Full-time MBA Full-time 2020 For the Change Makers For Full-time MBA 2020 Warwick Business School ■ wbs.ac.uk Contents Warwick Business School isn’t just a world-class business school Why choose Warwick Business School for your MBA? 04 Class profile 2018–19 06 at the heart of a world-class university; it’s a hub of curiosity What your year will look like 08 that is constantly challenging the status quo and championing Programme structure 09 business as a power for good. Whether you want to change Required modules 10 Elective modules 11 the world or your career, we welcome the curious, the open, Consultancy project 13 the restless and the excellent from all over the world to create Transforming your career – Getting you to where you want to be 14 a culture built for Change Makers. Transforming your career – During and beyond your MBA 16 Enhancing your leadership skills 17 Professor Andy Lockett Where can the MBA take you? 18 Dean of Warwick Business School Organisations that recruited our Full-time MBA graduates 20 Engage with the broader business world 22 Immerse yourself in global business 23 Our global community - For the Global Citizens 25 Our faculty 26 Application, fees & funding 28 Our MBA courses 31 Talk to us 32 “The tuition was outstanding. The rate of learning was intense, but manageable for someone returning to studies after 10 years. You really feel supported by the community of staff, as well as your I have worked for cohort – who you get to know very well, international companies and learn a great deal from. I use what I and have always considered learned in my year at Warwick on a daily myself as a global citizen, but basis, and it continues to support my I underestimated the power growth four years on.” of different people coming Richard Inman together with a common Full-time MBA (2014–15 intake) purpose, which is what the Warwick MBA has taught me. Sandra Sidlauskaite Full-time MBA (current participant) Embarking on an MBA programme could be one of the boldest decisions in my life. As a working mother, I was exhausted and struggling with how to balance work and life. The decision to undertake my Full-time MBA at WBS has helped me to step back, increase my self-awareness and gain systematic business acumen. Li Shan Full-time MBA (current participant) 2 Full-time MBA 2020 warwickmba.com 3 Why choose Warwick Business School for your MBA? A top-ranked MBA Become a Change Maker Join our global community Engage with the business world Ranked first in the UK, for the fourth At the forefront of everything we do are As part of the WBS community, you will We believe in giving our students practical consecutive year, and 18th in the world our students. We are here to support and be joining a diverse network of Change experiences in which they can apply by the Economist/Which MBA? Global motivate every student to unlock their full Makers, made up of 46,000 individuals their learning. So you will have two Ranking of Full-time MBAs. Our Full-time potential, and achieve their ambitions. from more than 140 countries. You will have opportunities during your MBA to work MBA is designed for visionary leaders who But we’re not here to hold hands; we’ll the opportunity to network and exchange on client-based projects, enabling you want to make a difference in the world. push, critique, and challenge you to ideas with fellow graduates online in our to develop your practical consultancy, bring out your inner Change Maker. WBS LinkedIn group, and in person at stakeholder management and influencing networking events held around the world. skills through direct experience. Leading academics and Personalised career guidance A transformational experience Study overseas Professors of Practice To help you realise your full potential, you Our CareersPlus team will support To increase your international business You will be inspired by and learn from will benefit from access to our industry- you in shaping the right pathway for exposure, as part of one of your required some of the world’s leading academics leading CareersPlus team before you arrive, the next phase of your career. modules, you will undertake an overseas throughout your studies and far beyond trip to a partner institution. In addition, alongside senior business people who join We mix academic theory and practice the completion of your MBA. Whether through our Partnership in International us as Professors of Practice. As a Full-time to develop you both professionally and you are looking to switch industry, set up Management (PIM) membership, you MBA participant, you will benefit from their personally, and will equip you with the your own business or take the next step will have the opportunity to participate many years of board-level management knowledge, skills, experience, and global at your current organisation, we will equip in a competitive process to extend your experience, their global network of business networks you need to make a real impact. connections, and direct experience you with the right toolkit for success. studies at an overseas business school of developing successful careers. for a period of up to four months after completing your Full-time MBA. 4 Full-time MBA 2020 warwickmba.com 5 Class profile 2018–19 Pre-MBA employment industry Average years’ work At WBS our MBA participants 16% Other experience prior to come together from the Full-time MBA across the globe, with a 3–5 years 41% 61/39 common goal to change % male/ Financial Services 16% female split their perspectives, their 14% Technology careers, and use business as a power for good. Consulting Dr Ashley Roberts 14% 6–10 years 44% 13% Manufacturing Course Director Healthcare 39 6% Petrolium/Energy Countries Including Products and Services 6% represented 3% Retail Real Estate 3% 11–15 years 12% 2% Consumer Packaged Goods Transportation & Logistic Services 3% 2% Media/Entertainment Government 2% 30 16+ years 3% Average age of participants 6 Full-time MBA 2020 warwickmba.com 7 What your year will look like Programme structure One intake per year starting in September This is an indicative timetable and can be subject to change Independent study For our students, learning isn’t confined by Your consultancy project physical walls. They embrace independent Induction The management consultancy project is learning, and have a thirst for knowledge, your opportunity to consolidate everything that drives them to find solutions. you have learned and apply it to a real business. Academically, it tests your ability Marketing Required modules to apply your learning to real management Your Full-time MBA study programme will issues. Professionally, it may well open feature eight required modules designed the door to your next career move. Operations Management to provide you with a solid foundation in management, business and leadership. In Dissertation linked to your addition, you will also study a compulsory consultancy project Strategic Thinking non-credit foreign language module. Your dissertation will be based on your consultancy project and is the culmination Elective modules of everything you have learned during LeadershipPlus Whether you’re interested in strategy, your studies. It will demonstrate that entrepreneurship, marketing, leadership you can assimilate your learning, take “The varied perspectives or international business, we offer a multiple perspectives on a business issue and experiences of Language class wide range of elective modules to suit and explore your subject thoroughly. your needs. You will customise your MBA my peers keep me by choosing four elective modules to open and curious as I support you in achieving your aims. continue to learn and Accounting & Financial Management Some elective modules are shared with think in new ways.” Executive MBA and Distance Learning MBA participants, offering you even Innovation & Creativity in Organisations more networking opportunities. The modules may take place in Warwick or WBS London, The Shard, and you may Brittany Walker Managing in a New World also have the opportunity to select one Full-time MBA of our overseas elective modules. Please (current participant) note that module availability may vary from year to year depending on student Organisational Behaviour demand and scheduling constraints. International study trip (1 week) 4 Elective modules Project & Dissertation Careers activities and events Independent study 8 Full-time MBA 2020 warwickmba.com 9 Required modules Elective modules Our Full-time MBA study programme features eight required modules which will help build your understanding of the key You will choose four elective modules from a wide choice to customise your MBA and achieve your aims. foundations of management, business and leadership. You may also have the opportunity to study one of our overseas electives to gain international experience. For more information visit our website For more information visit our website W wbs.ac.uk/go/ftrequired W wbs.ac.uk/go/ftelective Accounting & Finance & Accounting Specialise in Entrepreneurship Financial Management ■ Advanced Corporate Finance Alongside the MBA’s core backbone of building all-round business acumen, ■ Corporate Finance you can choose to focus your MBA Innovation & Creativity ■ Financial Analysis within entrepreneurship by studying in Organisations ■ Investments & Risk Management two of your elective modules and basing your dissertation within ■ Psychology of Investment LeadershipPlus this area. You will gain a letter of & Financial Decisions acknowledgement from the Dean of Warwick Business School to confirm Managing in a New World Entrepreneurship your success in this specialist area. ■ Entrepreneurial Finance The entrepreneurship specialism will enable you to make calculated decisions ■ Entrepreneurship & New Marketing between seizing opportunities and Venture Creation managing risk. Whether you want to set up your own business or develop Operations Management Global Business your entrepreneurial mindset within a ■ International Business large corporate or an owner-managed business, we will equip you with Organisational Behaviour the innovative skills to find creative Marketing solutions to day-to-day problems.