Strategic Leadership

Overview

As well as developing your leadership, management and entrepreneurial capabilities, you’ll build expertise in key business areas such as corporate communications, financial management, business strategy and change management. You’ll network and share ideas with peers from other industries and immediately apply what you learn in your current role, boosting your performance and increasing your impact.

Graduates can apply for Chartered Manager status through the CMI (Chartered Management Institute) following completion of the programme.

What you'll experience

On this MBA Strategic Leadership at  University of Portsmouth , you'll:

• Link theory and research to management practice by applying what you learn to your current role and workplace
• Learn from staff with research and consultancy experience, and links with industry
• Work on an applied project to deliver practical value for your own organisation (or another) by analysing a challenge or opportunity and providing useful recommendations
• Hone your analytical and research skills and bring together your knowledge and learning by doing an integrated strategy project
• Use your Applied Learning Portfolio to demonstrate how you’re applying new knowledge and behaviours in a work-based context
• Learn from industry experts while expanding your network with guest lectures and business events sponsored by the Faculty of Business and Law
• Explore opportunities and hear from talent management experts at our Enterprise and Employability Week events, professional networking events and job fairs
• Tap into our Library’s vast selection of electronic resources, which are available 24/7 and include access to thousands of e-journals

• Get access to Chartered Management Institute (CMI) materials throughout the course, including useful articles and scenarios

Teaching​

Teaching on this course includes:

• lectures
• seminars
• business simulations
• group discussions
• case studies

Careers and opportunities

When you graduate, you'll have the skills, knowledge and confidence you need to fulfil your career ambitions, in your current company and beyond.

Recruiters for roles that require specialist knowledge or research skills, including senior leadership roles and business consultancy, particularly target those with higher level qualifications such as the MBA.

Previous MBA graduates have progressed to roles including:

• chief executive
• global director
• general manager
• programme manager
• business consultant
• finance director

Other graduates have used their entrepreneurial skills to start up businesses as well.

You can apply through the ‘qualified route' to become a Chartered Member (CMg MCMI) or a Chartered Fellow (CMgr FCMI), depending on your experience, when you complete the course.