MBA – Bangor University, UK

The MBA (Management) provides students with specialized theoretical and practical knowledge in business leadership, strategic analysis, marketing, organizational behaviour and finance preparing candidates for managerial careers. The aim of the programme is to develop managers for small and medium sized enterprises, international companies, consultancies, the public (government) sector, social enterprises and those focused upon setting up their own businesses.

Graduates will have developed advanced knowledge and skills across a broad range of business and management subjects, knowledge and understanding of organisations, their management and the changing external environment in which they operate, thus developing the ability to have a strategic overview of business and organisational issues. Graduates will be prepared for a career in business and management generally. They will have gained specific business skills together with improved self- awareness and personal development appropriate to graduates with the potential to progress into careers in management positions.

Graduates will have gained positive and critical attitudes toward change and enterprise as well as lifelong learning skills and personal development to contribute to society at large. This includes the development and enhancement of a range of advanced general transferable intellectual and study skills, which whilst being highly appropriate to a career in business and management generally, are not exclusive to these career choices.

Program specification

1. The development of advanced knowledge and skills across a broad range of business and management subjects, developing knowledge and understanding of organisations, their management and the changing external environment in which they operate, thus developing students’ ability to have a strategic overview of business and organisational issues.

2. Preparation for a career in business and management generally. This includes general knowledge of a range of business and management subjects and the development of specific business skills together with improved self-awareness and personal development appropriate to graduates with the potential to progress into careers in management positions. It also includes encouragement of positive and critical attitudes toward change and enterprise.

3. Enhancement of lifelong learning skills and personal development to contribute to society at large. This includes the development and enhancement of a range of advanced general transferable intellectual and study skills, which whilst being highly appropriate to a career in business and management generally, are not exclusive to these career choices.

Accredited by : Chartered Management Institute (CMI), UK