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MBA - Media Leadership (Robert Kennedy College)

While the MBA is generally seen as the critical qualification for general management, the MBA Media Leadership creates distinctive managers with a solid understanding of core business functions, such as organisational behaviour, marketing and strategic management, combined with important business skills specific to the increasingly competitive media sector. There can be no question that the media industry is changing at an unprecedented pace, with individuals “bombarded” with news and information at an ever-increasing rate, with greater degrees of personalisation. This programme provides an opportunity to study a subject specific MBA using a distributed learning environment that will enhance your academic experience.

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Course Overview

The overall aims of this programme are as follows:

On this course you will...

  • Further develop relevant business, media management and organisation knowledge, both academic and professional, in line with postgraduate standards/benchmarks and in the context of media and leadership;
  • Develop critical reflection skills and engagement with organisational and professional theory to understand, and where appropriate, challenge existing individual and organisational perspectives and practices, with a particular emphasis on the media industry;
  • Develop, and where appropriate apply, knowledge of new technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence, to add value by enhancing organisational capability, within an understanding of the growing role and impact of media;
  • Develop an understanding of an organisation’s strategic focus and the impact of leadership on the inter-relationship between the organisation and clients in the modern environment of information-based media involving journalism, marketing and public relations, while critically exploring key issues and forces shaping the development of digital media in a global context, particularly convergence of activities and interactivity with audiences;
  • Develop commitment to continuous personal and professional development, independence and reflective learning, with particular emphasis on the media industry as well as with entrepreneurship;
  • Develop particular expertise and understanding in the fields of business, management and leadership with a specific focus on the media sector.

Course Structure

What you will learn

This is a career enhancing and post-work experience programme. Current students have background and experience from working in various organisations (SMEs, transnational, and multinational) and across a range of sectors (commercial, non-governmental, governmental, charity, etc.) and industries. The alumni spread beyond 120 countries and continue to build on the networks, share knowledge and hone their expertise.

Compulsory modules

Modules

  • Organisational Behaviour
  • Marketing Management
  • Media, Business and Society
  • Enterprise, Ethics and Sustainability
  • Strategic Management
  • Dissertation
Optional modules

Modules

  • Corporate, Strategy and Competitiveness
  • Media, Business and Society
  • Enterprise, Ethics and Sustainability

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An Open Day is your opportunity to explore one of 5 campuses, meet your lecturers, and find out how the University of Cumbria could become your new home.

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