StudyQA — MBA: Environmental Management

Description Contents Requirements

The role of the corporate environmental manager is becoming increasingly complex and strategic. Corporate social and environmental responsibility is becoming prominent in consumer demand and a pre-requisite for tender eligibility. This necessitates a more sophisticated environmental manager who can interpret legislative and audit requirements and deliver them in a manner conducive to continued economic development, whilst recognising the market trends. The aim of this programme is to develop skills in the delivery of economic activities related to environment, green technology and sustainability. The programme includes highly topical case studies from across these sectors reflecting changing strategies and alternative approaches. The course is suitable for graduates in a wide range of disciplines, including Environment, Engineering, Finance, Social Sciences and other subjects.

Modules
Compulsory Modules:

Organisations and People: This module examines key issues arising from contemporary research in organisational behaviour (OB) and human resource management (HRM). It provides an integrated analysis of management, organisations and people, developing the conceptual, strategic and practical skills necessary for managers in complex, global organisational contexts. Specific topics include:

* The nature of organisations
* Organisation structures: strategy, design and function, job design
* Organisation cultures: values, ethics, norms of behaviour
* Theories and models of management: classical and contemporary
* Individual differences: perception, learning, motivation, equality and diversity
* Groups and teams in the organisation
* Managing relationships: power, conflict, communication, engagement
* Managers as leaders, people developers, coaches
* Managing job satisfaction and performance

Strategic Management: This module analyses strategic decision-making within business. You will develop a critical understanding of the strategic processes of business management, the interconnections with the functional domains of marketing, human resource management and corporate finance, and the management of knowledge systems. Specific topics include:

* Concepts of strategic management applicable to business
* Prescriptive and emergent strategies
* Strategy implementation through capacity building and resource allocation
* Managing, monitoring and reviewing strategic change
* Organisational designs for strategic advantage
* Human resources strategy, marketing and corporate financial strategy
* Organisational learning and knowledge management

Management Research: This module analyses the philosophical basis for research in the management sciences, and examines a number of key methodological issues and approaches. Research designs for both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies are developed, including interviews, case studies, focus groups, surveys and experiments. Specific topics include:

* Research methodologies and philosophy: positivism and interpretivism
* Qualitative research methods and the search for meaning
* Selecting a research strategy and design
* Data gathering, documentary records, triangulation and mixed methods
* Content analysis, conversation analysis, discourse analysis, grounded theory
* Quantitative research design and methodologies
* Univariate and multivariate analysis, factor, cluster and discriminant analysis

Business Planning for the Green Economy: This module explores the process of establishing a venture from idea generation to the completion of a business plan which incorporates environmental planning and management. It takes the student through the actual process of developing a business plan and its different components, the market and sustainability. Specific topics include:

* Entrepreneurship
* The entrepreneurial role in relation to the initiation and development of a sustainable business
* Key environmental factors of business development
* The differences between the entrepreneur and the environmental manager, and the problems faced by small growth firms in sustainable growth.
* The importance and complexity of entrepreneurship and environmentalism within a large firm environment

Finance for Managers: This module is designed for those who aim to achieve a basic understanding of financial management and control, and who require an understanding of finance in order to manage an organisation effectively. Financial planning and control are central themes, as well as the appraisal techniques of investment projects. Specific topics include:

* Principles underlying the preparation of accounting information
* Recording business transactions
* Preparation and analysis of financial statements
* Preparation of budgets, financial planning and control
* Costing methods, uses and interpretation of cost data
* Investment appraisal techniques

Strategic Environmental Management: This module is designed to provide a an understanding of the principles of sustainable development, environmental legislation, environmental auditing and assesment, and green technological development. Specific topics include:

* Sustainable development
* Environmental legislation
* Environmental auditing
* Environmental assessment
* Corporate social responsibility and socially responsible investment
* Life cycle analysis

Green Technology: This module reviews the environmental consequences of economic activities, including energy generation, waste management, food and water supply, consumer goods. It then goes on to consider recent policy initiatives and drivers and examines key green technologies. Specific topics include:

* Development and deployment of green technologies
* Environment impacts of energy generation
* Green technology policies and initiatives
* Green technologies - commerce, ideas and concepts
* Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for green technologies

Part 2:

For MBA Environmental Management, you must complete Part 2 by undertaking a relevant dissertation.

Entry to the MBA in Environmental Management programme requires a good undergraduate degree in a relevant subject, e.g Environmental Science or Business Studies from a university, or a similar qualification from any other institution. Alternatively, possession of a suitable professional qualification and relevant practical experience may also be accepted. In general, however, applicants are judged on their individual merits and age, work experience and other factors are also considered. For MBA degrees, whilst work experience is desirable, it is not essential. Full scholarships will be available for the MBA Environmental Management.If your native language is not English, you must provide satisfactory evidence that you have an adequate knowledge and understanding of written and spoken English (minimum IELTS test scores of 6.5). It may be necessary for applicants falling short of this minimum standard to attend an intensive English Language course before registering for the academic programme. English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6.5 IMPORTANT NOTE: Since April 2014 the ETS tests (including TOEFL and TOEIC) are no longer accepted for Tier 4 visa applications to the United Kingdom. The university might still accept these tests to admit you to the university, but if you require a Tier 4 visa to enter the UK and begin your degree programme, these tests will not be sufficient to obtain your Visa. The IELTS test is most widely accepted by universities and is also accepted for Tier 4 visas to the UK- learn more.