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The Programme comprises 7 compulsory core courses and a number of elective courses.
Students must successfully complete the 7 core courses (see course descriptors below) and 2
elective courses to be eligible for the award of Master of Business Administration.
Information on the full range of elective courses available (in the English language) is available
at: http://www.ebsglobal.net/programmes/courses
Students have the opportunity to study for an MBA with a Specialism in one of five subject
areas: Finance, Marketing, Human Resource Management, Strategic Planning and Oil & Gas
Management. To qualify for the award of MBA with a Specialism students must successfully
complete the 7 core courses plus 4 elective courses from the designated group.
Accounting
This essential introduction will help you dig deep into your company accounts. It will help you
discover the true cost of your products and determine how much to charge for them. And it
will help you make effective decisions through proven financial and management accounting
techniques.
Profit and loss accounts and balance sheets can tell you so much about the financial strength
of an organisation. But you have to know what you are looking for. This essential introduction
to the vital discipline of accounting will help you dig deep into your company accounts. It will
help you discover the true cost of your products and therefore determine how much to charge
for them.
And it will help you make effective decisions based on a thorough understanding of financial
and management accounting techniques plus their strengths and weaknesses.
Topics Covered
It’s vital that business managers have a good grasp of economic principles. This course will
help business executives to predict changes in market conditions, understand competitive
forces and allocate resources efficiently.
Topics covered
Finance
Providing a clear grasp of the financial tools you’ll need to generate net present values figures
and understand the principles of financial analysis and quality trade-offs, as well as project
management techniques.
Topics covered
In highly competitive markets the success or failure of a product or service may be determined
by the marketing decisions you take. This course will help you make the right ones.
Topics covered
Organisational Behaviour
Organisational Behaviour examines the structures of our workplaces and looks at ways in
which they can be improved. It addresses issues such as workforce motivation, incentives,
team building and office environments and how we can best manage the dynamics of
organisational change.
Topics covered
Implementing organisational change can be seen as a project in its own right, with time, cost
and quality trade-offs. This course provides you with the project management tools and
techniques that, first, identify the processes involved, then sets out how you go about
achieving them.
Topics covered
Strategic Planning
Topics covered
*Only one of these electives can count towards the general MBA.
Requirements for the award of an MBA
* Only one of these electives can count towards the general MBA
Requirements for the award of an MBA with a Specialism
Performance
Management
*HRM compulsory
for specialism.
Recommendations for Order of Study for the MBA
The Edinburgh Business School MBA offers a high level of flexibility with regards to order of
study. However, Edinburgh Business School offers some strong recommendations in this area.
Organisational Behaviour
Economics
Accounting
Marketing
Project Management
Project Management is a ‘stand-alone’ subject – it can slot in where required, but is best
scheduled towards the end of the programme.
Strategic Planning
Strategic Planning is the ‘capstone’ course and should be studied at the end of the
programme.
Electives
Elective subjects can be scheduled where required, but specialist subjects should follow on
from the relevant core – for example Finance should precede Financial Risk Management.