Program Overview

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MBA Master of Business Administration—Business Scale-Up (full award)

About this course

Enhance your business or contribute to organisational growth by learning responsible scale up approaches on this Business MBA from LJMU. This programme aims to transform participants into confident business professionals capable of scaling up a business.

• Learn about the key factors that enable business growth
• Study on a course designed in response to government and local ambitions for business growth
• Start your studies in September or January
• Delivered in blocks for extra flexibility and to fit studies around existing commitments
• Relevant for those with responsibility for leading strategy and change, managing a budget and developing staff to ensure continued and responsible growth
• Benefit from course content and teaching informed by proprietary business research and academics' close links to business
• Learn alongside others experiencing similar challenges and discuss leadership and strategy in the context of Scaling-Up

A 'scale-up' is an enterprise that has experienced significant growth rates in employees and turnover over a number of years.

Nationally, scale-up businesses have been identified as a priority area, recognised by the appointment of a scale up champion in Government who aims to increase the number of businesses maximising opportunities to reach their growth potential. This will feed into the Government's industrial strategy.

MBAs equip managers with a broad and rich understanding of business, enabling them to manage effectively. This scale up MBA focuses on the key areas a business would need to investigate to assess scale up potential. The course combines key management disciplines from the key QAA and CMI benchmark statements with recent national research on the drivers of business scale up.

The programme is structured in three phases. The first phase provides an intensive focused range of interventions aimed at realising the potential of growth within businesses. Stages two and three then draw on these areas to analyse ideas and develop them further to plan and enable accelerated growth. Finally, a strategic project builds the evidence base for scale up strategies, and addresses a significant and strategic area for your business.

Course modules

Core modules

• Applied Business Research (10 credits)
• Individual Development and Reflection (10 credits)
• Consultancy Business Project (60 credits)
• Scale-up Leadership (10 credits)
• Responsible Strategic Growth (10 credits)
• People and Performance for Scale Up (10 credits)
• Finance for Scale-Up (10 credits)
• Managing Change Projects (10 credits)
• Digital Business Innovation (10 credits)
• Strategic Business Development (20 credits)
• Leadership for Business Growth (10 credits)
• Marketing for Scale-Up (10 credits)

Professional accreditation

Your Learning Experience

Teaching Assessment

An insight into teaching on your course

• Study hours: You will attend a 1-day induction at the start of the programme and modules will normally be delivered in block release format i.e. three full days per month per 10 credit module.
• Teaching methods: Our approach to how managers and leaders learn uses proven management and leadership development approaches.
• Applied learning: A strong emphasis is placed on the workplace as a place to learn; participants integrate key concepts and theories, assessing the impact of these on their own working environment.

Career paths

Further your career prospects

LJMU has an excellent employability record with 94% (HESA 2022) of our postgraduates in work or further study fifteen months after graduation. Our applied learning techniques and strong industry connections ensure our students are fully prepared for the workplace on graduation and understand how to apply their knowledge in a real world context.

On graduation from the programme you will see a marked improvement in day-to-day performance, confidence and learning in the workplace, as well as improvements in your ability to demonstrate new skills learnt during the course.

Tuition fees and funding

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• Part-time per year: £7,120

Fees

The fees quoted above cover registration, tuition, supervision, assessment and examinations as well as library membership and student IT support with access to printed, multimedia and digital resources including programme-appropriate software and on campus wifi.

Financial Support

There are many ways to fund postgraduate study for home and international students. From loans to International Scholarships and subject-specific funding, you’ll find all of the information you need on our specialist postgraduate funding pages. The University offers a range of financial support for students. You'll find all the information you need on our specialist financial support pages including details of the Student Support Fund and other activities to support with the cost of living.

Additional Costs

In addition to fees, students should also keep in mind the cost of:

• Accommodation
• Travel costs and field trips unless paid for by LJMU
• Stationery, IT equipment, professional body membership and graduation gown hire

Entry requirements

You will need:

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Qualification requirements

• Undergraduate degree

Additional requirements

• Relevant work experience: a minimum of two years' relevant workplace experience
• Interview required: to attend an interview

Further information

• Extra Requirements: a demonstrable ability to study at this level
• RPL: Credits may be awarded for learning already undertaken in the University or elsewhere for which you have received qualifications or certificates. You may also submit a claim for recognition of unaccredited prior learning (RP(E)L). This may be for work you have accomplished in a professional, paid or voluntary capacity. This has to be submitted via an RPL form with supporting evidence. You will also be liable to pay an administration fee and charge per credit.

International requirements

• IELTS: 6.0 (minimum 5.5 in each component)

Further information

• Extra Requirements: a demonstrable ability to study at this level
• RPL: Credits may be awarded for learning already undertaken in the University or elsewhere for which you have received qualifications or certificates. You may also submit a claim for recognition of unaccredited prior learning (RP(E)L). This may be for work you have accomplished in a professional, paid or voluntary capacity. This has to be submitted via an RPL form with supporting evidence. You will also be liable to pay an administration fee and charge per credit.

How to apply

To apply for this programme, you are required to complete an LJMU online application form. You will need to provide details of previous qualifications and a personal statement outlining why you wish to study this programme.

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