Modular Executive MBA

Once you have accepted your offer this is the first step that officially makes you part of the Bayes Business School Community.

Pre-study modules covering mathematics and stats will be available to you prior to the start of the programme. This ensures all students have the basic knowledge and skills required for the start of the programme.

There is also a range of pre-programme activities for you to complete including pre-reading and other useful information to help you prepare for student life.

You want to make the most of every moment of your Modular Executive MBA. We have designed induction to fit over a long weekend, similar to how you will be taught over the next year.

You will spend the time getting to know your fellow classmates and engaging in team-building activities. You will meet your Course Director, faculty and start to get to grips with the case method – a core learning tool in your Modular Executive MBA. You will also focus on careers and professional development activities such as increasing your executive presence.

Induction sets you up for the academic challenges that lie ahead and ensures that you and your classmates have a strong and shared knowledge base.

The online career accelerator course provides early access to insights and resources, preparing you to maximise the careers and professional development curriculum once you start the programme.

Core Module 1: This module will introduce you to key concepts and understanding of the behaviour of individuals, groups, and the dynamics of culture, politics and structure in organizations. This will enable you to sharpen your skills in managing individuals, teams and change processes.

Core Module 2: Strategic leadership is the perspective most often required of an Executive MBA graduate in order to handle a wide range of perspectives and not only from the viewpoint of one specialist discipline. The module is concerned with strategic decision-making and the long-term successful direction of the organisation.

Core Module 3: The aim of this module is to introduce you to some of the most important statistical tools used in business analytics, focusing on descriptive and predictive analytics. The focus is on application and interpretation of the tools and results.

Core Module 4: Gain the ability to understand and interpret financial information, a fundamental skill for an effective manager in today’s business environment. Understand how accounting tools can be used to manage and evaluate business performance.

Core Module 5: Provides a basis for investment and financing analysis and decisions.  The module comprises three complementary parts - capital budgeting and investment decisions;  financing instruments and markets; and, the weighted average cost of capital used for discounting and valuation purposes.

Core Module 6: The Digital Technologies and Business Innovation component of this module explores the impact of new powerful digital technologies on the way businesses are organized and compete.

Core Module 7: The focus is on specific human resource management practices and policies, their effectiveness as well as skills necessary for their implementation.  The course is designed for line managers and it is not intended to meet the detailed technical requirements of full-time HR professionals.

Core Module 8: A practical understanding of the tools and language used by economists to analyse individual and organisational behaviour (microeconomics), and the functioning of economies and networks as a whole (macroeconomics).

Core Module 9: In this module you will examine the long-term financial decisions taken by companies including the cost of capital, debt and equity, and why mergers and acquisitions occur.

Learning outcomes:

• Corporate financial decisions, the role of financial manager and the value of the firm
• The classical objective function
• Sources of long-term financing
• Debt financing
• How companies raise equity.
• The cost of capital
• General models of risk and return.
• Capital structure.

Core Module 10: Discuss central themes in corporate strategy and management, with a particular focus on culture, identity, brand and reputation that affect value creation and hold together large multi-business corporations.

Learning outcomes:

• Corporate strategy (horizontal diversification, vertical integration, managing a business portfolio, corporate management)
• Corporate reputation (formation, measurement and management)
• Organisational culture (formation, measurement and management)
• Managing corporate change (visioning and identity management).

Core Module 12: This module equips you with the knowledge you require to develop and refine your business creation strategy and provides an academic underpinning to the process.

The aim of this module is to provide you with the broad knowledge and understanding of the entrepreneurial and innovation agenda, the need for innovation and all aspects of the new venture creation process including feasibility testing, marketing financial forecasting and securing finance.

Learning outcomes

• The landscape of entrepreneurship
• Networking
• The business planning process
• Identifying opportunities
• Understanding the market place
• Developing the business model
• Assembling resources
• Managing a team
• Access to funding
• Pitching for funding
• Maintaining an ethical business.

Core Module 14: This module equips you with a comprehensive understanding of the social responsibilities of a modern business organisation.

Learning outcomes

• Context and introduction to Corporate Governance and CSR
• CSR in practice: why should corporations behave responsibly?
• CSR and Consumers
• CSR and Employees
• CSR and Investors
• CSR and Communities
• CSR and the Supply Chain
• The future of CSR.

Core Module 15: This module covers the latest evidence on why leadership is crucial and how someone can be a more successful leader.  The module draws on modern research about leaders and managers and also focuses on why and how this body of evidence can help you in the future.  We will examine how leaders influence productivity, trust, and job satisfaction and worker engagement.  You will reflect on your past leadership journey, learn from your peers’ experiences, and consider how to navigate your future.