Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA)

University of Worcester

The Executive MBA is an accredited postgraduate programme comprising bite-size packages of learning. It aims to develop business leaders’ and managers’ understanding and critical appreciation of the theories, tools, and applications of leadership and management with a strong focus on sustainability and carbon literacy. This understanding enables them to, more effectively, manage change in organisations and utilise appropriate resources.The Executive MBA at Worcester seeks to improve individual’s personal effectiveness, innovation, and strategic leadership to enhance organisational performance. The programme focuses upon applied and relevant learning, encouraging students to relate the knowledge and skills gained to real leadership and management scenarios.Key featuresA challenge based curriculum that speaks directly to the needs of emerging leaders in contemporary business environmentsSustainability and carbon literacy is woven through the course and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are explored in the modulesThe opportunity to apply learning directly into your own organisation to add immediate value and develop consulting and problem solving skills by engaging with a third party organisation on a meaningful change and improvement projectProgramme support scaffolding that develops you as an individual leader as well as your academic understandingEmployabilityThis programme will give students the opportunity to develop a sound understanding of the principles of leadership and management and learn to apply these principles more widely. Through this, they will learn to evaluate the appropriateness of different approaches to solving problems. Their studies will have a vocational orientation, enabling them to perform more effectively in leadership and management in their own workplace contexts. Holders of qualifications at this level will have the qualities necessary for employment in situations requiring the exercise of personal responsibility and decision-making.