MBA Energy

The Cranfield MBA Energy 2020-21

Cranfield School of Management Cranfield School of Management is an exclusively postgraduate business school located in the heart of the UK. We are a world-leader in management education, research and consultancy, and our mission is to improve the practice of management. We have a global reputation for developing high-performing leaders in technology and management. Renowned for our strong links with industry, we provide practical management solutions through a range of activities including leadership, finance, marketing and supply chain.

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

TOP 20 Entrepreneurship Ranked 8th in the UK and 18th in the world in the Financial Times Full-time Top MBA programmes for entrepreneurship 2018

Organisational Behaviour By the Financial Times 2019 ranking of full-time MBA programmes TOP 10

TOP 10 European Business School

A professional network of 65,000 + alumni

Ranked 6th in the UK and 17th in Europe in the Financial Times European Business Schools 2018 ranking

4,600 + learners

As we are postgraduate only, we are not listed in league tables that help compare undergraduate universities, such as The Times World Rankings and The Complete University Guide .

“What attracted me to the Cranfield MBA Energy was its close link with the department of Energy and Power along with its history as a world-leader in organisational behaviour and leadership. As one of the first students to undertake the inaugural MBA Energy programme, this presented me with an opportunity to be part of the Cranfield legacy in helping to shape the programme for future leaders in the Energy sector.” Terry Scarrott, Management Consultant, Chaucer, MBA Energy, 2017

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Reasons to study an MBA Energy with us

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Relevance The programme covers all the core management subjects, but also energy related subjects which help students capitalise on Cranfield’s expertise in energy and power. The programme also requires you to complete a Specialised Energy Consultancy Project which allows you to tailor your learning to suit your interests and professional aspirations. Real world learning In addition to the Specialised Energy Consultancy Project, the International Business Assignment is designed to help you apply the theories, tools and techniques you learn. A large proportion of learning on the full-time MBA Energy is centred on case studies of real business challenges, which develop your ability to think strategically. Career progression With the support of our career development team, you will work out where you want to be professionally and how to get there. You will learn to identify the fit between what you have to offer and what is required by employers.

Entrepreneurial skills You will enhance your entrepreneurial skills by participating in a business plan competition and a pan-business school venture capital competition.

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Our global reputation Cranfield School of Management consistently performs well in the

major school and programme specific rankings, reinforcing our position as a top global management school. We inform the energy and power industry and government because our expertise is world-renowned for both the engineering and management of energy solutions. Our faculty Many of our world-class faculty 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 you benefit from the very latest management thinking.

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The Cranfield EnergyMBA

Who is it for? Our full-time one-year MBA Energy programme is designed for professionals with at least three years’ work experience and suits people who: • Recognise that business success is about people, about collaboration, intrapersonal and interpersonal intelligence. • Want a ‘real world’ business education where learning theories, tools and techniques are complemented by acquiring the skills to apply them in real business situations • Are motivated to become better leaders, team players and individuals, and who are committed to developing themselves and others. • Want to join a global community of alumni, business partners, fellow students • Have a keen interest or background in the energy sector. We have a longstanding reputation for training professionals in the energy industry. Our MBA Energy is designed for ambitious graduates and professionals wanting to gain the skills and knowledge to stand out from the crowd and capitalise on the exciting career opportunities within the energy sector. Career prospects Whatever your career goals are, the Career Development Service at Cranfield can help you on a journey of self-discovery to define your options, implement a plan and enhance your employability so that you can turn your aspirations into reality. Every year we are proud to see many of our MBAs land leadership and senior management roles with some of today’s leading global businesses. This year these include: Organisations: • Accenture, • Amazon, • BP, • Channel Capital Advisors, • Chubb, • Cognizant, • Deloitte, • EY, • Flowerdale Farm, • HSBC, • NHS, • PwC, • Thermo Fisher. For 50 years our MBA has been inspiring leaders by: • Improving the practice of management. We work on real world issues with international businesses across the world. • Transforming people. We are ranked No.4 in the world for Organisational Behaviour by the Financial Times.

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Your programme

The MBA Energy combines Cranfield’s expertise in energy and power with the School of Management’s worldwide reputation in leadership development. The University’s industrial-scale facilities include an ocean systems laboratory, gas turbine plant, anaerobic digestion plant and high temperature coating test facilities, which enable us to provide a unique platform for energy research and learning. Participants will gain an invaluable insight into the changing global energy landscape and the challenges it faces. In addition they will develop their leadership capabilities within the context of the energy industry. This knowledge will allow our students to capitalise on the exciting career opportunities this expanding sector has to offer. This brochure shows the compulsory and (where applicable) some optional modules offered in the 2019-2020 academic year, to give you an idea of course content. To keep our courses relevant and up-to-date, modules are subject to change so please check the latest information on our website.

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Course structure Everything we do is concentrated on technology and management and our insight is rooted in our powerful industry links, world-class research and what really works in practice. 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. In addition you will complete energy specific core modules including: resource management strategy, value chain of fuels production, energy conversion, sustainable and conventional energy technologies and you will also complete a Specialised Energy Consultancy Project. You will cover a total of 21 compulsory modules and choose one elective. The programme is structured in two main parts. Terms 1 and 2 students complete 15 compulsory management modules. In terms 3 and 4, you will take a further six compulsory energy modules, you will then choose one elective module, as well as completing an international business assignment. Leadership development and career development activities run throughout the programme.

Terms 1 and 2

Terms 3 and 4

Compulsory and elective modules

Compulsory modules

160 credits

80 credits

Leadership and career development activities Including executive coaching and career development

240 credits 2,400 hours

Registration

Completion

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International business assignment The international business assignment (IBA) aims to enrich your understanding of the impact of culture on business practice. As an assessed compulsory part of the MBA, the IBA gives you a unique opportunity to: • Experience the world in an unfamiliar context: how does the world look and feel from a different perspective? • Engage in a process of reflection: how do you respond to that challenge and re-evaluate yourself both personally and professionally? • Develop a heightened awareness of and a more nuanced understanding of the competencies required to work sensitively and successfully across different cultures: how does the experience impact on your leadership style and values?

Compulsory modules

Elective modules (choose one)

Accounting

Business Law

Challenges for Leaders: Managing People and Change Data Analytics and Decision Making Economics of Organisations and Strategy Energy Markets. An Executive Perspective

Corporate Finance Transactions

Corporate Financial Strategy

Driving Value Through the Supply Chain

Identifying Customers’ Hidden Needs Entrepreneurial Finance for Early Stage Businesses Investment and Risk Management Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation

Leaders as Thinkers: Leadership through Philosophy Leading and Managing the Family Enterprise

Financial Management

Global Macroeconomics and Business Environment International Business Assignment

Leading Corporate Sustainability

Leading Sales and Customer Management Organisations

Leadership in Action Major Critical Projects and Programme Management – a Sectoral Approach Organisational Behaviour: Developing Leadership Managing International Mergers and Acquisitions Project Management Introduction Managing Strategic Innovation Resource Management Strategy Negotiating in Business and Organisations Risk Management and Decision Making in Energy Industry Strategic Human Resource Management in the 21st Century Specialised Energy Consultancy Project Strategising in Challenging Contexts Strategic Management Strategic Marketing Strategic Operations Management Sustainable and Conventional Energy Technologies Value Chain of Fuels Production and Energy Conversion

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Academic staff The Cranfield MBA has a long heritage of producing inspirational leaders. This is a result of the unique context in which learning takes place, the teaching from world-class faculty and the extensive learning activities outside of the classroom. Once you join the Cranfield MBA you become part of a family of alumni that spans over 120 countries.

Dr Andrew Angus, Director of the Full-time MBA programme, Associate Professor in Economics Andrew graduated from Cranfield University with a BSc (Hons), then obtained an MPhil and PhD from the University of Cambridge. He is currently the Full-time MBA Director and is part of the Economics group, ranked Number 1 in the world by the Financial Times for the teaching of economics on MBA programmes in 2017. Andrew has held a number of other posts at the University, such as Course Director of the MSc in Management and Corporate Sustainability and the MSc in Economics for Natural Resource and Environmental Management. He was also an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Exeter (2011-14), for his contribution to work on the spillover effects of small-scale energy generation projects. Andrew has delivered research projects for the UK Government, investigating potential mechanisms for lowering the economic burden of environmental regulation. His other research has focused on investment trends in clean technologies and the economic impacts of commodity price cycles.

“Going back to Cranfield 10 years after doing my Thermal Power MSc and working in the power generation industry, the full-time MBA Energy was an opportunity to take a break from employment and be fully immersed in learning and developing myself. Not only did I build my business acumen, I worked with and learnt from so many people from different backgrounds, cultures and industries as well as improved my self- awareness and leadership skills. The MBA Energy enabled me to move from working for a large multinational engineering company to making an impact at a start-up in Finland where I use both my engineering and MBA Energy experience daily.” Valentina Holt, Product Manager, Aurelia Turbines, (MBA 2018)

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Key facts and statistics

Course information

Cohort profile *

Geographic spread 11% UK 8% EU 81% Rest of World

Full-time 13 months

Start date September For more information please see www.cranfield.ac.uk/ mbaenergy Fees £39,000 For more information please see www.cranfield.ac.uk/fees and www.cranfield.ac.uk/ fee-information for terms and conditions.

Typical cohort age 31

Average cohort size Approximately 50

47% Female 53% Male

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

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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/som/mbafunding

How to apply Read more about our entry requirements and how to apply online on our website. www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/mbaenergy Once you have a firm offer of a place to study on the Cranfield MBA, you are eligible to apply for the Prodigy Finance Loan Programme, which offers an innovative way of helping you finance your studies. Prodigy Finance provides funding for students through contributions sourced from the university, alumni and friends of the school. Only full-time MBA students are eligible to apply for a Prodigy Finance loan. Access to funds is dependent on the level of funds available. The loan amount is capped at £25,000 (plus life cover) and can only be used for tuition and living expenses. Alumni Discount Scheme We are immensely proud of our network of 60,000+ alumni and we are committed to ensuring that our relationship is both rewarding and lifelong. We are pleased to offer an exclusive discount scheme to alumni who have completed a Cranfield master's course and would like to return to study on our full-time MBA programme. The scheme is open to all Cranfield graduates who have completed an MSc, PhD, MRes or MDes degree. All those who qualify will receive a 50% discount on their tuition fees. Please be aware that this scheme cannot be used in conjunction with any other discount, bursary or scholarship. Prodigy Finance loan programme

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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

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Luton

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LONDON •

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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

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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. SWEE-MBAE-September 2019.