Master of Business Administration: Online Programme

Master of Business Administration
Online Programme
Get ahead with an
online MBA from the
University of Liverpool
International reputation ranked in the
top 1% of universities worldwide, with an
AACSB accredited management school
Convenience fit your studies around your

other commitments. Accelerate your career
without interrupting your current job
Global perspective meet like-minded

professionals from all over the world
for a rich, multi-cultural experience
Practical skills and knowledge

develop critical understanding and
analytical skills to respond to todays
toughest business challenges
Dedicated support benefit from

close, personal support and feedback
throughout your studies, helping
you stay motivated and focused.
Contents
Get ahead with the University of Liverpool 4
Accelerate your career 6
Learn with a globally-respected UK university 10
A world-class research institution 11
ULMS - a reputation you can rely on 13
Accredited at the highest level 13
The University of Liverpool online MBA 14
Programme structure 16
Dissertation or consultancy project 17
Maximum convenience, maximum results 20
Take your career to the next level 24
Invest in your future 25
Join our global alumni network 26
Admission requirements 30
Take the first step today 31

4 Master of Business Administration
Accelerate
your career
T
he University of Liverpools globally-ori-
ented online MBA is designed for suc- Dr Claire Moxham
cessful business professionals who want Director of Studies for the online
to advance their careers, develop as leaders, and MBA, University of Liverpool
positively contribute to the growth of their organi-
sations and their communities. Our students quickly see the benefits of
studying the MBA online. From day one you
Offered fully online by the University of Liverpool
are able to achieve professional impact by
Management School (ULMS), the programme
applying current thinking from the class-
lets you study without interrupting your personal
room to your workplace. The international
and professional life. On the programme youll ex-
make-up of our online classes and our re-
plore critical theories and concepts around high-
search driven teaching combine to offer an
level business management with a global network
exciting and vibrant learning environment
of peers, enjoy 24/7 access to your classroom, and
that will challenge and inspire you.
have the flexibility to choose elective modules spe-
cific to your own professional development.
This MBA will:

Equip you with the key transferable
skills you need to be a successful manager
Empower you with practical knowl-

edge of the principles and current issues
relevant to senior business management
roles
www.university-liverpool-online.com/mba 5
Nurture your business

skills in a collaborative
international environment
with a global faculty base
and international profes-
sionals studying alongside
you
Help you acquire a

range of analytical tech-
niques for effective tacti-
cal and strategic manage-
ment
Support your personal

and professional develop-
ment with a critically re-
flective mode of learning
Studying the
MBA online with
the University of
Liverpool is one of
the best decisions
I have ever made
in my career.
It has opened up another
page in my career. Its a
personal and professional
investment but one that
offers lifetime reward.
Khan Yeh (MBA 2013), online graduate
Operations Delivery Lead
From Taiwan, living in China
University of Liverpool
Key facts
In the top 1%
of universities worldwide
Member of the UKs
Russell Group
One of Europes largest
providers of
fully online degrees
Nine
Nobel Laureates
*As listed in the International Universities Handbook, published 2012

Learn with a
globally-respected
UK university
Making the commitment to pur-
sue an MBA is a big decision.
There are many choices you need
to consider which univer-
sity to study with, its reputation,
the quality of the management
school, how you will learn and
what sort of experience you will
have.
A
t the University of Liverpool, we offer the
very best choice for successful interna-
tional professionals looking to collaborate
and share best practice with their peers from around
the world. Our online MBA will broaden your hori-
zons, challenge your thinking, help you develop criti-
cal and analytical understanding, and give you the
skills, knowledge and confidence to respond to todays
toughest business challenges and boost your career
potential. Best of all, you wont need to take any time
out from your job to study.
A world-class
research institution
T
he University of Liverpool is a world-class re-
search university with a long track record of
academic excellence and rigour. It is a mem-
ber of the UKs prestigious Russell Group and ranked
within the top 1% of universities worldwide*. We have
been providing online postgraduate education since
2000, with more than 10,500 online students currently
studying with us around the world. Over 5,000 stu-
dents have already graduated with an online degree,
joining the Universitys thriving international alumni
network of 183,000 people in over 192 countries.
Global pioneers
We have been pioneers in research and education
since our founding in 1881, and are considered one of
the great international centres of research, knowledge
and innovation. Our pioneering reputation attracts
students, faculty, experts and partners from across the
globe. Through our research, teaching and collabora-
tions we seek to be life changing and world shaping.
Leaders in online
Were also a European leader in fully online postgrad-
uate degrees. Our partnership with e-learning experts
Laureate Online Education enables us to support you
every step of the way throughout your studies. Its
through this exciting partnership that the University
is a member of the Laureate International Universities
network an international network of prestigious, in-
novative institutions of higher education giving you
access to international experts and leaders through
events such as the World Business Forum and the
Clinton Global Initiative.
*As listed in the International Universities Handbook, published 2012
Professor Murray Dalziel

Director ULMS
AACSB accreditation puts

ULMS in the top 5 per cent of
the worlds business schools. It
reflects the dedication of our
staff to helping our students
learn to make a difference
to employers worldwide.
ULMS - a reputation
you can rely on
Our online MBA is offered by the University of
Liverpool Management School (ULMS), a glob-
ally recognised centre for management and leader-
ship training, education and research. Our mission
is Learning to Make a Difference. This is reflected
in the foundations of our research and teaching,
which strive to make a difference to the lives of in-
dividuals, businesses and communities.
Accredited at the
highest level
ULMS is accredited for all its campus and online
programmes by the Association to Advance Colle-
giate Schools of Business (AACSB), the oldest and
most respected global accreditation body for busi-
ness schools. Less than 5% of the worlds business
schools have achieved this distinction.
By holding this accreditation, we have made a com-

mitment to continuous improvement, and to pro-
viding a curriculum that is both responsive to the
needs of business and delivered in a high-quality
teaching environment.
For more information, visit www.aacsb.edu.

The University of Liverpool

online MBA
The ULMS online MBA is designed for business professionals look-
ing for a rewarding, interactive international experience at the high-
est level. You can learn while you earn and accelerate your career
with practical knowledge and advanced skills that you can put to
immediate use in your career.
Global perspectives, local impact Leadership skills that inspire

The programme allows you to study from wher- Our MBA is designed to support you personally
ever you are, at any time of the day from your and professionally as you progress and develop
first module all the way through to graduation. Our your leadership strengths. You will explore the most
easy-to-use learning platform and collaborative influential management theories, exercise your
approach connects you with an international net- critical thinking skills and broaden your strategic
work of fellow professionals from every continent. understanding of business. You will also create a
Through this collaborative approach, you will gain Personal Development Plan that runs throughout
real insights into todays global business trends that your programme, helping you reflect on your own
you can immediately apply in your work. learning and record your leadership journey.
An international hallmark
of excellence
Delivered by an AACSB-accredited Management
School, our MBA programme is also accredited for
teChnology Enhanced Learning (or CEL) by the Eu-
ropean Foundation for Management Development
(EFMD). This hallmark of excellence demonstrates
the academic rigour of our MBA programme and
the quality of the online experience you will enjoy.
Tailor-made for you

Our online MBA allows you to tailor your learning
to your career. Choose from a range of modules in
different study areas such as General Management,
International Business, Marketing & Business Op-
erations, Entrepreneurship or Finance and Ac-
counting or choose individual electives to create
your own programme of study. In the final phase of
the programme, you can also choose between a re-
search dissertation and a live consultancy project
addressing a real business issue at your organisa-
tion.
Reap the rewards immediately

You dont have to wait until you graduate for your
programme to have an impact. The beauty of our
online MBA is that you can apply your learning
and understanding to your work as you progress
through the programme increasing your oppor-
tunities and career prospects while you study.
Programme structure Core modules (mandatory)
1 Being a Leader
The programme includes five
2 The Organisation in a Strategic Context
core modules and three elec-
3 Finance & Accounting for Managers
tive modules. You can choose
Market Perspectives
from a pool of electives based 4
on your areas of interest, or 5 Innovation and Change
choose individual electives in

order to create a self-designed
programme of study.
The process by which you choose electives will be

linked to your Personal Development Plan. Our
elective portfolio covers a broad range of study ar-
eas such as International Business, Finance and In-
vestment, Entrepreneurship, Operations, Market-
ing, Project Management, and others.
Elective modules Dissertation or

Entrepreneurship consultancy project
International Business
Investment Strategies You complete your MBA with

Project Management either a dissertation or a consul-
Operations Management tancy project:
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Dissertation
Strategic Human Resources
The dissertation is a 15,000 20,000 word piece of
Consumer Behaviour research. You identify an appropriate research top-
ic, critically select and apply appropriate research
Business in Emerging Markets
methodology and data collection methods to your
Managerial Accounting chosen research topic, and demonstrate a rigorous
understanding of the theory and literature relevant
Business Finance
to the issues under investigation.
Global Leadership
Consultancy project
For your consultancy project you would work on
visit www.university-liverpool-online.com/MBA
for module details a specific project for an organisation typically
an employer or another organisation with which
*Please note that current scheduling may be subject to change
youre familiar. The aim is to enable you to under-
and that we cannot guarantee that all elective modules will be take a self-managed process of systematic practi-
offered in every calendar year.
tioner inquiry within the management domain. The
output will be a 15,000 20,000 word report.
The thing that

I enjoyed most
was meeting
people from
different parts
of the world
via the online classroom.
Students were in constant
dialogue with each other,
which was a really great
way to collaborate and
share experiences.
Mohamed Badi Derouiche
(MBA 2013), online graduate
Finance Manager
From Tunisia, living in the United Arab Emirates
Maximum convenience,
maximum results
As a fully online programme, our MBA con-
veniently fits around your existing personal
and professional commitments. It means that
wherever in the world you live and work, you
can study for a prestigious ULMS MBA with-
out interrupting your career or your personal
life.
T
here are no fixed lecture times. All your
coursework, class discussions and group
projects take place online, and the classroom
is always open. As long as you have internet access,
you choose when in the day you study and where.
Continuous Support
You can interact and collaborate with your faculty in-
structors and fellow students all over the world at any
time of the day. And if you run into any IT problems,
our technical support team is on hand 24/7 to help
you out.
You will also benefit from continuous academic sup-

port. From the moment you contact us right through
to your graduation, you will enjoy dedicated support,
including a personal Student Support Manager and
regular feedback on your progress from our interna-
tional faculty instructors, as well as additional self-
study and taught skills modules to support your aca-
demic and professional development.
Your online
experience
L A U R E A T E
LEARN. EVOLVE. NETWORK. SOCIALIZE.
Your studies will be based around the Laureate

LENS learning platform. Laureate LENS brings
together all the resources you need from your
electronic classroom to learning tips, the Uni-
versitys extensive and fully online library to stu-
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focused on your studies.
Laureate LENS also enables you to network with

your fellow online students around the globe.
You can engage, learn and share with your peers
and with the faculty, not only on your course,
but across the entire online university commu-
nity giving you the chance to make valuable
connections across a range of professions and
industries.
Since graduating
from the
Liverpool online
MBA, I started
my own NGO
and am now supporting
NGOs and social corporations
in the field of organisational
development. Graduating
has been a gift to myself
it has opened up the
next phase in my life.
Maik Fuellmann (MBA 2013), online graduate
Social Entrepreneur
From Germany, living in Thailand
What our online MBA

graduates say:
Take your career

90% to the next level
O
ur online MBA is designed for ex-
perienced graduate professionals
felt that their degree prepared
looking to better prepare them-
them for their career.*
selves for the business challenges of the 21st
century. Its a unique opportunity to com-
bine rigorous academic study with practical
experience and insights into real business
75 %
issues, in an exhilarating international envi-
ronment of collaboration, management and
leadership.
Studying with us gives you a solid foundation

on which to accelerate your career, achieve
your aspirations, handle the toughest busi-
perceived a career improvement as ness challenges and boost your earning po-
a result of their education with the tential.
University of Liverpool.*
Not only will you study the latest manage-
ment thinking, develop new skills and un-
derstanding, and learn how to apply the
very latest industry theory to real life busi-
90%
ness situations, you will develop an extensive
global network of high-powered profession-
als, from accountants and project managers
to engineers and scientists.
would recommend the University of

Liverpool to a friend, family or colleague.*
*Results gathered by the University of Liverpool in 2012 from on-

line alumni who responded to our survey.
Our online MBA students:
Invest in
your future
39
O
average age
ur students come from senior posi-
tions in organisations all over the
world. The key thing they have in
common is commitment: a commitment to
investing in their future, in their potential, in
85%
their career.
The Liverpool online MBA will be tough. It

will stretch you beyond your comfort zone.
work full-time
But you will come away with an unrivalled
armoury of skills and knowledge of critical
business functions, such as finance, strategy,
marketing and human resources, that you can
apply directly to your own organisation, deliv-
ering tangible results for both your career and
your employer.
1120
average years
work experience
Did you know that...
94 % of online MBA
graduates said their
University of Liverpool education
provided them with a strong return 70 %
on investment in their career.** male/female
30 %
**Results gathered by the University of Liverpool in
the 2013 July graduation survey.
Join our global

alumni network
On graduation, you become
part of the University of Liv-
erpools 183,000-strong inter-
national alumni network. The
Universitys alumni programme
will continue to support you
throughout your career, offering
a range of benefits and services Alumni Benefits
to help you achieve your career
Professional
aspirations.
development courses
Wherever you are in the world, the benefits of an

Exclusive
online postgraduate degree with the University of discounts
Liverpool Management School will stay with you,
International
both professionally and personally, long after grad-
uation.
events and lectures
Career and business
focused webinar series
Free
online journal access
Elevate
your l eadership ability
An online MBA with the University of

Liverpool can help you:
Increase your career opportunities
Boost your salary potential
Strengthen your leadership skills
Develop better managerial skills
Enhance your professional credibility
Secure more challenging and interesting jobs
Build a global network of senior industry contacts
ULMS 2013 online graduates outside the Management School after graduation, from left to right:
Francis Banda (Malawi), Jose Marcos Orobiyi (Equatorial Guinea), Fabian Uzoechi (Nigeria)
My experience
with the University
of Liverpool
has changed my
perception of life.
My relationship with my
clients and staff have changed
and improved. If youre a
business professional and
want to manage your business
better, this programme
offers the total package.
Sidiquat Akindele (MBA 2013), online graduate
Managing Director, Nigeria
Admission requirements
The ULMS online MBA is aimed at working professionals looking
to further their careers in business and gain knowledge they can ap-
ply immediately in their work. We welcome applications from peo-
ple all over the world, at any time of the year.
T
he programme is based on the demands How to apply
of todays fast-moving business world. We
Its our aim to make the application process as
expect our students to be able to demon-
smooth and straightforward as possible. The first
strate real business skills, experience and knowl-
step is to get in touch with one our dedicated En-
edge that will enrich their studies and help them
rolment Advisors. They will advise and guide you
gain maximum benefit from our online MBA pro-
through the application process, help you prepare
gramme.
the information we need, and explain your options
When you apply, we will consider both your educa- to you.
tional qualifications and your work experience. In
general, you will be expected to have a bachelors After that, you will need to:
degree from an accredited college or university, or
1 Submit an online application form
a degree from a recognised institution comparable
or equivalent to a British honours degree, as well as 2 Provide the required documents (for ex-
three years relevant working experience. ample, identification and certificates)
If you do not directly meet the educational require-
3 Pay an application fee
ments, you will be evaluated on an individual basis,
taking into account your vocational and profession-
al qualifications and your working experience.
Your application will then be passed to the Ad-
English proficiency missions Team, and provided it meets the entry
requirements, to ULMS, who will assess your ap-
The online MBA programme is taught in English.
plication.
So if English is not your mother tongue, you will
need to demonstrate English proficiency compara-
ble to IELTS 6.5, TEEP 6.5, TOEFL 600, or GCSE C.
Take the
first step today
To contact an Enrolment Advisor, find out more
about the ULMS online MBA, or check key dates
and tuition fees, visit
www.university-liverpool-online.com/MBA
Information sessions and webinars

You can also come and meet us at one of the many
information and networking sessions we organise
all over the world, or join us online for free 45 min-
ute webinar presentations, where you can have your
questions answered and find out more about the
University of Liverpools online programmes.
Visit www.university-liverpool-online.com/events
to find out when the next information and network-
ing session or webinar is taking place.
Contact:
L aureate Online Education B.V. www.university-liverpool-online.com
Haarlerbergweg 23C learnmore@liverpool-online.com
1101 CH Amsterdam Z.O. +31(0)20 7130000
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Master of Business Administration

Convenience fit your studies around your

Global perspective meet like-minded

Practical skills and knowledge

Dedicated support benefit from

Accelerate your career 6

Learn with a globally-respected UK university 10

A world-class research institution 11

ULMS - a reputation you can rely on 13

Accredited at the highest level 13

The University of Liverpool online MBA 14

Dissertation or consultancy project 17

Maximum convenience, maximum results 20

Take your career to the next level 24

Invest in your future 25

Join our global alumni network 26

Take the first step today 31

This MBA will:

Empower you with practical knowl-

Nurture your business

Help you acquire a

Support your personal

*As listed in the International Universities Handbook, published 2012

Professor Murray Dalziel

AACSB accreditation puts

By holding this accreditation, we have made a com-

For more information, visit www.aacsb.edu.

The University of Liverpool

Global perspectives, local impact Leadership skills that inspire

Tailor-made for you

Reap the rewards immediately

Programme structure Core modules (mandatory)

on your areas of interest, or 5 Innovation and Change

choose individual electives in

The process by which you choose electives will be

Elective modules Dissertation or

Investment Strategies You complete your MBA with

The thing that

You will also benefit from continuous academic sup-

LEARN. EVOLVE. NETWORK. SOCIALIZE.

Your studies will be based around the Laureate

Laureate LENS also enables you to network with

What our online MBA

Take your career

Studying with us gives you a solid foundation

would recommend the University of

*Results gathered by the University of Liverpool in 2012 from on-

Our online MBA students:

The Liverpool online MBA will be tough. It

Join our global

Wherever you are in the world, the benefits of an

An online MBA with the University of

Increase your career opportunities

Boost your salary potential

Strengthen your leadership skills

Develop better managerial skills

Enhance your professional credibility

Secure more challenging and interesting jobs

Build a global network of senior industry contacts

Information sessions and webinars

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