Knowledge and Innovation Management MBA (PGCert PGDip)
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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 Knowledge and Innovation Management MBA enables you to use the latest knowledge management techniques to bring about innovation across the entire business.
The course provides:
- An in-depth understanding of the management of change and the processes for successfully implementing change.
- An understanding of the potential use of the power of innovation to transform organisations.
- An emphasis on analysis, creativity and innovation as tools to identify problems, offer solutions and to explore and exploit opportunities.
- A clear understanding of how effective knowledge management can enhance and support strategic decision-making.
- The capability to lead and combine innovation and knowledge management strategies.There are two ways to study Brighton's Knowledge and Innovation Management MBA: evening classes or weekly blocks. Like other part-time Brighton MBAs, this course allows you to apply the tools, theories and techniques learnt during the course in your workplace, bringing an immediate benefit to your organisation.
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.
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 course has multiple start dates throughout the year.
Course duration
Full-time: 2 years
Part-time: 6 years
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Course content
Course structure
You will study for seven modules and one project. 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.- 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.- Innovation Planning and Marketing
Develops an understanding of the concept of innovation and of the key influential factors associated with successful management of innovation. An introduction to the role of marketing planning and strategy in organisations and to develop awareness of how marketing and innovation functions may best work in synergy.- Knowledge Management
Provides with an analytic and evaluative understanding of a range of concepts, models, approaches and techniques for managing the knowledge resources of organisations.- 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.- Project: Developing Strategic Knowledge, Innovation and Change Management Capabilities
You will initiate, plan and carry out a project of strategic importance to your organisation. The design and interpretation of the project should draw on a sound knowledge of strategic, change and innovation management disciplines.
The project will prepare you for new and challenging situations of strategic relevance to your organisation. The project will equip you with the knowledge and skills to initiate and lead new developments, be capable of comprehending and integrating cross functional and sectoral issues while drawing on sound judgement, personal responsibility and initiative in complex and unpredictable environments.
You will be allocated a supervisor to work with you and guide you through the project.
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Entry requirements
Typical entry requirements
individual offers may varyFor 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:
The standard entry qualifications are a degree or professional qualification equivalent to a degree, plus at least three years' relevant management experience or appropriate professional work experience. Applications will also be considered from managers with at least five years' experience who do not hold a degree or equivalent qualification. -
Location
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Career opportunities
An MBA is an internationally recognised passport to a successful management career. It takes into account all the major aspects of business.
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.
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.
Knowledge and Innovation Management (MBA) (Full time) [J1BF026] UK/EU (Full Time) 13,140 GBP Island Students (Full Time) 13,140 GBP International (Full Time) 16,740 GBP -
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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 careerMore 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.
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Apply online
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:
The standard entry qualifications are a degree or professional qualification equivalent to a degree, plus at least three years' relevant management experience or appropriate professional work experience. Applications will also be considered from managers with at least five years' experience who do not hold a degree or equivalent qualification.
The Brighton MBA
+44 (0)1273 642197
mba@brighton.ac.uk
International students:
+44 (0)207 250 6749
international@brighton.ac.uk
OPEN EVENINGS
Our open evenings provide an excellent opportunity to find out more about our part time MBAs.
The next open evening is on 18 July. More details.
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