Master of Business Administration (MBA) by University of Wales

Course Description

*Note:

-	There are no pre-requisites for all the UOW MBA modules except for BA609 and BA610.
-	Students could only commence on BA609 upon attended of BA601 - BA608.
-	Students can only commence on BA610 upon successful completion of BA601 - BA609.

The programme is organised into two inter-related stages culminating with the award of the MBA upon completion of all the stages. The programme consists of 10 compulsory modules where there are a total of 9 taught modules and dissertation. The 9 modules have a total of 120 credits with the following credit weightings each:

BA 601	Financial and Managerial Accounting	10
BA 602	Marketing Management	15
BA 603	Business Quantitative Analysis	15
BA 604	Human Resource Management & Organisation Behaviour	15
BA 605	Management Information System	10
BA 606	Operations Management	15
BA 607	Managerial Economics	10
BA 608	Financial Management	15
BA 609	Corporate Strategy and Business Policy	15
BA 610	Dissertation	-

The number of credits reflects the amount of study effort and hours required from the students:

Total No. of Hours		10-credit module	15-credit module
1.	Online lessons/participation and exams	20	30
2.	Self-study hours (including time spent on assignments/projects)	100	150

a)	Graduate Certificate	- upon the completion of 60 credits in the programme, not including the dissertation module.
b)	Graduate Diploma	- upon the completion of BA601 to BA609

Codes	Modules
BA601	Financial & Management Accounting This module equips students with knowledge on financial and managerial accounting. Under financial accounting, coverage includes the accounting cycle, accounting principles, income measurement, assets, liabilities, interest, profit and loss, revenue and costs, dividends , balance sheets, accounting reports and financial statements, analysis of financial statements, and accounting for international operations including East Asian countries such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea. For managerial accounting, students learn costing concepts, applications and decision making, transfer pricing, budgeting and usage for management planning and control, cost-volume-profit relationships, investment appraisal techniques and responsibility accounting.
BA602	Marketing Management The course will highlight the need for managers to view the role of marketing as a vital upgrade managerial concern. The importance of a marketing perspective will be examined through the use of case studies in both domestic and overseas environments and also on the basis of empirical evidence. At the completion of the course students will be able to analyse the changing marketing environment, engage in creative market-oriented thinking, and be aware of the interplay between marketing and the other managerial functions of the firm. The crucial role of marketing in contributing to the success of organizations will be emphasised.
BA603	Business Quantitative Analysis This module presents Business Quantitative Analysis as the tool set for problem-solving process within all types of organisations - manufacturing and service. In this module, one will familiarize with various aspects of data collection and presentation; and some descriptive summary measures of data for forecasting purposes that used to create a strategic competitive advantage for the company. The topics include Data Analysis & Presentation, Probability, Normal Distribution, Hypothesis Testings, ANOVA, Linear Regression and Time-Series Analysis. It equips students with knowledge of various methods of inference that help managers especially in decision-making process.
BA604	Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour This subject provides students in Human Resource Management and practicing managers with a complete and comprehensive review of essential personnel management concepts and techniques. The key emphasis of the subject is to show students how modern Human Resource practices are utilized to build faster, better, and more competitive organizations in today's knowledge economy. With globalization, deregulation, and technological advances, it means organizations need to be much more competitive than ever to survive. This subject aims to help students to be able to deal with these modern and related responsibilities as a result of today's changes in the economy.
BA605	Management Information Systems This module provides students with the pertinent issues relating to information systems and information technologies (IS/IT) and their role in business competitiveness. It explains and gives examples of the concept of an information system. Moreover, it identifies the major types of management information systems and discuss how each supports the managers of an organization. It covers also the potential for the strategic role of information systems within their own organization. It demonstrates the ability to use some basic systems development tools in order to apply information systems to business problems. Explain the benefits, limitations and trends in major types of computer systems and peripheral devices.
BA606	Operations Management This module presents Operations Management (OM) as the management of the conversation process within all types of organisation - manufacturing and non-manufacturing. In Operations Management, one will learn how the operations function is used to create a strategic competitive advantage for the company. The topics considered may include operations strategy, managing quality, forecasting, operations planning and control, capacity management, inventory management, project management, and a review of modern production systems, including MRP, just-in-time production. It provides an overview of the issues typically facing the Operations Manager. Lecturers also experience some of the concepts and techniques to support the Operations Manager, especially in decision making.
BA607	Managerial Economics The study of managerial economics enables students to apply microeconomic theories and methodologies in solving business problems. Using the tools of a decision science, the manager analyses how an organisation can achieve its objectives efficiently. By projecting future economic trends that impact on business strategies, an understanding of managerial economics can be used in formulating business policies. The concepts and general principles of microeconomic analysis will cover demand and supply theory, the theory of costs and production, the organization of businesses, market structures, pricing strategies, employment of resources, the role of government regulation in businesses and finally the application of these ideas in a global economy driven by technological change.
BA608	Financial Management The purpose of this subject is to develop an understanding of the basic practices of financial management, and to introduce you to the theories which attempt to explain the investment, financing and dividend decisions of modern corporations. The first half of the subject introduces the basic concepts of finance such as the time value of money, the analysis of the financial viability of a company, the issues of risk and return and capital budgeting in investment decisions. The second half considers investment decision-making under uncertainty, the relationship between finance and economics at the "macro" level of the entire economy, and analyses the behaviour of finance markets. The recent extreme volatility of finance markets has challenged the conventional wisdom that financial markets are stable, and this section of the course will consider both the conventional wisdom, the opposing perspective, and the evidence.
BA609	Corporate Strategy & Business Policy This module provides an introduction to business and corporate strategy. It examines the wide spectrum of techniques involved in analyzing business and competitive data and information including environmental analysis, industry analysis and competitor analysis. It also guides the students through the complexities of managing strategically and shown how theories can be selected, and applied, in a rigorous and integrated manner.
BA610	Dissertation After completion of the first part of this programme, the candidates must write the dissertation as the second part of the programme. After successful completion and submission of dissertation, the degree will be awarded. The dissertation is the price of academic writing and the candidates must demonstrate their skills in applying learned theories and knowledge in the real world. The dissertation must be in the category of a research work and hence the research methodology is very important to the candidates. There will be a research methodology workshop before the start of the dissertation. Each candidate will get a supervisor who will guide and support the candidate's research activities as well as writing the dissertation.

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