Lancashire MBA
Module 1: Strategic Horizons & Global Shifts (30 credits)
❚ Strategic foresight and long-term thinking in volatile environments (VUCA/BANI)
❚ Business simulation to practice strategic decision-making
❚ Scenario planning and environmental scanning
❚ Global megatrends: AI, digital transformation, sustainability, geopolitics
❚ Corporate strategy, competitive advantage, and business models
Module 2: Financial Data-Driven Decision Making (30 credits)
❚ Financial statement analysis and interpretation
❚ Capital budgeting: NPV, IRR, and investment appraisal
❚ Microeconomic and macroeconomic decision-making
❚ Tools: Excel, Tableau, Power BI for financial analysis
❚ Risk analysis and integrated strategic decision-making
Module 3: People, Organisations and Change (30 credits)
❚ Contemporary leadership theories and styles
❚ Organisational behaviour, culture, and power dynamics
❚ Change management frameworks: Lewin, Kotter, ADKAR
❚ Digital leadership and managing hybrid teams
❚ Future of work: AI, automation, and workforce transformation
Module 4: Strategic Marketing in a Global Context (30 credits)
❚ Market segmentation, targeting, and customer insights
❚ Brand strategy, positioning, and value propositions
❚ Integrated marketing communications and campaign planning
❚ AI in marketing and data-driven digital strategies
❚ Ethical, sustainable, and inclusive marketing
Module 5: Future Leaders' Challenge (30 credits)
❚ Real-world, complex business and societal challenges
❚ Team-based problem solving in fast-paced environments
❚ Systems thinking and interdisciplinary approaches
❚ Ethical, responsible, and inclusive decision-making
❚ Strategic communication and stakeholder engagement
Module 6: Impact Project (30 credits)
❚ Self-directed consultancy, business analysis, or entrepreneurship project
❚ Applied research methods and evidence-based decision-making
❚ Project scoping, management, and impact-driven outcomes
❚ Professional report (3,000 words) with 5-minute video presentation
❚ Translate project experience into career growth and employability
❚ Tools: Power BI, Tableau, Orange Data Mining
❚ AI governance aligned with aCAP Domain 6
❚ Risk management and ethical deployment
Module 4: Future Leaders’ Challenge (30 credits)
❚ Real-world business challenges
❚ Team-based problem solving
❚ Strategic thinking and innovation
❚ Digital transformation planning
❚ Global case studies
Module 5: Learning Without Limits (30 credits)
❚ Personal and professional growth analysis
❚ Industry trend identification
❚ Skills mapping and reflection
❚ Personal branding and networking
❚ Digital portfolio development
Module 6: Impact Project (30 credits)
❚ Self-directed consultancy project
❚ No traditional dissertation required
❚ Applied research methods
❚ Real-world business challenge
❚ Career-focused outcomes
