Master of Business Administration (The Liverpool MBA) MBA

University of Liverpool

The Liverpool MBA is designed to extend your existing expertise and build strategic leadership capabilities. You’ll build a deeper understanding of core business and management disciplines, and learn how they link together strategically and operationally.IntroductionThe MBA programme:Helps build your strategic leadership capabilities and the ability to make and communicate connections across complex ideasExposes you to the key dilemmas facing organisations in advancing technological development and economic growth, while balancing issues of sustainability, social responsibility and stakeholder managementDevelops your creativity and critical thinking skills, as well as self-awareness, emotional/social intelligence and interpersonal skillsThrough compulsory and optional modules, the programme will expose you to core management and leadership challenges, including:Designing and implementing strategyUsing the power of data analysis to anticipate, rather than followBuilding and investing in teams and allocating organisational resourcesInnovating in processes, platforms and cultureNavigating the politics of powerLeading with presence and authenticityWe focus on enhancing your understanding of the interplay of organisation dynamics—people, power, politics and systems—and on gaining new analytical skills to identify, dissect and solve complex business problems. We also focus on you as a leader and the development of your personal capabilities to lead and drive change.Who is this course for?Students join our MBA programmes to achieve several professional goals. Typically they will have a minimum of 3 years of relevant management experience in the private or public sector, managing budgets/people/projects.Students may be planning to:Start a new businessMove into a more senior strategic roleImprove the performance of their current companyChange the function, sector or country they work in.