Imperial Global Online MBA

The Global Online MBA bridges the gap between theory and practice, and allows you to gain core business knowledge and skills while having the flexibility to follow your individual interests. You can apply your new found knowledge and skills immediately back in the work place, fast-tracking the learning process.

We are revolutionising the way we teach our students here at Imperial College Business School. Our MBA programmes are paperless, providing a rich and dynamic learning experience.

The teaching materials incorporate various forms of multimedia, and the apps allow you to download, edit, annotate and share files and notes in a simple and effective way. Crucially, this will enable access to faster and more frequent feedback from tutors. The new tools will enhance teamwork with classmates, as you’ll be able to continuously share research and take part in discussions in an interactive way.

Next avaliable intake:

September 2016

Our new Global Online MBA programme offers a uniquely flexible, part-time format that places engagement and technology at the forefront of your learning.

By combining Imperial’s world-class teaching and research with the latest technology, Imperial College Business School is transforming the MBA experience.

In today’s globalised world, business leaders require access to the latest thinking without slowing the pace of their busy lifestyles. On our Global Online MBA programme, you will unleash your leadership potential through online lectures, projects and peer-learning, on-par with any on-campus programme yet at a time that suits you.

The Global Online MBA brings the Imperial community to you wherever you are based in the world, welcoming you into a network of high-calibre students, alumni and corporate partners. The Global Online MBA will stimulate you to imagine, innovate and inspire.

Each core and elective course lasts for 10 weeks. You will need to devote a minimum of 15 hours each week to study. The content of the Global Online MBA consists of the following key components:

Financial and Management Accounting

During the module, you develop the ability to:

• Appreciate the different uses of financial and management accounting information for a wide range of decisions relating to financial performance, corporate social responsibility and governance, and business sustainability
• Evaluate the uses and shortcomings of published financial accounts having a command of the basic accounting concepts and principles of underlying accounting information systems
• Appreciate the contribution of different forms of cost analysis to the analysis of short-run and long-run management decisions
• Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of management accounting information and systems in supporting management control of organisational effectiveness, responsibility and sustainability.

Organisational Behaviour
This module will allow you to:

• Analyse motivation problems in an organisational context
• Manage basic team dynamics
• Design effective organisations
• Manage the intricacies of power and influence in organisational life
• Analyse and manage organisational culture
• Think critically about your own leadership skills and how to develop yourself as a leader

Marketing Management
Among business disciplines, marketing is the primary contact point between a business and its customers. Nearly everybody will, at some point in their career, wear a marketing hat. Understanding marketing will help you whether you are an accountant, a consultant, a programmer, a banker, or a museum curator. Appreciating customer needs and how to marshal the resources of an organisation to meet those needs are crucial skills in today’s business world.

This module develops a general management viewpoint in planning and evaluating marketing decisions, from both strategic (e.g. market selection, firm objective, etc.) and tactical (e.g. promotion, pricing, etc.) perspectives. The module will also help you to understand how marketing decisions are affected by organisational and environmental influences.

Managerial Economics
This module introduces economic concepts of practical value in business life, providing a conceptual framework for assessing the interaction between firms and markets, and identifying the ways in which profit opportunities arise in markets and can be effectively exploited.

It will provide a framework for modelling the interaction between consumers and producers, study alternative market structures ranging from monopoly to perfect competition, and enables you to identify and analyse strategic interaction between market participants.

Corporate Finance
This module provides a framework for analysing financial markets and showing how they interact with the key decisions of firms. It enables you to understand the role of assets, pricing, and the interaction between the economy and financial variables.

It gives an overview of

• the two key financial instruments (stocks and bonds)
• introduces the key derivatives markets (futures and options)
• examines Portfolio Analysis and the risk return trade-off
• introduces the concepts of risk and return in financial markets and the relevance of diversification
• how return is related to risk through the Capital Asset Pricing Model

Corporate Finance will extend your understanding of company valuation and investment appraisal, introducing the concept of the cost of capital and how it can be calculated. It shows how companies are financed and how to decide between different types of finance.

Strategy
The most common understanding of strategy is that it is about how an organisation achieves an advantage in a competitive, fast-paced environment by harnessing its resources and competencies over relatively long periods of time, in pursuit of specific goals. Strategy is shaped by external market conditions as well as the resources available to management internally (including the firm’s internal structure, systems and culture). This integration of the external and internal perspectives provides the basic framework for strategic thinking.

The strategy module gives you a holistic view of the firm, helps to develop your ability to think beyond day-to-day business activities and challenges you to ask the right questions about a firm’s future. These skills are essential to being an effective general manager.

Pre-Study Modules.

Accounting

This primer module will introduce the basics of financial accounting, including how to interpret financial statements such as balance sheets, profit and loss, as well as cash flow. It will enable you to appreciate the usefulness and limitations of the information provided by these statements for evaluating the performance of a company.

Mathematics
The objective of this module is to ensure that you have a grasp of the mathematics you will encounter on your MBA programme, particularly for the more quantitative courses.

Quantitative Methods

This module introduces you to the most frequently used quantitative methods for analysing data and making business decisions.
The core consists of seven carefully designed modules. Each module provides you with a solid grounding in business theory and practice. The emphasis is on applied learning, giving you a chance to test your understanding through case studies and simulations. Students are placed in diverse syndicate groups; these groups consist of students from a variety of cultural and industry backgrounds to ensure that you gain maximum perspectives from the experience.

All applications to the Global Online MBA are considered on their individual merits. We look for a combination of academic ability, work experience and professional status. To be eligible to apply for the programme you would normally have:

• 5 years’ relevant postgraduate work experience
• At least a Lower Second Class Honours degree OR international equivalent OR recognised professional qualification
• English language test results (if applicable)

We welcome candidates with non-traditional qualifications and backgrounds. We may be able to consider applicants who do not meet the above entry requirements.