Accelerator MBA (London)

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.

To accelerate your career progression it is essential that you have time to focus on your leadership skills.

The Leadership Accelerator is a cutting-edge and innovative module that will provide you with a thought-provoking view of leadership and challenge your perception of what leadership is and where it comes from.

The module offers a special blend of in-depth experiential learning, along with the latest leadership research, personal reflection, group activities and real-world workplace applications to prompt you to reflect on your own leadership styles and practice. In so doing, the Leadership Accelerator module will help you develop your future leadership brand and achieve your career aspirations, whilst driving positive change in an increasingly complex and ambiguous business environment.

Your Leadership Accelerator experience is a journey that will help you focus on you. What you learn about your leadership ethos during this module will underpin the rest of your MBA. We’re all about supporting leaders who strive to use business as a power for good, so let’s develop your confidence, build your personal brand, and prepare you to take that next step.

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.

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.

Gain an understanding of the concepts underlying the production and operations function. Learn to appreciate the different nature of the tasks and issues involved in managing the production function in a manufacturing company and the operations function in a service organisation.

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.

Learn to adopt a critical and innovative perspective on the general management dilemmas faced by executives in modern organisations. We've combined our expertise in strategy analysis with insights from behavioural science and our creativity initiative to give you a new, distinctive and compelling approach to management decision-making.

• Digital Transformation (L)

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

• Big Data & Business Analytics (S)

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

Key

L - delivered at WBS London

S - delivered in Madrid, Spain

Please note that module availability may vary year-to-year depending on student demand and scheduling constraints.

• Entrepreneurial Finance (SF and W)

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

• Entrepreneurship & New Venture Creation (WL)

Taking this module will help you in developing an entrepreneurial mind set, attitude and skills – the necessary hallmarks of successful value creators. It 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.

Key

SF - delivered in San Francisco, California, USA 

W - delivered at Warwick campus 

WL - delivered at both Warwick and London

Please note that module availability may vary year-to-year depending on student demand and scheduling constraints.

• Corporate Finance (WL)

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

• Financial Analysis (W)

Gain the skills to analyse financial performance of publicly listed firms from an equity valuation perspective and carry out a business valuation building on this analysis.

• Investments & Risk Management (W)

This module will provide you with an in-depth introduction into the theory and practical applications of asset management and risk management.

• Mergers & Acquisitions (WL)

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

• Behavioural Finance: Psychology and Financial Decisions (L)

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. 

• Economics of the Business Environment (L)

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. 

Key

W -  delivered at Warwick campus

L - delivered at WBS London

WL - delivered at both Warwick and WBS London

Please note that module availability may vary year-to-year depending on student demand and scheduling constraints.

• Doing Business in China (C)

Develop an appreciation of the intricacies of the Chinese business environment, and an awareness of key success and risk factors while entering or expanding in China.

• Doing Business in Mexico (M)

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

• International Business (WL)

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

Key

C - delivered in Beijing, China

M - delivered at IPADE Business School, Mexico

WL - delivered at both Warwick and WBS London

Please note that module availability may vary year-to-year depending on student demand and scheduling constraints.

• Global Challenges for the Public Sector (W)

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 (L)

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 (L)

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

Key

L - delivered at WBS London

W - delivered at Warwick campus

Please note that module availability may vary year-to-year depending on student demand and scheduling constraints.

• Leading Organisations: Performance, Stakeholders and Governance (W)

Dismantle preconceptions about "corporate governance" and gain an understanding of the relationships between performance, sustainability and governance.

Key

W –  delivered at Warwick campus

Please note that module availability may vary year-to-year depending on student demand and scheduling constraints.

• Behavioural Science for the Manager (W)

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

• Leadership & the Art of Judgement (WL)

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 & Managing Change (W)

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 (WL)

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 (WL)

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

• Project Management (W)

Develop an understanding of project and programme management approaches, gaining a sensitivity to different project environments, and making comparisons and conclusions about them. Increase your knowledge of commercial and behavioural issues in the management of projects, and gain experience in handling project management problems.

• Strategic Leadership for the Healthcare Industry (L)

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

• Managerial Economics (W)

Gain an understanding of economic policies and their consequences for business decision-making and financial markets. Uncover the causes and effects of policies for improving living standards, stabilising inflation and growth, managing exchange rates, and avoiding sovereign defaults.

• Social Innovation and Reflective Leadership (P)

This module is run by Nova School of Business and Economics in Lisbon, Portugal. The world grows afflicted by persistent and relevant societal challenges such as inequality, climate change, human trafficking, poverty, deforestation and food waste, and the current social and economic systems do not seem to be able to solve them. An economy capable of prevention and resolution for societal challenges requires its organisations' leaders to co-create solutions and have impact. You'll build an understanding of the concepts of social innovation and reflective leadership and their applicability in solving social changes, as well as addressing the latent tensions between performance and progress and the way investment is shaped.

Key

W –  delivered at Warwick campus

L – delivered at WBS London

WL – delivered in both Warwick and London

P - delivered in Lisbon, Portugal

Please note that module availability may vary year-to-year depending on student demand and scheduling constraints.

• Luxury Industries & Brand Management (IT)

Explore managing in markets in the longer term from a wider perspective. This module will delve into the longer-term issues in the evolution of markets and competition, and how your organisations can sustain their position against competitors. You will develop your decision-making skills and learn to critically evaluate strategic marketing analysis methods. You will also explore the impact of marketing decisions particularly in terms of customers, competitors, channels and the corporation itself.

• Strategic Marketing (W)

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 examples. 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.

Key

IT - delivered in Milan, Italy
W - delivered at Warwick campus

Please note that module availability may vary year-to-year depending on student demand and scheduling constraints.

• Design Thinking & Service Design (F) 

This module is run by the 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 will 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.

• Organisation Design (W)

Gain an understanding of the main elements influencing the design of an organisation, with particular emphasis on the role of management. This module explores the role of management and leadership in the design and implementation of organisational design principles. At a practical level, the module also delves into current organisational challenges, such as the design of flat and agile structures, the design of inclusive, non-toxic cultures and new ways of organising in the face of grand challenges. 

• Supply Chain Management (W).

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 will explore key theories and techniques for how to achieve supply chain excellence in your organisation.

Key

F –  delivered in Helsinki Finland

W –  delivered at Warwick campus

Please note that module availability may vary from year-to-year depending on student demand and scheduling constraints.

• Strategic Leadership Development (L)

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.

• Strategy & Practice (WL) 

Develop an understanding of how strategy is implemented at the individual, team and organisational levels. In this module, you will delve into the processes and tools that can enhance strategy implementation. You will explore analytical concepts, frameworks and methods used in setting long-term direction for an organisation as well as discuss the difficulties found in implementing strategy. 

Key

L – delivered at The Shard, London

WL – delivered at both Warwick and London

Please note that module availability may vary year-to-year depending on student demand and scheduling constraints.

• Business & Sustainability (CA) 

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.

• Managing Sustainable Energy Transitions (W)

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

• Creating Sustainable Organisations (L)

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

• Leading Organisations: Performance, Stakeholders and Governance (L) (W)

In today's complex business environment, understanding the relationships between performance, sustainability and governance is essential for the CEOs and business leaders of tomorrow. This module delves into leading organisations, navigating the relationships with people and stakeholders, reconciling the interests of different stakeholders, designing risk management, evaluating the consequences of incentive structures, appreciating the impact of national systems of corporate governance on decision making. It’s about understanding the broader agenda beyond self, profits, and power.

• Leading and Harnessing Diversity (W)

In the workplace, we constantly interact with individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences. While this diversity can present challenges, it also offers significant opportunities for creative breakthroughs. Effectively harnessing diversity is a critical skill for leaders. This module explores how to navigate the complexities of diverse teams, ensuring you can confidently participate in and lead them. You will gain awareness of how diversity can make the workplace more interesting, fulfilling, and effective. The module includes readings, case studies, and guest speakers to bring this topic to life.

Key

CA –  delivered in Vancouver, Canada

W –  delivered at Warwick campus

L – delivered in London at The Shard

Please note that module availability may vary year-to-year depending on student demand and scheduling constraints.