Program Overview

Leadership and Sustainability (Robert Kennedy College)

Course Overview

The MBA in Leadership and Sustainability creates distinctive managers with a unique leadership-oriented career opportunity. This programme in Leadership and Sustainability creates individuals who have the ability to be far-sighted and actively engage with their environment to responsibly transform ideas into reality.

Key Course Details

• Location: Online
• Duration: Part-time, 1 Year, Part-time, 5 Years
• Start date: Various
• Entry Requirements: Programme specification (PDF)

Course Outline

Course Summary

The MBA has been shaped to form what the programme team believes to be a unique curriculum. It allows students to:

• Gain a UK Higher Education Institution accredited MBA.
• Study in their own time (in whatever time-zone in which they live).
• Study at their own pace (within the current period of University of Cumbria regulations for part-time study).
• Continue to live in their own country/location without disrupting family life.
• Continue to pursue their existing career without a break.

Modules

Year one

• Compulsory modules:
  • Organisational Behaviour
  • Marketing Management
  • Financial Management
  • Leadership and Sustainability
  • Dissertation
  • Tackling Global-Local Challenges in Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability
• Optional modules (subject to availability and demand):
  • Information Management
  • Money Management
  • Corporate Strategy and Competiveness

Programme Specification

For a detailed summary of all course content, please read our programme specification for this course.

Assessment, Feedback, and Teaching and Learning methods

Full details are available in the programme specification.

Entry Requirements

• 1st or 2nd class honours degree.
• Students with other qualifications may be admitted to the course. Please contact the Enquiry Centre for further details.

Selection Criteria

Applicants for the MBA (Leadership and Sustainability) must have the following; either:

• a) A Bachelor degree in Business Administration or Management from an accredited or approved college or university or the equivalent, and at least three years of business-related experience;
• b) A Bachelor degree in a non-business field and at least five years of business-related experience;
• c) An appropriate professional qualification and eight to ten years of suitable business-related experience and a letter of recommendation verifying that the applicant has the necessary ability and motivation to complete the programme within the allotted time span;
• d) A substantial period of suitable business experience, a letter of recommendation verifying that the applicant has the necessary ability and motivation to complete the programme within the allotted time span and successful completion of module MNGT7901 (Organisational Behaviour) or equivalent.

Application Information

Applications should be made online directly to Robert Kennedy College.

Tuition Fees

• The tuition fee for this course is 12,000 CHF (Swiss Francs). This includes access to an authorised set of the University’s online library resources, Online Campus access, graduation fees, and University of Cumbria matriculation fees. Fees are payable in interest-free instalments.

Resources and Facilities

Our tutor team consists of professors and former managers with a wealth of experience in CEL programmes and the FE sector, highly skilled in both academic theory and practical application.