, United Kingdom.