Global Online MBA

Develop an in-depth understanding of leadership covering the topics of; leading with confidence and values, leading teams effectively, leading team decision making and leading successful change.

Discover how to fulfil the organisational promise, in a manner that is consistent with the overarching strategy. You'll be tackling issues such as the management of capacity and understanding of demand, operations improvement and the management of inventory and queues. The focus is on increasing both the perceived customer value and their experience of the organisation.

This module will introduce you to the key management areas of management accounting and corporate reporting. It will enable you to understand and interpret financial and other corporate information, enter into intelligent discussion with financial partners and to appreciate the bigger picture rather than get lost in the detail.

This module will provide you with a good grounding in the basic concepts of finance. It will support you in developing your skills in financial planning and decision-making, including providing the mathematics and statistical tools required to solve financial problems. You will gain an appreciation for decision-making in a complex world with uncertainty and develop an understanding of the implications of sustainability for financial analysis.

This module will introduce you to the main conceptual frameworks that have shaped research and practice on innovation and strategic entrepreneurship. The key themes you will cover are the link between innovation and strategy, innovation and organisational structure and the role of ‘openness’ in successful innovation, enabling you to develop an integrated view of innovation and corporate entrepreneurship in different operating contexts.

Gain a broad understanding of marketing concepts, the role and value of marketing in an organisation, and the core concepts and frameworks that help senior leaders in organisations maintain a focus on their customers in a changing context. 

In this module you will explore identifying and understanding customers, analysing marketing situations, identifying threats and opprtunites, developing a marketing strategy and understanding marketing in the context of sustainability. 

You will be encouraged to transfer your learnings to your own work environment and context, allowing you to immediatley put theory into practice.

This module will enable you to examine current organisational practices such as motivation and team work. Essential for careers in management and public agencies converent with employment. 

You will develop an understanding of the  interaction between people and the organisations in which they work, which is key to the development of the analytical, problem-solving, and management skills which are the key focus of the Warwick MBA degree.

In this module you will be exposed to the theory and practice of strategy analysis and strategy development. You will first cover traditional approaches to strategy, and then take a deep dive into how you can apply these strategic tools. Developing an undestanding of the difference  between strategy at the level of the individual business (or business unit) and at the corporate level.

This module will enable you to critically evaluate business strategy and translate this into actionable knowledge.

Online

Get an introduction to analytics and its relevance for you as a manager and critical consumer of data and analytics. Understand and analyse the contribution that analytics can make to organisations, covering the context and process of analytics, rather than the technicalities underlying specific approaches.

Please note that availability of modules and delivery modes of modules may vary.

London and online

This module aims to provide you with the skills and tools of modern finance theory necessary to critically evaluate decisions from different angles, enabling you to reach your own conclusion based on all available information.

Please note that availability of modules and delivery modes of modules may vary.

 London and online 

The need for businesses to be agile in the face of natural and social change has become essential. In this module you’ll explore how organisations can achieve positive social, environmental, and economic outcomes over time. You’ll gain a toolset for leading and delivering sustainability strategies across an organisation with the support of key stakeholders. 

Please note that availability of modules and delivery modes of modules may vary.

Warwick and online 

This module will introduce you to a number of basic concepts used by economists, illustrate the use of these concepts in business, and demonstrate how economics as a discipline can be used to approach business-related questions.  

Please note that availability of modules and delivery modes of modules may vary.

Online

Explore a range of different ways of thinking about what entrepreneurship is and what entrepreneurs do. You’ll examine and practice some of the key behavioural elements of an entrepreneurial mindset, developing creative thinking, critical analysis, and self-reflection around business entrepreneurship. This module aims to challenge the way you think about entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship and help you engage more effectively with a world in which entrepreneurship is a key driver of change.

Please note that availability of modules and delivery modes of modules may vary.

Warwick and online

Explore the four clusters of challenges facing public services on a global basis; Resourcing, Engagement, Complexity and Digital Transformation. This module will provide you with a solid understanding of the distinctive challenges faced globally in the delivery of public services. Develop strategies and heighten your ability to deploy tools and methods to optimise public service improvement. 

Please note that availability of modules and delivery modes of modules may vary.

Online

Build on your knowledge of the global economic and business environment and link this to strategies for managing in changing global contexts.

Please note that availability of modules and delivery modes of modules may vary.

Warwick and online

Gain an introduction to an interdisciplinary, cross-national and historically informed understanding of the idea of change and its significance for contemporary organisations.

Please note that availability of modules and delivery modes of modules may vary.

Online

Learn to analyse the strategic context of Human Resource Management to understand why organisations manage their people in particular ways.

A key principle of the approach of this module is that developing an effective package of HRM strategy, policy and practice depends on the context of the organisation. Only after we understand the ‘why’ of HRM can we start to think about what might constitute best practice in specific contexts. The module is grounded in analysis of the available theory and empirical evidence from academic research.

Please note that availability of modules and delivery modes of modules may vary.

Warwick, London and online

Develop a broad understanding of mergers and acquisitions, including strategic alliances.

Please note that availability of modules and delivery modes of modules may vary.

Online

Journey into the dynamic world of sales strategy, sales performance optimisation, and sales leadership in business-to-business and business-to-consumer contexts.

Through this module you'll explore the sales function at multiple levels. You will learn about effective tactics in personal and digital selling throughout the sales process including negotiation and closing tactics, recruiting and retaining the right salespeople, implementing and effectively utilising digital technology, integrating sales with (digital) marketing, and what to consider when going to market with complex products or solutions.

At a more strategic level, you will learn about customer relationship management, designing predictive analytics tools, and mastering the challenges of digital transformation in the sales function.

Please note that availability of modules and delivery modes of modules may vary.

Warwick, London and online

Understand how strategy is implemented at individual, team and organisational levels, focusing on the ways that processes and tools can enhance strategy implementation.

You’ll cover the basic analytical concepts, frameworks and methods used in setting long term direction for the firm, as well as discussing the difficulties frequently found in implementing strategy. It will provide an integrated view on business, looking at not only the overall strategic intent, but the distinct contributions that different functions and teams make towards this intent.

Please note that availability of modules and delivery modes of modules may vary.

Online

You will learn about the importance of wellbeing as an economic outcome and as a policy target, as well as ways of measuring wellbeing and its determinants. You will broaden your understanding of what factors determine an individual’s subjective experiences and learn how this knowledge can be applied in business, management, and policy settings.

Please note that availability of modules and delivery modes of modules may vary.

Please note that module locations and availability may vary depending on student demand and scheduling constraints.

Big Data and Business Analytics - IE Business School, Madrid, Spain

This module is run by IE Business School in Madrid, Spain.

This module will help you to analyse the application of technology in its wider sphere of social transformational drivers, and apply that in your own sphere of influence, with particular emphasis on the use of data, analytics, and big data.

You will be introduced to the critical elements of understanding digital products and services and the power of data, so that you can manage the digital transformation of your organisation, and to innovate in a digital world.

Business and Sustainability - Delivered in Vancouver, Canada

Build your understanding of the underlying complexities in tackling sustainability challenges within your organisation. This module will provide an innovative and practical toolkit to support your management and leadership approaches in addressing social and environmental concerns at both societal and business levels.

Design Thinking and Service Design - Aalto University School of Business, Helsinki, Finland

This module is run by Aalto University School of Business in Helsinki, Finland.

Design thinking can help your company to find an advantage in highly competitive global markets, as digitalisation increasingly calls for new approaches and business models. In this module, you’ll develop a big-picture understanding of how design thinking and service design are successfully explored across industries in the Europe and Nordic regions, particularly focusing on innovation processes and co-creation approaches.

Doing Business in Mexico - IPADE Business School, Mexico

Develop an understanding of how successful businesses operate in Mexico by referring to relevant business theories and models.

Entrepreneurial Finance - San Francisco, London and Warwick

This module will help equip you with the knowledge to be able to consider and select the financing vehicles appropriate to securing and organisations’ money requirements and to understand and analyse the issues of the institutional framework in which those decisions take place.

Leading Global Organisations - Dubai

Gain an understanding of the experiences and consequences of leading behaviour in global organisations, with particular emphasis on the management process in cross-national, diverse environments.

You’ll be introduced to multiple perspectives, models and maps for understanding the nature of leading organisations that are located in diverse and increasingly non-co-located cultural contexts. Experiential learning will also feature, in addition to alumni talks to share practitioner experiences on key global concepts.

Luxury Industries and Brand Management - SDA Bocconi School of Management, Milan, Italy

This module is run by the SDA Bocconi School of Management in Milan, Italy.

This module will introduce you to the best practices of growth strategy implementation adopted by successful Italian and European companies operating in luxury industries using real-life cases and example. You will develop practical managerial tools and frameworks for the formulation and implementation of strategic positioning in the luxury industry, including how to align business processes to a brand’s competitive positioning in the market.

Managing Sustainable Energy Transitions - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, and Warwick

The overall ambition of energy’s role in a sustainable global economy is clear, but the certainty of how to achieve it changes constantly - there is no one-size-fits-all approach to managing energy transitions.

This module explores the challenges you may face in achieving sustainable energy transitions in the context of commercial, political, and social factors. You’ll cover key topics such as the role of governments and international organisations in regulating and supporting energy transitions, the challenges that ‘transition risk’ present to the incumbent fossil fuel industry, and the business opportunities presented by the growth of low-carbon energy systems and services.

Entrepreneurial Finance - San Francisco, London and Warwick 

This module will help equip you with the knowledge to be able to consider and select the financing vehicles appropriate to securing and organisations’ money requirements and to understand and analyse the issues of the institutional framework in which those decisions take place. 

Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation - Warwick, London and online 

Explore a range of different ways of thinking about what entrepreneurship is and what entrepreneurs do. You’ll examine and practice some of the key behavioural elements of an entrepreneurial mindset, developing creative thinking, critical analysis, and self-reflection around business entrepreneurship. This module aims to challenge the way you think about entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship and help you engage more effectively with a world in which entrepreneurship is a key driver of change. 

Please note that availability of modules and delivery modes of modules may vary.

Big Data and Business Analytics - IE Business School, Madrid, Spain 

This module is run by IE Business School in Madrid, Spain. 

This module will help you to analyse the application of technology in its wider sphere of social transformational drivers, and apply that in your own sphere of influence, with particular emphasis on the use of data, analytics, and big data.  

You will be introduced to the critical elements of understanding digital products and services and the power of data, so that you can manage the digital transformation of your organisation, and to innovate in a digital world. 

Digital Transformation - London 

This module offers a business-focused understanding of platform strategy, artificial intelligence, and new data analytics approaches. You’ll develop an understanding of the skills required for conceptualising digital transformation as well as smaller stand-alone projects that use new technologies. 

Strategic Business Innovation with Cloud and AI - Ross Business School, University of Michigan, USA 

Explore new pathways to digitally transforming value creation, innovation, and organisations at the intersection of technology, cloud AI business innovation, ecosystems, platforms, and impacts.  

This module, delivered by Ross Business School at the University of Michigan, will help you to understand in detail both the what and how of experience-centric ecosystem value creation, and the innovation of value-creating offerings with customers, employees, partners, and other stakeholders. You'll also learn to build effective approaches to strategic risk management of cloud and AI based engagement models. 

Please note that availability of modules and delivery modes of modules may vary.

Business and Sustainability - Delivered in Vancouver, Canada 

Build your understanding of the underlying complexities in tackling sustainability challenges within your organisation. This module will provide an innovative and practical toolkit to support your management and leadership approaches in addressing social and environmental concerns at both societal and business levels. 

Creating Sustainable Organisations - London and online 

The need for businesses to be agile in the face of natural and social change has become essential. In this module you’ll explore how organisations can achieve positive social, environmental, and economic outcomes over time. You’ll gain a toolset for leading and delivering sustainability strategies across an organisation with the support of key stakeholders. 

Leading and Harnessing Diversity - Warwick 

Learning to effectively harness diversity in organisations is a critical skill for future leaders. This module will help you to navigate the complexities of leading teams with different backgrounds, values, and experiences. You’ll also gain an awareness of how diversity can make the workplace more interesting, fulfilling, and, ultimately, more effective. 

Leading Organisations: Performance, Stakeholders and Governance - London 

In today’s complex business environment, understanding the relationship between performance, sustainability and governance is essential for the CEOs and business leaders of tomorrow.  

This module delves into leading organisations, navigating the relationships of people and stakeholders, reconciling the interests of different stakeholders, designing risk management, evaluating the consequences of incentive structures, and appreciating the impact of national systems of corporate governance on decision making. You’ll leave with a strong understanding of the broader agenda beyond self, profits, and power. 

Managing Sustainable Energy Transitions - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, and Warwick 

The overall ambition of energy’s role in a sustainable global economy is clear, but the certainty of how to achieve it changes constantly - there is no one-size-fits-all approach to managing energy transitions.  

This module explores the challenges you may face in achieving sustainable energy transitions in the context of commercial, political, and social factors. You’ll cover key topics such as the role of governments and international organisations in regulating and supporting energy transitions, the challenges that ‘transition risk’ present to the incumbent fossil fuel industry, and the business opportunities presented by the growth of low-carbon energy systems and services. 

Please note that availability of modules and delivery modes of modules may vary.

Behavioural Finance: Psychology and Financial Decisions - Warwick 

You will explore the key behavioural biases that people may exhibit when making decisions under uncertainty and discuss the implications of these biases for corporate decision-making and financial markets as a whole.  

Corporate Finance - London and online 

This module aims to provide you with the skills and tools of modern finance theory necessary to critically evaluate decisions from different angles, enabling you to reach your own conclusion based on all available information. 

Economics of the Business Environment - Warwick and online 

This module will introduce you to a number of basic concepts used by economists, illustrate the use of these concepts in business, and demonstrate how economics as a discipline can be used to approach business-related questions.  

Investments - Warwick 

Gain an in-depth introduction into the theory and practical applications of Asset Management and Risk Management. 

Through this module you’ll gain an understanding of the characteristics of different classes of financial assets and the mechanics of the markets in which they are traded. The module will also discuss the basic theory that can help understand and analyse the optimal investment decision, based on our knowledge of the risk and return characteristics of the available assets, and the investor’s risk and return preferences. 

Mergers and Acquisitions - Warwick, London and online 

Develop a broad understanding of mergers and acquisitions, including strategic alliances. 

Please note that availability of modules and delivery modes of modules may vary.

Doing Business in Mexico - IPADE Business School, Mexico 

Develop an understanding of how successful businesses operate in Mexico by referring to relevant business theories and models. 

Leading Global Organisations - Dubai 

Gain an understanding of the experiences and consequences of leading behaviour in global organisations, with particular emphasis on the management process in cross-national, diverse environments. 

You’ll be introduced to multiple perspectives, models and maps for understanding the nature of leading organisations that are located in diverse and increasingly non-co-located cultural contexts. Experiential learning will also feature, in addition to alumni talks to share practitioner experiences on key global concepts. 

Please note that availability of modules and delivery modes of modules may vary.

Global Challenges for the Public Sector - Warwick and online

Explore the four clusters of challenges facing public services on a global basis; Resourcing, Engagement, Complexity and Digital Transformation. This module will provide you with a solid understanding of the distinctive challenges faced globally in the delivery of public services. Develop strategies and heighten your ability to deploy tools and methods to optimise public service improvement. 

Improving Health Systems - London 

Extend your understanding of the issues which give insight into successful and failed attempts at improving health systems. Develop an understanding of healthcare improvement strategies which can be applied to you own organisational or national context. 

Strategic Leadership for the Healthcare Industry - Warwick

Develop your knowledge of theories around health systems, apply critical thinking to strategic issues related to health organisations, and review and reflect on contemporary global leadership challenges within the healthcare industry.

Please note that availability of modules and delivery modes of modules may vary.

Leading Organisations: Performance, Stakeholders and Governance - London 

In today’s complex business environment, understanding the relationship between performance, sustainability and governance is essential for the CEOs and business leaders of tomorrow.  

This module delves into leading organisations, navigating the relationships of people and stakeholders, reconciling the interests of different stakeholders, designing risk management, evaluating the consequences of incentive structures, and appreciating the impact of national systems of corporate governance on decision making. You’ll leave with a strong understanding of the broader agenda beyond self, profits, and power.  

Please note that availability of modules and delivery modes of modules may vary.

Behavioural Sciences for the Manager - Warwick 

Learn how to understand key aspects of human behaviour, and how this understanding can help you improve your outcomes in the workplace. 

Leadership and the Art of Judgement - Warwick 

Draw on great plays, certain philosophical writings, and strands of psychology to get insights into the complexity of human beings, their motives, choices, and actions. Use this understanding of complexity to make better choices in organising and managing people. 

Leading and Managing Change - Warwick and online 

Gain an introduction to an interdisciplinary, cross-national and historically informed understanding of the idea of change and its significance for contemporary organisations.

Managing Organisational Performance - Warwick and London 

Dig into the connections between strategy, performance measurement and decisions and actions, and discuss how these can positively affect the performance of individuals and organisations. 

Negotiation Theory and Practice - London 

Uncover the theoretical, analytical, and empirical tools from economics, organisational behaviour, and industrial relations to understand, examine, and practice negotiations. 

Strategic Leadership Development - London 

Challenge your thinking and feelings about becoming a strategic leader in an uncertain world. This module aims to provide a ‘lived and embodied experience’ of what it means and feels to act as a strategic leader. You will explore, reframe, and test what it is to be a leader with a clear sense of purpose, agility, and resilience. 

Please note that availability of modules and delivery modes of modules may vary.

Sales Excellence - Warwick and online

Journey into the dynamic world of sales strategy, sales performance optimisation, and sales leadership in business-to-business and business-to-consumer contexts.

Through this module you'll explore the sales function at multiple levels. You will learn about effective tactics in personal and digital selling throughout the sales process including negotiation and closing tactics, recruiting and retaining the right salespeople, implementing and effectively utilising digital technology, integrating sales with (digital) marketing, and what to consider when going to market with complex products or solutions.

At a more strategic level, you will learn about customer relationship management, designing predictive analytics tools, and mastering the challenges of digital transformation in the sales function.

Please note that availability of modules and delivery modes of modules may vary.

Consumer Insights for Marketing Decisions - London (blended)

Discover how consumer insights can strategically inform decisions in product and service development, pricing, and beyond.

Gain practical knowledge in areas such as behavioural pricing, systematic inventive thinking, and choice engineering—advanced topics not covered in the standard curriculum. This will equip you with the tools to make informed, impactful decisions based on deep consumer understanding.

Luxury Industries and Brand Management - SDA Bocconi School of Management, Milan, Italy

This module is run by the SDA Bocconi School of Management in Milan, Italy.

This module will introduce you to the best practices of growth strategy implementation adopted by successful Italian and European companies operating in luxury industries using real-life cases and example. You will develop practical managerial tools and frameworks for the formulation and implementation of strategic positioning in the luxury industry, including how to align business processes to a brand’s competitive positioning in the market.

Please note that availability of modules and delivery modes of modules may vary.

Design Thinking and Service Design - Aalto University School of Business, Helsinki, Finland

This module is run by Aalto University School of Business in Helsinki, Finland.

Design thinking can help your company to find an advantage in highly competitive global markets, as digitalisation increasingly calls for new approaches and business models. In this module, you’ll develop a big-picture understanding of how design thinking and service design are successfully explored across industries in the Europe and Nordic regions, particularly focusing on innovation processes and co-creation approaches.

Supply Chain Management - Warwick

Develop your understanding of the structural elements of Supply Chain Management (the design of supply networks, the design and management of business contracts and supplier relationships) and the management of business processes that extend far beyond single companies. This module will explore how SCM can provide a competitive advantage for organisations. You’ll explore key theories and techniques for how to achieve supply chain excellence in your organisation.

Please note that availability of modules and delivery modes of modules may vary.

Strategic Business Innovation with Cloud and AI - Ross Business School, University of Michigan, USA

Explore new pathways to digitally transforming value creation, innovation, and organisations at the intersection of technology, cloud AI business innovation, ecosystems, platforms, and impacts.

This module, delivered by Ross Business School at the University of Michigan, will help you to understand in detail both the what and how of experience-centric ecosystem value creation, and the innovation of value-creating offerings with customers, employees, partners, and other stakeholders. You'll also learn to build effective approaches to strategic risk management of cloud and AI based engagement models.

Strategy and Practice - Warwick, London and online

Understand how strategy is implemented at individual, team and organisational levels, focusing on the ways that processes and tools can enhance strategy implementation.

You’ll cover the basic analytical concepts, frameworks and methods used in setting long term direction for the firm, as well as discussing the difficulties frequently found in implementing strategy. It will provide an integrated view on business, looking at not only the overall strategic intent, but the distinct contributions that different functions and teams make towards this intent.

Please note that availability of modules and delivery modes of modules may vary.