Course summary

Develop and master core competencies in support of your management and leadership ambitions. The University of Staffordshire MBA is designed to accelerate your professional and personal development and to contribute to the journey of being the best you can be. From strategy and risk towards value creation and sustainable businesses, leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship, this course will help develop specific core competencies required to succeed. To reach your potential, we know you need to understand more than theory alone. That’s why we’ll challenge you to think on your feet, consider the challenges of different organisational contexts, and be ready to act as consultants to real-life start-up businesses. You’ll be taught by a team of senior academics and professional practitioners with years of experience. They’ll share insights into the industry to help you develop a problem and practice-based approach. The principal approach to learning is centred on Problem and Practice Based Learning (PPBL). All the students will engage in 'learning to learn' and become increasingly reflective learners through adoption of the PPBL philosophy and hence development of key management & leadership competencies. All MBA students will work collaboratively with each other and with teaching staff tackling real world and authentic problems allowing development of skills. Focus on PPBL will lead students to be capable independent learners, who understand key issues relevant to organisational business. By the time you graduate, you’ll have grasped skills you need to succeed as a leader, senior manager, marketer or entrepreneur. On successful completion of study, we will issue the following award: MBA Business Administration