Understand the fundamental principles of finance and accounting that will enable you to feel confident in the boardroom, and make decisions based on your knowledge of the whole business picture.
Executive MBA (London)
The academic year
The Warwick Executive MBA is designed to transform you into a creative leader with a global outlook. Right at the start of the programme there is a two day face-to-face induction shortly before the start of the first module during which you will get to know the study programme and meet your fellow participants.
Modules
Our Executive MBA comprises eight required modules and your choice of four elective modules. In parallel with the global focus of the course we enable you to increase your exposure to different international learning opportunities. At least one taught module from the 12 studied overall will be taken overseas. We offer a range of exciting locations at world class institutions, covering both required content and extending the elective topic range.
There are two formats available for studying your required modules; evening format, which requires attendance two evenings a week, or daytime 2+2 format which requires attendance on Friday and Saturday of alternating weeks.
Teaching is delivered in our bespoke teaching space within The Shard.
Once you have completed your required modules you will join other MBA students, extending your network, to complete your elective modules.
Irrespective of your initial mode of study, elective modules take place over 4 days. Depending on the module selected, London based electives run on either Friday and Saturday x 2, Sunday and Monday x 2, Friday to Monday or Thursday to Sunday. This applies to both the Day and Evening modes of study.
In addition, the elective modules held at our Warwick Campus are available to you in 4-day blocks (Wednesday to Saturday) and you can also access our range of blended learning elective modules through our Distance learning MBA.
Consultancy project
You will also undertake a consultancy project which can be focused on an issue within your own organisation. Academically, it tests your ability to apply your learning to real management issues. Professionally, it may well open the door to your next career move.
Flexibility
This is a two year programme and we expect that most candidates will complete their studies within this time period. However, if you are unable to complete within two years due to work or unexpected family commitments, you can extend your studies into a third year at no additional charge. If you extend into a fourth year an extension fee will be charged (please refer to the Fees and Funding tab for details).
How we assess your work
Your learning will be assessed through a variety of methods including individual written assignments, case study analysis, group work presentations and reports, and exams.
Required modules
Your required modules will help you to build the foundations you need to become a successful manager and leader, and provide you with the skills, knowledge and vision you will need moving forward in business. Each module is self-contained, and assessment is a combination of syndicate group work and written assignments.
Accounting & Financial Management
Understand the fundamental principles of finance and accounting that will enable you to feel confident in the boardroom, and make decisions based on your knowledge of the whole business picture.
Economics of the Business Environment
Increase your knowledge of the global economy, and understand core elements of economic analysis. Appreciate internal economics, what you can and cannot control in strategy-making, and why managers must cope with uncertainty and risk.
Innovation and Creativity in Organisations
Develop strategies for personal and team creativity, and discover how to embed that creativity into your organisation to foster innovation.
Leadership
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.
Marketing
Learn the fundamental concepts and theories of marketing that add value to an organisation, how to sustain that value, and analyse their application in marketing practice.
Organisational Behaviour
Build and develop analytical skills and undertake critical reflection on behaviour in organisations. Themes include power and politics in organisations, identity in organisations, emotions in organisations, groups and teams in organisations.
Operations Management
Gain a wider view of the concepts, principles and techniques of operations management. Understand the general underpinnings of operational success, and in turn, improved overall business competitiveness.
Also available at Erasmus University based in Rotterdam, Netherlands
Strategic Advantage
Develop critical understandings and insights about strategy and strategic management at the business unit level. Strategy is only relevant in context, so you will constantly be relating the theory and practice to your own national, industrial and organisation context to ensure you understand.
Elective modules
We offer a wide range of elective modules to our Executive MBA students. Face-to-face elective modules will be offered to Executive MBA students, though there may be slight annual variations in the number on offer due to student demand and scheduling constraints. Please note that we cannot guarantee that the same modules will be available at the same locations in subsequent years.
Our Executive MBA students may also choose to pursue electives from the Distance learning MBA. Electives are delivered either at The Shard or at the main WBS campus in Coventry, though some may be offered at both locations. A number of elective modules are delivered in overseas locations.
Our electives broadly fit into the following categories.
Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurial Finance (W & L) (SV)
- Entrepreneurship & New Venture Creation (W & L)
Key
W - delivered at Warwick campus only in 2018/19 academic year
W & L - delivered at both Warwick and London in 2018/19 academic year
SV - delivered in Silicon Valley, California, USA
Finance and Accounting
- Advanced Corporate Finance (W)
- Corporate Finance (W & L)
- Entrepreneurial Finance (W & L) (SV)
- Financial Analysis (W & L)
- Investments & Risk Management (W & L)
- Psychology of Investing and Financial Decisions (W)
Key
W – delivered a Warwick Campus Only in 2018/19 academic year
L – delivered at London Campus Only in 2018/19 academic year
W & L – delivered at both Warwick and London in 2018/19 academic year
SV – run in Silicon Valley, California, USA
Global Business
- Doing Business in China (C)
- Doing Business in India (I)
- Doing Business in Mexico (M)
- International Business (W & L)
Key
C - run at Guanghua School of Management, Beijing
I - run at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
M - run at IPADE Business School, Mexico
W - delivered a Warwick Campus Only in 2018/19 academic year
W & L - delivered at both Warwick and London in 2018/19 academic year
HRM & Corporate Responsibility
- Corporate Governance (W & L)
Key
W & L - delivered at both Warwick and London in 2018/19 academic year
Management & Leadership
- Behavioural Science for Managers (W & L)
- Complexity, Management & Network Thinking (W & L)
- Leadership & the Art of Judgement (W & L)
- Management of Change (W & L)
- Managing Organisational Performance (W)
- Project Management (W & L)
- Strategic Leadership in Healthcare (L)
Key
W – delivered a Warwick Campus Only in 2018/19 academic year
L – delivered at London Campus Only in 2018/19 academic year
W & L – delivered at both Warwick and London in 2018/19 academic year
Healthcare Specialism
- Digital Innovation in the Healthcare Industry (W)
- Healthcare Improvement (L)
- Strategic Leadership in Healthcare (L)
Key
W – delivered a Warwick Campus Only in 2018/19 academic year
L – delivered at London Campus Only in 2018/19 academic year
Marketing
- Strategic Marketing (W & L)
Key
W & L - delivered at both Warwick and London in 2018/19 academic year
Finance Specialism
- Advanced Corporate Finance (W)
- Corporate Finance (W & L)
- Financial Analysis (W & L)
- Investments & Risk Management (W & L)
- Entrepreneurial Finance (W & SV)
- Psychology of Investing and Financial Decisions (W & L)
Key
W – delivered a Warwick Campus Only in 2018/19 academic year
L – delivered at London Campus Only in 2018/19 academic year
W & L – delivered at both Warwick and London in 2018/19 academic year
SV – run in Silicon Valley, California, USA
Strategy
- Strategic Marketing (W & L)
- Operations Strategy (L)
- Strategic Leadership in Healthcare (L)
- Strategy & Practice (W & L)
Key
W – delivered a Warwick Campus Only in 2018/19 academic year
L – delivered at London Campus Only in 2018/19 academic year
W & L – delivered at both Warwick and London in 2018/19 academic year
Strategic Leadership Specialism
- Strategy & Practice (W & L)
- Leadership & the Art of Judgement (W & L)
Key
W & L – delivered at both Warwick and London in 2018/19 academic year
Specialise in Finance, Healthcare, Entrepreneurship or
Strategic Leadership
For executives who wish to concentrate on their sector-specific understanding, we offer the opportunity to tailor your Executive MBA through modules in four specialist areas; Finance, Healthcare, Entrepreneurship and Strategic Leadership. Alongside the Executive MBA’s core backbone of building all-round business acumen, you can then choose to focus your MBA within these areas. You will gain a letter of acknowledgement from the Dean of Warwick Business School to confirm your success in one of these specialised study areas.
Finance Specialism
This specialism is designed for senior management and executives who are likely to have significant exposure to financial issues; typically those progressing to board level in public or private businesses, or taking responsibilities which include managing financial or accounting professionals.
Healthcare Specialism
This specialism will appeal to both clinical and healthcare management professionals across the healthcare sector, who are looking to develop both their general leadership capabilities, and their sector-specific understanding.
Entrepreneurship Specialism
This specialism will enable you to make calculated decisions between seizing opportunities and managing risk. Whether you want to set up your own business or develop your entrepreneurial mindset within a large corporate or an owner managed business, we will equip you with the innovative skills to find creative solutions to day-to-day problems.
Strategic Leadership Specialism
This specialism will enable you to step into strategic management and organisational leadership positions. You will develop your own leadership style to manage people and organisations and will be able to implement business strategies to lead organisations through technological and market changes.
Consultancy project
Your consultancy project will allow you to apply what you have learned during your Executive MBA to a real management issue, usually from your own organisation. Depending on your chosen topic, it could open the door to your next career move. It is the culmination of everything you have learned enabling you to demonstrate that you can explore a business issue thoroughly from multiple perspectives and make practical recommendations based on the theories, concepts, frameworks and tools that you have learnt during the course.
If you are interested in changing either your functional role or the sector that you work in, you can use your consultancy project as a stepping stone to transition by working on a project for a different organisation or within a new functional area.
The output for your degree from your consultancy project will be a 15,000 word dissertation.
Previous participants have explored:
- Equity crowdfunding and its role in future start-up and small business finance
- Consumerisation of healthcare on the UK – Marketing and service strategies to meet consumer expectations
- An overview of offshoring within Investment Banking: Realising a successful strategy
- Learning from the past and preparing for the future - How could the military improve decision-making?
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