The Hull MBA - Study in the UK

Other features of the programmeManaging StrategicallyManaging HolisticallyStrategic ManagementManaging Strategically builds a perspective that takesaccount of the business organisation as a whole, itspurpose and strategic development, and one that informsmanagerial decision making.Participants explore the complexity and richness ofdebates in and around strategic management, developingthe ability to ask critical questions – rather than seekingready techniques or certain answers.Topics examined include the nature of and approaches tostrategy; corporate mission, responsibility andgovernance; customer analysis and market segmentation;innovation and dynamic competition; and whetherstrategy matters.Attention is also paid to strategic decisions, and themotives behind these, including those of building andapplying resources; cost leadership and differentiation;integration; diversification; outsourcing; strategicalliances; globalisation; and organisational change.Participants draw on their own experiences to considerhow effective decision making can also involve intuitionand the balancing of different functional perspectives inorder to resolve complex problems.This theme introduces holistic thinking as a tool to defineand solve problems, effect change and developorganisational learning. The material benefits from theBusiness School’s distinctive expertise in systemsapproaches to management decision making.Optional modulesOptional modules enable participants to focus onparticular interests by deepening and broadening theirunderstanding in a range of diverse and regularlyupdated areas. You can specialise in a business area suchas marketing, finance, logistics or international business,or you can choose to diversify and receive a broadgrounding across a number of topics.These modules provide you with the opportunity tocustomise the programme according to your careeraspirations and enhance your MBA through sophisticatedsubject knowledge delivered by experts in the subjectarea.The optional modules are linked to the five themes andare chosen fromManaging in a Global Context• Leadership and Change in Organisations• International Business• Management and Organisational LearningManaging Relationships• Business, Economics and Government• International and Comparative HRM• Public Sector ManagementManaging the Value Chain• Integrated Marketing Communications• Logistics and Supply Chain ManagementManaging Knowledge• Corporate Finance• Financial Decision Making• Financial Statement AnalysisManaging Strategically• Business Innovation• Complex Project Management• Information Systems ManagementInternational optionMBA participants studying at Hull are encouraged toenhance their international perspective by taking one oftheir taught modules alongside the Hull MBA cohort inBahrain, Muscat, Hong Kong or Singapore. Through thisyou will gain a valuable cultural experience, enlarge yourfamiliarity with international business contexts andpractices, and widen your networks and circle ofcolleagues and friends.The international study option will also includeorganisational visits at the overseas location. Thesecompany visits will be hosted by a fellow MBA participantat his or her workplace, ensuring a shared context forhost and visitor and fostering comparative perspectivesamong the Hull MBA community.8The Hull MBA