MBA Master of Business Administration with a Specialisation in Sustainable Energy Futures

This module will enable you to understand multiple perspectives of what constitutes an effective strategic leader. You will explore and become conversant in methods, thinking and changes to cutting-edge strategic leadership practice. You will enhance your professional development network and engage with a broad range of stakeholders. Having taken the module you will be able to identify effective leadership practices for addressing organisational change, risk management and sustainable performance outcomes.

This module is a core building block for the MBA Sustainable Energy Futures.  You will explore the current situation within the energy sector, key concepts, developments and future planning whilst analysing how to build sustainability across the sector.  The module explores the multi-agency approach to sustainably and how to work together to tackle some of the great energy challenges. You'll continue to return to the module’s learning throughout the MBA and ensuring that the professional knowledge, skills and behaviours you develop are against the energy landscape.

Having taken this module, you will understand the key organisational implications of macro-economic factors and grand challenges. The module examines macro-economic source data, analysis and trends and their application to organisational decision-making. The module also discusses the characteristics and role of governance in the life of an organisation.

This module will focus on managing organisational behaviour as a leader in an organisation. You will examine the concept of organisational culture and the extent to which it can be evaluated and purposefully changed including the implementation of innovative methods to deliver workplace change and improvement. Having taken the module, you will be able to critique organisational design approaches.

This module is concerned with the importance of the principles of operations management to the survival and success of organisations. Students will appraise the value of structured approaches to project management to the adaptiveness and strategic relevance of organisations. Having taken the module, you will be able to appraise operational performance using key frameworks, compare and evaluate different project management approaches and evaluate tensions and opportunities for managing change and efficiency in organisations using these approaches.

The focus of this module is on the appraisal of the value of data and access to methods of analysis for organisations. Having taken this module, you will be able to apply problem structuring to organisational situations. You will be able to source and manage data sets required to generate business intelligence.

This module enables students to discuss, interpret and react to information in financial statements and reports. Having taken the module, you will be able to explain key accounting and financial management concepts and their application to organisational financial performance. You will be able to appraise the strategic and operational value of accounting and financial functions to organisational leadership teams and performance.

This module examines the principles, practice and strategic value of marketing management in different contexts. Concepts, issues and strategic value of branding across organisational settings, markets and territories are discussed. Value-creating potential, options, risks and issues for marketing practitioners arising from macro trends in digital, sustainability, globalisation and demographic change are evaluated. Having taken this module, you will be able to appraise the marketing and brand management approach of an organisation and identify strategic marketing and branding initiatives to improve performance.

This module focuses on personal entrepreneurial skills and competencies, the difference between traits and mindsets and the role of growth mindsets in entrepreneurial thinking and action.  We will explore the role of ambiguity and uncertainty in the entrepreneurial journey and your personal response to these.  You will have the opportunity to identify your current frames of reference, communication styles and the relationship between empathy and trust. Understanding your own styles and approach in order to analyse the impact and role this has on the entrepreneurship of your organisation.

Focusing on digital disruption and digital technological trends, you will explore how to analyse an organisations digital maturity and readiness to engage in transformation and innovation. You will develop strategic decision making, business planning and influencing skills in relation to driving, appraising and recommending digital transformation and technological options.

This module explores the unique position of pricing, supply and trading within the energy sector. You will explore how the product is traded, the impact of multifaceted factors on the pricing of the product and undertake analysis on forecasting for the sector.

This module will enable you to understand the key influencers of profit in a business: production conditions on the supply side and the nature of demand. You will be able to explain the impact of market structure and competition on profitability, and related impacts on strategic management decision making, appraise the implications of various organisational forms and modes of entry for engagement in international activity and explain the impact of the policy environment on business activity and long term decision making.

During this module you will learn to critique a number of strategic theories and concepts, design and engage with a strategy and scenario planning process to evaluate a range of options for an organisation within the energy sector. You will explore strategy from a human-centred, inclusive approach and evaluate the impact of this on strategic planning.

The capstone project is the culmination of the learning across the MBA programme.  You will apply your management and strategic leadership knowledge, skills and behaviours to design and carry out an academically informed project to tackle a management project specific to the sector and your organisation.