Master of Business Administration with Specialism in Human Resource Management
The Edinburgh Business School Master of Business Administration with a Specialism in Human Resource Management from Heriot-Watt University is designed for individuals wishing to gain advanced management skills and expertise. The MBA is a broad-based management degree and appeals to individuals from a wide range of backgrounds. The degree is aimed at people with experience who wish to develop themselves as effective managers. The programme includes the opportunity for students to extend their study to meet specific career requirements by taking one of the specialist awards. The specialisms provide students with a deeper understanding of the application of a specific discipline.
The programme offers general coverage of the key management disciplines – people skills, economics, marketing, accounting, finance, and project management. The capstone Strategic Planning course develops strategic thinking and the ability to recognise and use the various tools and techniques of the other core courses to identify and solve a wide range of business problems.
To understand the business environment and the influence of both consumers and micro and macro influences that shape the industry.
To understand the role of different cultures in shaping national, regional and global business practice.
To develop in graduates, both within the business curriculum and in the context of their degree programme, a range of transferable skills appropriate to employers needs.
This module focuses on only five of these developments in accounting - target costing, life cycle costing, throughout accounting, costs for competitive advantage and time-based activity-based costing. Students will learn to be sensitive to the changes in their organisations’ systems but be confident that the principles of management accounting are articulated to underpin these new developments.
This module enhances students’ portfolio of financial concepts and provide finance applications onto industry-specific examples where the concepts covered in this module are applied to industry situations. Students would be able to understand the underlying principles of finance, application of tools of financial arithmetic when making financial decisions.
This module covers topics like marketing management process, corporate strategies, marketing Implications, business strategies and their marketing Implications, before moving to more in-depth modules such as environmental analysis, Industry analysis and competitive advantage, understanding consumer and organisational buying behaviour, product life cycle and measuring and delivering marketing performance.
This module enables students to distinguish organisational behaviour (OB) and management as similar disciplines, assess ways to measure job satisfaction in the work setting, differentiate organisational commitment and job involvement and the types of work groups existing in organisations. Students will also appreciate the various organisational designs and new forms of service-driven organisations, as well as organisational culture and change.
This module covers topics such as the meaning of strategic planning as it is used in business and the visualizing strategy as a structure of thought that can be applied to the complex strategy process. It also includes areas like demonstrating why an understanding of the economy is important for managers.
This module introduces the main concepts and philosophies of project management.. At the end of this module, students will be familiar with the concept of project management, how project management differs from traditional management and the different organisation structures employed, and the potential benefits and challenges of using a project management approach.
Generally the curriculums for all levels are taught over 3 terms. Modules are conducted in formal instructor-led classroom sessions where students are introduced to the course discipline. Each term will cover 3-4 modules with 56 contact hours per module. Lectures are 2-hour sessions.
The award and the accreditation of the MBA is from Heriot-Watt University in United Kingdom. Successful MBA students will be able to progress into the doctorate programmes at East Asia Institute of Management.
MBA with a Specialism in Human Resource Management
(18 months)
MODULES:
1. Accounting
2. Finance
3. Marketing
4. Organisational Behaviour
5. Strategic Planning
6. Project Management
7. Economics
8. Human Resource Development
9. Human Resource Management
10. Negotiation
11. Influence
The entry requirements for the programme are as follows:
A first or second class business-related honours degree from a recognised University;
Or, passes in three of the MBA courses (one of whuch must be a Core) obtained by self-study; and
A minimum of 2 years full-time work experience of a responsible nature
EASB will assess all applicants to the programme individually with regard to their suitability to untake postgraduate level study.
International Students
The entry requirements for the programme are as follows:
A first or second class business-related honours degree from a recognised University;
Or, passes in three of the MBA courses (one of whuch must be a Core) obtained by self-study; and
A minimum of 2 years full-time work experience of a responsible nature
EASB will assess all applicants to the programme individually with regard to their suitability to untake postgraduate level study.
IELTS 6.0
Students that have opted t undertake the Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh Business School) MBA programmes in languages other than English such as simplifed Chinese, Russian, Arabic, and Spanish do not need to conform to the minimum English language requirement of IELTS 6.0 as part of the entry requrements.
East Asia Institute of Management, EASB, is in the first batch of PEIs to be awarded the 4-year EduTrust Certification by the Council for Private Education. EduTrust certification recognises PEIs that have robust academic systems and processes, and have attained quality standards in the delivery of education.
EASB has adopted both the escrow bank account and insurance scheme for the protection of total fees paid by all students as required under the EduTrust Certification Scheme.
EASB has in place a mandatory group medical insurance policy as required by the Council for Private Education for all students’ hospitalization and treatment throughout their course duration. In addition, EASB has a group personal accident insurance coverage for all students.
EASB has adopted the standard PEI-student contract.
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