Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Master of Business Administration

The world of business and work is changing rapidly. With automation, AI, online working, climate change and diversity, students will need to be prepared to face and respond to change.

The MBA has been designed using advice and insight from large organisations and business entrepreneurs. This course aims to prepare students for greater business responsibility, switching industries or job roles, or to start their own business.

Students will gain practical skills and experience through business simulations, where they will be making real business decisions to ensure the imitation businesses make a profit and can operate. The first simulation focuses on understanding business finance and accounting, while the second focuses on global strategy. These will involve analysing finances, the supply chain and operations. Most importantly, students will gain experience of working in a team to make decisions in a competitive environment and then deal with the results. London Metropolitan University is one of the few universities in the UK that incorporates business simulation activities into the course.

Students will refine their complex problem solving skills and develop their critical thinking abilities. The MBA will help develop their management skills, how to work effectively in teams, take on the leadership of a diverse group and influence others.

The business world is a volatile environment. Students will study the impact of accelerating climate change, technology development and global politics on the UK’s business economy, learning how to make fundamental business decisions in uncertain times and with incomplete data.

Insights into the wider role of businesses in addressing societal problems in a sustainable manner will also develop their understanding of ethical management and governance.

Students may have had a break from studies and been in the work environment for some time. To help them prepare for the MBA, London Metropolitan University has developed a one-week bootcamp module to help build students develop their skills and knowledge prior to starting the course, so that they can really maximise their learning potential on the course. This bootcamp will help students establish what their specific goals are and serve as a personal development plan to help keep them on track throughout their studies. It’s completed online the week before students start their first module.

Students will be taught by industry specialists in finance, strategy, creativity, marketing, operations coaching and networking, who have years of practitioner experience.

The aim is for students to graduate with a broad understanding of how businesses operate, how they are managed and how they’re governed. This MBA will prepare students for a more senior role in business, a change in career direction or to go on and start their own business.