newcastle business school mba brochure

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Newcastle Business SchoolMBA

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www.newcastlebusinessschool.co.uk

MBA

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Different?To be able to take on challenging roles at senior levels in

todays ast moving and competitive business environment,

managers need a solid grasp o how all o the unctional

areas o the business interact; but they also need skills in

researching inormation, working with teams o people, and in

communicating their ideas and convincing others.

We believe the Newcastle Business School MBA isdierent because it helps you to prepare or the next

phase o your chosen career equipping you with the

skills and condence to progress to the very highest

levels.

The programme is very practical and very exible so that you

get the space to reect on your development needs and the

opportunities to practice your researching, reasoning, decision-

making and communication skills with realistic business

scenarios, as well as having the opportunities to encounter

cutting edge business thinking rom senior practitioners.

Youll learn and develop through a variety o stimulating

methods including seminars, tutorials, visits, residentials,

consultancy study meetings and guest lectures. Above all,

youll bring your own business experiences to the learning

process benefting rom time and space to reect on

weaknesses, develop your strengths, and map out a personal

development plan or a successul uture.

The Newcastle Business School MBA places particular

emphasis upon reection on personal goals and abilities,

providing you with the tools and rameworks to help develop

you as an adaptable and confdent proessional.


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Our MBA students are usually between 25 and 45 years old.

You may have a frst degree in business or management, but

commonly have a non-business degree such as engineering,fnance, science or IT. You will have three or more years o

work experience, usually in a supervisory or management role

and will be keen to invest in a programme that gives you the

skills and knowledge to progress your career to more senior

levels. You will be looking or the opportunity to use the MBA

programme as a stepping-stone to a new career. You will be

intelligent, articulate, confdent, ambitious and motivated to

share your experiences with others and commit to a challenging

educational experience.

Many o you joining the programme will have considerably

more experience than our minimum requirement, so the

programme brings together experienced people rom a widevariety o business and cultural backgrounds. This in itsel

provides an important part o the learning and development

experience, with the opportunities to consider approaches

to business problems and opportunities in new and

stimulating ways.

Our philosophy

Studying or a Newcastle Business School MBA will challenge

you and your outlook. The overall aim o the programme is to

develop your managerial and leadership capabilities so that

you can help your organisation become more eective and

efcient in a rapidly changing, complex and knowledge

based economy.

Our philosophy derives rom the reective practice and

experiential learning. As a Newcastle Business School MBA

student, you will diagnose problems, research and retrieve

inormation and apply insight rom powerul conceptual

models to develop and evaluate solutions. By the end o

the programme, you will have become a reective and

strategic thinker with an international outlook and a body

o contemporary knowledge in skills relating to business

and organisations, organisational research and change

management.

Who is our MBA for?

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Newcastle Business School MBA

International Study Mission

Different in perspective

Expanding your horizons on an

international Study Mission

At Newcastle Business School were ortunate in

welcoming a diverse and vibrant MBA community rom

all over the world. The one week study mission included

in your ull-time course ees extends your international

experience still urther recently including inspiring

visits to South Arica, the Czech Republic, Germany,

Canada, Hungary and Austria.

We select partners rom multinational and local businesses in

a broad range o service and manuacturing sectors. Its your

chance to spend time with key business thinkers, industry

leaders and entrepreneurs beore taking part in studentworkshops to debate the contrasting business models you

encounter and associated theory.

For us, understanding and appreciating other cultures is a

key actor or success in international markets. Thats why we

always ensure theres time or guided talks and other cultural

experiences during your study mission stay.

Being an international student, the study mission

was a truly fantastic experience for me, both

professionally and personally. Exposing me todifferent methods of doing business across Europe

(Austria & Hungary), along with an understanding

of the inuencing socio-economic factors, in my

view shall be very useful in my future career.

Personally, learning about great European

cultures, visiting beautiful cities and bonding

with my classmates and tutors, are memories

I shall cherish forever.

Anjani Kant, MBA student rom India

There was much more than studying in the event;

what makes it distinctive for me, was not onlybeautiful cities and company visits, but lots of

opportunities to explore cultural differences, as

well as getting to know the great people that are

our fellow students and tutors.

Nazli Nejadsattari, MBA student rom Iran

The Study Mission was a wonderful experience.

It helped us to see the opportunities and

challenges in the real world of business and also

the dichotomy between theory and practice.

Sarath Subu Chandrasekar, MBA student rom India


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Newcastle Business School MBANewcastle Business School MBA

Learning through live Consultancy

In the second semester we oer you the opportunity to

compare theory with practice and demonstrate various

essential business skills, particularly leadership and

team working, by undertaking a live, group-based

consultancy project with a local company.

This is an alternative to the taught options on our MBA

programme and consistent with our philosophy o reective

practice. Partners weve worked with in the past include local

businesses, as well as multinational corporations such as

Procter & Gamble (P&G), who frst identiy a specifc business

or organisational problem requiring a practical and achievable

solution.

Your host organisation will provide a project briefng and review,

supported by appropriate academic guidance rom a Newcastle

Business School project supervisor. In return, your group o

typically our to fve students, will provide the client organisation

with a detailed, 4,000-word business report alongside a

presentation o fndings and recommendations. Much o the

market research, business strategy and HRM consultancy

delivered by our students has been subsequently used to good

eect by participating frms.

This kind o live project work provides an ideal grounding or

any MBA student interested in pursuing a career in business

consulting.

Live Consultancy Projects

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Residential Weekends

Different in mind-set

Learning beyond the classroom on Residential Weekends

Two residential weekends enable ull-time MBA students to exchange ideas and develop skills with part-time MBA

colleagues in relaxed, convivial surroundings.The rst o these enables you to refect and build upon your managerial development assessing your learning style

and ability to work eectively in teams. The second ocuses on a business simulation which will see you building

and running a major virtual corporation in groups. This is your opportunity to put theory into practice and discover

just how dicult it is to manage large, complex organisations.

Residential Weekend 1:Developing Self

The development o leadership capability is the main ocus o

postgraduate study at Newcastle Business School. So within

the frst ew weeks o starting your MBA programme, both

ull-time and part-time students come together in a hotel-basedweekend residential to begin your journey to becoming the

managers and leaders you aspire to be.

As part o the Leaders and their Context module, the residential

provides you with the opportunity to put into practice the

leadership and team building theories and rameworks to which

youve been introduced in the classroom. Youll also have the

opportunity to put to good use the fndings rom diagnostic

toolkits such as Belbin, Insights, and a variety o leadership

and management competency questionnaires. This leadership

development is achieved through a series o activities, involving

working together in various multi-cultural teams to fnd solutions

to the problems and challenges that youll be set. With periods

or review and reection, these tasks provide you with the

opportunity to experience and analyse your own, and others,

leadership and team working approaches. You will work with

your tutors back in the classroom to identiy a set o personal

objectives and learning areas which can be worked on in the

remaining weeks o the module, and thereater to orm parto a development plan. This development plan provides the

basis rom which students embark on our career development

module in semester two.

Students say that this residential is one o the highlights o the

entire programme, providing a springboard or their personal

and proessional development. Youll leave the weekend with a

comprehensive overview o your leadership and team-building

strengths, together with identifed areas or development.

Not only that, this residential provides valuable networking

opportunities as well as being very enjoyable.


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Residential Weekend 2:Business Simulation

A vital part o a managers development is a realisation o theirability to lead, and be part o, a team. The vehicle or involving

the MBA students in explicit team working is the Business

Simulation.

Essentially the Business Simulation is a game, where teams

o students compete against each other within an existing and

established market setting. The game involves the teams

making round-by-round decisions which are submitted to a

computer based simulation programme.

You will be allocated into teams and the game is a hotel-

based residential event, removed rom everyday university lie.

You will develop a detailed understanding o how the our key

business unctions o operations, fnance, marketing and humanresources integrate to underpin and aid the implementation o

organisational strategy, whilst aspects o team working around

both the roles o the individual and collective decision making

build upon and reinorce your learning rom the frst residential

event earlier in the MBA programme. From a social perspective,

the residential event provides the opportunity or the ull-time

and part-time students to meet, work together and network. This

is particularly benefcial to the ull-time students, many o whom

are international, and as such, welcome the opportunity to work

alongside their British counterparts.

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Newcastle Business School MBAStudents who experienced our MBA Difference

Vignesh Yoganathan

Awarded MBA in September 2010, studying or a PhD

in Marketing/Public Sector Branding, and now part-time

lecturer at Newcastle Business School.

I chose the Newcastle Business School MBA because it can

be completed over a year, as opposed to some which are

longer. Other MBAs are also more expensive.

Id completed my Marketing degree at Northumbria so knew

the quality o the acilities and the sta, who were instrumental

in convincing me to invest. The academics here have since

encouraged me to study or a PhD.

The MBA course is very intense, particularly in the frst

semester. In the second, I was much more confdent. The

teaching team has the best people or specialist topics

combining industry experience and academic rigour. TheBusiness Simulation weekend was great un, involving team-

work, decision making, and all aspects o managing a large

company.

The Newcastle Business School MBA has shaped me

proessionally and personally, enabling me to ft into any

industry. In act, its been more than a course its a personal

development plan and a springboard or a bright uture.

The Newcastle BusinessSchool MBA has shaped

me professionally and

personally, enabling me

to t into any industry.

In fact, its been more

than a course its a

personal developmentplan and a springboard

for a bright future

Making a difference for you


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Neil Parkin

Studying or MBA, 30 years industry experience

in operations and design.

I opted or the MBA at Newcastle Business School because

it has a reputation or giving students current and relevant

knowledge to help them get a job in their chosen feld. This

degree will provide me with greater understanding o research

in business an area I intend to pursue in the uture.

Sta have gone out o their way to ensure the learning

experience is o the highest quality or example always acting

on student eedback. Residential events have been particularly

well thought through to maximise the learning experience or

everyone.

Being a postgraduate is always interesting and challenging. I

fnd the seminars particularly helpul as lecturers encourage us

to read around the subject and engage ully within the sessions

to understand issues in more depth and breadth.

The learning experience at Newcastle Business School is

rewarding, and students learn skills that match the needs o

todays businesses. The MBA also requires students to draw on

their previous experience.

Looking ahead, Im aiming to secure a research grant later in

the year to conduct research in a specifc area in business.

Staff have gone outof their way to ensure

the learning experience

is of the highest quality

for example always

acting on student

feedback. Residential

events have beenparticularly well thought

through to maximise

the learning experience

for everyone



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Gui Li

Studying or MBA, completed undergraduate degree

in China.

The most important beneft o my MBA course is that its

helped me to adopt an internationally accepted common

language among my peers in a multi-cultural context. Beore

this, Id been educated and worked only in China. Its also

totally renewed my theoretical knowledge in management andrefned my previous experience giving me a global perspective

thus oering greater potential or uture progress. Last but

not the least, the course has brought me a lot o wonderul new

riends and business connections.

The most amazing part o the learning experience has been the

seminars. They were well organised to make us ully grasp the

underlying meaning and application behind the theory. We got

involved in comprehensive discussions and then explored the

topics. The residential management development weekends

and the business trip also broadened my management

expertise not to mention the un we had!

Sta at Newcastle Business School have given me so much

help and support. When I frst came, the induction sessions

helped me to sort out everything. Then the pre-sessional

English course taught us not only English skills, but also how to

use those skills in an academic environment. Most importantly,

the Academic Skills Seminars are simply incredible. You can

literally fnd answers to any problems that international students

may meet.

The most importantbenet of my MBA course

is that its helped me to

adopt an internationally

accepted common

language among my

peers in a multi-cultural

context

Students who experienced our MBA Difference



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Nils Steuber

Id already studied at Newcastle Business School

during an undergraduate term abroad attracted by

the state-o-the-art acilities and IT inrastructure. So I

knew Northumbria University well.

The MBA programme has benefted me by

teaching content rom a managerial, rather than

purely theoretical, perspective. Its something Im

confdent will support my uture career in general

management. Sta support has been tremendous,

rom the application process right through my studies.

Both academic and administrative sta are always

available.

Being a postgraduate here is a very positive

experience and the programme has ully lived up to

expectations. Newcastle is a great city or students

there are around 50,000 here and its airly cheap

compared to other cities. There are also a lot o

things to do outside the University, including great

opportunities or travelling and exploring other areas

in the UK.

When it comes to jobs, Ive already been oered

a position as a buyer with one o the biggest ood

retailers in Germany. Its an opportunity that came

up when I visited a career air in Germany during

semester break but Ive not really started applying

seriously as yet.

My advice or prospective MBA students? Just go

or it!.

The MBA programmehas beneted me by

teaching content from

a managerial, rather

than purely theoretical,

perspective



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Programme content and structureThe MBA comprises a number o core modules and

two options delivered over two semesters, leading to a

signicant piece o research work, taken either in the

orm o an academic dissertation or a work-based action

research project.

The core component o the programme covers the unctional

areas o business, the essential principles o managerial

practice, leadership development, strategic management,

research skills and an examination o contemporary issues

in business management. Options allow you to explore a

specialist complementary business area. These themed options

include marketing, fnance, human resource management,tourism, hospitality and operations management. Alternatively

you can undertake a group consultancy project.

The fnal third o the programme consists o a supervised

individual research study in the orm o either a dissertation or a

work-based action research project undertaken on behal o an

organisation.

Modules

Leaders and their Context

Will develop you as a reective-practitioner and independent

learner. It considers both sel and organisational development.

Strategy and Change in a Global Environment

Will develop your ability to apply and critically evaluate

concepts, theories and techniques related to organisational

strategy and the implementation o strategic change.

Financial Management

Provides you with a sound understanding o fnancial

management, to develop your ability to interpret fnancial

inormation and an understanding o the eect o fnancial

inormation on human behaviour.

Marketing Management A Relationship Approach

Develops your ability to apply and critically evaluate concepts,theories and techniques related to marketing, set within a

relationship marketing context.

Operations Management and

Organisational Improvement

Provides you with knowledge and understanding o current

operations management theory, principles and practice.

HRM and Development

Encourages you to consider the strategic ocus o an

organisation and how the management o people can support

business perormance.

Business Research Analysis

Considers the collection, organisation, analysis and

presentation o business data rom various primary and

secondary resources, providing you with quantitative skills to

handle data in a project, dissertation and workplace context.

Contemporary Issues in Management Practice

Provides you with an opportunity to integrate the knowledge

acquired earlier in the programme and apply this by

considering real organisational issues, via your Study Mission.

Newcastle Business School Masters Dissertation

Provides a process which will enable you to use and extend the

knowledge and skills you have acquired during the programme.

Academic Skills (ASk)

Will develop your ability in study skills and English language

skills or academic purposes.

Postgraduate Induction

Designed to acilitate the development o your learning

experience over the course o your academic programme.


Financial

Management

Marketing

Management

A Relationship

Approach

Operations

Management and

Organisational

Improvement

Human Resource

Management and

Development

10 credits each

Postgraduate

Induction

Business Research

Analysis

Contemporary Issues

in Management

Practice

Option 1

Option 2

10 credits each

Enhancing

Employability and

Career Development

3

Masters

Dissertation

or Work-based

Action Research

Project

60 credits

Academic Skills Seminars

Dissertation Preparation and

Research Methods

Leaders and their Context20 credits

Strategy and Change in a Global

Environment 20 credits

Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 3


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Career opportunities: Your futureThe MBA remains the worlds best-known management qualication with the potentialto help you get that new job, accelerate your career, prepare you for promotion, or make

a signicant career change. The opportunities are endless, with recent graduates often

returning to their home countries to senior management positions including general

manager and managing director.

Newcastle Business School MBA graduates have started academic careers in business

and management, or gone on to pursue doctoral studies for PhD or DBA qualications.

All of our postgraduate students will benet from a newly designed and innovative module

focusing specically on enhancing your employability prospects. You will benet from

support in career planning; from the identication of potential opportunities to developing

your understanding of employers needs in an increasingly competitive and complex globalmarketplace.

The resources and support available reect the international diversity of our students

and their plans for post-study employment in different countries, sectors and job roles.

You will leave us having produced an evidence-based skills matrix and an overarching

curriculum vitae, making you well equipped to begin the next stage of your career.

Newcastle Business School

What makes us different?

One o the best inner city campuses in the countryThe Guardian

We are an international business school committed to

developing and educating business managers and leaders

to reach their potential and make positive contributions to

organisations.

Newcastle Business School has over 20 years experience

o delivering international programmes and recognises that

international exposure, international culture and international

experience are all part and parcel o the multiplicity o the

postgraduate provision. The school is recognised as a world-

class postgraduate learning institution and oers a wide varietyo generalist and specialist postgraduate programmes that

meet the challenges o todays rapidly changing and complex

economy.

Newcastle Business School is currently ranked in the Top Ten

or Graduate Level Employability in The Sunday Times Good

University Guide 2012.

Newcastle Business School is part of Northumbria University

www.northumbria.ac.uk

The Newcastle Business School

postgraduate experience

We ensure that all our programmes are delivered byproessional people highly qualifed academics, many o

whom bring signifcant business management experience to

the classroom. This is important in the context o theory into

practice.

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

You will experience a variety o teaching methods including

lectures, seminars, workshops and presentations. These

sessions are designed to help you apply theory to real lie and

be able to critically analyse and make recommendations or

appropriate ways orward - or yoursel and your organisation.

E-Portal and Customised Learning

The e-portal system provides you with electronic access to

lecture, seminar and workshop activities, directed learning

materials and tests, up-to-date programme announcements,

online discussion groups and bulletin boards. Available 24

hours a day, 7 days a week, all materials are regularly updated

by module tutors and programme leaders and are a valuable

source o learning support.



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We accept students rom a variety o backgrounds and

or this MBA programme it is not necessary to have

studied business beore. In general we are lookingor students who have demonstrated the academic

ability to study at postgraduate level. Usually this

will be by means o having a good undergraduate

degree. Students or our MBA will have three or more

years o work experience, usually in a supervisory or

management role.

Scholarships

You can go to our website or more inormation on available

scholarships www.newcastlebusinessschool.co.uk.

International students are automatically considered or

scholarships on the basis o their application.

Free CMI student membership

The Chartered Management Institute recognises the quality

o Newcastle Business School. Newcastle Business

School provides ree student membership to those

undertaking the programme. Students can then apply or

ull membership on completion o the MBA programme.

See www.managers.org.uk or more inormation.

Specialist MBA study options

We oer all students the option to study or a named MBA,

or example MBA (Finance), by selecting rom specialisms

in the second semester.

Application ProcedureApplications should be made directly to the University

and can be made online by ollowing the links provided at

www.newcastlebusinessschool.co.uk.UK and EU applicants

can apply to the central University Admissions ofce. Other

applicants can apply either to the University International Ofce

in the UK or to one o our international ofces abroad. Details

are on the back o this brochure.

Admissions Information

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Sharing real-world insightNewcastle Business School offers you the chance to

study for an MBA as part of a truly international group of

students and academic staff. Its a stimulating, challenging

and diverse learning environment that equips you for a

successful management career in todays global market.

Dr Andrew Robson

BSc (Hons), MSc (Eng), PGCED, PhD

Programme Director Generalist Management Programmes

Taking business education furtherThe Newcastle Business School MBA is not just about

excellence in business education. Its also about developing

personal and professional skills within an international

context. We build upon your previous education and work

experience enabling you to develop your career not only

with a highly regarded MBA, but also as a condent and

independent manager.

Chris Jeffs BSc (Hons), MBA, FHEA

Programme Leader, Full-time MBA

business-led, leading business

Our aim is to develop individuals to achievetheir leadership and management potential

making a difference to the organisations they serve.

Newcastle Business School


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Winterless Centre

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Beijing 100026

P. R. CHINA

Tel: 0086 10 6538 8135 / 7 / 9

Fax: 0086 10 6538 8136Email: [email protected]

Malaysia ofce

(also responsible or Brunei, Philippines,

Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan)


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India ofce

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For UK and European Union applicants

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