Master of Business Administration (Senior Leader Apprenticeship

This two-year apprenticeship programme is best suited to individuals who have been in a role that involves either, line managing staff, or collaborating with others, to produce tangible organisational outcomes for circa 3 years. You must also have written organisational support that states you have Senior Leader potential.This apprenticeshipwill be delivered across each academic year in designated periods of placement learning and study blocks.This model allows you to gain the advantages of the University resources and support processes, become integrated as a Middlesex University student, and develop a sense of belonging and cohort identity.The modules are delivered through attendance at University, independent study days and online learning.You will have access to My Learning at module and programme level, and all resources provided within it. These resources allow you to undertake the required pre and post sessional work within each module.Whilst in practice, your learning and assessment will be supported and assessed by an identified mentor, who have prepared for the role by the University, for learning and assessment in practice.Course contentThe programme aims to develop individuals to manage successfully and ethically across a range of organisations in an increasingly global, diverse and dynamic business environment.This aim is achieved through:encouraging students to gain a thorough and integrated understanding of the various disciplines that contribute to the study of management;facilitating the application of such disciplines to ensure effective practice;enhancing personal and professional skills for management and leadership.What skills will the apprentice gainStrong communicators: confident both in written and verbal communication and demonstrating an appreciation of the need for active listening and the appropriate sourcing of information.Effective team players: through the application of interpersonal skills including negotiation and collaboration.Digitally literate: maintaining currency in the selection and use of lT.Ethically informed: able to make a positive contribution to the communities they operate within through appreciation of social responsibility.AttendanceBlended learningCareersStudents are expected to further their career through the programme.The Critical Action Learning allows the student to question for example, what judgement, emancipation and empowerment mean in terms of their relationship with improved organisational performance. They thus actively question what it means to learn to become, and to be, a better manager and a Senior Leader.The assumption underlying the above is that as managing and leading are complex and contested phenomena, by being critical about them, students will indeed become better leaders and managers through enhanced scholarship. This tension held throughout the programme of - proving competence versus being an inevitably flawed manager - is key to their development as managers.