MBA - Entrepreneurship

Educational Aims : Knowledge, Understanding and Skills

The Masters in Business Administration (MBA) is a master’s level qualification targeted at students from diverse undergraduate programs of study. The MBA would provide students with knowledge of the underlying theoretical background and knowledge of management practice. The program comprises core courses, elective courses in several areas of specialism, industry internships and workplace based learning, and a dissertation component. The dissertation component aims to integrate theory with practice and explore issues from a cross-disciplinary perspective.

The major objectives of the MBA program with an entrepreneurship specialism are as follows:

1. Foster knowledge of different business, administration and management disciplines.

2. Appreciate the practice of management particularly from an entrepreneur’s perspective

3. Develop critical thinking and analytical skills

4. Develop problem solving and decision making skills

5. Understand team dynamics and team work in the workplace

6. Develop skills to write succinct reports and present reports to stakeholders

7. Make students career ready for positions in business and management or to start-up or manage their own businesses

Intended Learning Outcomes

Integrated understanding of the important functions within management and business administration and the interactions between them

• Knowledge and appreciation of business processes, structures and systems

• Appreciation of entrepreneurial orientation in business operations

• Skills to develop strategy and plans for new or existing ventures

Learning and Teaching Strategies and Methods

The main teaching methods will be through interactions with budding entrepreneurs to impart insights into motivations and challenges of new ventures, videos, case studies, role plays, lectures, tutorials and group work. Many of the general skills will be taught alongside the subject specific skills, for example, throughout the programme students will be allocated to groups so that they work alongside colleagues from a variety of backgrounds. This will enhance their ability to work in groups and develop their communications skills.

Assessment Strategies and Methods

Students are assessed using a variety of methods in different modules. Students can expect to be assessed using a combination of examinations, individual coursework, such as new business plans, class tests, projects and essays, and group-work including group projects and presentations.

Knowledge and understanding is assessed in a number of ways:

• Group assignments covering applied issues of relevance to business and managers, which enable students to apply theory to practice, involve the collection and analysis of data and in some cases presentations to class.

• Case studies also provide the opportunity to explore and apply concepts in a supportive environment and build understanding of the crucial inter-relationship between subject areas.

• Examinations and classroom-based tests assess knowledge, understanding and application of theory and key concepts.

Total Number of Credits Required

117 credits over the two years i.e.
20 modules of 4.5 credits each (90 credits) plus 9 credits of Summer Internship and 18 credits for a research project

Details of any requirement of internship

At the end of the first year, the students are required to undergo a Summer Internship (6-8 weeks) equivalent to 9 credits, which provides the opportunity to explore and interact with the corporate world and to experience the practical aspects of content learned in first two semesters.

YEAR 1

Semester-wise module requirements

YEAR 2

Semester-wise module requirements