Overview
The Global Executive MBA is a dynamic and highly experiential programme. Whatever sector, job function or global region you come from, this part-time executive MBA degree will enable you to:
Understand the economic, societal and cultural challenges and differences that emerge when working in a globalised business environment
Work collaboratively on live business issues and engage with business practitioners
Gain the practical and analytical abilities, critical awareness and transferable skills you need to function effectively in the current and future worlds of business
Develop your self-awareness, self- management capabilities, personal networks and networking abilities
Learn how to engage in life long personal and professional development through reflective practice
How will I learn?
The Global Executive MBA is taught through a combination of highly participative online learning and five global workshop residentials (32 days of face-to-face teaching in total). This blended learning approach is ideal for fitting your studies around your work and home commitments, while still getting an equivalent amount of on-campus teaching time as many full-time MBA programmes.
Most courses that you will study include an intensive, three-day workshop residential. These are a chance to immerse yourself in your studies, away from the distractions of daily life, focus on what you want to achieve and build a strong, supportive cohort. At the workshops, you will experience a challenging mix of experiential learning from renowned business experts and practitioners, and group work focusing on real business problems. Plus there’s the opportunity to network, socialise and make connections that could transform your career. To give you extra flexibility, for elective courses we offer some courses that have more online or face-to-face learning to suit your commitments.
Our online teaching, learning and student support includes:
- Dedicated online learning and support hub
- Live online lectures and virtual workshops to support face-to-face workshops
- Virtual office hours with world-leading academics
- Online student surgeries
- Digital library
- Discussion forums
- Pre-sessional study skills and foundational review courses
- Virtual guest speakers and networking opportunities
- Delivered online + three-day face-to-face workshop (either at the start or around the middle of the teaching period)
- Typcially studied over a six-month period (some are shorter) with a total of 150 hours of study per unit
- Taught from an applied perspective using practical elements, such as problem-solving, case studies, interactive activities and online quizzes, so you can apply your learnings immediately
- Assessed by ongoing coursework with no exams (you will typically complete two individual/group assessments per unit)
- Informed by the latest cutting-edge research
- Taught by world-leading academics with extensive expertise and teaching experience
Key information
- Duration18 months
- DatesJanuary 2025
- LocationThis part-time master's programme is delivered in a blended learning format, with course conferences in Manchester, Dubai & Hong Kong
- AdmissionsSubstantial and significant professional experience in management roles, and currently be in a senior leadership position influencing the company’s strategy, decisions and goals.
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Course units
Pre-MBA
Once you have been offered a place on our MBA programme and paid a reservation fee, you have exclusive access to our Manchester MBA Preparation course.
This online course helps you understand what it's like to study at Manchester, how you go about writing academic assignments and most importantly, what 'Learning by Doing' really means.
You will have the opportunity to rediscover key study skills, as well as undertake Business Essentials courses in Marketing and Operations Management and meet the teams that will be supporting you.
Taking around 15 hours in total, you can complete the course at your own pace, and there are lots of opportunities to apply your skills and new knowledge throughout.
Core Courses
The unit will provide students with analytical tools to evaluate the global business environment from a cultural political economy perspective. It will cover major contemporary management issues of: shareholder value and governance; financialised business models and global economy; discursive managerial practices in the context of firm behaviour in contemporary economy; managing in unstable and complex global financial environment; and the social context of businesses in contemporary globalised economy. Factors impacting on inequality, uncertainty, sustainability, and household finances and wealth will be discussed as part of understanding the present day social context of businesses.
This course will provide you with key knowledge about operations management and marketing. We will encourage you to consider the interactions and potential tensions between these areas, and to critically evaluate the application of theory to real-life contexts. You will also work in multinational groups to develop solutions to marketing and operations management challenges.
This course will introduce you to the two main areas of accounting: financial accounting and management accounting. We will introduce you to the content, role and usefulness of financial reports. You will then learn how to interpretate, analyse and understand financial information. Alongside this, you will develop an understanding of the theories, techniques and practices of management and cost accounting. You will also explore the design of management accounting and control systems.
This interdisciplinary course will help you develop a cutting-edge approach to strategy and competition that is fit for purpose in today’s changing business environment. You will explore key areas of interest, such as competition, global instability, the sharing economy and technology disruption, alongside more traditional, dominant schools of thought. The course will blend theory and practice, with an emphasis on team work and real time case analysis.
This course will boost your understanding of e-commerce, allowing you to deal with rapid changes in technology and business practices. As well as studying core economic and internet market theory, you will consider the effects of technology and Artificial Intelligence on key industries such as advertising, financial markets, insurance, healthcare, venture capital and the retail sector. You'll also learn how to design new platform firms and develop strategies to take a traditional corporation into the digital age.
This course will boost your understanding of e-commerce, allowing you to deal with rapid changes in technology and business practices. As well as studying core economic and internet market theory, you will consider the effects of technology and Artificial Intelligence on key industries such as advertising, financial markets, insurance, healthcare, venture capital and the retail sector. You'll also learn how to design new platform firms and develop strategies to take a traditional corporation into the digital age.
Today's senior executives are increasingly required to be more reflective about their own practice (eg. their responsibilities) and more reflective in decision making situations that are uncertain and complex. Applying this dual perspective to senior managerial practice, this inquiry-based course will help you to explore aspects of your own practice (eg. senior managers' responsibilities) and will enrich your practical knowledge and skills for cultivating a more reflective approach to decision making.
Leading and Managing People forms the second part of Leading and Managing in a Global Environment with which it is directly linked. It examines the range of management practices and organisational forms observed in contemporary organizations, the reasons for their adoption, and their effects on people’s behaviour. The course will draw upon leading-edge thinking and research in the field of organizational behaviour applied to practical management issues in a number of key areas: individuals and motivation; groups and teams; leadership; structures and cultures of organisation; and managing change. Students will evaluate and apply ideas and frameworks to practical case examples and use their own experiences to critically explore their relevance and value in helping to respond to contemporary management and organisational challenges.
Applied Learning
Your live business project, with a twist. Change your perspective, stretch your thinking and boost your social responsibility credentials by working with a not-for-profit organisation. You'll have the opportunity to apply your new skills and knowledge to a different type of business challenge. You get valuable, practical experience, the client gets high-level consultancy, we get to learn from and support our local, national and global communities. You will also have the option to take on a project for a commercial organisation if you prefer.
Tailoring Your Journey
Per elective: 3-day workshop (minimum) in Dubai, Hong Kong, Manchester, Shanghai or Singapore + online learning
Elective courses are your opportunity to gain more expertise in an area of your choice or explore a new field of interest. Choose electives tailored to your interests and career goals, and combine electives to create your own pathway in marketing, digital business or finance, for example.
Our suite of electives is continuously refreshed to ensure it balances traditional core business principles with current and emerging topics such as fintech, sustainability and data science.
You can attend workshop residentials for electives at any of our global centres: Dubai, Hong Kong, Manchester, Shanghai and Singapore. This gives you more opportunities to widen your international network and business perspectives.
Current electives:
- Advanced Strategic Management
- Big Data Analytics
- Business-to-Business Marketing
- Corporate Turnaround and Finance Restructuring
- Digital Marketing Strategy
- Engaging Human Talent
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
- Fintech, Digital Banking and Blockchain
- Information Systems and Digital Strategy
- International Business Strategy
- Investments and Portfolio Management
- Managing Disruptive Technologies
- Negotiation Skills
- Practical Investing
- Strategic Commercial Management
- Strategic Financial Analysis
- Strategic Project Organising
- Strategic Supply Management
- Venture Capital and Private Equity
- Work Psychology for Managerial Success
To give you added flexibility, we offer some electives that are entirely online or that include longer/shorter face-to-face workshops.
Personal and Professional Development
2 x 1-day workshop in Manchester + ongoing opportunities
GEMBA+ is a suite of extra-curricular experiences that will help you define your goals, enhance your interpersonal skills, build your corporate connections and raise your profile across the world.
Running in parallel with the academic programme, these activities are not credit bearing. They are designed to give you targeted support and motivation to help you through the MBA and beyond. The Global Executive MBA includes a number of exclusive options:
Supporting professional discussions
The team are on hand to facilitate introductions to senior alumni to enhance your learning and career progression. Drawn from our extensive network of business contacts from across the world, they will work with you to help you define your goals, build your confidence and increase your global corporate contacts.
Next level networking
To help you make those vital global business connections, our Global Careers Service and Alumni Relations team offer a range of extra events exclusively for GEMBA students. These include a welcome dinner, guest speaker and networking events, and visits to high profile global organisations.
In addition to the above, you will also have access to the MBA+ extracurricular activities that we offer across all our part-time MBA programmes, including:
- Online careers seminars
- Employability sessions
- Careers guidance
- Alumni introductions
- Alumni socials
- Alumni speaker events
- Alumni groups, and more
Post-MBA
3-day workshop (minimum) in Dubai, Hong Kong, Manchester, Shanghai or Singapore + online learning
Extend your learning and boost your CPD after you graduate with a complimentary elective at any of our global locations.
Structure
Executive Global MBA (18 months)
Unlike the Global MBA, where workshops for core courses take place at your 'home' centre, our Global Executive MBA will immerse you in our global study locations. You will attend four core workshop residentials as a cohort in Manchester, Dubai and Hong Kong for greater exposure to international business culture, then choose your own electives at any of our global centres. We will provide 26 nights of accommodation across the three core global workshops locations. Refer below for the workshop schedule
Admissions Info
The Global Executive MBA is for our most senior MBA candidates, places are limited and entry is competitive. We deliberately aim to admit a cohort of senior leaders from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds.
If you need advice or assistance with our admissions process, please contact us:
Tel: +971 (0)4 446 8664
Email: mba.me@manchester.ac.uk
Substantial and significant professional experience in management roles
Applicants should currently be in a senior leadership position influencing the company’s strategy, decisions and goals. They should also:
- Typically, have held a P&L responsibility for a minimum of two years or been part of a team with clear P&L accountability for four or more years.
- Be in senior leadership positions with substantial accountability such as:
- President, vice president, chairman, managing director, board member, CEO, COO, CFO, CIO, other C-level post within a Corporate, NGO, or mid-market sized business and is, or will become, an officer of the company.
- General manager, divisional manager, or senior manager with high-level accountability for a business unit/country/region, within a corporate ownership structure, large family-owned family business with formal management structures, public corporation or NGO.
- Senior management position with high-level cross-functional responsibilities e.g. director of functional department but as part of the organisation’s senior leadership team.
- Successful established entrepreneur, who has scaled a business or businesses for growth or is developing strategies to enable and support growth of a business.
- Have aptitude and leadership talent to make a real difference in today's global business world with a strong commitment to corporate social responsibility and sustainability values.
Significant international exposure (preferred)
For example:
- Working in a global environment, operating across international borders, dealing with complexity and uncertainty, preferably across multiple sectors, with experience of leading international teams, or managing virtual teams across geographies and time zones.
- Global mindset developed through exposure to new business cultures and experiences, gained on international placements or through living and working in other countries.
- Good undergraduate or master's degree or international equivalent
- Satisfactory admissions test: We accept GMAT®, GMAC Executive Assessment, GRE® or Manchester Admissions Test
- Proof of English competency (assessed throughout the admissions process)
- All our programmes are conducted in English and participants are expected to have excellent communication skills and English competence to be able to understand, and contribute to, what can be very fast-paced discussions in class.
How to apply
Stage one: online application
1. Apply through the university application portal
Register for an account and select to apply for the Global (Executive) MBA: https://apply.ambs.manchester.ac.uk/
2. Upload your supporting documents with your application
You will need to prepare and submit the following documents with your application:
- CV / resume
- Degree documents (including English translation if applicable) or
- Supporting evidence for APL if you do not have a degree
- The application form includes an essay question about your senior leadership experience
3. Provide a reference
One professional reference is required.
You will be asked to include the contact details for your referees in the MBA application form. When your application has been submitted we will email your referees with a link to complete our official online MBA reference. The reference form is a simple questionnaire which is quick to complete and when submitted is automatically uploaded to the admissions system.
4. Take the Manchester Admissions Test
After submitting your application and supporting document, all candidates will be invited to take the Manchester Admissions Test (MAT), unless you already have a valid GMAT, Executive Assessment or GRE score.
The Manchester Admissions Test (MAT), which is designed and delivered by Korn Ferry Group is completed online and you can take it at your convenience in your home, office or anywhere with a good internet connection. You will complete three short assessments (verbal, numerical and logical). They do not require preparation and take around 45 minutes to complete.
We will provide you with a login and password to take the test after you submit your MBA application. The invitation will come from notifications@talentqgroup.com. Please save this email to your contacts so that the invitation does not get delivered to your junk email.
Stage two: interview
The MBA Admission Committee will review complete applications and successful candidates in the initial review will be invited to present to an interview panel.
Please find below our tuition fees for the Global Executive MBA commencing July 2024. If you need any assistance or would like to speak to a course counsellor please contact us.
Total Tuition Fee - GBP £42,250 paid as follows:
Global Executive MBA Fees | ||
Total Course Fees | = | GBP 42,250 |
Upon Acceptance | = | GBP 2,000 |
Balance of 1st instalment for Jan 2024 | = | GBP 12,083 |
2nd instalment for Jul 2024 | = | GBP 14,083 |
3rd instalment for Jan 2025 | = | GBP 14,083 |
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