Time Table

The MBA programme is designed to fit around your job and offer maximum flexibililty for busy working professionals, managers and leaders. The programme will be delivered in a period of 12 months over five two-week blocks every two months in the UK. If, due to other commitments, you are unable to take all of the modules within the 12 month period then you can postpone individual courses and complete the MBA over a longer period of time. You can also start the programme at any stage of the first four stages but you can not start the course at Stage Five and before you have completed all other stages of the course.

BLOCK ONE: Two weeks (5-16 September 2011)

• Induction to MBA study
• Management Environment and Economics
• Managing Change
• Research Methods Workshop

BLOCK TWO: Two weeks (14-25 November 2011)

• Knowledge Management
• Financial Management
• Presentations and Personal study

BLOCK THREE: Two weeks (23 January - 3 February 2012)

• Leadership
• Information Systems
• Presentations and Personal study

BLOCK FOUR: Two weeks (2-13 April 2012)

• Innovation Planning and Marketing*

• Marketing Planning and Strategy*

• Presentations and Personal study

*Alternative modules for public service managers:

Partnership Working
Marketing for the Not-For-Profit Sector

BLOCK FIVE: Two weeks (4-16 June 2012)

Choose either:

Managing Innovation Through Strategic Projects, or
Managing New Forms of Innovation

Presentations and personal study

MBA project: Developing Knowledge and Innovation Capabilities

You will be allocated a supervisor to work with you and guide you through the project which will normally be submitted four months after the final teaching block.