MBA (IBM Graduate Pathway)

Upon successful completion of the MSc International Business Management programme you can fast track to the MBA. Completing the additional 5 courses (as seen below) will make sure that you have the credentials required to compete against the best giving you the MBA qualification on top of your MSc International Business Management.

At a glance

On Campus Learning

MBA

12 months / 24 months

Full Time / Part Time

September or January

What you'll study

We will endeavour to make all course options available; however, these may be subject to timetabling and other constraints. Depending on start date, courses may vary or change.

The courses that you will study on the MBA (IBM Graduate Pathway) are worth 90 credits in total, as follows:

Courses

Business Strategy (QB 5009)
Business Strategy covers a broad range of topics that come under the general heading of “Business Strategy” / “Strategic Management”. The course introduces participants to concepts, frameworks and models that are useful in providing explanations of how companies operate with respect to goal setting, understanding their competitive landscape, assessing opportunities, managing own capabilities, coordinating their activities with other companies, and competing to create value for customers. The course is interactive in nature, applying a learning-by-doing method involving students taking on roles as part of a series of simulation exercises. View detailed information about the Business Strategy course
Managing Change (QB 5010)
The concepts of change and innovation have never been more topical, especially given the commercial context of fierce business competition, shorter product life cycles and more demanding customers. Increasingly, long-term commercial success is based on an ability to manage change, to act creatively and to promote innovation; These processes interconnect and overlap and often present major challenges to modern organizations; We address these issues through providing detailed case illustrations ranging from the workplace to the wider business market. Learning is encouraged through interaction, reading, investigation, video and case analysis, and critical discussion. View detailed information about the Managing Change course
Operations and Project Management (QB 5511)
The focus of this course is not people but processes, not outside the organisation but within. Operations transform materials, information and customers to create goods and services using staff and facilities. We study process types and focus particularly on projects. We see how capacity and inventory reconcile demand and output and explore location, supply chains, quality, risk and resilience. About 40% of the course is on projects and project-management techniques. Prepare for both critical discussion of theory and application (operationalisation), including calculation. View detailed information about the Operations and Project Management course
Strategic Financial Analysis

Supply Chain Management (QB 5904)
This guide is intended to set out the outline of this module as well as the logic and philosophy for delivery. The guide is designed to be used in conjunction with the module's associated lectures and seminars, as well the online material published on Blackboard and should be used to ensure that you have a clear understanding of how the module will be delivered and administered. You should refer to this handbook for guidance on how to complete the module and for important information on lectures & tutorials, as well as for assessment guidelines and submission dates. View detailed information about the Supply Chain Management course

How You'll Study

All our modules are assessed entirely by coursework - there are no exams - so you will be required to produce reports, briefing notes, presentations and reflective journals. Together these will build up into a personalised portfolio of experience - tangible proof that you've acquired key business skills and knowledge and something we know that prospective employers find very useful.

Learning Methods

Group Projects

Individual Projects

Lectures

Research

Seminars

Tutorials

Assessment Methods

Just like industry, we don't run our programmes around exams - in fact there are no exams, just intensive real-world learning that helps you gain relevant knowledge, quickly and effectively.
All assessments are done by a portfolio of work-based assignments.
We're talking about powerful knowledge that will stay with you and make you more marketable within industry long after you've completed the MBA.