Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Subject to Validation | Part-time | 24 months | Sept Start

In this module, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of how organizations—from private enterprises to public institutions and third sector entities—can drive sustainable change through responsible management. You will explore how environmental challenges, social responsibility, and ethical decision-making intersect with strategic business practices and public policy, all underpinned by the core themes of advocacy, plurality, sustainability, inclusivity, and accountability. Key topics include the evolution of responsible business practices, the integration of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and the application of international ethical standards.

You will learn to critically analyse the impact of climate change, resource scarcity, and societal shifts on both market-driven organizations and public bodies, examining how these factors shape policy-making and non-profit initiatives. The module also equips you with the skills to design innovative business models and governance frameworks that balance profit, public interest, and social value, ensuring diverse stakeholder voices are heard. Through case studies, interactive exercises, and group projects, you will develop practical strategies for effective stakeholder engagement and communication, embedding ethical practices in decision-making across sectors.

This module provides an overview of the mind-set, methods, and activities that support entrepreneurship and innovation. Entrepreneurial actors, whether occurring in an independent, corporate or social context, operate within a unique set of circumstances involving the entrepreneur / team, an opportunity, and the identification and marshalling of key resources needed to capture the opportunity. All of this must be done in the context surrounding the opportunity. The module takes an experimental and experiential approach where students develop a viable business model whilst critically reflecting upon the relevance of entrepreneurship and innovation upon their career and relevance to a chosen organisation.

This module focuses on how organisations are being transformed through digital technologies. In this module you will explore the complex and dynamic interplay between rapid technological change and the opportunities and challenges that this creates for organisations. These challenges and opportunities reflect whether the organisation is commercial in nature, governmental or in the third sector. As such, you will gain an understanding of how organisational context and characteristics shape how digital technologies are adopted. You will be introduced to the wide array of stakeholders that play a role in the digital transformation of organisations, and how digital technologies are developed within a global marketplace increasingly influenced by geopolitical considerations. Key topics you will be introduced to include digital business models, the economics of digital technologies, regulatory environment and ecosystems.

You will be introduced to case studies in this module drawn from business, government and third-sector use of digital technologies. These illustrate the challenges encountered, as well as the transformational nature of digital technologies. You will work in groups to investigate the dynamics of technological change and the nature of its transformational impact on the private, government and third sectors.

This module is a 60-credit module which will be delivered across your programme (3 semesters) and is designed to build your confidence and capabilities as a postgraduate student, researcher and have the graduate skills to progress into high skilled employment or doctoral study. You will complete three strands.

Academic and Employability Skills (Semester 1 and 2)
This strand develops your academic confidence across a range of areas, including use of learning resources, academic reading and writing and study effectiveness, including the ability to effectively analyse and use source material. You will also develop a broad set of employability skills aligned to graduate outcomes, including communication, intercultural competence, collaboration, teamworking, digital and information literacy, critical thinking, ethical practice, reflection, self-management, leadership, decision-making, problem-solving, and planning and organising. You will additionally be encouraged to attend careers and employability workshops organised by the Graduate futures Team.

Semester 2: Research Methods (Semester 2)
The research methods strand will develop your knowledge and understanding of you learn about identifying a business problem, undertake critical literature review , designing appropriate research methodology and developing a research proposal and that will lead into the dissertation stage.

Dissertation (Semester 3)
You will learn how to identify a business problem or a research problem from any area within Business and Management (eg Marketing, Finance, Hospitality & Tourism, Human Resource Management, Entrepreneurship, Business Analytics or International Management) and then how to design and implement an appropriate research methodology to answer your research questions and fulfil your research objectives.