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PROGRAMME
THE UEL MBA PROGRAMME
UEL's MBA in International Business is driven by the global dimension of business activity and the value UEL places on international knowledge and understanding. The programme is enhanced through UEL's international activity and builds on its long-standing experience of offering a wide range of postgraduate programmes both in the UK and overseas.
The programme has been designed around the latest published QAA Benchmarks. It is offered as a career development, industry-specific programme for those who have a first degree (or equivalent) and relevant work experience.
The MBA provides:
- advanced study of organisations, their management and the changing external environment
- a focus on the key areas of good business management
- an opportunity to develop relevant skills for further research or study
- a comprehensive understanding of business and management to complex issues through critical and analytical approaches to management theory, practice and research.
- a chance to evaluate management techniques, tools and models in a variety of contexts.
- to study organisations, their management and the changing external context in which they operate.
- the ability to recognise the relationship between ideas and practices.
- the impact of contextual forces on organisations in contemporary situations.
- theories and approaches to the market in terms of the development and operation of markets for resources, goods and services.
- the finance of business and how it is managed and used for reporting.
- good management and development of people within organisations.
- the development and management of communications and information technologies and their impact on organisations.
- the development of relevant business policies and strategies within a changing environment to meet stakeholder needs.
- the use, range and limitation of research techniques, together with appropriate analysis techniques.
- IT skills to search for, retrieve, sort and present information.
- reflective, interpersonal and communication skills, including presentation and written skills.
- project management skills including organisation of work, time management and people skills.
- The main objectives of the MBA programme are to develop and enhance an individual's:-
- Critical and analytical approaches to international management theory, practice and research.
- Knowledge and understanding of key areas of international management.
- Ability to evaluate management techniques, tools and models in a variety of contexts.
- Use of conceptual frameworks in addressing management issues.
- Recognition of the relationship between ideas and practices.
- An emphasis on the integrative nature of the functional divisions within a business.
- The enhancement of professional development and lifelong learning through critical reflection.
- Personal skills and understanding of the interpersonal skills relevant to management, including team work.
- A high degree of participation, encouraging the sharing of information, ideas, experience and values.
The UEL MBA is approved by the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) and has obtained full accreditation by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA, previously known as Lembaga Akreditasi Negara, LAN). The UEL MBA is also recognised by JPA (Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam).
The programme has been designed to emphasis the integrative nature of the functional divisions within an International Business. You will therefore study for the MBA in two stages. Stage One modules look at the key functions performed by a business. Stage Two will adopt a more strategic focus and encourage students to learn and reflect on business and management practice. All modules are weighted at 30 credits apart from the Dissertation which is weighted at 60 credits.
SMM109 International Marketing and Operational Product / Service Delivery (30 credits)
You will focus on the development of market- driven strategies in product and service delivery in both profit and nonprofit- making organisations. This focus will lay the foundations of core marketing and operations concepts/principles and analytical methods. You will explore themes of how added value and customer satisfaction are driven by the marketing environment and are delivered through integrated operations. Every topic is grounded in the context of dynamic international markets.
FEM205 Information Systems and Financial Modeling (30 credits)
HRM109 International Human Resource Management (30 credits)
SMM206 International Business Strategy (30 credits)
Stage Two:
The dissertation will require you to:
ASSESSMENT
You can expect to examine the key aspects of corporate financial reporting, managerial accounting and financial management which will assist your decision-making. It also investigates how the fundamental concepts of business computing provide a framework to aid this process, and investigates how various types of systems impact on the effectiveness, responsiveness and adaptability of organisations. Highlights of the module include: Investment Risk, Portfolio Theory and the Capital Asset Pricing Model, budgetary Planning and Control and Company Valuation.
You will develop a sound understanding of appropriate theoretical models and enhance your critical analysis skills to build links between theory and practice. The MBA draws upon relevant case study material specifically relating to organizational behaviour, human resource management, leadership and change management, but with an international orientation throughout. The main aim of the module is to provide a set of core skills and competencies within the context of international business and the management of organisations, people and change.
This critical module will build on everything you have already learned and compound your knowledge and experience by focusing heavily on the fundamental systems and tools involved to be successful in a international management position. You will explore topics such as localisation and globalisation, the global economy and the management of change. You will get the opportunity to design and develop your own global strategy and to experiment with different techniques to discover the best approach.
SMM210 Management Dissertation (60 credits)
The final module in the MBA is worth double credits and is your opportunity to put everything you have learned into practice. You will now have the basic skills that are required to initiate and produce your own management research. You will be assigned a dedicated supervisor who is familiar with the topic area and is there to advise, guide and supervise during this specialist research stage.
Each module will be delivered in one semester and will be one semester in duration. Students will be expected to have successfully completed all other modules before attempting the Management Dissertation.
The assessment strategy takes into account both the mode of assessment and its timing within the programme. Each module comprise of at least 2 different forms of assessment, which will be identified at the beginning of each semester in the module handbooks. Deadlines will also be communicated then to students. Ranges of assessment methods are used on the programme and will be:
- Formal examinations
- Course work
- Assignments
- Individual and group project work
- Presentations
- A high standard of written English and presentation
- Logical and well-structured argument and organisation.
- Critical understanding of theory and concepts
- Application of this understanding to business practice
- Clear referencing and sourcing.
The programme is aimed at practising managers. The programme is based on the appropriate QAA subject benchmark statements which indicate that the MBA is a generalist Masters programme (type 3) and involves the application of theory into practice.
The learning outcomes of this programme are partly based on the student's ability to reflect on what has been studied and put this into the context of their work experience. This reflective process is on-going throughout the programme.
The 60-credit module is explicitly used to encourage students to learn and reflect on international business and management practice. The application of these practices is simulated in both, the rigours of the business simulation (both in the participation and the Dissertation writing), and the Management Dissertation. The Management Dissertation can also be a work- based exercise or problem solving exercise as well as investigation of a particular business and management issue.
SUPPORT
Students will be provided with:
- Lecture Notes
- Weekends Classes (at least 2 weekends a month), which are held at Second Floor, Wisma WIM, No. 7, Jalan Abang Haji Openg, Taman Tun Dr. Ismail, 60000 Kuala Lumpur. Saturday Classes: Afternoon Sunday Classes: Whole Day
- UEL Direct and Blackboard (Online support)
- Libraries (UEL online library and WIM physical library)
- Additional Coaching Sessions Organised by WIM
The main aims of this session are to equip students to become effective learners at postgraduate level, and to ensure that students have sufficient capability in relevant learning and study skills.
2. Research Methodology and Planning Research
This session is to enable students to develop relevant knowledge, skills and experience for the formulation of successful proposals for the management research.
3. Supervisory Meetings
- Talks by practising captains of industries and the professions.
- Study trips to organisations.
Why is the UEL MBA different?
- UEL's Business School is a key player in the economic regeneration and development in East London. Because of this, UEL is uniquely placed to offer postgraduate programmes and continual professional development that offer real relevance to today's fast-moving business world, while UEL's expanding international operations reflect the increasingly global nature of modern business.
- UEL's flagship programmes are their MBAs, which provide a practical knowledge of business that is both comprehensive and in-depth.
- Academic staff demonstrates a wide range of experience in both teaching and professional life. Most have industrial experience in both employment and consultancy terms. They work with organisations on a national or regional level. 80% of WIM's academic staff are Doctorate holders.
- Recognizing the demands of the modern workplace, lectures are conducted fortnightly, on Saturday afternoons and on whole Sundays, allowing one weekend in between for students to spend time with family and to catch up on assignments.
- Students have direct on line access to UEL Library in London, which is well stocked with Books and Business Journals.
- UEL's Business School, reflecting the reality of wider business community, increasingly operates in an international environment. UEL is an approved provider of education for Malaysians for more than 30 years. Their largest numbers of foreign students in London are Malaysians.
- A few of the many awards UEL received are as follows:
- i. The Guardian, UK, ranked UEL the Top 10 Modern University for Research in Britain (Guardian University Guide, 2006/07);
- ii. The Architecture School is ranked as one of the top 5 in the United Kingdom;
- iii. The School of Art & Design and Sociology are in 4th place on par with Universities of Oxford and Durham;
- iv. The School of Communications, Media and Cultural Studies is ranked No. 5 along with the University of Warwick'.
- ii. The Architecture School is ranked as one of the top 5 in the United Kingdom;
- i. The Guardian, UK, ranked UEL the Top 10 Modern University for Research in Britain (Guardian University Guide, 2006/07);
- UEL's students too have received recognition for their outstanding achievements:
- i. Britain's Young Architect of the Year;
- ii. Young Female Engineer of the Year.
- i. Britain's Young Architect of the Year;
- UEL is a member of Association Commonwealth Universities, The Association of Business Schools, UK and a member of Chartered Management Institute, UK.
WIM is proud to produce six distinction and three merit scorers over the last 5 years of the University of East London MBA graduates, U.K. and overseas.
The UEL MBA Programme is highly valued internationally for its effectiveness in developing the intellectual and personal abilities needed at senior level of management. Upon completion of this MBA, students will have greatly increased their competence in Critical Evaluation, Solution Finding, and Coping with Inter-Relationships, Culture for Excellence and Investment in Human Capital.
UEL MBA CREATES CORPORATE MANAGERS WITH INTERNATIONAL CLASS LEADERSHIP AND INSTINCTS
CURRENT STUDENT POPULATION
Our current student population comprises of 107 students who are Chief Executive Officers, Managing Directors, Directors, Vice Presidents, General Managers, Human Resource Managers, Finance Managers, Procurement and Logistics Manager, Engineers, Doctor, Entrepreneurs, Developers, Consultants, Lawyer, Member of Parliament (MP), Executives, Trainers, Administrators, Secretary and many more from the following organisations (Public and Private sectors):
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Two years part-time
INTAKES
February, June and September
FINAL AWARD
MBA
CAREER DESTINATION
The MBA is a recognized qualification of managerial competence at a strategic level and as such exemptions are granted by numerous professional organizations (e.g. Chartered Institute of Management). It also creates a pathway for continued personal and professional development. Many graduates of this programme have gained significant promotion and professional development.
