Full-time MBA

Once you have accepted your offer this is the first step that officially makes you part of the Bayes Business School Community.

Pre-study modules covering mathematics and stats will be available to you from three months prior to the start of the programme. This ensures all students have the basic knowledge and skills required for the start of the programme.

There is also a range of pre-programme activities for you to complete including pre-reading and other useful information to help you prepare for student life.

You want to make the most of every moment of your MBA. We have designed induction comprising three weeks to let you do just that.

You will spend the first week getting to know your fellow classmates and engaging in team-building activities. You will meet your Course Director, faculty and start to get to grips with the case method – a core learning tool in your MBA.  The following two weeks you will focus on careers and professional development activities.

Induction sets you up for the academic challenges that lie ahead and ensures that you and your classmates have a strong and shared knowledge base.

The online career accelerator course provides early access to insights and resources, preparing you to maximise the careers and professional development curriculum once you start the programme.

This integrated module combines Accounting and Financial Reporting, Organisational Dynamics, and Strategy to equip you with essential management skills. The Accounting and Financial Reporting component focuses on understanding and interpreting financial data to manage and evaluate business performance effectively.

Organizational dynamics explores key concepts and theories related to individual and group dynamics, culture, change, power, and leadership to enhance management skills. The Strategy component delves into strategic decision-making from the perspective of senior managers and MBA holders, emphasizing the importance of shaping the firm's future.

Overall, the module aims to develop a comprehensive understanding of financial, organisational, and strategic aspects crucial for effective management.

This integrated module consists of three key components: Markets and Investments, Analytics for Business, and Business in the Global Economy.

• The Markets and Investments component covers corporate finance and financial markets, focusing on capital budgeting, financial instruments, derivatives, and investment strategies to prepare you for advanced financial analysis.
• The Analytics for Business module emphasizes quantitative data analysis, teaching you how to apply statistical tools for descriptive and predictive analytics to inform business decisions.
• Business in the Global Economy provides a practical understanding of microeconomics and macroeconomics, helping you appreciate the impact of economic theories and policies on business and financial markets.

This module collectively aims to equip you with the skills to make informed financial, analytical, and economic decisions in a global business environment.

This integrated module encompasses Human Resource Management, Operations Management, and Marketing, aiming to develop a comprehensive skill set for managing various business functions.

• The Human Resource Management component focuses on understanding and implementing effective HRM practices and policies to manage people within an organization, incorporating international perspectives and current debates.
• The Operations Management component enhances analytical skills and techniques for planning and executing processes involved in creating and delivering products and services, emphasizing practical applications.
• The Marketing component provides analytical skills and managerial insights to understand and leverage the marketing function's value within an international business context.

Collectively, the module prepares you to handle HRM, operations, and marketing challenges, equipping them with critical, practical, and analytical skills.

This integrated module encompasses Sustainability and Responsibility in Business, Corporate Finance, and Technology-Driven Innovation Management.

• The Sustainability and Responsibility in Business component addresses the complexities of corporate social responsibility (CSR), exploring its varying definitions, impacts, and the challenges companies face in managing social, environmental, and ethical performance.
• The Corporate Finance component focuses on long-term financial decisions, covering financial instruments, cost of capital, debt and equity issuance, dividend policy, mergers, acquisitions, and corporate control.
• Technology-Driven Innovation Management component examines the transformative impact of digital technologies on organizational processes and business models, highlighting emerging opportunities, challenges, and ethical considerations.

Overall, this module equips you with a comprehensive understanding of CSR, strategic financial management, and the managerial skills necessary to navigate the evolving digital landscape.

The Career Impact and Employability module equips you with knowledge and skills to support effective career navigation and professional development. It facilitates personalised growth opportunities through meaningful self-reflection and structured career planning, enabling you to develop an increased understanding of your interests and value proposition, as well as how to market yourself within competitive work contexts.

Via experiential training, you are encouraged to develop and practice critical competencies, which are in high demand from employers, business partners and clients including: personal branding and impact, advanced communication, leadership and collaboration, networking and managing relationships effectively, resilience and agility.

Gain practical experience of gathering information and performing strategic analysis on a company that is currently operating in the UK over a three-month period. You are required to work effectively as a team enacting the role of directors, senior managers and strategy consultants.

You will apply MBA learnings from your core subjects, test management theories and use your own insights from previous professional experience in the context of working with a real company. Your team will consult on a real strategic challenge, such as how to expand internationally or embrace digital transformation. This culminates in a presentation to the client, where you set out your analysis of the problem and present effective strategies for planning and implementation.

Some previous tasks that our Full-time MBA students completed while undertaking their Strategy Project:

• Mapping market sizes and values, identifying client needs and then building a recommendation for a new product and revenue stream
• Conducting a strategic market analysis, exploring potential markets, the competitive landscape and potential value chain
• Providing potential targets to help achieve long term growth
• Reviewing the company’s business context and competitive positioning
• Recommending innovative ideas to solve a buyer-seller relationship
• Presenting critical insights such as revenue forecasting models to the company, including key-stakeholders
• Conducting several meetings with the MD, Chairman and senior managers.

The Business Integration Project is an individual piece of work, which will develop your research skills in a multi-disciplinary business environment. It is a major piece of largely self-managed business analysis, taken over several months, which forms an important part of your MBA degree. It is an opportunity to put your knowledge into practice, usually in the context of a company of your choice. You will also be assigned an academic advisor from Bayes to supervise your work.

Projects must be multi-disciplinary drawing significantly on at least two disciplines studied on the programme.

Projects may be of four principal types:

• Consultancy: aims to resolve a client issue, uses primary data, and offers commercial benefits to a client
• Desk research: aims to resolve a managerial or commercial issue, uses primary and/or secondary data, and offers commercial benefits to a sector
• Case study : aims to develop a comprehensive description and diagnosis of an organisation or sector
• Business plan: in case you are interested in starting your own venture or growing an existing one.