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2002 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
Manchester Business School


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


FACULTY/ACADEMICS

Basic Information:
Core MBA curriculum last revised: 1997

Accelerated MBA program offered? No

Laptop computer requirement? Yes

Students must complete international experience abroad? Yes

Students must complete a business plan? No

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



TEACHING METHODS

Teching Methods:
Case study 10%
Distance learning (videoconferencing, Web-based learning) 0%
Experiential learning 15%
Lecture 30%
Simulations 5%
Team projects 40%
Other 0%


SCHOOL CONCENTRATIONS/SPECIALIZATIONS

School Concentrations/Specializations:
Accounting
Consulting
Corporate Social Responsibility
E-commerce
Economics
Entrepreneurship
Finance
General Management
Human Resource Management
Industrial Management
International Business
Management Information Systems
Manufacturing and Technology Management
Marketing
Operations Management
Organizational Behavior
Portfolio Management
Statistics and Operations Research
Strategy
Supply Chain Management
Tax
Technology


AREAS OF STUDY

The school reports that the following are its five leading areas of study:
Business Incubation
Entrepreneurship
International Business
Marketing
Retailing
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Average number of students in a core course: 65

Average number of students in an elective course: 20

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in academic year: 32

Percentage of electives offered in 2001-2002 that are new in the past three years: 50%

New electives added in past 12 months:
Start-up Business Consulting
New Product Development
Perspectives of Leadership
Principles and Practice of Entrepreneurship
Negotiations - Strategy and Skills



FULL-TIME PROGRAM FACULTY

Full-time faculty in residence over past 12 months 39
Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence over past 12 months 40
 
Tenured professors 18
Of those, what percentage are:
  Female 0%
Underrepresented minorities: (1) n/a
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:
None


OTHER B-SCHOOL DEGREE PROGRAMS

Other degree programs offered through the B-school:
n/a


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
Consulting
Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
Entrepreneurship
Fund Management
Investment Banking

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

Religious organizations active on campus:
n/a

Active intramural sports teams:
Cricket
Outdoor Activities
Rugby
Soccer

Students plan group vacations that attract at least a third of the class? Yes

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

June Paris
Soccer games against other B-schools

n/a Various



 
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