Open University Business School

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• Open University Business School
• Dedicated to distance learning

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Recognised Worldwide
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World leaderin distance learning

• The Open University (OU) is one of the worlds
  largest universities
• Only British university that is exclusively
  distance learning
• Recognised around the world for the quality of
  its programmes
• Blends new technologies with traditional delivery
  systems

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The OU Business School

• Faculty of the OU
• Largest business school in Europe
• 25,000 students in 44 countries
• 270 staff and 850 Associate Lecturers
• Worlds largest MBA provider
• 20 of all UK MBA students

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External recognition

• Awarded the prestigious EQUIS accreditation
  (Europe)
• Accredited by AMBA (UK international)(The
  Association of MBAs)
• AACSB accreditation (USA)
• UK government rating in the top 5

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Is it valued by employers?
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Recognition from industry

• More than half of the managers studying with OU
  Business School are supported by their companies
  or organisations
• Companies appreciate the visible impact of your
  learning on your work
• Whether in Hungary or in other countries it is a
  qualification that is recognised

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Corporate sponsors include

• Aer Lingus
• Atari (Games)
• AXA Sun Life
• Bank of Ireland
• Bausch and Lomb
• Hypo Vereinsbank
• BP
• British Red Cross
• British Aerospace
• British Airways
• British Steel
• British Telecom
• CGU
• Credit Suisse
• Croda
• Daimler Chrysler AG
• Deutsche Telecom
• Dow Chemicals

France Telecom GEC Glaxo Wellcome
Halifax Hewlett Packard Hoechst IBM ICL KPMG Llo
yds TSB Lucas Varity Lucent Technologies Marconi
Communications Merck Sharp Dohme Microsoft
Ministry of Defence Monsanto Nokia
Novartis OXFAM Pepsi Cola
Philip Morris Post Office PWC Pfizer Royal Air
Force Roche Diagnostics SPS International
Standard LifeSiemens Telefónica de Espana TSB
Bank UN Wang Global Warner Lambert Zeneca And
many small / medium sized companies
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Benefits to your company

• Minimal disruption to work
• You apply new skills and knowledge immediately in
  the workplace
• You bring in consultancy expertise
• International perspective
• Tailored to the situation of the company

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How does it work?
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Advantages of OU distance learning

• Flexible
• Portable
• Relevant
• Action learning
• Supportive

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Personal tutoring

• Everyone has a personal tutor at OUBS
• Tutors are management professionals who
• monitor your performance
• provide feedback on your assignments
• give group tutorials
• advise and support you
• encourage you to maintain motivation

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Course materials

• OUBS has great expertise in technological
  mediaCD-ROMs, www, computer conferencing
• Combined with traditional print-based materials
  and face-to-face teaching to optimise your
  learning
• The best in blended learning

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Tutor Marked Assignments (TMA)

• Based on your own organisation
• Every 6 or 7 weeks
• Management report like a consultant
• Develop skill in convincing through writing
• The key learning experience

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Residential schools

• Free from home and work!
• 2.5 to 5 days of intense learning (and fun)
• Workshops support and reinforce your learning
  from the course, and fill in knowledge gaps
• Networking opportunity meeting and working with
  other students from around the world

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Studying and working full-time

• Your study supports your work
• You spend 10 to 12 hours a week on your study on
  average
• You manage your study time flexibly to suit the
  demands of your work and family
• Your study is designed to be portable(materials
  and communications go with you)

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Fundamentals of Senior Management

• What will you be doing in your first year?
• Meeting people here abroad, working in teams,
• reading, reflecting, making sense of your
  world,
• challenging, trying things out, learning,
• getting feedback from peers, from tutors, and
  from work colleagues
• managing your time flexibly and efficiently
• Assess your current skill-set as a manager /
  leader
• Benchmark your organisation against another
• Analyse a real change process did it work?..

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How is it structured?
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Management Development

• OUBS offers three general Management Development
  Programmes
• Professional Certificate in Management
• Professional Diploma in Management
• Master of Business Administration

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Certificate

• For those who are new to management roles or who
  want to move into management
• For those who want to develop stronger academic
  skills
• Broad, practical introduction to key management
  ideas, techniques and overall competences
• No formal entry requirements (interview)
• Part one of the Diploma

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Diploma

• For those with some management experience and
  Business Studies degree or Certificate in
  Management
• Demonstrates how different specialisms contribute
  to more generic management tasks
• Further develops analytical, reflective and
  decision making skills
• Stage one of MBA

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Diploma components

• Block 1 Understanding performance
• How performance can be understood and measured
  from different perspectives
• Block 2 Improving performance
• How performance can be improved in organisations
• Block 3 Managing projects and change
• Develops more advanced project management and
  change management skills
• Block 4 Investigating performance and change
• Apply a range of management concepts to an
  in-depth analysis project of a management problem

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Linked programmes
MBA route 1 - New to management - New to study -
No university degree
MBA route 2 - Business degree - Certificate in
Management Studies - Experience
MBA route 3 - Honours degree or equivalent
professional qualification - Over 27 -
Management experience
PROF CERTIFICATE IN MANAGEMENT (1 yr) DIPLOMA
PART ONE
PROF DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT (1 yr) MBA STAGE ONE
FOUNDATIONS COURSE (1 yr) MBA STAGE ONE
MBA STAGE TWO STRATEGY COURSE (6 mths) PLUS 2
ELECTIVES (6 mths each) FINAL COMPULSORY COURSE
(12 mths)
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MBA Stage 1 - timeframe

• Open access route
• YEAR 1 - Certificate in Management
• YEAR 2 - Diploma in Management
• Diploma entry route
• YEAR 1 - Diploma in Management
• Graduate entry route
• YEAR 1 - Fundamentals of Senior
  Management

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MBA Stage 2 - timeframe

• 6 months Strategy
• 6 months 1st elective
• parallel to
• Making a Difference
• 6 months 2nd elective
• parallel to
• Making a Difference

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MBA - Electives

• Financial Strategy
• Creativity, Innovation and Change
• Managing Knowledge
• Managing Human Resources
• Marketing in a Complex World
• Technology Management
• Managing Development
• Leading and Managing for Effective Education

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MBA final compulsory courseMaking a Difference

• 12 month module designed to run parallel to the
  elective modules, or to follow them
• A genuine management task which enables you to
  focus all your MBA learning on an investigation
  within an organisation
• Aim is to make a real difference to that
  organisation

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MBA outline

• Duration
• 2.5 or 3.5 years
• Start Dates
• May and November
• Registration Date
• 4-5 weeks before course start date
• Cost
• 12235

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Certificate outline

• Duration
• 12 month programme 2.5 day residential
• Start dates
• May and November
• Registration dates
• 4-5 weeks before course start date
• Cost
• 2885
• Tuition
• face to face and on-line support or on-line only

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Diploma outline

• Duration
• Managing Performance and Change (12 months)
• Start Dates
• May and November
• Registration Date
• 4-5 weeks before course start date
• Cost
• 3030
• Tuition
• face to face and on line support or on line only

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MBA (Life Sciences)

• For managers in life sciences and health
  including
• biotech
• pharmaceutical
• public and private healthcare
• Only MBA to specialise in strategic management of
  these sectors

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MSc (Human Resource Management)

• In-depth study of HRM field
• Strong emphasis on strategic issues
• Support from HR professionals

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Master of Public Administration

• Highly flexible MPA programme
• Offers cross-sector mixing, field-specific
  enhancements and trans-national dimensions
• Support from public sector professionals

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MSc (International Finance and Management)

• For accountants and financial managers
• Strong emphasis on international accounting and
  financial knowledge
• Also builds wider management skills

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Some final questions
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Why do employers pay?

• Developing their managers is important
• Course materials and assignments connect with
  real business challenges
• Employers demand and recognise high standards and
  quality materials
• Immediately applicable to the workplace
• You dont need to be away from the job

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The arguments that got support

• Improved skills lead to improved performance
• Management knowledge and business skills
• Increased strategic planning skills
• Run projects more professionally
• Sell my ideas better upwards and downwards
• Directly applicable to my job
• Opportunity to use new skills immediately
• Study during spare time, flexible study hours
• Reasonable cost
• Value for money compared to weekly other courses
  of other organisations
• New ideas and additional motivation for my job

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Who are our students?

• Nearly 120,000 students have registered for OU
  Business School courses
• 59 from UK 41 from outside UK
• From a wide range of industriesand backgrounds
• Course pass rate (without resit) 78

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Why study?

• Raise your confidence
• Increase your theoretical knowledge
• Raise your international competence
• Extend your horizons
• Become part of new networks
• Invest in yourself
• Extend your options
• Be able to change things