Practice events are integral to the University of Bedfordshire Business School’s vision to take business education, research and practice in exciting new directions. Central to this vision is the aspiration to give you the skills and knowledge to find the career and future success you want. We aim to develop intelligent practitioners who imaginatively integrate theory and practice. You will need to select and apply knowledge and principles you have learnt through the taught MBA units, experiential learning activities and challenges to develop an understanding of current realities in work organisations and be better placed as a future manager. This unit is specifically designed to help your transition into the professional work environment through combining academic rigour with practice skills: the behaviours, attributes and intent which give you immediate impact in the organisations you join. This produces individuals with the confidence and know-how to fit in and be effective from day one: managers who understand business context, and have the creativity, drive and focus to bring about change. The aim of this unit is to:  Enhance your transition to the workplace through experiential learning  Improve your personal, interpersonal and business skills  Develop your awareness of professional working practice and increase your employability  Relate the theories learnt in the earlier stages of the MBA to real-word business practice issues.

Course Details

During the taught elements of the course you will already have experience in the application of theory to practice in individual units and in the core integrated units. In real life work organisations integration is necessary and in preparation for your transition to the work place on completion of the MBA this unit requires that you apply your learning from the taught elements to a complex real-life organisation. You will need to analyse the organisation and draw on relevant theories and models from the MBA toolkit as necessary to inform your decision making and evaluation the effectiveness of those decisions.

This might be achieved either through a live consultancy project or through a challenging business simulation.

Live consultancy project:

Live consultancy project: Developing imaginative and effective solutions to opportunities and challenges.

You will be presented with a live project from a real work organisation.

Business Simulation

An in-depth consideration of issues in the implementation of strategic and operational decisions. The approach taken in that phase is one of Evidence-based Management (EBMgt).

You will normally work in small groups where each group will, where possible, select their own team participants.

There will be a preparatory session(s) to explain EBMgt

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