Master of Business Management (MBM)

This Master of Business Management (MBM) is designed to equip you with a thorough understanding of modern management concepts and techniques. You’ll gain confidence in strategic areas including financial decision making, leadership in practice and managing across cultures.

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The MBM explores core concepts and ideas within business and management, challenging you to apply your understanding of topics and contemporary issues to the corporate world. There’s a particular focus on the areas of leadership, finance and marketing, and you're able to further customise the course to fit your interests through optional modules.

This Master of Business Management is made up of the following modules and, upon completion, is equal to a total of 180 credits.

• Research Methods (20 credits)
• Business and Management Research Report (40 credits)
• Management: Principle and Practices (20 credits)
• Leadership in Practice (20 credits)
• Economics for Managers (20 credits)
• Financial Decision Making (20 credits)
• Marketing: Principles and Practices (20 credits)
• Optional modules (choose two)
• Managing Across Cultures (10 credits)
• Project Management (10 credits)
• Human Resource Management (10 credits)
• Business Strategy (10 credits)

Shorter awards are available for this course; the 16-month postgraduate diploma (PG Dip) at 120 credits and the 8-month postgraduate certificate (PG Cert) at 60 credits.

This degree is designed to develop your specialist knowledge and transferable skills, enabling you to progress your career in business and management.

You’ll learn and be assessed wholly online via our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), so there’s no need to travel to assessment centres. This means you can easily fit your professional development ambitions around your personal life, with no need to take a career break.

Though you’ll study exclusively online, on successful completion of your Master of Business Management (MBM), you’ll be invited to attend a graduation ceremony at the University of Essex’s Colchester campus.

At University of Essex Online, we believe everyone should be able to access education. That’s why we offer two different entry routes onto our Master of Business Management (MBM), which take into account both academic and work-based experience.

Our courses are taught in English, so to study with us you must have an IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5 or equivalent. If you don’t hold an IELTS or equivalent qualification, you’ll be required to pass a free online English test to assess your proficiency.

This course will help you progress your career to upper-level management positions in business management, banking, insurance, accountancy, finance, marketing, sales, retail, human resources and many more. You’ll also be well equipped with the knowledge needed to launch your own business or work as an independent consultant.