Retail Management MBA

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Retail Management is a full-time career development programme for those with previous management experience, designed specifically to prepare you for a career in retail management. It focuses on developing the strategic thinking skills needed in today’s global retail economy. Overall, we offer opportunities and support for you to develop the sought-after analytical and critical competencies that prestigious employers in today’s global economy value so highly. This combination of academic and professional skills will help give you the tools to work with self-direction and originality, and to contribute to business and society at large. The final dissertation gives you opportunity to produce an evaluative and critical discussion of a strategic issue relevant to your organization together with your recommendations and an implementation plan. There is an opportunity to apply for membership of the Chartered Management Institute providing you fulfil the appropriate terms and conditions.

An MBA is often a route to promotion or a career change. Retailers around the world seek out business and management professionals with an MBA. Every business, from tiny start-ups to large companies, need someone with experience and the necessary education to support common business processes like accounting, finance, human resources, marketing, public relations, sales, and management. Popular options for MBA graduates include human resource management, investment banking, management consultancy, marketing and supply chain management. If you want to continue your studies then you could opt for a research degree (MPhil, DBA or PhD).

Students should have both of the following: significant work experience in a business or management capacity; and a UK Honours degree/postgraduate degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject. We’ll consider their application if they don’t possess the above qualifications but have substantial managerial experience.