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The MBA Project offers three routes (start-up, research and industry) for students to synthesise, experiment with and apply their knowledge and expertise in managerial and organisational issues. The industry pathway involves students being placed within an organisation where they will be set a business/management challenge at the strategic level and when possible, with some international implications.

Research methods covered through 24 hours of workshops and lectures, during both first and second terms.

Industry Pathway: Over a period of 6 to 8 weeks students will interact individually with clients in assessing a strategic challenge/problem, evaluating the organisation and gathering information.

Students must meet the requirements for progression to the MBA project based on the taught courses of the programmes as detailed in the Code of Assessment.

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The MBA Project is a capstone module that enables students to apply the diverse knowledge and skills gained through the MBA programme to real-world problems. The aim is for students to navigate the hard and soft skills required to understand a challenging managerial problem, complete an industry challenge, or to create an innovative venture (start-up). Specifically, the aims of each pathway are:

Research Pathway: for students to analyse and synthesise cutting-edge business and management literature to solve a real-world or conceptual challenge.

Industry Pathway: to socialise students into a corporate setting and enable them to work on a live business problem at the strategic level, applying their expertise to develop an adoptable solution.

Start-up Pathway: to go through a rapid incubation process that supports students in the development, testing and pitching of an innovative entrepreneurial idea.

The specific focus of this proposal is the industry pathway.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

1. Provide a convincing argument that conveys to the audience in an appropriate way their solution to a business/management challenge.

2. Incorporate sufficient appropriate evidence in their evaluation of and argument for a business/management solution.

3. Demonstrate advanced knowledge and understanding of a business/management approach and justify why its application is more effective than alternative approaches.

4. To show how management tools can be integrated and applied to solve a live business challenge/problem.

5. To accept negative feedback and respond in a positive and constructive manner.

6. To manage relationships with key organisational stakeholders

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.