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MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, AWARDED BY NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY, UK

Offered By: Olympia College

AN OVERVIEW
The MBA programme is awarded by Nottingham Trent University, UK and conducted locally on a full-time and part-time basis. The programme is comprehensive and rigorous in nature. The programme places great emphasis on practical and industry exposure for students.

This MBA aims to shape and produce competent managers and business leaders for the 21st century.

QUALIFICATION AWARDING UNIVERSITY
Nottingham Business School has been providing an integrated and innovative approach to management development for over forty years. It has earned an international reputation for its teaching, research and consultancy and has been ranked amongst the top business schools within the UK reaffirming the investment in the development of its services. Nottingham Trent University is also ranked the No. 1 university for graduate employment by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), UK.

The school seeks to encourage you to learn experientially and to challenge your perceptions and interpretations of business management. To this end, a combination of learning experiences and techniques are employed including face-to-face interactions,
online facilitation, group discussions, action learning activities, live consultancy projects, guest speakers, case analysis, group
presentations, work-based assignments and time constrained exercises.

DURATION
Full-time : 18 months
Part-time : 24 months

COURSE FEE
RM26,300 (part-time); RM28,300 (full-time) inclusive of registration, tuition fee, exam and material fee

ENTRY REQUIREMENT
A bachelor’s degree or professional qualification in any subject from a recognised institution and 2 years or more of working experience.

GRADING AND ASSESSMENT
Examination and assignments

FINAL AWARD
Master of Business Administration (MBA)

AWARDING BODY
Nottingham Trent University, UK

WHY CHOOSE NBS’S MBA

• Approved by the Ministry of Higher Education
• It’s a new and contemporary programme designed to equip managers for the 21st century
• It is based on the premise that competent managers need to be able to apply theory to real life situations quickly, creatively and
  effectively
• It has a global focus required by business management and leaders in an increasingly global environment
• It is founded on core fundamental business and management principles including courage, vision, ethical practice and leadership
• It will provide you with opportunities to practise what you have learnt in dynamic live projects where uncertainty and time constraint dominate
• It is designed to meet the aspirations of participants and satisfies the management training and development needs of both individuals and organisations
• Its curriculum is benchmarked against the world class institutions and agencies involved in the delivery of management education and training

TEACHING-LEARNING APPROACH

• The basis of the MBA programme’s teaching and learning strategy, is that the environment should be goal-directed to provide
  motivation and experiential, problem-oriented and self-directed learning.
• The focus will be on facilitating LEARNING rather than TEACHING and the strategy is designed to facilitate DEED LEARNING
• The dissertation is fully-supervised by an 18 hour Research Methodology Workshop prior to the commencement of the
  dissertation.

PROGRAMME MODULES

9 Core Modules	Credits
Understanding Strategy	10
Work and Managing Resources	10
Managing Information and Knowledge Strategically	10
Managing Strategic Marketing	10
Learning and Changing	10
Managing and Accounting for Financial Resources	10
Thinking and Managing Ethically	10
Managing Operations Strategically	10
Managing and Leading Strategically	20
Electives (Select any 3)
Business Developing and Entrepreneurship	10
Competing in the Networked Economy	10
Contemporary Issues in HRM	10
Contemporary Issues in Strategic Marketing	10
2 Projects
Team Consultancy Project	10
International Consultancy Project	10
1 Dissertation	30
TOTAL Credit	190

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Leaders, strategists, masters of ethical governance, CEO of companies

PROGRAMME PATHWAY
Paves the path for a PhD / doctorate qualification

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Candidates working at managerial levels, graduates with two years’ working experience, and professionals with vast working experience.