Course summary

Our MBA in Tech Leadership degree is a general management degree with a focus on the fast paced and ever-changing technology industry. The overall objective of the MBA in Tech Leadership degree is to educate individuals as general managers in the tech industry and support the demand for skilled professionals as new technologies emerge and existing ones evolve. The MBA in Tech Leadership will assist participants to take on greater levels of responsibility in their current organisations and enable experienced managers to more easily move into technology related industries with greater confidence and knowledge. This MBA degree is available to study full-time on-campus, or online as a full-time course (1 year) or with Professional Practice Year (2 years) or part-time online (2 years). As well as an emphasis upon meeting industry developmental needs, you’ll learn how to be:

• A business management professional, expert in the advanced study of organisations, their management and the changing context in which they operate, both nationally and internationally, as well as the unique challenges of tech industries.

• A critically aware learner who can identify how to fast-track business opportunities in a corporate or entrepreneurial venture.

• A confident manager and leader who can convert theory into practice from a detailed and informed perspective, to advance the effectiveness of an organisation.

• Our Careers and Employability Service: You’ll benefit from 1:1 executive coaching for 3 semesters and develop a PDP (Personal Development Plan) tailored to your career goals and unique skills.

• Professional Networking: Through our heritage and connections in law and business, you’ll benefit from our combined networks, supplemented by an annual residential networking week (for online and on-campus students). Our teaching methods and extra-curricular employability activities promote ongoing relationships between students throughout the programme.

• Unique teaching methodology: You'll work on real-life business scenarios and benefit from peer-to-peer learning in the classroom, moderated by industry specialists.

• Our ‘MBA Challenge’ modules ensure that you practice and develop the vital business skills you learn across other modules in an integrative manner, better reflecting the complexities of the real world.

• Flexibility of study: Decide whether to study full-time, part-time, on-campus or 100% online. General MBA programme electives include options focused on different industries, including healthcare, professional services, technology and business legal issues, and we also offer specialised programmes in Tech Leadership and Governance & Risk Management.

• Integrating Business and Law: Focused on impact, employability and future outcomes, our MBAs provide you with solid foundations on Business subjects, as well as including aspects of the Law that are pertinent to organisational managers and leaders. A choice of elective modules gives students the option to specialise in legal areas of their interest.