This is a programme designed to meet and exceed market demands for competitive pricing and quality. You can acquire a foundation of basic strategy concepts for application at both the corporate and business levels. The core emphasis is to develop strategic thinking to allow you to solve complex multi-disciplinary problems and exploit opportunities. You will be able to forecast and evaluate the effects of major business decisions, assess the benefits and problems of integrating corporate and functional strategies, and to formulate approaches for managing strategic change.
Programme Objectives
- To enhance knowledge and skills, and to manage corporate, business and operational strategies towards gaining competitive advantage for organizations;
- To develop strategic thinking required for managing change effectively in the corporate and business world.
MBA CORE
This course places the concept of technology and technology management in perspective and deals with the strategies to manage innovation. This includes how to create product innovation and understanding its process. The course also discusses technology transfer.
Technology Management & Innovation
This course places the concept of technology and technology management in perspective and deals with the strategies to manage innovation. This includes how to create product innovation and understanding its process. The course also discusses technology transfer.
CODE: MRC 1043
CREDIT VALUE: 3 Credits
Management & Cost Accounting
Accounting and cost constitute the bases upon which all internal and external financial transactions are conducted. A thorough knowledge of accounting, its concept and practices therefore, is necessary for an effective financial control of any business. Financial, Management and Cost Accounting will be discussed in this course with implications on decision making.
CODE: MRC 1023
CREDIT VALUE: 3 Credits
Financial Management
The module covers the depth of business-critical understanding and skills necessary for effective financial management of modern enterprises. Students are required to prepare the cash forecast, financial statements, enterprises evaluation, capital project evaluation, and others.
CODE: MRC 2013
CREDIT VALUE: 3 Credits
Marketing Management
Focus will be centered on the short term and long term marketing consideration by examining the role of marketing in a business operation and for corporate success. Students will learn how marketing can help an organization gain and sustain competitive advantages, the various techniques for monitoring marketing performance and customer satisfaction, how marketing mix decisions are made and implemented, and how to develop and implement marketing plans.
CODE: MRC 2023
CREDIT VALUE: 3 Credits
Economic Analysis
The course provides an understanding of the macroeconomics environment affecting management decision-making in the public and private sectors. It focuses on factors determining national income and output; inflation and unemployment; fiscal and monetary policy; balance of payments and exchange rates; and international aspects of economic policy with special reference to Malaysia.
CODE: MRC 1013
CREDIT VALUE: 3 Credits
MANAGEMENT SKILLS
These courses will help you to apply both experiential learning and problem solving and analytical and decision–making skills to real everyday situations through project and case studies.
Strategic Management
This course will give students a foundation of basic strategic concepts for application at both the corporate and business unit levels. The emphasis is on developing strategic thinking to enable students to approach complex multi-disciplinary problems and opportunities confidently. Students will be able to forecast and evaluate the effects of major business decision; assess the benefits and problems of integrating corporate and functional strategies; and to formulate approaches for managing strategic change.
CODE: MRC 3013
CREDIT VALUE: 3 Credits
Human Resource Management
This course focuses on the importance of managing people in organizations. It is recognized that changes in the environment have great impact on people in organizations particularly when organizations need to sustain competitive advantage. Successful and effective management of human resources is as important for corporate success as any other management activity. This course will help students to link their personal situation and experience to general principles of human resources. Case studies will enable students to link theory and practice in human resource management.
CODE: MRC 2033
CREDIT VALUE: 3 Credits
Action Research in Organisation
The module covers the depth of business-critical understanding and skills necessary for effective financial management of modern enterprises. Students are required to prepare the cash forecast, financial statements, enterprises evaluation, capital project evaluation, and others.
CODE: MRC 1033
CREDIT VALUE: 3 Credits
PROGRAMME SPECIALISATION
Designing Strategic Plans
The course is designed to develop participants with the critical skills in designing competitive strategic plans consistent with a company or a firm's overall strategy towards fulfilling stakeholders' expectations. The course focuses on how to develop and implement corporate, business and marketing plans, budgets, HR Plan, etc for their organizations. Prior to developing the plan, the objective of the course is to review the state of the economy and the business condition.
CODE: MRB 3063
CREDIT VALUE: 3 Credits
Quality & Change Management
Quality will continue to be the most critical issue for businesses which aspire for excellence. This course will look at all aspects of quality in organizations and deals with the continuous change programmes to achieve organizational performance through appropriate change management strategies and implementation. This module treats QUALITY as the economic achievement of customer satisfaction and as such is a fundamental management objective.
CODE: MRB 3123
CREDIT VALUE: 3 Credits
IT Strategy
Information Technology is becoming increasingly important in the business industry. Through this course, students will develop an understanding of the critical role in that information technology plays in generating and sustaining a competitive edge. It also develops personal competence in the management of an information system, strategies and processes that are currently required to manage modern organizations.
CODE: MRB 1053
CREDIT VALUE: 3 Credits
UNIVERSITY GENERAL ELECTIVE (UGE)
IT Project Management
This course offered by the Center for Advanced Software Engineering (CASE) deals with the application information technology in managing projects. In the present business environment, projects are planned and executed with the use of information technology to gain speed and efficiency. The widespread use of information technology in business started when managers could organize their business operation strategy in a better fashion.
CODE: UCM 1233
CREDIT VALUE: 3 Credits
Organisation Behaviour & Development
This is a course that covers both organizational and group behavior in organizations. The scientific approach to behavior deals along the changing organizational paradigms within the context of organizational purpose, mission and strategies. In the same mannner, the organizational culture and diversity will be discussed along with the behavior of individuals and groups within the organization.
CODE: UDE 1123
CREDIT VALUE: 3 Credits
MBA ELECTIVE (ME) - SELECTION
Student can choose the subject
These courses will allow students to broaden their knowledge in specific business areas by cultivating critical business competencies. Other electives are Creativity and Innovation, Global Business Environment, The Legal Aspects of Business, Economics of Governmental Activities, Venture Capital Management Quantitative Analysis, Presentation and Communication Skills, Negotiation Skills and others.
CREDIT VALUE: 3 Credits
MASTER PROJECT
Case Study
The objective of this project is to provide a realistic environment for the students to synthesize materials drawn from different modules and to apply them within a project that has real business value. The project should reflect the target of the performance and will pass through a number of stages for approval. This course is intended to after a framework for managing a project, including presentation and guidelines on project research methods.
CODE: MRA 4046
CREDIT VALUE: 6 Credits
TOTAL CREDIT = 48
METHOD 1 : FULL PAYMENTA total of RM21,000 / RM30,000 to be paid during Registration Day.
METHOD 2 : PROGRESSIVE PAYMENT
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An MBA constitutes a major investment in terms of cost and time since students have to balance the responsibilities of a demanding position with the need to master management competencies. Their choice of an appropriate MBA programme must therefore be correct in order that the incidence of opportunity loss may be obviated.
Whilst there are indeed many MBA Programmes available today, these programmes are precisely geared to garner maximum gains for the students with quality courses.
The minimum entry requirements are as follows;
- An honours degree from UTM or other recognized universities or an equivalent academic qualification from an overseas establishment approved by the university Senate. Certain professional qualifications will also be considered.
- At least two years post-qualification working experience.
- An English Certificate of IELTS/TOEFL (International applicants only)
MBA CENTERSIBS, UTM International Campus Kuala Lumpur
UTM Skudai Johor
MBA CLASSESDuring Weekends (Saturdays/Sundays)
4-5 Consecutive Days (9.00am - 6.00pm)
Occasionally Weekdays (6.30pm - 10.30pm)
DURATION OF STUDYFull Time : 1 ½ years (max 3 years)
Part Time : 2 years (max 4 years)
SUBJECTS TAKEN PER SEMESTERFull Time : 2 (max 6), short semester 2 (max 3)
Part Time : 1 (max 4), short semester 1 (max 2)
MEDIUM OF TAUGHTEnglish
REQUIREMENT FOR ALL INTERNATIONAL POSTGRADUATE STUDIES APPLICANTS
All international students applying to MBA programme must have an English Certificate of IELTS or TOEFL. Only graduates from the countries listed at this link are exempted from English language requirement and can be allowed to enroll in a faculty programme: The minimum band score required in order to be considered to the programme are:
INTENSIVE ENGLISH COURSE
However, students who get ADMISSION with a lower score and do not meet the entry requirement will have to attend and pass IEC for at least one semester or up to two semesters (a year) depending on his/her entry level and performance. All students are required to attend and pass IEC first before being allowed to register for their postgraduate programme.
STRUCTURE OF IEC PROGRAMME
IEC comprises of four modules – Reading, Writing, Listening & Speaking, and Self-Access Language Learning with a total of 22 contact hours a week. The course adopts the skill-based approach where all the four language skills are given due emphasis in the classroom. The Self-Access Language Learning allows students, on their own, to use the facilities in the state-of-the-art digital language laboratory for language learning. In addition, a Fieldwork/Seminar module is included. This module exposes students to the Malaysian culture, history and development through experiential learning outside the classroom.
FEE
The fee for attending IEC is RM3,900.00 per semester.(RM3500 for subsequent semesters).
Short Semester Class Schedule (Sem III 2012/2013)
