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2001 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
Manchester Business School
Manchester Business School

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Address: MBA Centre, Manchester Business School
Booth Street West
Manchester M15 6PB
UK
E-Mail: mba_admissions@man.mbs.ac.uk
Web site: www.mbs.ac.uk


FACULTY/ACADEMICS

Basic Information:
Core MBA curriculum last revised: 1997

Full-time program runs in the following countries:
United Kingdom

Accelerated MBA program offered? No

Laptop computer requirement? No

Students must complete international experience abroad? Yes

Students must complete a business plan? Yes

School claims intellectual property rights on ventures developed by its students? No



TEACHING METHODS

Teching Methods:
Case study 15%
Distance learning (video conferencing, Web-based learning) 0%
Experiential learning 25%
Lecture 30%
Simulations 5%
Team projects 25%
Other 0%

Distance learning option for some courses? Yes


SCHOOL CONCENTRATIONS/SPECIALIZATIONS

School Concentrations/Specializations:
Accounting
Consulting
Corporate Reputation
Creativity and Innovation
Decison Analysis
E-Commerce
Economics
Entrepreneurship
Finance
General Management
Human Resource Management
Industrial Management
International Business
Management Information Systems
Manufacturing & Technology Management
Marketing
Operations Management
Organizational Behavior
Portfolio Management
Statistics & Operations Research
Strategy
Supply Chain Management
Tax
Technology

Full-time MBAs enrolled in entrepreneurial studies/small business concentration in past 12 months: 76


AREAS OF STUDY

The school reports that the following are its five leading areas of study:
E-Commerce
Entrepreneurship
Finance
International Business
Marketing

Average number of students in a core course: 60

Average number of students in an elective course: 15

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in academic year: 40

Percentage of electives offered in 2000-2001 that are new in the past three years: 46%

New electives added in past 12 months:
Bank Financial Management and Global Finance
Business Venturing
Corporate Recovery and Turn-around
Corporate Reputation
Internet Entrepreneurship
Knowledge Management
Private Equity Finance
Supporting Decisions
Finance Toolkit
Marketing Research


FULL-TIME PROGRAM FACULTY

Full-time faculty in residence over past 12 months 44
Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past 12 months 41
Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 80%
 
Tenured professors 20
Of those, what percentage are:
  Female 25%
Underrepresented minorities: (1) n/a
Focus on entrepreneurship 20%
Members of company boards/ directors of boards of advisors 50%
Have owned a business 20%

(1) Defined as U.S. citizens who are African American, Hispanic American, and Native American. Asian Americans are not included in the minority percentage.


JOINT-DEGREE PROGRAMS

Joint-degree programs offered to full-time students:
n/a


OTHER B-SCHOOL DEGREE PROGRAMS

Other degree programs offered:
MBA in Entrepreneurship
MA in Marketing


STUDENT LIFE

Editor's note: While the B-school may not have an active club in an area that interests you, the greater university system may.

B-school has active professional clubs in the following areas:
Biotech/Health care
Business Ethics
Consulting
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Fund Management
Pharmaceutical

B-school has active networking clubs in the following areas:
Partners/Family

Religious organizations active on campus:
n/a

Active intramural sports teams:
Cricket
Running/Track
Soccer
sailing

Annual group trips that attract at least a third of the class? Yes

Where to?
various

MBA Games, or sports contests against rival B-schools:
Event Month Location
European MBA tournament

June Paris



 
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