MBA Programmes 2015-16
Welcome 02 The Nottingham MBA: Our proposal
– Develop your leadership potential 04 – Encourage innovation and enterprise 06
– Globalise your MBA 07
– Engage with business 09
Why Nottingham? 11
Jubilee Campus 13
City life 15
Full-time MBA programme structure 17
MBA 21
MBA Finance 22
MBA Entrepreneurship 23
MBA Corporate Social Responsibility 24 Part-time Executive MBA programme structure 25
Executive MBA 27
Part-time Singapore MBA and MBA Finance 29
Your career, your way 31
How to apply 33
Fees and funding 35
Get in touch 37
Contents
MBA students catch up outside the Si Yuan Centre on Jubilee Campus.
Welcome to the
Nottingham University
Business School MBA
Creativity. Entrepreneurial thinking. Problem solving. Innovation. These are all key skills and attributes that make a real difference in business. The Nottingham MBA programme has been designed to help you develop these skills, which are much sought after by employers from multinationals to start-up businesses.
At Nottingham, we want to:
• develop your leadership potential • encourage innovation and enterprise • globalise your MBA
• and get you to engage with business.
Underpinned by significant research and taught by staff with extensive practical experience, we offer several MBA specialisms including Finance, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Entrepreneurship.
The business world thrives on strong leadership and we focus heavily on developing leaders for business. All our MBA students take leadership modules taught by senior industry figures and a leading international academic writer, which provide a powerful combination of innovative current research and practical understanding and development in leading teams and businesses.
An organisation’s abilities to raise finance economically and then use it effectively are the keys to survival and prosperity. Our Finance specialism aims to produce managers and investors capable of dealing with the opportunities and traps the financial system creates.
Practitioner engagement is also central to the teaching of the Entrepreneurship and Creativity module. At Nottingham, you will get the real world experience employers look for, which will equip you for your future career and potentially your own business. We recognise that business is often intrinsically linked with the media, so our programme provides training in dealing with the media and you will experience a press conference with well-known journalists.
At Nottingham, you will get the global experience before you even graduate. Our teaching is enhanced by study visits to businesses and universities in the USA, China, and South America. You could get direct experience of the White House, the New York Stock Exchange, or Fox News; visit companies like AmChem in Chile; or visit governments in Beijing, Shanghai, and Ningbo, home to our own China Campus. As a business, you will benefit too. You could join the likes of Alliance Boots and Ford, and see how your employees thrive on the skills they hone at Nottingham.
So why not join us?
Dr John Colley
Director, MBA Programmes
John is also non-executive director of several manufacturing businesses. He was previously Group Managing Director of a FTSE 100 business, and Executive Managing Director of a French CAC 40 business.
Nottingham University Business School is one of an elite global group of EQUIS-accredited business schools and is among the UK’s leading centres for management education. The school ranks in both The Economist MBA Top 100 2014
and The Economist Executive MBA 2013, where we rank 40th
globally and 6th in the UK.
We are recognised as one of the top schools in the world for the quality of our teaching and research in finance, entrepreneurship, and sustainability. We take seriously our responsibility to educate future business leaders to take a broader ethical and societal perspective on business practices and finance and we integrate these issues across our MBA programmes.
We continue to pioneer entrepreneurship education, as we believe it is vital to equip our MBAs with enhanced creativity and effective problem solving abilities. The school is a focus of entrepreneurial activity that unites numerous external organisations in collaborative teaching, research, and thought leadership globally.
Our faculty’s strong links with a large number of key businesses mean you will benefit from their business experience as well as the innovative research at our leading centres and institutes, from promoting entrepreneurial start-up businesses to developing supply chain solutions with Rolls-Royce.
Our goals are to inspire and challenge you intellectually and prepare you for success. Thank you for considering us at this key point in your personal and professional development.
Professor Martin Binks
The Nottingham MBA:
Our proposal
Create your own authentic leadership identity
We believe that everyone can develop and improve their abilities to perform as leaders, so the Nottingham MBA enables you to build your personal, team, and organisational leadership skills in several ways. You will learn to improve your capacity to manage complexity and contribute to the global challenge of developing more sustainable organisations, while discovering your own leadership style.
Business leaders thrive on their personal, team, and organisational leadership skills. We will give you the capacity to deal with complex and changing organisations, encourage you to think and operate internationally, and support you in creating your own authentic and effective leadership identity.
Team leadership
Managing teams is a critical element of leadership. Our Leadership Challenge is a practical focus on your interpersonal skills, your ability to generate and evaluate innovative ideas in a team context, and your ability to positively influence the performance of individuals and teams.
We also look at delegation and team management – how to delegate and support team members while developing their capabilities – as well as the ability to select the right priorities and purge low priority work to ensure staff focus on what matters.
Leadership and Change Management
Leaders must manage change. Starting a business requires innovation and entrepreneurship. Expanding it will draw on your systems, structure and control skills. This module focuses on the idea of authentic leadership, which develops your values, strengths, and skills in the context of how you acquired them and how your previous experiences have shaped them. You will also explore the idea of leader as teacher, and how better leaders focus on developing their people.
Thought leadership
Our academic experts are not only thought leaders across finance, management, entrepreneurship, and organisational issues but many also have extensive senior level experience of leadership in major organisations, and will help shape your skills through their experience and knowledge.
Business Leaders Series
Our exclusive series of guest lectures from top business leaders who come to the school have included Willie Walsh, Chief Executive, International Airlines Group; Sir Paul Smith, Designer and Chair, Paul Smith Ltd.; Mark Ovenden, Managing Director, Ford of Britain; Judith Nelson, UK Personnel Director, Tesco, and Korneel Coster, Director of Safety & Operations, Virgin Atlantic.
These events provide our MBAs with unique opportunities to hear from some of the world’s best business practitioners and to network with alumni and visitors from business and industry.
Develop your
Encourage innovation
and enterprise
Give your thinking a creative edge
The importance of entrepreneurship and innovation, not least in sustaining economic growth, is earning ever-wider recognition. Our aim is to develop your entrepreneurial skills to meet the demands of dynamic employers.
Entrepreneurship education is among Nottingham’s foremost established strengths and practising entrepreneurs are extensively involved in the MBA programme.
Our Entrepreneurship and Creativity module integrates lectures and creativity workshops with extensive participation from practising entrepreneurs who contribute their advice and experience to the programme.
During the module, you will engage with the Ingenuity model, a unique process for encouraging creative problem solving developed by academic staff and the Business School’s Haydn Green Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship. In teams, you will work through the creative problem solving process, developing your business idea and then pitching for investment.
The Enterpriselab
If you have a business idea, we will support you. Networking and raising funds are key to start-up success, and we will place you in simulated entrepreneurial environments, which provide the best platform for entrepreneurial learning. Nottingham offers a particularly dynamic laboratory facility for business start-ups, the Enterpriselab, which provides serviced offices and expert advice to entrepreneurs. Through this facility, the academic staff develop access to a network of organisations and local entrepreneurs who they assist with advice and contacts particularly in the raising of funds. These connections are fully exploited in the teaching of creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship, which is a core feature of the MBA.
Our dynamic Enterpriselab provides serviced offices and expert advice to entrepreneurs.
Watch our video to find out more at
www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/ Videos/mba
“Successful entrepreneurship is a complex
activity requiring a combination of personal
traits, competencies and abilities, some of
which are innate, some of which are latent or
dormant and some of which can be learned.”
Professor Martin Binks
Founding Director, Haydn Green Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (HGI) and Dean, Nottingham University Business School
“We ask each student to contribute their strengths, their
knowledge, and their experience to the programme, and that
creates a lively and dynamic cohort.”
Chris Mahon
Director, MBA Entrepreneurship
“The MBA is about learning from other people. It’s about
connecting into the network and the entrepreneurial
ecosystem that is so vibrant at Nottingham.”
Nick Barker
Co-founder, Aware Monitoring MBA Entrepreneurship
Reach out to the world
Experiencing different cultures and realising the direct impact of differing environments on business takes you from the classroom to the actual world. Our international business study tours offer a unique and invaluable business and cultural programme for Nottingham MBAs.
You have the opportunity to gain direct experience of business and insights into current hot topics through meetings with executives, company visits, and sessions with academic experts, and cultural excursions.*
*There is an additional fee for this option.
Lehigh University MBA Fellowship Programme
In April, we take 10-12 MBA students on a week-long business and cultural tour to Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, one of the top research institutions in the US. We have developed this programme with Lehigh’s Martindale Centre for the Study of Private Enterprise for MBA students at Nottingham and Lehigh.
You can:
• visit blue-chip companies in New York City and Washington DC including JP Morgan Chase, Bloomberg, Inter-American Development Bank, Fox News, and the New York Stock Exchange
• spend an afternoon at Thomson Reuters in Times Square, learning about the fast-paced news environment and how this affects the ways companies manage their brand reputation
• experience a tour of the White House and Capitol Hill • spend time on the Lehigh campus learning about leadership,
US financial institutions, and some of the procedures of Wall Street trading
For more information, go to
www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/mba/StudyTours.html
“The fellowship programme has provided an experience that the students could not get in any classroom or in any other setting, and helps build global perspective in our graduates.”
Professor Andrew Ward
Charlot and Dennis E. Singleton ‘66 Endowed Chair in Corporate Governance - College of Business and Economics, Lehigh University
Globalise your MBA
Your say
“Bloomberg was undoubtedly one of
the best and most inspirational visits. A
fascinating insight into a company that
provides essential financial and market
information to institutions around the world.”
David Teasdale MBA
“This opportunity offered me a deeper
understanding of the American way of
doing business accompanied by priceless
opportunities to build up network contacts
and exchange points of view.”
Benjamin Müller Executive MBA
MBA study tour to China
A fantastic opportunity to take advantage of Nottingham’s unique connections with China. We take seven MBA students to China for a week in June to learn about the essentials of doing business in China.
• visit the Nordic Industrial Park in Ningbo city – one of the first wholly foreign-owned and operated industrial and business parks in China
• learn about logistics on a visit to the Bei Lun Deep Water Port - China’s largest deep water port
• tour Beijing and visit SAB Miller
• visit Arup Associates – a leading global architecture and engineering firm involved with iconic building projects in China including the Birds Nest Stadium in Beijing • tour Shanghai and visit AstraZeneca’s headquarters • tour the Great Wall at Mutianyu
• meet members of the Chinese Government
MBA study tour to South America
In June, we run a joint study tour to Chile and Argentina with Lehigh University MBA students, which provides an opportunity to attend company visits, roundtables and networking opportunities with leading business executives in Latin America, complemented with a range of cultural activities in one of the world’s fastest growing business and tourist destinations.
Companies we visit have included:
• vineyard tour and discussion with company owners of Vina Matetric
• US Commercial Services
• AmChem – investment facilitator to promote free trade between the US and Chile
• Bayer - a global enterprise with core competencies in health care, agriculture and high-tech materials
MBA study tour to Silicon Valley
In January, we offer a number of places to our students to visit California’s Silicon Valley, focusing on new venture creation. Unique among university entrepreneurship programmes, we run this tour in partnership with Lehigh University.
The tour includes:
• live cases, focusing on the new breed of high performance, venture capital-backed companies. In various stages of evolution, each company uses breakthrough technology to transform a market.
• visits to companies that are innovators in medical devices, audio technology, web and data security, industrial design, information technology, data storage and management. • meetings with entrepreneurs, inventors, CEOs, venture
capitalists, and others who play key roles in building new enterprises from start-up to expansion and exit stage.
A number of MBA students will get the opportunity to take a study tour to China.
Develop your business acumen
Making long-term decisions and recognising the broader societal and environmental impacts of those decisions are key challenges for any business. Our Sustainable Decisions and Organisation module provides an integrated foundation challenge for Nottingham MBA students.
Senior business figures, practitioners, and research academics all contribute to this module, which is compulsory for all MBA students.
The module puts you in the role of a management team which must develop an economically and environmentally sustainable strategic solution to a major case study of a declining retail activity.
Once you have developed a strategy, a series of crises that threaten the operation and reputation of the business are presented. In teams, you must manage a press conference with well-known journalists and present your sustainable strategic solution to a board drawn from senior directors of major businesses.
Your say
“If you have ever wondered what it would
feel like to create an organisation that can
be leading edge today while preserving
opportunities for the future, this module
offers a realistic shot at that. The module
puts you in the position of a future business
leader, faced with real dangers in the
environment of a global business.”
Tanya Anand MBA in CSR McKinsey & Company
Business Practice Week
In semester one, our full-time MBA students have an opportunity to attend company visits in Nottingham and London to learn more about the current challenges businesses are facing. This is a fantastic opportunity to relate contemporary business issues to the core modules you take in the first semester.
• visit Boots – international leaders in healthcare and inventors of Ibuprofen
• learn about Capital One – innovators in the way that the credit card market works
• tour the Co-operative distribution centre to learn about operations management and supply logistics
• visit BioCity, the largest bioscience incubator in Europe and an international hub for entrepreneurial activity in the life sciences
• visit the Apple Retail Store and offices in London to meet marketing, sales and finance senior staff involved with new product launches such as the Apple watch
• meet members of Boldrocket, part of Capco, the global business and technology consultancy
• visit TransferWise, a peer-to-peer money transfer service, listed as number 12 in Startups.co.uk’s list of the top 100 UK start-ups of 2012.
Management Project
To enhance your employability you must show that you can put theory into practice. This module will test this ability, developing your potential and focusing your MBA on your career goals.
We encourage you to spend three months working in an organisation on an actual business issue that you choose. Many organisations use projects to assess the potential of new employees.
The Nottingham MBA offers opportunities for full-time course members to apply for a number of competitive management projects in the UK and overseas. We work in partnership with leading multinational companies such as Astra Zeneca, Tata Consultancy Services, Orange Business Service, Alliance Boots, Standard Chartered Bank, Rolls-Royce, Pfizer, Experian, Capital One, GE Healthcare, Ikano, Nexor, Balfour Beatty, and E.ON, as well as small and medium-sized enterprises, financial services, not-for-profit organisations, and creative industries.
For more information on the project, go to www.nottingham. ac.uk/business/mba/ManagementProject.html
Your say
“My year culminated in an internship
investigating the potential to implement an
alternative pricing model in UK law firms.
The project allowed me to demonstrate
many of the skills I learned on the course.”
Anthony Widdop MBA
Nottingham University Business Alumni
All our MBAs become members of the Business School Alumni Association and have access to a network of several thousand graduates from over 100 countries around the world, all of whom have shared the experience of studying at Nottingham.
Many of our alumni stay involved with the school, acting as recruiters, interviewers, mentors, contributors to modules, and advisors to prospective students. Others offer work experience, internships, and management projects at their companies or organisations.
Mark Ovenden, MD, Ford of Britain, at the Business Leaders Series.
With over 42,000 students from
more than 150 countries, two
overseas campuses and strong
relationships with institutions
around the world, Nottingham will
help you develop your international
perspective and connect you
to a global network of leaders,
academics and fellow students.
The Nottingham MBA is globally ranked and the school is one of only a few in the UK to achieve both EQUIS and AMBA accreditations. We offer the UK’s first MBA in Corporate Social Responsibility and we aim to develop an understanding of responsible and sustainable business practice in all our MBA students.
We specialise in entrepreneurship and innovation, finance, corporate social responsibility and sustainability, and healthcare management, so if you or your business want to concentrate in these areas we offer innovative and authoritative approaches to theory and practice.
The Business School holds a Small Business Charter Award in recognition of its key role in supporting small and medium sized businesses.
Why
Nottingham?
Full-time and part-time variants of some of our programmes are available at our Malaysia Campus.
• In 2014, Nottingham was named one of the first UK University Enterprise Zones and a new Technology Entrepreneurship Centre on Jubilee Campus will be home to the Business School’s Haydn Green Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (HGI), which leads our MBA in Entrepreneurship.
• The school ranks in The Economist MBA Top 100 2014 and
The Economist Executive MBA 2013, where it was ranked
in the global top 40.
• In 2014, The Economist rated the School in the global top ten for the highest number of women MBA students. • Nottingham University Business School has unrivalled
global reach through its three campuses in the UK, China, and Malaysia, providing a unique global perspective and connection to changing business ideas.
• Nottingham University Business School is EQUIS accredited (European Quality Improvement System). Uniquely,
EQUIS accreditation applies to the business schools at all Nottingham’s campuses in the UK, China, and Malaysia. • AMBA has accredited our MBA programmes since 1993,
ensuring all Nottingham MBA programmes meet rigorous quality standards.
• Our Singapore MBA programme, in partnership with PSB Academy, has been named the ‘Best Overall UK MBA’ by Edupoll.
• The UK’s Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) ranked us among the UK’s top 10 for research power.
• The Times has described The University of Nottingham as
“the closest the UK has to a truly global university” and the University is a founder member of Universitas 21, a worldwide partnership of universities that promotes global research links and offers international student exchange programmes.
• Our graduates are highly regarded by employers. Some 86% of our 2012 MBA class were working three months after graduation, 15% of these pursuing entrepreneurial ventures. • Nottingham already ranks among the UK’s elite universities
and global polls for research excellence. Our Business School faculty are among the leading researchers in their fields and our centres and institutes work with global businesses and regional enterprises to develop practical and relevant thought leadership.
The University’s award-winning Jubilee
Campus offers one of the most modern and
beautiful environments in which to study
business in the UK.
Praised for its innovative architecture and
environmentally friendly technology, it was
opened in 1999 by Her Majesty the Queen.
Jubilee Campus has been praised for its innovative architecture.
Built on a former industrial site close to Nottingham city centre, Jubilee Campus covers 65 acres and is a leading example of sustainable development. Our University Park Campus is just a mile away, and you can easily get there on one of our free hopper buses.
MBA programmes are based in the purpose-built facilities in the South Business School building, which provides lecture theatres, seminar rooms, computer laboratories, a dedicated MBA common room and resource room, MBA breakout rooms, a café, and a comprehensive Business Library.
The YANG Fujia building, home to the International Office, and the Amenities Building - with a restaurant, student services centre, and multi-faith centre - are part of the University’s significant investment in Jubilee Campus. A new scheme designed by Ken Shuttleworth, designer of the iconic Swiss Re building in London, includes an Innovation Park, the Aerospace Technology Centre, Energy Technologies Building, and the UK’s tallest freestanding work of public art, ‘Aspire,’ completed in 2008 on campus.
Log on to www.nottingham.ac.uk/about/campuses/ jubileecampus.aspx to find out more about Jubilee Campus.
Jubilee
Nottingham is regarded as one of the UK’s
most desirable places to study. Home to
a world-class University, it is a culturally
diverse and vibrant city with a strong
sense of community.
City life
Old Market Square in Nottingham city centre hosts a number of events throughout the year.
Both Jubilee Campus and University Park Campus are close to the centre of Nottingham, one of the UK’s most cosmopolitan and prosperous cities. As the commercial and cultural capital of the East Midlands, Nottingham is home to several major UK employers, including Alliance Boots, Capital One, E.ON, Experian, and the Inland Revenue. Many large blue-chip companies have offices in and around the city. The school has strong links with Rolls-Royce, the global aero-engine manufacturer, based about 18 miles away in Derby.
The bustling city centre is renowned for its excellent nightlife, with more than 300 bars and pubs, as well as a variety of art galleries, restaurants, clubs, theatres, concert halls, and cinemas. Shopping in Nottingham has been voted among the best outside of London and the city has more sports facilities per head of population than anywhere else in Europe. Nottingham is one of the oldest cities in the UK and has a rich history. Explore the ancient caves beneath Nottingham Castle, or take a relaxing walk through Wollaton Park and visit the imposing Elizabethan Hall.
As a break from the pace of city life, the region offers beautiful rural scenery in the Peak District National Park and historic buildings such as Newstead Abbey, Southwell Minster, and Hardwick Hall. Nottinghamshire’s more well-known attractions include Robin Hood’s Sherwood Forest and the historic Goose Fair, held every October.
Time to travel
Getting here is easy. Nottingham is less than two hours travel from London, with excellent transport links to the capital and the rest of the UK.
East Midlands Airport, one of the UK’s fastest growing airports, is only 40 minutes from the city centre via a 24-hour bus service.
Frequent rail services run from Nottingham to major UK cities, including London every 30 minutes, and the Eurostar connection at St Pancras International means that passengers are only a few hours train journey from Paris.
The Sir Colin Campbell Building, Jubilee Campus.
Full-time
MBA
programmme
structure
Effective management requires a combination of broad
management knowledge coupled with more specialist skills.
All our MBA programmes consist of a set of core subjects, a menu of optional courses, and an individual or group management project. The core subjects ensure you study essential areas of management. The optional subjects and the project allow you to build on these core areas and tailor-make your own version of the Nottingham MBA.
We aim to:
• improve your leadership capabilities and skills • build your practical management competence through
engagement with business
• encourage a creative and entrepreneurial approach to problem-solving
• develop your understanding of responsible and sustainable business practices
• cultivate an international perspective through a mix of teaching, teamwork, and opportunities for overseas business visits
A fundamental part of your learning and development is participation in group work.
We provide a management and interpersonal skills programme that all MBA course members take part in.
Working with talented peers from many different professional and cultural backgrounds and close interaction with the academic staff accelerates your learning and management development.
For full details of core and elective modules, go to www. nottingham.ac.uk/business/mba
Semester 1
Core modules
All programmes • Accounting and Finance • Business Economics • Managing People • Marketing • Operations Management • Strategic Management
Semester 2
Core modules
All programmes• Entrepreneurship and Creativity • Sustainable Decisions and Organisations
Modules by programme
MBA
+ 4 elective modules + Management Project MBA Finance
* Specialist core modules • Corporate Finance
• Financial and Monetary Economics • International Finance
* Choose two from three of these modules + 2 elective modules
+ Management Project MBA Entrepreneurship Specialist core modules • Entrepreneurship in Practice • Innovation Management + 2 elective modules + Management Project
MBA Corporate Social Responsibility Specialist core modules
• Business Ethics
• Responsible Business: A Strategic Approach + 2 elective modules
+ Management Project
MBA with overseas study in semester 2
+ 4 elective modules chosen from the partner institution + Management Project
Please note these modules may be subject to change.
Elective modules
†• Business and Commercial Law • Business Ethics
• Business Intelligence in the Digital Economy • Contemporary Themes in Marketing • Corporate Finance
• **Corporate Governance and Social Accountability • Entrepreneurship in Practice
• Financial and Monetary Economics • Games and Strategies for Business • Leadership and Management of Change • Innovation Management
• International Finance • Management Consulting • Managing the Human Resource
• Portfolio Management and Investment Analysis • Strategic Change in Dynamic Markets • Social Entrepreneurship
• Venture Capital and Private Equity
* These modules can change from year to year and will run if there is sufficient demand
** Strongly recommended for MBA in CSR students wishing to apply for Institute of Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability membership
The modern Jubilee Campus is situated close to the city centre.
MBA
The MBA programme provides an advanced course in management to equip you with the skills to succeed in today’s complex business environments in the private or public sectors.
The core subjects of the MBA develop your knowledge and skills in fundamental management disciplines. The elective subjects allow you to concentrate in-depth on more specific subjects according to your individual interests and career requirements. The programme involves participation in group work and is aimed at improving your decision-making abilities and producing managers of the highest quality.
We also offer the full-time and part-time MBA at our campus in Malaysia. Turn to page 37 for contact details.
One year full-time or two to four years part-time
Your say
“In addition to the high standard of
teaching, you’ll be studying with a diverse
group of students from all over the world,
representing all business sectors – from
Accounting to Zoology. Nottingham offers
you many opportunities to work in groups
and as individuals on real life cases where
you can build on your work experience
and develop your skills for researching,
analysing, managing, and communicating.
“The Business School has far exceeded
my expectations. The course is demanding
but highly rewarding and gave me a
tremendous sense of achievement.”
John Murphy MBA
Our programmes bring together students from many different backgrounds.
MBA Finance
The Finance specialism aims to produce managers and investors who can understand and make successful use of the financial system. The introductory Finance and Accounting module ensures an understanding of company accounts and the underlying principles of all financial decision making. In the second semester, Corporate Finance, International Finance, Financial & Monetary Economics and Portfolio Management & Investment Analysis can be combined in a variety of ways to provide the best foundation for any of the many types of finance career available.
Inevitably modules have a technical component; you can’t be good at finance without an understanding of risk for example. However, the aim of the Finance specialism is to produce managers of technical experts who are not necessarily technical experts themselves. The ability to ask the right questions and understand the answers marks out the good financial manager, not the ability to solve complex mathematical equations.
All modules also have an ethical dimension; financial management and investment problems are never simply technical problems. Consider the widespread mis-selling of interest rate swaps to business customers by banks. This could only have thrived in organisations without much sense of the “right” way to do business.
The MBA Finance reflects the school’s research strengths and connections in finance and financial services. If you want to concentrate on this area, the programme offers an impressive choice of elective modules that allow greater emphasis on the financial aspects of management.
We also offer the full-time and part-time MBA Finance at our campus in Malaysia. Turn to page 37 for contact details.
One year full-time or two to four years part-time
Your say
“The International Finance module helped
to understand the financial aspects of
multinational businesses. It provided an
opportunity to discuss current international
financial issues, alongside working through
a number of case studies, which helped us
in relating theoretical knowledge to practical
situations in international business. I have
learnt a great deal and I would recommend
this module to future students.”
Anandita Misra MBA Finance
MBA Entrepreneurship
Media training in the Sustainable Decisions and Organisations module.
One year full-time or two to four years part-time
If you are an experienced manager who wants to enhance your creativity and entrepreneurial skills, or a seasoned entrepreneur who wants to improve your managerial skills, this MBA will suit you.
Our MBA Entrepreneurship offers you one of the most up-to-date approaches to entrepreneurship education available anywhere.
Our focus is on integrating advanced teaching and learning in management with a practical approach to entrepreneurship education. We emphasise the interaction between
management practice, entrepreneurship, and the external environment to encourage you to apply innovative and entrepreneurial skills across a variety of settings. The programme focuses on live case studies with direct participation from experienced entrepreneurs. The school’s
Haydn Green Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is extremely well connected in the local business community and course members will benefit from exposure to a network of organisations across a range of industries.
Your say
“The MBA in Entrepreneurship is characterised
by providing realism, industry engagement and
a simulated entrepreneurial environment to our
classes, along with a cutting edge academic
theory, fostering the skills and traits needed to
become a successful entrepreneur.”
Omar Bahaya MBA Entrepreneurship
MBA Corporate
Social Responsibility
The MBA in CSR is grounded in developing academicrigour, critical analysis and the professional competencies expected of managers facing the complex issues presented by sustainable and responsible business.
The programme is delivered by our distinguished International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ICCSR), and provides the opportunity for you to develop your career or business by combining an MBA with a concentration in the increasingly prominent issues raised by simultaneously delivering viable economic growth and positive social impact, while sustaining our natural resources for future generations. The MBA in CSR aims to prepare high calibre candidates for these challenges, by embedding tools and frameworks for responsible and sustainable management into your MBA education, equipping you with the knowledge and skills to tackle social and environmental concerns in your future careers.
The full time MBA in CSR has a number of distinctive features unique to Nottingham University Business School including: • dedicated mentors from professional practice
• accredited membership of the Institute of Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability (ICRS)
• tailored management projects linked to the launch of the new United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
• the opportunity to network with leading professionals and organisations in the field.
Find out more about sustainable and responsible business here:
http://vimeopro.com/user8336514/mba-in-csr/ video/103894329
Your say
“Having a mentor gives you a different perspective from industry. Mentors not only give you a network
you can link with but give you a bigger, broader picture of how theories are being used.”
“The worthwhile one year of learning has provided me with practical insights and theoretical
frameworks for decision-making, and a proper network. It also enabled me to broaden my view of
business and internalise all the diversity gained from the MBA cohort.”
“I have been in a couple of [CSR] case competitions…it’s really good for your experience, putting
things into practice, and getting to know people.”
Jeena Park MBA in CSR
Hear from past students
http://vimeopro.com/user8336514/mba-in-csr/video/103908919
Part-time Executive
MBA programme
structure
Part-time Singapore MBA
Modules
• Business Economics
• Entrepreneurship and Creativity • Finance and Accounting • Operations Management • Managing People • Marketing
• Strategic Management
• Sustainable Decisions and Organisations + 4 elective modules
+ Management project
Part-time Singapore MBA Finance
Specialist core modules
• Corporate Finance
• Financial & Monetary Economics • International Finance
* Choose two from three of these modules + 2 elective modules
+ Management project
Executive MBA
Modules
• Business Economics
• Entrepreneurship and Creativity • Finance and Accounting • Managing People • Marketing
• Operations Management • Strategic Management
• Sustainable Decisions and Organisations + 4 elective modules
+ Management project
Executive MBA Corporate Social
Responsibility
Specialist core modules
• Business Ethics
• Responsible Business: A Strategic Approach + 2 elective modules
+ Management project
Executive MBA
Healthcare
Specialist core modules
• Commissioning and Service Redesign • Ethics, Governance and Risk + 2 elective modules + Management project
Executive MBA Entrepreneurship
Specialist core modules
• Entrepreneurship in Practice • Innovation Management + 2 elective modules + Management project
Elective modules
Subject to demand
• Business and Commercial Law • Business Ethics
• Business Intelligence in the Digital Economy • Contemporary Themes in Marketing • Commissioning and Service Redesign
• *Corporate Governance and Social Accountability • Ethics, Governance and Risk
• Entrepreneurship in Practice • Innovation Management
• Leadership and Change Management • Personal Development
• Responsible Business: A Strategic Approach • Strategic Change in Dynamic Markets • Venture Capital and Private Equity
Please note:
Executive MBA modules
Elective modules for the Executive MBA are offered on a rolling programme basis. For up to date information go to www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/mba/
ElectiveModules.html
Singapore MBA Modules
A select number of the UK electives are offered through the Singapore MBA Programmes.
* Strongly recommended for MBA in CSR students who want to apply for Institute of Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability membership
Full details of core and elective modules are on our website
www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/mba
Executive
MBA
Nottingham University Business School’s Executive MBA offers you an advanced management education programme that matches the needs of developing executives.
The programme is designed for managers who want to continue their careers while studying for an MBA at their own pace. Our Executive programme aims to develop your competence to generate value, improve organisational effectiveness, and enhance your ability to work with others to achieve successful change.
The Executive MBA will give you a general management perspective on the functions of a business and how they can be integrated with a rapidly changing environment, together with a sound up-to-date knowledge and understanding of the operations of a business enterprise and of the practical skills you need to manage them. Our Executive MBA course members typically have at least five years of management experience while the average is more than 10 years. Our Executive MBAs come from around the world, including Europe, the Far East, Africa, Australasia, and the UK. You will study alongside participants from private, public, and not-for-profit organisations, offering a breadth of experience, fresh perspectives on business issues, and exceptional networking opportunities. Nottingham’s ideal location and excellent transportation links allow managers located anywhere in the UK or overseas to participate.
Because we appreciate that you need to plan your MBA carefully to fit in with your work and other commitments, the programme is designed for maximum flexibility, allowing you to accommodate your studies into your lifestyle. You can vary the number of modules you take each year according to your commitments.
Your say
“As a small business owner I feel welcomed
in this environment. The Executive MBA
uses real ideas from real business people
and as a young business owner the
programme has given me clear focus.”
Dan Peacock Executive MBA
“There are people from very different
backgrounds and you quickly learn you have
a part to play with your fellow students.
The MBA gives you credibility in the
marketplace and the support networks and
flexibility are fantastic.”
Julian Anthoney
Executive MBA Entrepreneurship
Your say
“My Executive MBA in Healthcare offered
a better foundation and theoretical
understanding of business management
as a speciality. The Business School has
been extremely flexible in allowing me to
access both the executive and evening
programmes. My first year was especially
exciting when I won a scholarship from the
school to cover my fees.”
Dr Kathy Teahon
Consultant, Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham
Companies that have sent employees to our Executive MBA include
3i PLC Alliance Boots ADT Fire & Security Aggregate Industries Alliance Boots Bakkavor Foods Bank of England Bayer plc BBC
British American Tobacco British Telecom plc BOC Bosch BUPA Capital One DHL Ernst & Young Estee Lauder Experian
Ford Motor Company Frankfurt Airport Gala Coral Group Games Workshop Kuehne & Nagel Drinks Marconi
Mars NatWest Bank National Health Service Nottingham City Council Rolls-Royce TSYS Europe Rexam Selex Communications Shell Sun Microsystems St Gobain Wincanton plc
The benefits for sponsoring organisations
Many organisations pay all or some of the fees for their employees to study the Nottingham MBA, and some choose to send new employees year after year. The reason is simple: a clear and immediate return on investment.We can work with you to customise the programme in several ways.
• we encourage our Executive MBAs to use their real life business experience as much as possible in their classes and assignments and our flexible programme enables them to pace their studies to match the needs of your organisation. • your managers are professionals and just as you are
supporting them, we will support you to customise an Executive MBA programme to benefit your business. • our elective modules can be matched to your development
needs or current responsibilities.
• the Management Project can deal with a real issue in your organisation with the potential to create value for your business.
• coursework frequently enables your managers to look at issues from the perspective of your organisation. • with a range of MBA programmes in Asia, your managers
could take some modules overseas, providing beneficial international experience.
• as a sponsoring organisation, you also have access to the expertise and services of an international university. You can receive invitations to our business events including our high profile Business Leaders Series talks, and get access to our other business services, such as internship, graduate recruitment, and executive education opportunities.
Course structure
The Executive MBA consists of 12 modules and a management project.
Modules normally run during one week and the school runs modules regularly during the year to allow you the flexibility to join the programme at various times.
In addition to modules we offer at our UK campus, you can choose to study modules that run as part of our programmes in Malaysia or Singapore.
You will take seven core modules plus five elective modules. You can also choose to study a specific module over a semester with our full-time MBAs, attending lectures and possibly group meetings for a few hours each week over the course of 15 weeks.
Specialist programmes
To achieve the Executive MBA CSR, Executive MBA Entrepreneurship, or Executive MBA Healthcare, course members must take:
• eight core modules
• two specialist core modules relevant to the named programme
• two elective modules
• a management project that focuses on the specialist area We offer partial Executive MBA bursaries for participants employed in the UK, EU or overseas public sector or not-for-profit organisations.
Postgraduate Diploma in Business
Administration route
If you have considerable managerial experience but do not have a first degree or a professional qualification, the school provides a way for you to join the Nottingham MBA. The Postgraduate Diploma route allows participants who are successful in at least four of their first six modules to transfer onto the MBA and complete the programme.
Many of our MBAs have completed the programme in this way and continued on to successful careers.
Part-time Singapore
MBA and MBA Finance
Our partnership with the PSB Academy gives you the opportunity to study in Singapore.
We run our MBA and MBA Finance programmes in Singapore in partnership with PSB Academy, one of Singapore’s premier education institutions, which trains almost 25,000 people every year. The MBA is specially structured for today’s aspiring managers with the potential for senior positions and with the ability to take on the emerging knowledge-based economy. Singapore MBA programmes are taught by Nottingham faculty in short intensive blocks in Singapore.
Executive MBA course members can choose to take modules in Singapore.
Turn to page 37 to find out how to get in touch with the PSB Academy.
Nottingham University Business School and PSB Academy:
a powerful partnership
Your say
“My MBA in Singapore inspired me to go on
and take a doctorate in business, and I am
now based in Australia’s Gold Coast with
AsiaPac Marketing, specialising in luxury
real estate. The MBA has been a paramount
influence in my success.”
Dr Peter Hyde MBA
The Postgraduate Careers Team will help you to plan your career route by taking into account your individual experiences, skills, interests, and aspirations.
We encourage you to begin this process in the early stages of your MBA so you can be in the best position to promote yourself to potential future employers throughout the year.
MBA Class Profiles
Full-time MBA nationality 2014
Average age (years)
Full-time 30 Executive 39
Average work experience (years)
Full-time 6 Executive 13
Working with you
Many of our students see the MBA programme as a springboard to advance within an existing career area, while others view the MBA as a chance to review career options and consider new directions.
Our services, designed to support you throughout your MBA, include:
• individual career consultations to discuss your career objectives and job search strategies
• a Career and Professional Development Programme designed to help you plan your career, tailor your job search and promote yourself effectively to potential employers • visiting speakers to provide expert insights into a variety of
career areas and industry sectors
• networking opportunities through various careers events held within the School and University
• psychometric assessments to develop increased self-awareness and offering professional career profiling • specialist resources for MBA career planning and job search
such as CareerLeader, MBA Exchange plus an online salary negotiation tool
• a tailored vacancy and newsletter service to ensure you are kept up to date with the latest opportunities in the job market • an online MBA Profiles Showcase allowing you to promote
yourself globally to recruiters who are seeking MBA talent
Working in the UK
Immigration is a complex issue. We arrange immigration talks from legal experts to help international course members understand the latest regulations in relation to working in the UK. For up to date information on the UK’s Points Based System go to
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ uk-visas-and-immigration
Working globally
Our online subscriptions and global networks ensure you have access to information on working in a variety of countries worldwide.
Your future and success is paramount. As a Nottingham MBA, you will have
access to our specialist in-house Postgraduate Careers services to help you
review, explore, and plan your future career path.
Your career,
your way
Executive MBA nationality 2014
UK 11.1% European Union 4.4% Americas 6.7% Africa 6.7% China 13.3% Far East 55.6% Middle East 2.2% UK 74.4% European Union 8% Middle East 3% Far East 9% Australasia 1% Americas 1% Africa 4%
Location
Africa - sub Saharan 16% Asia 63%
Middle East and North Africa 5% UK 16%
Employers
Our MBAs are successful across the
globe. Recent employers include:
Accenture, Apple, Barclays Corporate
Banking, Bosch, Credit Suisse, Deloitte,
EDF Energy, EY, Fidelity Bank, GE
Oil and Gas, Jaguar Land Rover,
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Reckitt
Benckiser, Santander Group, Shell, Tech
Mahindra, United Nations Global Compact,
Walmart, Wipro Technologies.
Career progression highlights
MBA Graduates 2013
•
121% average post-MBA salary increase
•
83% of job seekers working within
3 months of graduation
Your say
“My Executive MBA allowed me to combine
the learning from my MBA with my
background in retail operations and move
into regional management outside the
UK – the confidence and learning I gained
from the programme enabled me to deliver
a proposal for opening international Boots
franchise stores. I am now the regional
manager and the business has grown to 44
stores in five countries, providing Alliance
Boots with a wealth of learning in the
franchising arena.”
Andy Powell Executive MBA
Head of Retail Excellence, Regional Manager Middle East Boots International Function Consulting 16% Finance/ Accounting 26% General Management 10% Information Technology 16% Marketing/Sales 16% Operations/ Logistics 11% Other 5% Industry Consulting 21% Finance Services 16% Manufacturing 5% Non-Profit 5% Other 11% Petroleum/Energy 5% Real Estate 5% Technology/ Engineering 32%
Our aim is to make the application process as simple and efficient as possible. You can apply online through pgapps. nottingham.ac.uk or send in an application.
Qualifications
You must normally be a graduate of an approved university holding a good honours degree. Candidates with a relevant professional qualification deemed to be equivalent to a first degree will be considered.
Please enclose a transcript and copy of certificates with your hard copy application form or send them separately if you apply online. The decision regarding acceptability of qualification rests solely with the Business School.
Work experience
For the full-time MBA programme, you will usually be expected to have at least three years of full-time work experience that includes a management dimension, the majority of which will have been gained since graduating from your first degree. Entry to the Executive MBA programme requires at least five years of management work experience.
References
Two references should be enclosed with your application, or arrange for the referees to send references directly to our MBA office. We prefer one reference from an academic (e.g. your previous university) or training source (e.g. your company training or personnel officer) and the second reference from an employer or business contact.
English language requirements
If your first language is not English and you do not have a degree from a UK institution, we require evidence of your competence in English. We will normally require one of the following combinations of test results for an immediate entry to the MBA Programme.
Either:
• an IELTS score (Academic version) of at least 7.0 with a minimum score of 6.0 in each of the four elements of the test. • Or the academic Pearson Test of English, a score of 68
(minimum of 55).
Together with a Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) of at least 640 with an Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) score of at least 5.0.
IELTS is administered through British Council offices in many countries. For information about your local test centre, contact the British Council in your own country. Please note that you should apply to do the ‘Academic’ version of the test. Find out more:
t: +44 (0)161 957 7755 w: www.ielts.org
Additional information to support an
application
The school reserves the right to ask for additional individual evidence to support an application. We will acknowledge your application and we will notify you if we require any more information. Applications are treated in confidence and your details will not be sent to organisations outside the University without your consent.
It is not our normal policy to make conditional offers and it is therefore important that you send all necessary information to us as soon as possible if you want to receive an early offer from us.
How to apply
Fees
and
funding
MBA Fees 2015-2016
University of Nottingham alumni receive a 20% discount on fees. • MBA
• MBA Finance
• MBA Corporate Social Responsibility • MBA Entrepreneurship
• Executive MBA without a company contract • Executive MBA Healthcare*
Full-time MBA programmes
UK and EU £23,000Overseas £24,000
MBA with overseas study in semester 2
UK and EU £23,500Overseas £24,500
Part-time and Executive MBA programmes
UK and EU £22,000Overseas £23,000
Executive MBA Healthcare programme
UK and EU £19,800Overseas £20,700
Two MBA students outside
Full-time Postgraduate Diploma in Business
Administration
UK and EU £15,334 Overseas £16000
Part-time and Executive MBA Postgraduate
Diploma in Business Administration
UK and EU £14667 Overseas £15334
Executive MBA by corporate contract - please
contact us
* A bursary is available for participants employed in the UK, EU, or overseas for the Executive MBA Healthcare.
MBA Scholarships
The school has approximately £120,000 available to offer as a number of generous scholarships for exceptional candidates for the 2015/16 Nottingham MBA programme.
Scholarship awards are substantial and can be up to 30% of tuition fees for full-time, self-funding candidates. Scholarships are open to UK, EU, and international candidates.
We will only consider you eligible for a scholarship once you have been offered and have accepted a place on the MBA programme.
We award scholarships to exceptional candidates on individual merit, considering the following criteria:
• academic achievement to date
• career experience and progression to date • the quality of your application
• your potential to contribute to the learning experience of the programme
If you are awarded a scholarship, the Business School may ask you to become an Ambassador, which could involve undertaking duties to endorse the Nottingham MBA.
Other Scholarships
• The JJ Salmon Scholarship
£500 bursaries may be offered to Home/EU candidates with a background in science.
• The Sir John Anstey Scholarship
Several bursaries (up to £500 each) are available towards travel costs within Europe that are associated with the management project.
Application and deadlines
Details of all scholarships, applications forms, and dates when candidates will be informed of the result of their application are at
www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/mba/Scholarships.html No decisions can be made until after the closing date.
You are welcome to visit the University to speak to staff, meet fellow students, see our campuses and experience our facilities.
Our breakfast events, open days, and evenings provide an opportunity for you to meet current MBA course members, staff, and alumni. Alternatively we can offer you the opportunity to meet us on a one-to-one basis at a time convenient for you. We will also be visiting a number of international university agents and MBA fairs where our staff will be happy to meet you.
Further details of additional events and MBA fairs in 2014/15 will be published on the Business School website
www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/mba/MeetUs.html
Contact us
Nottingham University Business School The MBA Office
Jubilee Campus Wollaton Road Nottingham NG8 1BB UK t: +44 (0)115 951 5500 f: +44 (0)115 951 5503 e: [email protected] w: www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/mba
MBAs in Singapore
Variants of the Executive and MBA Finance are also available by short intensive block in Singapore, in association with the PSB Academy.
Further details are available on the website or from:
Admissions Office
PSB Academy
355 Jalan Bukit Ho Swee Singapore 169567 t: (65) 6885 1000 f: (65) 6276 3103 e: [email protected] w: www.psb-academy.edu.sg
MBAs in Malaysia
The University of Nottingham also offers full-time and part-time variants of the MBA and MBA Finance at its campus in Malaysia. Further details are available from:
The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
Jalan Broga 43500 Semenyih Selangor Darul Ehsan Malaysia
t: +603 8924 8000 f: +603 8924 8001 w: www.nottingham.edu.my
Get in touch
All information in this brochure was correct at time of print but is subject to change – for the latest information, please see www.nottingham.ac.uk/business
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Executive MBA students in the Business School South.
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