MBA Business Administration (Information Technology)

Enhance your existing skills and experience to management level, gaining a strategic perspective on business and developing a systematic understanding of key aspects of IT management.

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    Overview

    UCAS Code: P051837
    Course Length: 1 Year Full-Time, 2 Years Part-Time
    Start Dates: September 2020, September 2021
    Subjects: Business and Management
    Computing and IT
    Location: Edge Hill University
    • Develop an in-depth and systematic understanding of key aspects of IT Management and related issues surrounding the field.
    • Gain a strategic perspective on business;
    • Enhance your existing skills to management level;

    This MBA is for aspiring managers who understand and embrace the role of technology within a business and who are ready to make the leap into management within an IT environment.

    The programme will provide you with a broader understanding of business through considering issues such as human and financial resources, general management, information technology management and how they impact upon a business. Importantly, we take a strategic perspective on business and management and help you to develop the skills to contribute to major decisions made by organisations about their future. Such decisions are often centred on technology.

    You are not required to have a background in information technology since applicants are welcomed from any discipline and a wide range of job roles. Many entrants to an MBA in Information Technology have a science or technology qualification so it is not necessary that you have studied business or management before.

    In Depth

    What will I study?

    This MBA is designed to allow you to develop an understanding of key aspects of business and management with an information technology focus. You will therefore study aspects related to accounting and finance, human resource management, marketing and strategy.

    By the end of these modules you will have an understanding of the critical aspects of business. Teaching is set in an international context with examples and illustrations drawn from the global economy. A strategic focus will be taken throughout the programme, concentrating on the major decisions that organisations have to make to determine their overall direction.

    You will also be exposed to a range of contemporary issues of interest to all managers. These will include such things as globalisation, ethics and social responsibility.

    How will I study?

    As well as preparing for and attending lectures, seminars, tutorials and workshops, you will spend time reading and completing coursework, including written assignments, portfolios and presentations. Learning from your colleagues is an important part of the course and many exercises will require you to work in teams.

    How will I be assessed?

    Throughout the programme there is a combination of different forms of assessment to test intellectual development, vocational capability and critical thinking.

    Coursework often involves both individual and group-based working with case studies and problem solving exercises being used. Examinations take a variety of forms, using both seen and unseen questions.

    Who will be teaching me?

    All our staff are passionate about student learning and development. The degree is delivered by specialists in accountancy, marketing, information technology management and IT security. The programme team includes active researchers who publish in academic journals, as well as academically and professionally qualified staff. All team members are people with an energy and enthusiasm for their subject areas.

    A Great Study Environment

    A student with a pen in her hand smiles during a seminar in the Business School.A stunning £8m building provides state-of-the-art teaching and learning facilities for students in Edge Hill Business School.

    The three-storey building offers a 100-seat lecture theatre and modern seminar and meeting rooms. There are also social learning areas which encourage a more informal and interactive style of learning, in addition to an attractive roof garden and atrium.

    Edge Hill Business School is home to a thriving research community, hosts a growing international partnership portfolio, and is a member of AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), the world’s largest management education network.

    Modules

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    BUS4031Strategic Marketing Planning (20 credits)

    Strategic Marketing Planning is designed to provide you with an understanding of marketing planning including the synerginistic planning process and its links with the delivery of effective and sustainable competitive advantage. Effective marketing strategy and planning is essential for all organisations. The module considers the complexities of the marketing environment and the impact this has on the creation of marketing plans and their successful implementation and execution. This will enable you to contribute along with other directors and senior managers to an organisation’s competitive strategy.


    Assessment: Coursework: 100%.

    BUS4038Strategy: Foundations and New Perspectives (20 credits)

    Strategy: Foundations and New Perspectives provides a critical, reflective and evaluative examination of historic and contemporary debates relating to business strategy and strategic planning. The module focuses on the decision-making process with regard to strategy formulation and implementation and contextualises and evaluates the process through examination of business approaches and practices. You will develop the ability to formulate and implement strategy in order to maximise organisational effectiveness and business performance. In addition, you will be encouraged to evaluate the impact and influence of sometimes complex strategic decisions and actions on a range of organisational stakeholders.


    Assessment: Coursework: 100%.

    BUS4039Human Resourcing as Competitive Strategy (20 credits)

    Human Resourcing as Competitive Strategy recognises that the effective management of people is of fundamental importance to any organisation, as is a coherent, well-thought-through company strategy.  An increasing number of organisations are recognising the need for strategically integrated people management policies that inform all major decisions. This change requires greater strategic awareness from Human Resources (HR) managers. Indeed, the UK HR professional body, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has encouraged all HR professionals to be cognisant of their role in the effective achievement of organisational strategy. This module will enhance your knowledge of, and competence in, strategic human resource management to help you meet increasing demands for a strategically sensitive approach to people management.


    Assessment: Coursework: 100%.

    BUS4040Financial Decision Making (20 credits)

    Financial Decision Making  briefly reviews the main financial information produced by organisations, before moving on and focusing on how this information can be used by managers. The module provides a platform for managers, developing from basic financial systems to evaluating financial information and its uses in making decisions. The module will allow you to reflect on some of the current critical debates about the role and positioning of financial information in organisations; being able to place financial information and decision-making in the wider context of organisations and their roles in society.


    Assessment: Coursework: 50%, Written Exam(s): 50%.

    BUS4519Dissertation (60 credits)

    Dissertation requires you to undertake a piece of independent research based upon, or linked to, a specific topic or issue related to a relevant organisational or management development matter. You will provide a theoretical rationale for the dissertation, collect and organise research data, present it within a coherent, rigorous and analytical framework, and reach a well-argued and integrated conclusion.


    Assessment: Coursework: 100%.

    BUS4522Organisational Research (20 credits)

    Organisational Research develops your skills and awareness in research methodologies and techniques that are specifically appropriate for undertaking, analysing and writing-up academic research in the form of a dissertation or practitioner/consultancy research. You will be encouraged to explore a wide range of methodologies and develop the necessary conceptual, methodological, practical and ethical skills necessary for management studies research.


    Assessment: Coursework: 100%.

    You will select one of the following modules:

    CIS4124Information Security Management (20 credits)

    Information Security Management outlines the process by which information assets are assessed in order to determine the threats and corresponding risks to those assets. The module also encompasses the methods required for controlling those risks, provides a systemic view of the process and encompasses legal compliance issues.


    Assessment: Coursework: 100%.

    CIS4125IT Strategy and Management (20 credits)

    IT Strategy and Management develops your understanding of the multidimensional problems associated with the introduction of technological innovations and the ongoing management of systems and services within both the public and private sector. You will gain awareness of how to manage the pre and post systems acquisition process, gain an understanding of the security and compliance needs of the modern business organisation, and explore theoretical and practical perspectives relevant to the introduction of technological innovation.


    Assessment: Coursework: 100%.

    Optional modules provide an element of choice within the programme curriculum. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected by timetabling requirements.

    Timetables

    You can expect to receive your timetable at enrolment. Please note that while we make every effort to ensure that timetables are as student-friendly as possible, scheduled teaching can take place on any day or evening of the week.

    Disclaimer

    Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information, however our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may necessitate alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses.

    Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies, revisions to subject benchmarks statements, to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

    Entry Criteria

    Entry Requirements

    To join this MBA you should have a degree equivalent to UK second class honours (2:2 or above). BCS Professional Diploma in IT (Level 6) is also accepted for entry to this programme.

    Ideally you should also have two years of relevant work experience gained after graduation, although well qualified and motivated candidates without this will be considered.

    English Language Requirements

    International students require IELTS 6.5, with a score no lower than 6.0 in each individual component, or an equivalent English language qualification.

    If your current level of English is half a band lower, either overall or in one or two elements, you may want to consider our Pre-Sessional English course.

    Recognition of Prior Learning

    Edge Hill University recognises learning gained elsewhere, whether through academic credit and qualifications acquired from other relevant courses of study or through recognition of an individual’s professional and employment experience (also referred to as ‘experiential learning’). This may include credit or learning undertaken at another university.

    Previous learning that is recognised in this way may be used towards meeting the entry requirements for a programme and/or for exemption from part of a programme. It is your responsibility to make a claim for recognition of prior learning. For guidance, please consult the University’s academic regulations (sections C7 and F3.1) or contact the faculty in which you are interested in studying.

    Career Prospects

    What are my career prospects?

    This MBA will help to equip you for a range of career opportunities in both general management and specialist functions.

    Typical career paths on successful completion of the programme include accountancy, administration, banking, education, finance, human resource management, marketing, public and private sector management, retailing and enterprise.

    Finance

    Tuition Fees

    Tuition fees for full-time study on this MBA are £11,000 for UK and EU students and £13,775 for international students enrolling on the programme in academic year 2020/21.

    Tuition fees for part-time study on this MBA are £61 per credit for UK and EU students enrolling on the programme in academic year 2020/21, i.e. £1,220 per 20 credit module.

    180 credits are required to complete an MBA.

    The University may administer a small inflationary rise in part-time postgraduate tuition fees in subsequent academic years as you progress through the course.

    Financial Support

    For comprehensive information about the financial support available to eligible UK and EU students joining postgraduate courses at Edge Hill University in academic year 2020/21, together with details of how to apply for potential funding, please view our Money Matters 2020/21 guide at www.edgehill.ac.uk/postgradfinance2020.

    Financial support information for international students can be found at www.edgehill.ac.uk/international/fees.

    Apply

    How to Apply

    There is an online application process for this programme.

    Please choose the application form for your preferred intake date and mode of study.

    Visit www.edgehill.ac.uk/applydirect for more information about the application process.

    Visit www.edgehill.ac.uk/applydirect to access the relevant online application form and to find out more about the application process.

    Further information for international students about how to apply is available at www.edgehill.ac.uk/applyinternational.

    Should you accept an offer of a place to study with us and formally enrol as a student, you will be subject to the provisions of the regulations, rules, codes, conditions and policies which apply to our students. These are available at www.edgehill.ac.uk/studentterms.

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    International students should visit www.edgehill.ac.uk/international or email international@edgehill.ac.uk with any queries about overseas study.

    Course Changes

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