The Loughborough Executive MBA

The aims of this module are to:

• Develop self-awareness of personal effectiveness and recognition of how to influence others;
• Explore the application of theory for fostering more effective work relationships to develop high performing teams;
• Build strategies for continuing leadership development for future-readiness.

The aims of this module are to:

• Provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary for an understanding of financial management and its impact on decision-making in a variety of organisational contexts;
• Develop the ability to analyse and interpret organisational performance;
• Expose participants to a range of issues surrounding accounting for sustainability;
• Equip students with an understanding of economic concepts and models appropriate to business decision-making.

The aims of this module are to:

• Develop an understanding of the role of business analytics in an organisation;
• Develop an understanding of big data, and related ethical issues, and how it can be used to inform decision-making;
• Develop an appreciation of a range of analytical methods to improve decision making in organisations.

The aims of this module are to:

• Provide participants with a broad and deep understanding of issues associated with the management of human resources within organisations; and
• Develop participants skills in people and performance management.

The aims of this module are to:

• Provide participants with an understanding of the principles and tools relating to the marketing concept;
• Explore strategic marketing issues.

The aims of this module are to:

• Provide participants with the knowledge and skills to formulate a strategic business plan;
• Equip students with knowledge on strategic positioning, strategic capabilities and resources, strategic options, scenario planning and innovative strategic thinking;
• Create an understanding of risk factors and the importance of stakeholder engagement and governance models.

The aims of this module are to:

• develop an understanding of the role of leadership in guiding and evaluating decision making efforts in different organisational contexts;
• develop a critical and practical appreciation of the leadership behaviours required for effective decision making;
• develop a critical and practical appreciation of how structured decision processes can help leaders increase their ability to structure decision situations, gather expert knowledge, analyse values and preferences, reach timely closure, and learn from decision-making efforts.

The aims of this module are to:

• Introduce the concepts of innovation, entrepreneurship theory, design thinking and creativity;
• Enable participants to utilise a detailed risk analysis tool to evaluate a commercial opportunity;
• Explore the implementation of a new product or process, whilst understanding the constraints under which many firms operate, with an emphasis on SMEs and start up business;
• Enable students to collaborate with an external business in a consultancy capacity.

The aims of this module are to:

• Provide students with an understanding of the ways in which organisations manage their operations;
• Develop skills in using operational management techniques to improve operational effectiveness;
• Develop an appreciation of global contexts and challenges that impact operations management.

The aims of this module are to:

• Provide a theoretical and practical introduction to leadership
• Provide an introduction to relevant academic and practitioner literature on leadership
• Help students apply leadership theory to their own workplace and their own behaviour

The aims of this module are to:

• develop participants' understanding of leadership within an environment of change
• increase participants' skills in building agile and collaborative cultures which gain buy-in for change initiatives
• equip participants to initiate and lead change in organisations and to manage conflict that might arise from the change process
• identify methods for influencing organisational vision, culture and values
• shape and manage communication strategy within change initiatives
• develop skills to influence upwards and outwards
• enhance negotiation and advocacy skills to build reputation and effective collaboration.

The aims of this module are to:

• Provide a fundamental understanding of Information Systems and the concerns of modern Information Technology in the competitive environment
• Provide a fundamental theoretical understanding through Systems Theory (including Systems Thinking and related information concepts) and to exemplify its practical utility.
• Understand digitization of traditional businesses and the Digital Economy through business applications of the technology deployed, in Platforms, Auctions, data analytics/Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and robotics.
• Explore digitization conceptually through concepts of transaction costs, disruption, network effects and innovation diffusion.
• Provide a theoretical understanding of Media, Social Media, Attention Economy and immersive content, such as Virtual reality and games.

The aim of this module is to develop an understanding of the changing nature of the practice and processes of strategic management and other advanced management topics as organisations operate in an increasingly internationalised business environment.

The aims of this module are to:

• provide awareness of the diverse economic, legal, political, social, cultural and technological contexts in which organisations operate on a global scale;
• develop knowledge and understanding in international business and strategy theory and managerial practice, in a range of international contexts;
• explore the specific implications for managerial practice, financial management, marketing and innovation efforts to develop a rich understanding of the complexities of managing global firms;
• develop knowledge of the different approaches that can be taken when managing firms in a global context.

The aims of this module are to:

• Appreciate the importance of entrepreneurship and innovation in both small and large organisations.
• Provide students with a critical understanding of theory and practice of entrepreneurial management.

The aims of this module are to:

• Provide participants with an understanding of sports-related policy and international sports environment factors and their influence on managing sports organisations;
• Develop skills in managing sports and sports-related organisations in a global environment;
• Develop an understanding of management decision-making models that might be applied in an international sports context;
• Develop an understanding of the importance of ethics in a sports context.

The aims of this module are:

• to provide participants with an understanding of how corporate reputation can be managed well and what to do when things go wrong;
• to develop an understanding of media, media strategy and media management at regional, national and international levels;
• to develop skills in managing the media and media interactions in a rapidly changing media environment;
• to explore corporate reputation, brand management, PR and crisis management within a sports context and compare this context with other sectors.

The aims of this module are to:

• Provide a critical understanding of the role of a project manager in a wide variety of industrial and commercial applications;
• Provide a critical understanding of the project planning and control techniques and human resource management methodologies available to project managers;
• Build and develop project management skills that can be applied to organisational situations.