Executive MBA

In this module you'll develop advanced capabilities in strategic people management, organisational analysis, and evidence based decision making. It equips you with the analytical frameworks, interpersonal competencies, and global cultural awareness required of human resource and people professionals operating at senior organisational levels.

You'll critically appraise your existing skills and professional capabilities in relation to the expectations placed upon senior HR leaders and the strategic role of HR within the C Suite. The module places strong emphasis on developing self awareness, supported through reflective frameworks such as the Johari Window and Gibbs' Reflective Cycle, enabling you to explore your behavioural tendencies, working preferences, and your impact on colleagues and organisational outcomes. Personal development is further strengthened through the application of diagnostic tools including Belbin's Team Roles and the Thomas Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument, alongside structured learning in resilience-building, advanced communication, and negotiation techniques.

A significant component of the module focuses on business fundamentals, people analytics, and the strategic use of data to inform organisational decision making. You'll engage with a suite of diagnostic and strategic tools such as PESTLE, SWOT, Porter's Five Forces, and the Boston Matrix, integrating these with considerations of digital transformation and emerging technologies to inform your understanding of organisational risk and stakeholder management.

The business acumen element ensures that you gain a robust understanding of the commercial and financial environment in which organisations operate. You'll analyse balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and return on investment, while developing proficiency in people analytics, identifying and interpreting workforce trends (including AI driven insights), analysing KPIs, and presenting data in ways that support evidence based strategic decision making.

Communication capability is embedded throughout the module, where you'll develop mastery in advanced questioning, active listening, perception and bias awareness, and influencing in culturally diverse contexts. You'll learn to navigate challenging conversations with confidence and negotiate effectively to achieve positive organisational outcomes. Building and sustaining personal resilience is also a central theme, preparing you for the complex demands and pressures associated with senior HR roles.

This forward looking module addresses the fundamental transformations reshaping the world of work and the organisations that operate within it. You'll explore the principal organisational, commercial and wider contextual environments in which HR professionals and managers operate, gaining a critical understanding of how global business contexts influence people management, leadership and organisational strategy.

The module examines evolving definitions of work, spanning traditional employment, platform economies, gig work and virtual organisational models. You'll investigate how Industrial Revolution 5.0, artificial intelligence and automation are reshaping industries and consider the critical question of where jobs will exist in an increasingly automated future. You'll analyse the complexities of multi generational workplaces, driven by ageing populations, rising retirement ages and demographic inflexion points. You'll examine how diverse age cohorts bring varied expectations, values and working styles, and learn to harness this diversity as a strategic organisational advantage.

A major component of the module centres on leadership, drawing on both classical and contemporary perspectives. You'll explore how leadership is enacted in diverse, multicultural and ethically complex environments, with seminars examining leadership theory, authentic and inclusive leadership, gender and leadership, critical leadership debates, and organisational power and politics. The module emphasises leadership as a relational, contextual and socially constructed practice, challenging you to consider how leadership is shaped by identity, culture, bias, ethics and structural power.

A substantial part of the module focuses on change management, positioning people professionals as change agents able to lead organisational transformation. You'll engage with contemporary and classical change models, and develop capabilities for managing resistance, enabling adaptation, and building organisational change readiness.

The module also addresses the responsibilities, boundaries and ethical considerations of modern business. You'll explore sustainability, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility and ethical organisational practice, examining how organisations balance profit with purpose and how HR can champion responsible, inclusive and sustainable strategies.

The module blends critical financial acumen with innovative leadership approaches, preparing graduates to navigate volatility and deliver sustainable value in a digital-first world. You'll explore the strategic management of innovation through lifecycle and portfolio approaches, and critically assess open versus closed innovation models in global markets. You'll also develop advanced skills in negotiation, stakeholder mapping, and coalition building, enabling you to influence outcomes in times of transformation.

The financial leadership strand introduces scenario planning, modelling for digital investment, and the application of economic theory to real-world organisational decision-making. Particular attention is given to behavioural economics and sustainable ROI, integrating financial and non-financial metrics (such as ESG and social impact) into performance evaluation.

The module also explores the implications of AI, data analytics, and digital transformation for leaders, encouraging you to critically evaluate new technologies such as IoT, blockchain, and machine learning. By engaging with agile leadership methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Lean Startup) and data-driven decision-making frameworks, you'll be able to lead innovation with resilience, agility, and foresight.

In this module you'll engage with the principles of corporate governance, including the UK Corporate Governance Code, board structures, and the differentiated responsibilities of executive and non-executive directors.

The module emphasises the importance of stakeholder engagement, procurement integrity, and reputation management in maintaining organisational legitimacy and trust.

The ethical dimension focuses on values-based leadership, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) frameworks, enabling you to balance commercial success with sustainable and responsible practices.

Diversity, inclusion, and organisational culture are explored through concepts of psychological safety and evidence-based interventions, teaching you to champion inclusivity at a strategic level.

Risk and compliance form a further cornerstone of the module, introducing frameworks such as COSO ERM, risk registers, GDPR, and business continuity planning. You'll critically evaluate how ethical leadership and responsible stewardship can mitigate risk, support resilience, and ensure organisational sustainability in an era of heightened scrutiny and disruption.

The Work Based Learning Project provides an opportunity to integrate your academic knowledge with real world practice, demonstrating your capacity to analyse a complex people related challenge, develop evidence based insights and propose realistic, context appropriate solutions.

Working independently at master's level, you'll identify a strategic Human Resource Management problem, justify its significance to organisational performance, and design a methodologically sound approach to investigate it.

The project requires the application of rigorous research and analytical skills, drawing on academic literature, organisational data and professional practice evidence to generate meaningful conclusions and recommendations. The completed work based project will demonstrate your potential to conduct independent, practice focused research in the future and will contribute to extending HRM knowledge in both practical and theoretical ways. It will also provide tangible value to the organisation by offering well reasoned, evidence based proposals for improvement or change.

The module blends critical financial acumen with innovative leadership approaches, preparing graduates to navigate volatility and deliver sustainable value in a digital-first world. You'll explore the strategic management of innovation through lifecycle and portfolio approaches, and critically assess open versus closed innovation models in global markets. You'll also develop advanced skills in negotiation, stakeholder mapping, and coalition building, enabling you to influence outcomes in times of transformation.

The financial leadership strand introduces scenario planning, modelling for digital investment, and the application of economic theory to real-world organisational decision-making. Particular attention is given to behavioural economics and sustainable ROI, integrating financial and non-financial metrics (such as ESG and social impact) into performance evaluation.

The module also explores the implications of AI, data analytics, and digital transformation for leaders, encouraging you to critically evaluate new technologies such as IoT, blockchain, and machine learning. By engaging with agile leadership methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Lean Startup) and data-driven decision-making frameworks, you'll be able to lead innovation with resilience, agility, and foresight.

In this module you'll develop advanced capabilities in strategic people management, organisational analysis, and evidence based decision making. It equips you with the analytical frameworks, interpersonal competencies, and global cultural awareness required of human resource and people professionals operating at senior organisational levels.

You'll critically appraise your existing skills and professional capabilities in relation to the expectations placed upon senior HR leaders and the strategic role of HR within the C Suite. The module places strong emphasis on developing self awareness, supported through reflective frameworks such as the Johari Window and Gibbs' Reflective Cycle, enabling you to explore your behavioural tendencies, working preferences, and your impact on colleagues and organisational outcomes. Personal development is further strengthened through the application of diagnostic tools including Belbin's Team Roles and the Thomas Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument, alongside structured learning in resilience-building, advanced communication, and negotiation techniques.

A significant component of the module focuses on business fundamentals, people analytics, and the strategic use of data to inform organisational decision making. You'll engage with a suite of diagnostic and strategic tools such as PESTLE, SWOT, Porter's Five Forces, and the Boston Matrix, integrating these with considerations of digital transformation and emerging technologies to inform your understanding of organisational risk and stakeholder management.

The business acumen element ensures that you gain a robust understanding of the commercial and financial environment in which organisations operate. You'll analyse balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and return on investment, while developing proficiency in people analytics, identifying and interpreting workforce trends (including AI driven insights), analysing KPIs, and presenting data in ways that support evidence based strategic decision making.

Communication capability is embedded throughout the module, where you'll develop mastery in advanced questioning, active listening, perception and bias awareness, and influencing in culturally diverse contexts. You'll learn to navigate challenging conversations with confidence and negotiate effectively to achieve positive organisational outcomes. Building and sustaining personal resilience is also a central theme, preparing you for the complex demands and pressures associated with senior HR roles.

In this module you'll engage with the principles of corporate governance, including the UK Corporate Governance Code, board structures, and the differentiated responsibilities of executive and non-executive directors.

The module emphasises the importance of stakeholder engagement, procurement integrity, and reputation management in maintaining organisational legitimacy and trust.

The ethical dimension focuses on values-based leadership, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) frameworks, enabling you to balance commercial success with sustainable and responsible practices.

Diversity, inclusion, and organisational culture are explored through concepts of psychological safety and evidence-based interventions, teaching you to champion inclusivity at a strategic level.

Risk and compliance form a further cornerstone of the module, introducing frameworks such as COSO ERM, risk registers, GDPR, and business continuity planning. You'll critically evaluate how ethical leadership and responsible stewardship can mitigate risk, support resilience, and ensure organisational sustainability in an era of heightened scrutiny and disruption.

This forward looking module addresses the fundamental transformations reshaping the world of work and the organisations that operate within it. You'll explore the principal organisational, commercial and wider contextual environments in which HR professionals and managers operate, gaining a critical understanding of how global business contexts influence people management, leadership and organisational strategy.

The module examines evolving definitions of work, spanning traditional employment, platform economies, gig work and virtual organisational models. You'll investigate how Industrial Revolution 5.0, artificial intelligence and automation are reshaping industries and consider the critical question of where jobs will exist in an increasingly automated future. You'll analyse the complexities of multi generational workplaces, driven by ageing populations, rising retirement ages and demographic inflexion points. You'll examine how diverse age cohorts bring varied expectations, values and working styles, and learn to harness this diversity as a strategic organisational advantage.

A major component of the module centres on leadership, drawing on both classical and contemporary perspectives. You'll explore how leadership is enacted in diverse, multicultural and ethically complex environments, with seminars examining leadership theory, authentic and inclusive leadership, gender and leadership, critical leadership debates, and organisational power and politics. The module emphasises leadership as a relational, contextual and socially constructed practice, challenging you to consider how leadership is shaped by identity, culture, bias, ethics and structural power.

A substantial part of the module focuses on change management, positioning people professionals as change agents able to lead organisational transformation. You'll engage with contemporary and classical change models, and develop capabilities for managing resistance, enabling adaptation, and building organisational change readiness.

The module also addresses the responsibilities, boundaries and ethical considerations of modern business. You'll explore sustainability, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility and ethical organisational practice, examining how organisations balance profit with purpose and how HR can champion responsible, inclusive and sustainable strategies.

The Work Based Learning Project provides an opportunity to integrate your academic knowledge with real world practice, demonstrating your capacity to analyse a complex people related challenge, develop evidence based insights and propose realistic, context appropriate solutions.

Working independently at master's level, you'll identify a strategic Human Resource Management problem, justify its significance to organisational performance, and design a methodologically sound approach to investigate it.

The project requires the application of rigorous research and analytical skills, drawing on academic literature, organisational data and professional practice evidence to generate meaningful conclusions and recommendations. The completed work based project will demonstrate your potential to conduct independent, practice focused research in the future and will contribute to extending HRM knowledge in both practical and theoretical ways. It will also provide tangible value to the organisation by offering well reasoned, evidence based proposals for improvement or change.

The module blends critical financial acumen with innovative leadership approaches, preparing graduates to navigate volatility and deliver sustainable value in a digital-first world. You'll explore the strategic management of innovation through lifecycle and portfolio approaches, and critically assess open versus closed innovation models in global markets. You'll also develop advanced skills in negotiation, stakeholder mapping, and coalition building, enabling you to influence outcomes in times of transformation.

The financial leadership strand introduces scenario planning, modelling for digital investment, and the application of economic theory to real-world organisational decision-making. Particular attention is given to behavioural economics and sustainable ROI, integrating financial and non-financial metrics (such as ESG and social impact) into performance evaluation.

The module also explores the implications of AI, data analytics, and digital transformation for leaders, encouraging you to critically evaluate new technologies such as IoT, blockchain, and machine learning. By engaging with agile leadership methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Lean Startup) and data-driven decision-making frameworks, you'll be able to lead innovation with resilience, agility, and foresight.

In this module you'll develop advanced capabilities in strategic people management, organisational analysis, and evidence based decision making. It equips you with the analytical frameworks, interpersonal competencies, and global cultural awareness required of human resource and people professionals operating at senior organisational levels.

You'll critically appraise your existing skills and professional capabilities in relation to the expectations placed upon senior HR leaders and the strategic role of HR within the C Suite. The module places strong emphasis on developing self awareness, supported through reflective frameworks such as the Johari Window and Gibbs' Reflective Cycle, enabling you to explore your behavioural tendencies, working preferences, and your impact on colleagues and organisational outcomes. Personal development is further strengthened through the application of diagnostic tools including Belbin's Team Roles and the Thomas Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument, alongside structured learning in resilience-building, advanced communication, and negotiation techniques.

A significant component of the module focuses on business fundamentals, people analytics, and the strategic use of data to inform organisational decision making. You'll engage with a suite of diagnostic and strategic tools such as PESTLE, SWOT, Porter's Five Forces, and the Boston Matrix, integrating these with considerations of digital transformation and emerging technologies to inform your understanding of organisational risk and stakeholder management.

The business acumen element ensures that you gain a robust understanding of the commercial and financial environment in which organisations operate. You'll analyse balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and return on investment, while developing proficiency in people analytics, identifying and interpreting workforce trends (including AI driven insights), analysing KPIs, and presenting data in ways that support evidence based strategic decision making.

Communication capability is embedded throughout the module, where you'll develop mastery in advanced questioning, active listening, perception and bias awareness, and influencing in culturally diverse contexts. You'll learn to navigate challenging conversations with confidence and negotiate effectively to achieve positive organisational outcomes. Building and sustaining personal resilience is also a central theme, preparing you for the complex demands and pressures associated with senior HR roles.

In this module you'll engage with the principles of corporate governance, including the UK Corporate Governance Code, board structures, and the differentiated responsibilities of executive and non-executive directors.

The module emphasises the importance of stakeholder engagement, procurement integrity, and reputation management in maintaining organisational legitimacy and trust.

The ethical dimension focuses on values-based leadership, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) frameworks, enabling you to balance commercial success with sustainable and responsible practices.

Diversity, inclusion, and organisational culture are explored through concepts of psychological safety and evidence-based interventions, teaching you to champion inclusivity at a strategic level.

Risk and compliance form a further cornerstone of the module, introducing frameworks such as COSO ERM, risk registers, GDPR, and business continuity planning. You'll critically evaluate how ethical leadership and responsible stewardship can mitigate risk, support resilience, and ensure organisational sustainability in an era of heightened scrutiny and disruption.

This forward looking module addresses the fundamental transformations reshaping the world of work and the organisations that operate within it. You'll explore the principal organisational, commercial and wider contextual environments in which HR professionals and managers operate, gaining a critical understanding of how global business contexts influence people management, leadership and organisational strategy.

The module examines evolving definitions of work, spanning traditional employment, platform economies, gig work and virtual organisational models. You'll investigate how Industrial Revolution 5.0, artificial intelligence and automation are reshaping industries and consider the critical question of where jobs will exist in an increasingly automated future. You'll analyse the complexities of multi generational workplaces, driven by ageing populations, rising retirement ages and demographic inflexion points. You'll examine how diverse age cohorts bring varied expectations, values and working styles, and learn to harness this diversity as a strategic organisational advantage.

A major component of the module centres on leadership, drawing on both classical and contemporary perspectives. You'll explore how leadership is enacted in diverse, multicultural and ethically complex environments, with seminars examining leadership theory, authentic and inclusive leadership, gender and leadership, critical leadership debates, and organisational power and politics. The module emphasises leadership as a relational, contextual and socially constructed practice, challenging you to consider how leadership is shaped by identity, culture, bias, ethics and structural power.

A substantial part of the module focuses on change management, positioning people professionals as change agents able to lead organisational transformation. You'll engage with contemporary and classical change models, and develop capabilities for managing resistance, enabling adaptation, and building organisational change readiness.

The module also addresses the responsibilities, boundaries and ethical considerations of modern business. You'll explore sustainability, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility and ethical organisational practice, examining how organisations balance profit with purpose and how HR can champion responsible, inclusive and sustainable strategies.

The Work Based Learning Project provides an opportunity to integrate your academic knowledge with real world practice, demonstrating your capacity to analyse a complex people related challenge, develop evidence based insights and propose realistic, context appropriate solutions.

Working independently at master's level, you'll identify a strategic Human Resource Management problem, justify its significance to organisational performance, and design a methodologically sound approach to investigate it.

The project requires the application of rigorous research and analytical skills, drawing on academic literature, organisational data and professional practice evidence to generate meaningful conclusions and recommendations. The completed work based project will demonstrate your potential to conduct independent, practice focused research in the future and will contribute to extending HRM knowledge in both practical and theoretical ways. It will also provide tangible value to the organisation by offering well reasoned, evidence based proposals for improvement or change.