General Management (Part Time) MBA (PGCert PGDip)

Overview

Designed to broaden your horizons and build on your strengths, the Brighton MBA develops well rounded, effective managers.It is an exceptional platform for boosting your salary, rapid career progression, and developing managerial skills that will change the way you think.
The part-time MBA takes into account all the major aspects of business. It is ideal for experienced professionals looking for a stimulating and innovative learning experience.
The part-time route is flexible so you choose to study a combination of evening classes and weekly blocks, depending on your specific needs. Part-time study allows you to apply the tools, theories and techniques learnt during the course in your workplace, bringing an immediate benefit to your organisation.

It is possible to complete the program in one year, but most students spread the workload over three years. Should your circumstances change, you may suspend your studies and restart at a later date.
The Brighton MBA is accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). All graduates gain dual awards - both an MBA and a CMI Strategic Diploma in Management and Leadership. Having the CMI Strategic Diploma as well as an MBA from Brighton makes a powerful statement about your standards and determination to continue to develop your management skills.
During your studies you will benefit from free membership of both the Institute of Directors and the Chartered Management Institute. Our partnerships with professional associations helps to keep the Brighton MBA relevant to the needs of today's business practitioners.
The course has multiple start dates throughout the year.

Course duration
Part-time: 3 years
Course content

Course structure

There are a seven of compulsory modules within the programme structure and one elective module to choose from. You can choose the order in which you complete the modules.

Syllabus

- Accounting and Performance Management*
Explores a range of issues in accounting and performance measurement and associated theories. It examines critically their implications for organisations, through consideration of literature, case studies and professional practice.
- Developing International Strategic Capabilities
Prepares you to deal effectively with new and challenging situations at the strategic level within organisations in an international context. It will allow you to analyse and evaluate current practice in the light of academic research. You will be well placed to initiate and lead new developments and improve current practice.
- Information Systems, Operations and Process Management
Explores the role of information systems, process and operations management, as both drivers and facilitators of business strategy. This module provides an awareness of the importance of processes and information innovation as a means of competitive differentiation.
- International Strategy and Marketing*
Develops a critical understanding of the key concepts, theories and tools of business-level strategy, entrepreneurship and marketing, and provides the opportunity to apply such knowledge to specific problems in international contexts.
- Management Environments and Economics
This module is designed to take you from the more immediate world of pragmatic decision making, into an experience of the academic approach to business as a discipline. It develops your ability to analyse key economic, political, legal, social, technological, environmental and ethical forces relevant to decision making.
- Managing Innovation
Presents a strategic overview of innovation management. The focus will engage students with the frameworks and decision-making techniques used to manage new product development, business processes improvement, new technology and emerging innovation themes.
- Managing People and Organisations*
Provides essential knowledge for those responsible for the management of people in an organisational context. It investigates the way organisations and their environments influence the practice of management and the performance of people.
Choose one elective from a range of topics, such as:
- Entrepreneurship: New Business Planning
- Small Business and Entrepreneurship
- Social Enterprise: New Business Planning
- Emerging Financial Markets
- Game Theory in Finance and Business
- Political Economy in Europe
- Financial and Capital Markets
- Globalisation and International Markets
- Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
- Labour Market Analysis
- Behavioural Economics
* Most of MBA modules can be studied in the evening or in weekly blocks. However, the modules marked with an asterisk are only available in weekly blocks.
Entry requirements

Typical entry requirements
individual offers may vary
For non-native speakers of English:
In order to benefit from, contribute to and enjoy the course, a good command of spoken and written English language is required. If English is not your first language, you will need English language proficiency equivalent to an overall IELTS score of at least 6.5, with 6 in the written test.
Other:
The Brighton MBA does not require the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), though if you have taken GMAT a good score can strengthen your application.
Degree and/or experience:
Brighton's MBA programmes are for professionals with at least three years' work experience, plus a degree or equivalent professional qualification. Professionals with at least five years' management experience do not need a degree or equivalent qualification.
Location

Location Moulsecoomb
Career opportunities

An MBA is an internationally recognised passport to a successful management career. It takes into account all the major aspects of business: marketing, finance, accounting, quantitative methods, IT, organisational behaviour and human resource management, operational and strategic management, research methods and consultancy, environment, change management, business policy and strategy, leadership and entrepreneurship, contemporary and pervasive issues, internationalisation.
In a recent study by the Association of MBAs, those surveyed were earning on average, 33% more immediately after their MBA, 92% more 3-5 years later, and 151% more 6-10 years after graduation. If you look at it long-term, it's a very good investment.
The University of Brighton has been producing high-quality MBA graduates for over 25 years. Our graduates have progressed to hold key positions in companies such as American Express, The Body Shop, BOC Edwards, British Telecommunications, BUPA International, Lloyds TSB Bank, London Underground, Marks & Spencer, J Sainsburys, GlaxoSmithKline, the NHS Trust, the Police and Transco.

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Fees and costs

The fees listed here are for full-time courses beginning in the academic year 2012-13. Further tuition fees are payable for each subsequent year of study.

The tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors including the kind of course you take, and whether you study full- or part-time. If you are studying part-time you will normally be charged on a pro rata basis depending on the number of modules you take. Different rules apply to research degrees - please contact the Doctoral College for advice.

To help you plan for your time here we will be providing further information about what is included in your tuition fee, and any optional costs you may need to budget for, later in the autumn.

Our website wwww.brighton.ac.uk/money provides advice about funding and scholarships as well as further information about fees and advice on international and island fee paying status.

MBA (PGCert PGDip) General Management (Part Time)

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Graduate with an MBA and a CMI Diploma

The Brighton MBA is accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), and all of our MBA students have the opportunity to graduate with dual awards – both MBA and a CMI Strategic Diploma in Management and Leadership.

The CMI Strategic Diploma makes a statement about your standards and determination to continue to develop your management skills.

The CMI is the only chartered professional body in the UK dedicated to promoting the highest standards in management and leadership excellence. The University of Brighton's partnership with the CMI helps to keep our courses relevant to the workplace.

While studying for your MBA you will be entitled to free affiliate-level CMI membership.

Institute of Directors membership

We offer all of our MBA students free Institute of Directors (IoD) membership. Membership provides you with access to IoD events, mentoring, forums, crowd funding and work placement opportunities.

The IoD network provides opportunities to learn from director-level business people. These are influential people who can really help develop your career.

The IoD is the UK's longest running organisation for business leaders. It encourages entrepreneurial activity and promotes responsible business practice for the benefit of the business community and society as a whole.

Why Brighton?

The University of Brighton has been running postgraduate courses in management since 1970 and MBA courses since 1986. We have a postgraduate community of around 600 students from a diverse range of backgrounds whose learning experience is enriched by the high quality of our research.

The latest Research Assessment Exercise (2008) ranked us in the top 15 UK business schools in terms of world-leading research outputs. Our postgraduate programmes reflect the research that is being undertaken.

The University of Brighton offers a network of student support services, all of which are fully available to MBA students. The University's Careers Centre provides information about careers, courses and job vacancies. Brighton Business School has a designated Careers Adviser, who is available for student consultation on a one-to-one basis.

Relationships between tutors and MBA students are professional and supportive. Class sizes are small enough for there to be a personal and friendly atmosphere where staff know students by name and can closely monitor their progress.

Benefits to employers

The Brighton MBA aims to develop managers who will create organisational capability and improve organisational effectiveness in order to give value to sponsoring organisations as well as to course members. The course gives organisations the opportunity to access leading edge business research expertise.

A wide variety of organisations sponsor students on to the Brighton MBA, providing a varied cohort of participants who learn from each other. Work based projects that link to the needs of the organisation as well as the individual manager provide value for sponsoring organisations throughout the course.

Support for international students

We provide high-quality support for students from outside the UK to help you:
- get your student visa
- settle in when you first arrive
- succeed in your academic studies
- prepare for a successful career

More about our support for international students.

Your level of English

In order to benefit from, contribute to and enjoy the course, a good command of spoken and written English language is required. If English is not your first language, you will need English language proficiency equivalent to an overall IELTS score of at least 6.5, with 6 in the written test.

However, we provide a number of ways to improve your English before you start your course and free English language support you while you are studying.

Meeting entry requirements

We can help you meet our academic entry requirements if your qualifications are not the correct level to study at university in the UK. The preparation courses at the University of Brighton’s International College have been specially designed to help international students to progress to a postgraduate degree course at the university.

More about our university preparation courses.
Student views

"I learned a lot from working with such a wide cross-section of people from management in other areas that I would otherwise not have met"
Managing Director, Feedback Instruments Ltd

"My MBA enabled me to see the broader picture, to see things more strategically so that I can match planning and doing"
Self employed management consultant

"I liked the challenging material and stimulating lectures. Learning about management consultancy was particularly useful"
Manager, Lewes District Foyer

"I learnt how to look at a problem and apply theories and perspectives. I found the use of gap analysis very helpful and discovered the scale of savings that can be achieved"
Head of Agency Pay Policy, the Post Office

"My MBA opened doors for me and enabled me to go that one step further in a management career"
Consultant, Price Waterhouse Coopers

"Gaining a greater awareness of how my organisation functions has helped me to understand how conflict has occurred in the past and how to recognise and deal with it in the future"
Programme Support Manager, BT

"I really liked the breadth of material covered. I have a more in depth understanding of project management and can look at operations as a whole"
Manager, Unilever

"I now have a wider set of tools for forecasting and establishing cause and effect at work"
Product Manager, Lloyds TSB Registrars
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You should not apply unless you can meet all the entry requirements for this course. Please contact the course team before applying if you are unsure about any of the specific entry requirements.

Entry requirements
For non-native speakers of English:
In order to benefit from, contribute to and enjoy the course, a good command of spoken and written English language is required. If English is not your first language, you will need English language proficiency equivalent to an overall IELTS score of at least 6.5, with 6 in the written test.
Other:
The Brighton MBA does not require the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), though if you have taken GMAT a good score can strengthen your application.
Degree and/or experience:
Brighton's MBA programmes are for professionals with at least three years' work experience, plus a degree or equivalent professional qualification. Professionals with at least five years' management experience do not need a degree or equivalent qualification.
- General Management (MBA) (Part time)