Teaching & Learning

Joining us will be a life changing decision and we strongly believe that by participating in our programme you will be investing wisely in your future. We will support you with the very best academic staff and an innovative, theme-driven curriculum. Together we will challenge conventional actions and traditional assumptions, explore emerging thinking and develop analytic, critical and reflective skills to enrich practice.

In addition to lectures, the practical value of formal management theories is brought to life in case-studies, group exercises, role play, business simulation exercises and other interactive forms of learning, including two Development Centre Workshops. 

Drawing together the programme’s various strands; the learning culminates with the Applied Management Project. This is an opportunity for participants to demonstrate their ability to apply the programme’s skills and concepts to a managerial problem amenable to theoretical exploration and of consequence to them and their organisation.

Development Centre

Peer learning is an important feature of the programme.  For example, the Stage 1 module ‘The Reflective People Manager’ incorporates a series of experiential learning activities at a Development Centre.  This workshop stimulates awareness of the factors that influences one’s own personal development such as learning styles, attitudes, values and perceptions.  In Stage 2, a second Development Centre workshop is conducted within the ‘Leading Change: Managing for Creativity’ module.  With inputs from leading Scottish managers this workshop explores the influence of social context on team performance and creativity.

Blackboard: a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)

Blackboard provides a single access point for module information including handbooks, assessment details, lecture slides, recommended further reading and links to sources. Participants enjoy 24-hour access, which enables them to manage better the process of learning. Teaching teams incorporate Blackboard activities into the curriculum and take advantage of its interactive nature.  Discussion boards are an important aspect of Blackboard. They encourage articulation of thoughts, peer critique and reflection, and the emergence of module specific learning communities.

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Independent Learning

Attendance at classes is only one element of the learning process.  It is important to stress that to attain the programme’s learning objectives, participants must undertake independent study.  This will entail investing significant amounts of time and effort on wider reading, research and contemplation.

Assessment

The Executive MBA takes into account the needs of the working professional and has a balanced assessment strategy.  Below is guide to the assessment strategy by module; full details will be made available in the first week of each semester.

Year 1: Stage 1

Year 2: Stage 2

Year 2: Stage 3

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