MBA Executive Part-time Brochure

The Cranfield Executive MBA

2020-21

January 2020 / April 2020 / September 2020

2019-2020

in partnership with

Cranfield School of Management Cranfield University is a world-leading, specialist postgraduate university and home to one of the most internationally recognised and long-established business schools in Europe. We have a global reputation for developing high-performing leaders in technology and management. We unlock the potential of people and organisations by partnering with business and governments to deliver transformational research, postgraduate education and professional development.

We are one of an elite group of schools worldwide to hold accreditation from: AACSB International , AMBA and EQUIS Triple accreditation

Ranked by Forbes’ Best International MBAs: One-Year Programs 2017 WORLD TOP 10 MBA

2,800 learner managers each year

meets the requirements of the The Cranfield Executive MBA UK Level 7 Senior Leader Master's Degree Apprenticeship

WORLD No.8 Executive MBA

A professional network of 65,000 + alumni

f or career progression in the Financial Times ranking of Executive MBA programmes 2018.

UK: No.6 Europe: No.17 Cranfield School of Management Financial Times European Business Schools 2018

The University works with over 1,500

businesses and governments based in over 40 countries

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Reasons to study for an Executive MBA with us

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Apply your learning as you go

Grow your network Study with a cohort of experienced professionals drawn from a range of industries and countries, building your network and giving you insights into best practice internationally. A tailored programme Carry out an individual project tailored to suit your organisation’s objectives or your personal interests. Real-world learning Cranfield and Grant Thornton are actively engaged in international research and consultancy, from advising multi-sector clients through to international governments. They bring this real-world experience back to the lecture theatres, ensuring students benefit from the very latest management thinking.

The Cranfield Executive MBA enables you to develop your knowledge, skills and abilities while applying what you learn immediately in your workplace. Enhance knowledge and skills Develop a sophisticated understanding of core aspects of business and finance, as well as enhance your leadership skills. Closeness to industry The collaboration of Cranfield and Grant Thornton on the delivery of this programme ensures you will be exposed to industry-leading education, incorporating teaching from current practitioners, business simulations and one-to-one leadership coaching.

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“The Cranfield MBA was fundamentally life-changing for me. In addition to the excellent grounding in overall business mechanics and strategy, I now have a much better understanding of who I am and how I react to stress, which makes me a stronger leader and more effective manager. My investment in the MBA was paid back financially even before the course finished, and I can now see a clear path for my career. I’d do it again in a heartbeat.” Kate Hughes, Head of Product Supply Management (English Language Teaching), Cambridge University Press, (Executive MBA 2016)

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The Cranfield Executive MBA in partnership with Grant Thornton

The Cranfield Executive MBA will allow you to combine study with family and work commitments. It will enable you to apply what you learn directly in your workplace and support your career progression. In addition it will prepare you to carry out senior strategic roles successfully or to build your own business. For over 50 years our MBA has been inspiring leaders by: • Improving the practice of management. We work in the real world. We work with business across the world. • Transforming people. People are the difference: we put personal and leadership development at the heart of our MBA. The Cranfield and Grant Thornton partnership This unique partnership combines the best of academic insight and commercial application. We will use this to help you and your fellow students to become the leaders of the future. We will equip you with the know-how and confidence to stand out from the crowd. Your ability to lead innovation, deliver social impact and empower your people will yield transformational results. Cranfield University and Grant Thornton are delighted to jointly offer this exciting MBA programme. We have listened to the market and, based on our insight on what makes truly great leaders, we have developed a curriculum that responds to the needs of modern, dynamic organisations. Naturally, the programme is challenging and will stretch even the brightest minds, encouraging future leaders to explore new areas and push themselves beyond their comfort zones. We very much look forward to working with you on this exciting journey.

Professor Sir Peter Gregson, Chief Executive and Vice-Chancellor

David Dunckley , CEO of Grant Thornton UK LLP

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Benefits to your organisation You organisation can sponsor you by funding your studies fully or in part and/or by allowing you time out of work to study. By doing this, your organisation will realise both short and long-term benefits: • As you become more effective, more analytical and more adaptable, you will be better equipped to contribute to strategy development and to apply best practice in your organisation. • Your organisation will retain a high-performing manager so that you can continue to drive the business forward, meet future challenges, solve complex problems, and implement change. • The optional company-based project can be tailored to suit your organisation and deliver a specific piece of research or consultancy work of particular value to them. • The programme offers you the opportunity to network with mature professionals from a range of industry backgrounds and countries, providing a continual source of new ideas and benchmarks. • Cranfield was the first university in the UK to launch apprenticeships at master’s level, and the Executive MBA with Grant Thornton is the first MBA programme in the UK to satisfy the Level 7 Senior Leader Apprenticeship Standard, allowing UK levy-paying organisations to sponsor participants through the new apprenticeship levy fund. from the crowd. In particular, you will: • Develop a sophisticated understanding of core aspects of business and finance, as well as enhance your leadership skills. • Study with a cohort of experienced professionals  from a range of industries and countries, building your network and giving you insights into best practice internationally. • Carry out an individual project tailored to suit your organisation’s objectives or your personal interests. • Gain a qualification from a prestigious and world-class business school. • Gain international exposure by carrying out an international business assignment. • Discover the confidence and competence to take on new challenges. • Join an exclusive network of alumni in over 160 countries around the world. This MBA programme will allow you to join a community of skilled individuals developing the necessary know-how and confidence to stand out

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Course structure The MBA will develop your leadership and management skills, with a specific focus on business growth and innovation. You will cover modules in operational excellence, interpersonal skills, and developing competitive advantage with the option to undertake a diverse number of electives including Entrepreneurial Finance, Cyber Security and Managing International Mergers and Acquisitions. You will cover a total of 14 compulsory modules and choose eight electives*. However the programme is also highly flexible allowing you to tailor projects to suit your organisation’s needs, your interests and your professional aspirations. The programme is structured in two main parts. Year one comprises of 11 compulsory management modules. In year two, you will take a further three compulsory modules, you will then choose eight elective modules, and have the option to complete an international business assignment or company-based project. Leadership development and career development activities run throughout the programme.

Year 1

Year 2

Compulsory and elective modules

Compulsory modules

160 credits

80 credits

Registration

Completion

240 credits, 2,400 hours

Leadership and career development activities Including executive coaching and career development

“The Cranfield Executive MBA, in partnership with Grant Thornton, is unique in the way it combines academic thought leadership with commercial practice. It’s therefore a great choice for middle managers preparing to move into senior management roles. Targeted at high-performing professionals, the programme will enhance your leadership capabilities, strengthen your entrepreneurial mindset while further developing your analytical and financial skills." Michael Bernon, Associate Professor, Executive MBA Programme Director and Executive Development Director for Supply Chain Programmes

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Compulsory modules

Elective modules (choose 8 * )

Accounting

Business Law

Challenges for Leaders: Managing People and Change

Challenges in Creating Organisational Cyber Resilience

Data Analytics and Decision Making Corporate Finance Transactions Economics and Business Strategy Businesses Corporate Financial Strategy Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation Driving Value Through the Supply Chain Financial Management Entrepreneurial Finance for Early Stage Businesses Global Macroeconomics and Business Environment Independent Work-based Project * Leading with Impact International Business Assignment Organisational Behaviour: Personal and Professional Foundations of Leadership and Change International Strategy Programme and Project Management Leading and Managing the Family Enterprise Strategic Management Leading Sales and Customer Management Organisations Strategic Marketing Leading Sustainable Business Strategic Operations Management

Major Critical Projects and Programme Management – a Sectoral Approach Managing International Mergers and Acquisitions Managing Strategic Innovation * Negotiating in Business and Organisations * Organisational Resilience Strategic Quality Management Strategising in Challenging Contexts *

*Mastership ® students will complete a total of 18 compulsory modules and four electives. For more information please contact studymba@cranfield.ac.uk Sponsoring organisations These are some of the companies which have already sponsored their staff on this programme using their Apprenticeship Levy:

Allied Health Professionals, Archant, Brown Shipley, Dignity, East of England Co-op, Euromonitor International, Hargreaves Lansdown, Interserve and Teach in.

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Academic staff Our faculty are leaders in their field with hands-on business experience, and understand the challenges of putting theory into practice. Their experience is reinforced by close links with organisations through consultancy projects, teaching on executive development programmes and sponsored research. This ensures that what you learn at Cranfield is always current and cutting edge.

Michael Bernon, Associate Professor, Executive MBA Programme Director and Executive Development Director for Supply Chain Programmes Mike has over 20 years of experience in delivering high impact executive education to middle and senior managers in the field of operations and supply chain management. As a consultant, Mike has also worked with numerous organisations to deliver performance improvement within operations management. His main areas of expertise are in supply chain re-engineering, operational excellence, reverse logistics, sustainable supply chain management and circular economy. Mike has been the principal investigator for several major research programmes including, for the EPSRC, World Bank and the Department for Transport (DfT). Before joining Cranfield, Mike worked in retail management both in the UK and Singapore.

The Apprenticeship Levy The Apprenticeship Levy is a levy on UK employers with a pay bill of £3m or more. An organisation can use its levy to fund apprenticeship training against approved apprenticeship standards. These standards are developed by industry-led Trailblazer Groups and are based on occupational competence, and the knowledge, skills and behaviours of particular roles. The standard combines on-the-job experience, and off-the-job training with an academic qualification. The Cranfield Masterships® Executive MBA fulfills the needs of the Level 7 Senior Leader Master’s Degree Apprenticeship standard. This means your organisation may use its levy funds to sponsor you on our Executive MBA programme. Sponsored employees must have the right to work in the UK with their main place of work being England.

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Key facts and statistics

Course information

Cohort profile *

Typical cohort age 36 Geographic spread 71% UK 14% EU 15% Rest of world

Start date September, January or April Part-time Two years Three day, monthly blocks

Executive MBA

Average cohort size Approximately 100

Fees Please see the individual course pages on our website for full fee information and full-time or part-time options. Terms and conditions apply.

31% Female 69% Male

*These figures give an indication of the course make-up at registration across our Executive MBA programme for the entry 2018-2019.

See www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/exmba

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Financing your studies If you need advice on funding your course, we can provide information and a range of online tools to help you put together the funding package you need for your course and living costs.

There is more information on our website: www.cranfield.ac.uk/funding

Cranfield Masterships ® - funding for UK students If you work for a UK company with a pay bill of £3 million or more, your company may be able to fund you via the Apprenticeship Levy for the Cranfield Executive MBA. Please read more on www.cranfield.ac.uk/masterships

How to apply Read more about our entry requirements and how to apply online on our website. www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/exmba

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Life at Cranfield

A welcoming, professional campus community. Located just over an hour from London in the English countryside, Cranfield’s campus environment supports close, working relationships between our multinational postgraduate students and academic and industry experts.

www.cranfield.ac.uk/visit

• Cambridge

Bedford •

• Cranfield Stansted

Milton Keynes •

Oxford •

Luton

Shrivenham •

LONDON •

Swindon •

Heathrow

Major train line

Gatwick

Preview days We regularly hold Executive MBA Preview Days at Cranfield. These offer you the opportunity to spend a day with us to experience Cranfield’s unique atmosphere and culture. You will take part in a case study, sample a lecture, meet current students, programme directors, the career development team and alumni - and learn much more about our MBA than you can from just reading our brochure or visiting our website. Find

out when there is one that suits you at: www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/mbaevents MBA fairs

We regularly attend MBA recruitment events worldwide. These offer you the opportunity to meet our MBA recruitment and admissions team, our alumni and faculty in a city near you. Online events Our online webinars are especially aimed at prospective students who are unable to visit the campus for one of our MBA Preview Days or live in countries where we are unable to host MBA events. Taking part in a webinar will give you the opportunity to get an overview of our MBA programmes as well as ask staff and current students any specific questions you may have. To view our events calendar please visit: www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/mbaevents

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These organisations include: Cranfield University works with over 1,500

businesses and governments based in over 40 countries

@cranfieldmngmt @cranfielduni

Cranfield School of Management Cranfield MK43 0AL, UK T: +44 (0)1234 758081 E: StudyMBA@cranfield.ac.uk www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/exmba

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Every effort is made to ensure that the information in this brochure is correct at the time it is printed. Please check our website for the latest information. SOM-EMBA-September 2019.