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Cardi Business School: Ranked amongst

the Best Business Schools in the UK

Cardi Business School has an international reputation or

its research excellence. The latest UK Government Research

Assessment Exercise has ranked the School ourth in the UK in

terms o its research quality.

70% o the Schools research is ranked either world-leading or

internationally excellent. The School is ranked 2nd in the UK in

terms o the proportion o its research which is world-leading (the

highest possible category). The School uses research-led teaching

across its ull portolio o Specialist Masters programmes. This

means that our aculty members teach students the cutting-edge

expertise needed to orge a successul career.

University Business Schools

1st London Business School

2nd Imperial College

3rd Cambridge

4th Cardi

5th Warwick

Lancaster

Bath

LSE

Oxord

Kings College London

11th Strathclyde

ManchesterLeeds

Nottingham

15th Craneld

Source: Times Higher Education

Research Assessment Exercise 2008

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A Reputation or Excellence

Cardi Business School is ranked 4th in the UK or its research

excellence. The School has recently become a member o both the

American-based AACSB International, The Association to Advance

Collegiate Schools o Business and o the European Foundation or

Management Development (EFMD EQUIS).

A Global School in the UKThe aculty o Cardi Business School come rom 28 countries, our

current students come rom 60 countries and our alumni represent

120 countries, reecting the Schools global approach to its work and

its international stature.

The Schools international reputation allows aculty and institutional

collaboration with other leading universities overseas.

World Class Faculty

The School attracts world-class aculty who occupy key positions

in their respective elds, in the leading international business and

research associations and membership bodies. Faculty are on the

editorial review boards o many o the leading academic journals.

Recognition or Outstanding Research

The School is ranked 2nd in the UK or the amount o its research

which is world-leading second only to London Business School.

At the Frontier o Business Decision Making

The School makes a useul contribution to both policy and practice

on a local, national and international level, with research inorming

organisations such as the Foreign and Commonwealth Ofce, the

United Nations, the Treasury, the Department or Trade and Industry

and the Department or Communities and Local Government, and

working on consultation projects or blue-chip, global rms.

An Excellent Learning EnvironmentPostgraduate students join a community o over 1000 postgraduates

specialising in Taught Masters programmes and our MBA. The diversity

o our student body directly inorms teaching and experiences are

shared rom all over the globe.

In excess o 160 million has been invested to provide modern and

well-equipped acilities, ensuring a rst-class environment in which to

live and study. A brand-new, state-o-the-art Trading Room is available

to all our students, giving them practical expertise in the nancial

markets.

Cardi is one o the ew UK universities to provide a dedicated

acility or postgraduate students. The Graduate Centre oers

additional academic and social acilities and a centre or the broader

postgraduate community.

Excellence in Teaching

In the last Teaching Quality Assessment exercise, teaching at

Cardi Business School was assessed as excellent. Our knowledge,

experience and research underpins teaching on all o our

postgraduate programmes, inorming our students o valuable ideas

and practices at the rontier o global business developments.

A Career Head-startGraduates o the School are placed on excellent career tracks

across the range o business and management careers in rms and

government organizations. Regular recruiters o our students, to

name a ew, include KPMG, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte, HSBC,

JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Unilever.

One o the Best Universities in the UK

The School is part o Cardi University, itsel a Russell Group institution

(the UKs equivalent to the North American Ivy League).

An Attractive Location

The University is based in and around Cardis magnicent city centre,

alongside the National Museum and Galleries o Wales, and boastsmuch ne parkland. A compact campus means that the town centre,

Students Union, Business School and Halls o Residence are in easy

walking distance o each other.

The Capital City Advantage

The astest growing capital in Europe, Cardi is two hours by train

rom London and was recently named the most desirable city in

which to live and work in the UK. This dynamic city boasts the

Millennium Stadium, the National Assembly or Wales, the cultural

Wales Millennium Centre and hosts major sporting events, world

class concerts, lm estivals and much more. Both the coastline and

mountain ranges o Wales can be easily explored rom the capital.

Why Cardi Business School?01

Introducing Cardi Business School

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www.cardi.ac.uk/carbsWhy Cardi Business School? Welcome

Cardi Business School: An Education or Lie

Here at Cardi we have been providing a business education or

some 140 years: a heritage o which we are proud and through which

we have developed a reputation as one o the leading business and

management schools in the UK.

Our purpose at Cardi Business School is to provide an education

or lie. We give our students the analytical and business skills that willstay with them or a lietime, helping them to progress in their careers

and contribute to society.

We are currently ranked 4th in the UK or the quality o our research,

according to the Research Assessment Exercise undertaken by the

UK government. In terms o the proportion o research categorised as

world-leading, we are 2nd in the UK.

Our aculty members bring their research expertise to the

classroom. The knowledge, experience and research o my colleagues

underpins the teaching on all o our postgraduate programmes,

inorming our students o valuable ideas and practices at the rontier

o global business developments.

The School is constantly developing. We were among the rst to

provide a Master o Business Administration programme some 28years ago and continue to update and to innovate within our suite o

postgraduate degree programmes, equipping tomorrows business

people with cutting-edge expertise.

Our programmes challenge students academically whilst giving

them the knowledge needed to succeed in a global business arena.

We provide dedicated careers support throughout the course o

your studies and once you graduate. Facilities like the Schools

Trading Room help to enhance your skills, and our annual careers

programme gives you the opportunity to network with recruiters

rom leading international rms. We have also recently established

a new employability centre that will allow our students to compete

eectively or the best jobs

As a postgraduate student at Cardi Business School, you willcontribute to a vibrant community o over a thousand graduates rom

over 60 countries. In addition to the seminars, lectures and workshops

you attend as part o your programme, you will be invited to attend

guest lectures given by the internationally renowned scholars and

policy makers who visit us. The whole spectrum o activities oered by

the Students Union and Graduate Centre will be open to you to enjoy,

and all o the resources o Cardi University will benet you both

when you study with us and when you become one o our alumni

when you leave.

Our students nd living and studying in Cardi, itsel a riendly and

prospering city, to be both rewarding and enjoyable. I hope that this

brochure provides you with the inormation that you need to join us

at Cardi. I wish you every success with your studies and look orwardto welcoming you to our School in the uture.

Proessor George Boyne

Dean

03 Welcome rom the Dean

04 Learning with Us

06 Introducing the Cardi MBA Programme

07 MBA Programme Structure

08 The MBA Programme

14 Cardi: The University

16 Cardi: The City18 Your Environment

20 The Graduate Centre

20 Accommodation

22 International Students

24 Careers

26 The Faculty o Cardi Business School

27 Applying to Cardi Business School

Contents

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02The Aberconway Building

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www.cardi.ac.uk/carbsWhy Cardi Business School? Learning with Us

Learning with Us

An Innovative Programme

Cardi Business School continually re-evaluates its programmes to

ensure that they cater or the requirements o tomorrows business

leaders. The Cardi MBA programme is designed to provide present

and aspiring managers with the cutting-edge tools and techniques

that will enable them to deal with the challenges, complexities and

dynamism o an increasingly volatile global

business environment.

Excellent Teaching

In the most recent Teaching Quality Assessment perormed

by the UK government, teaching at Cardi Business School was

assessed as Excellent. You will be taught in the way that best suits

your programme, ranging rom lectures, seminars and tutorials to

industry visits. Case-based teaching will allow you to work with

real-lie examples o contemporary business practice, drawn rom

the activities o internationally renowned organisations. Small group

work enables you to develop your skills o teamwork and helps you to

understand the dynamics o intra organisational groups.

A thriving, stimulating environmentAs a student o CBS youll become a member o a thriving

postgraduate community. 1000 postgraduate students join us every

year rom a range o backgrounds and with experience o dierent

cultures and working environments. The opportunities to extend

your learning are endless, rom accessing dedicated postgraduate

resources to attending guest lectures and seminars given by speakers

o international repute. Facilities such as our new Trading Room give

you the opportunity to learn practical skills to put you ahead in the

career marketplace.

A Global Perspective

Cardi Business School is a global school located within the UK and as

such aims to give our students a global perspective. Our programmes

are designed with this internationalisation in mind and ocus on

preparing you or a multicultural business environment, equipping

you with the skills youll need to succeed within it.

A supportive networkBeore you arrive in Cardi, you will be assigned a aculty member

who will act as your Personal Tutor, onhand to help with any academic

issues you might encounter during your studies and to supervise

your progress. A dedicated Student Support and Disability Ofcer

is available within the School to advise on matters such as nance,

regulations and to help you navigate the support services available

both within and outside the University.

A view to the uture

Whilst our programmes will provide you with the business knowledge

needed or you to excel in your chosen area o business, we also

provide a range o career services dedicated to helping you nd

graduate employment ater graduation.

Alumni benefts

Our relationship with our students doesnt end when they graduate.

Cardi Business School increasingly provides networking and social

opportunities or graduates when they leave us through our growing

number o alumni chapters and industry-specic groups. An online

alumni portal provides jobs boards, discussion orums and the

opportunities to post proles to enable global networking.

We hold events both in the UK and other countries worldwide.

We keep our graduates up-to-date with developments at the School

through our magazine Synergy, which is available to alumni or use in

sharing their news with their contemporaries.

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02 Main Building.

03 The School provides excellent library acilities.

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The Cardi MBA

new outlooks

01The Aberconway Building.

02 Resource Centre, Main Building.

03 04The annual MBA dinner.


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An Introduction

Turning theory in practice

A truly international programme with practical outputs, the Cardi

MBA will equip you with the insight into business practice you need

or your uture in a changing global environment.

A thorough grounding in business theory

The programme will provide you with detailed knowledge o the

theories at the core o business management. You can choose one o

ve specialist pathways or select your own combination o electives

or a general MBA that reects your particular interests and strengths.

Practical experience o business processes

As part o the MBA programme you will complete an integrated

business plan, with input rom experienced external business

practitioners. Rather than complete a traditional dissertation, the

course concludes with a business project. This gives you the chanceto showcase your theoretical knowledge in a simulated, practical

environment.

An education or lie

As well as equipping you with the knowledge oundation you need to

excel in the business world, the MBA will develop your interpersonal

skills, your business intuition, your sense o entrepreneurship and your

ability to tackle everyday challenges, within a supportive environment

o riendly competition and collaboration.

The MBA will provide you with:

Thecompetenceandthecondencetoapplynewknowledgetokey areas o business and management

Theabilitytosolvepracticalmanagementproblemsbyturning

theory into practice

Anunderstandingofworkinginaninternational,global,multi

cultural, diverse environment

Developedcommunication,self-managementandtime

management skills

The Cardi MBA: Key Facts

350 students in a cohort

A 12 month programme, running rom

September to September

4 stages o study:

Foundation,

Application,

Specialisationandthe

BusinessProject

16 elective modules in the specialisation

stage, covering 5 key managementunctions

6 pathways to choose rom:

Marketing&Strategy,

HumanResourceManagement,

Accounting&Finance,

OperationsManagement&Logistics,

InternationalManagementand

General.

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and Operations Management and Logistics..

Pathways are structured so that you can choose careully-packaged

subject combinations to develop knowledge in specic areas o

business, linked to that chosen in the Application phase.

The Cardi MBA recognises that todays business managers need

to have a broad and thorough understanding o all the key global

business issues as well as expertise within their chosen business

sphere. The MBA will allow you to explore, analyse and apply both

general and unction-specifc theories, concepts and techniques to

the challenges and complexities that you will ace in your career.

Phase 1Foundation September to December

Designed to give you a strong grounding in the basics o business

management, the Foundation phase introduces you to the core

components that make organisations unction. Youll understand the

resources that an organisation requires, the processes that control

organizational operations and the approaches through which

organisations relate to their internal and external environments.

It also develops the study skills you will need to complete your

MBA study successully.

StudySkillsFinancialAnalysisandControl

OrganisationalBehaviour

OperationsAnalysis

Marketing

InternationalBusiness

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The Programme

The Cardi MBA

The MBA Programme www.cardi.ac.uk/carbs

Like most international students, I was a little apprehensive

about studying abroad. But the multicultural environment

makes Cardif one o the most desirable cities to live in.

The Business School has an international reputation,

excellent library acilities and a good teaching staf.

Mitali Chitre

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The Programme

The Cardi MBA

The MBA Programme www.cardi.ac.uk/carbs

Like most international students, I was a little apprehensive

about studying abroad. But the multicultural environment

makes Cardif one o the most desirable cities to live in.

The Business School has an international reputation,

excellent library acilities and a good teaching staf.

Mitali Chitre

The Cardi MBA programme consists o a set o core subjects

studied in the Foundation and Application stage, a choice o

optional pathways and an individual Business Project.

During the Application Stage, students will undertake a Business

Plan that is group based, giving you the opportunity to develop

team working skills.

Assessment by external business leaders will give you an opportunity

to test your ideas and to develop urther understanding o the

dynamics o business.

Phase 3 Specialisation Stage

General MBA

3 Electives

(any combination rom the Elective

list below)

+ Business Project

Marketing and Strategy Pathway

1 Lead Elective (core)

MarketingResearch

+ 2 Electives rom:

AdvancesinStrategicManagement

ConsumerBehaviour

GlobalMarketingE-Business

+ Business Project in a Marketing and

Strategy area

Human Resource Management Pathway


StrategicHRM

+ 2 Electives rom:

InternationalManagement

ManagementConsulting

ManagementofChangeManagementinEmergingEconomies

+ Business Project in a HRM area

Phase 1Foundation Stage (core) Septemberto December

StudySkills

FinancialAnalysisandControl

OrganisationalBehaviour

Marketing

EconomicsandtheBusinessEnvironment

OperationsAnalysis

Phase 2Application Stage (core) January to March

FinancialManagement

HumanResourceManagement

MarketingManagement

StrategicManagement

InternationalBusiness

GroupBusinessPlan


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Specialisation Stage Core

Marketing Research

Specialisation Stage Electives

2 Electives: Two rom Advances in Strategic

Management, Consumer Behaviour, Global

Marketing and E-Business

Specialisation Stage Project

Business Project in a Marketing

and Strategy area


Business Project in an Operations

Management/Logistics area


2 Electives: International Sustainable

Business, Purchasing Logistics and Materials

Management


Strategic Operations Management

Operations Management and Logistics Pathway

Marketing and Strategy Pathway

The opportunity to specialise

Increasingly, MBA students want to ocus their studies on specic

areas o business and management.

The School oers dierent optional pathways: Marketing and

Strategy, Accounting and Finance, Human Resource Management,

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02Cardi Business School grounds.

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Accounting and Finance Pathway


Corporate Governance


2 Electives: Managerial Finance and

Multinational Financial Management


Business Project in an Accounting

and Finance area

Human Resource Management Pathway


Strategic HRM


2 Electives: Two rom International HRM,

Management Consulting, Management

o Change and Management in Emerging

Economies


Business Project in a HRM area

ManagementofChange

ManagerialFinance

MultinationalFinancialManagement

LeanOperations

ElectronicBusiness

GlobalMarketing


InternationalSustainableBusiness


ManagementinEmergingEconomies

AdvancesinStrategicManagement

StrategicHRM

MarketingResearch

CorporateGovernance

StrategicOperationsManagement

ConsumerBehaviour

Elective Modules

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Operations Management and Logistics

Pathway



+ 2 Electives:


LeanOperations

+ Business Project in an Operations

Management/Logistics area

International Management Pathway



+ 2 Electives rom:

GlobalMarketing


ManagementinEmergingEconomiesMultinationalFinancialManagement


+ Business Project in an International

Management area

Phase 3Specialisation Stage April to June

Choose one pathway rom the six pathways below:

Phase 3 continuedSpecialisation Stage

The opportunity to specialise

The school oers dierent optional pathways: Marketing and Strategy,

Human Resource Management, Accounting and Finance, Operations

Management and Logistics, and International Management.

Phase 4The Business Project June to September

Individual 10,000 word written report.

Replacing the traditional dissertation, the Business Project provides

the opportunity to test the theories you have learnt in a simulated,

practical environment.

Accounting and Finance Pathway


CorporateGovernance

+ 2 Electives:

ManagerialFinance

MultinationalFinancialManagement

+ Business Project in an Accounting

and Finance area


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The Cardi MBA

The Programme

The Business Plan has been a antastic opportunity to roll

our sleeves up and put theories into practice with very little

guidance. Being given the chance to pitch out ideas to

successul entrepreneurs and answer direct questions rom

them is certainly a test o nerves and has made it a very

memorable experience.

Daniel Jermin

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Phase 1Foundation September to DecemberDesigned to give you a strong grounding in the basics o business

management, the Foundation phase introduces you to the core

components that make organisations unction. Youll understand the

resources that an organisation requires, the processes that control

organizational operations, and the approaches through which

organizations relate to their international and external environments.It also develops the ski lls you will need to complete your MBA study

successully. (For topics covered see page 8).

Phase 2Application January to MarchThe Application phase provides you with the opportunity to advance

your thinking and knowledge by developing and applying the core

themes studied in the Foundation phase. This phase ocuses on the

strategic business context, the development o organisational human

capital, the management o the marketing unction and the analysis

and control o nancial and business operations.

Business PlanYou will undertake a business plan that is group based, giving you

the opportunity to develop team working skills. You will work in

an international, multicultural team where you will solve complex

business problems, integrating the skills and knowledge gained

in other modules. Each member o the group takes on a ormal

leadership role or a period. The task requires groups to identiy and

plan the rst ve years o a start up business. The group business plan

will involve input rom external business mentors, giving you the

opportunity to test your ideas and to develop urther understanding

o the dynamics o businesses. Judges in previous years have

included the senior managers rom Golley Slater, Eversheds, the Welsh

Government and the Cardi Devils.

A list o topics covered in the application stage can be ound onpage 8.

Phase 3Specialisation April to SeptemberStudents choose 1 lead elective:

CorporateGovernance


MarketingResearch


StrategicHumanResourceManagement

and two other electives rom within one pathway

or rom a combination o pathways.

Phase 4The Business ProjectReplacing the traditional dissertation, the Business Project provides

the opportunity to test the theories you have learnt in a simulated,

practical environment. Knowledge rom across the subjects studied

in the Foundation and Application phases will be integrated within

this project, the nal part o the Specialisation period. Teaching aculty

rom across the Academic Sections o the School will be involved in

the project part o the programme.You will be supported by a member o aculty who will act as your

internal project mentor throughout the duration o the project..


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01Tutorial session at Cardi Business School.

02Students have access to a number

o 24 hour computing acilities.

03The University boasts excellent library

and resource acilities.

04 Students benet rom state-o-the-art IT

acilities.

In a one-year programme, Cardif Business School has

done a tremendous job because I personally believe the

methodology o combining theory with practical case

studies is very well-balanced.

Hamza Javaid

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Elective modules

Advances in Strategic Marketing

This module explores the nature o contemporary strategic marketing

to promote a deeper critical understanding o conventional strategy

approaches and emergent ideas arising rom new paradigm

challenges. Creativity is applied to engender innovation in strategy,

existing Western strategy rameworks are challenged, and risk,implementation, knowledge and time are examined as key drivers in

creating 21st century strategies.

Consumer Behaviour

This module builds on the knowledge gained rom the core Marketing

module by providing an insight into why consumers behave

the way they do, including the psychological, social and cultural

underpinnings o consumer choice. A good understanding o the

main inuences that aect consumers is essential to managers, since

most marketing activity is based on belies about buyer behaviour.

The aim o the module is to provide participants with a critical

knowledge o the relevant buyer behaviour theories, enabling them

to develop successul marketing strategies.

Corporate Governance

This module analyses the conicts o interests that may emerge in

corporations. These conicts o interests include those between

the providers o nance and the management, those between

the shareholders and stakeholders, and those between dierent

types o shareholders such as the large controlling shareholder and

the minority shareholders. The module reviews a range o ways o

preventing or mitigating these conicts o interests. The module

adopts a strong international perspective.

Electronic Business

Inormation and communication technologies (ICTs) have

transormed both the way in which businesses now operate internally

and the way in which businesses interact with other businesses and

their customers. Electronic business is the term used to describe

this interest in the transormation potential o ICT to increase the

perormance o business. This module ocuses on the key business

issues associated with eBusiness and eCommerce and developssufcient understanding o the technical issues to enable the student

to discern the signicance o ICTs to modern business.

Global Marketing

In this module we examine the ways multinational enterprises

develop their international marketing strategy. We explore the stages

o globalization and we use case study methodologies to deepen

students understanding o a number o themes. Topics include: the

nature and importance o global marketing; rm internationalisation;

standardization and adaptation in global markets; the importance

o market research and inormation utilisation in global marketing

strategy and global marketing strategy in the new millennium.

International Management

The aim o this module is to provide students with an understanding

o the key cultural, national and organizational issues that impact

on the management unction in a global business environment.

Active involvement in seminars, case-analyses and discussion groups

will enable discipline specic intellectual and transerable skills to

be developed.

International Sustainable Business

The module examines the way in which business is responding to the

challenges posed by recognition o the need to become sustainable.

Among the topics covered are: sustainability as a concept; lie-cycle

analysis; industrial ecology; ecological oot-printing; corporatesocial responsibility; the sustainable consumption and production

movement; and bio-mimicry. The module reviews policy measures

aecting business and sustainability, and provides case studies o the

more sustainable businesses currently trading. Examples will be drawn

rom a wide range o industries.

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The Programme continued

The Cardif MBA is a comprehensive, well-organised and exciting experience.

As an international student, one gets to interact with colleagues o diverse cultures

and proessional backgrounds. This broadens the scope o learning and provides

an international business perspective. The aculty is always eager to help in

both academic and personal matters. Cardif as a city provides both top-quality

education and a vibrant student lie.

Mohammad Fahad Shahid

Elective modules continued from previous page

Lean Operations

This module aims to enable students to develop a comprehensive

understanding o the techniques involved in Lean Operations and

value stream management. The student will examine lean tools and

techniques - the concepts, practice and the competitive benet o

continuously improving processes and value stream management.We then examine how to take these lean tools and techniques and

adapt them to achieve a lean enterprise and develop the international

and global supply chains.

The elective aims to synthesise the academic theory with a strong

appreciation o how to use the lean tools and techniques to develop

the value streams encountered in all businesses.

Management Consulting

The Management Consulting module provides students with practical

skills or the consulting world by engaging them with real-lie

consulting dilemmas.

The module is based on a series o cases rom the lecturer s

extensive consulting experience and tutorials rom the leadingmanagement consultancies around the world. The course uses the

Harvard Business School Case Method which is deployed by most

major consulting rms when recruiting candidates.

Management in Emerging Economies

Management in Emerging Economies provides students with a

practical insight into the ast-growing Southern economies that are

changing the ace o the global economy. Throughout the world,

companies rom ormerly marginalized economies are nding

and exploiting market niches and transorming both their own

countries and the traditional picture o multinational development.

The module looks at the keys to success at the corporate, national

and international policy levels. It examines why some developmentapproaches succeed and others do not, and explores some o the

challenges aced by operators in emerging and developing economies.

Management o Change

The aim o the elective is to describe and analyse the way

organisations change and the role o managers in change processes.

Students will be introduced to relevant theories and practices

relating to change management and utilize various case studies

and other exercises to put these to use. The elective ocuses on

how to diagnose the problems associated with major changes in

organisations, combines understanding o major theories o changewith recently developed techniques o change management, and

critically appraises the relevance o a variety o change management

approaches to dierent sectors o the economy. Students are

encouraged to conceive the role o manager as reective practitioner

and question their own underlying assumptions and much

conventional wisdom.

Managerial Finance

The Managerial Finance module builds upon the Financial

Management core module and aims to provide students with a

more advanced knowledge and understanding o the theoretical

and applied techniques o managerial nance. The topics covered

are: working capital management and sources o short-term unds;nancial strategies; capital investment decisions under conditions

o risk and uncertainty; investment appraisal and capital rationing;

ination and its impact on investment appraisal; portolio theory

and the Capital Asset Pricing Model; mergers and acquisitions;

Efcient Market Hypothesis; long term unds and the cost o capital

and dividend policy.

Multinational Financial Management

The module examines key nancial management issues aced by

multinational corporations in undertaking international operations.

Topics covered will include: an introduction to exchange rates and

oreign exchange markets; issues involved in raising nance locally

and internationally; oreign exchange exposure measurement andmanagement; international derivatives and hedging; oreign direct

investment; international investment decision-making processes,

project appraisal in global companies; political risk; international

working capital management; and international corporate governance.


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My experience o Cardif as a cosmopolitan city and the

Cardif MBA is priceless. The interaction with people rom

diverse cultures, and the knowledge acquired rom a wide

array o subject areas, has made me better equipped or the

challenges o the global economy.

Chioma Mbanugo

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Elective modules continued from previous page

Marketing Research

The aim o this module is or participants to develop the knowledge

and skills required to design, implement and evaluate commercial

marketing research projects. The module will thus equip participants

with the skills required to conduct and appraise qualitative and

quantitative marketing.

Strategic Human Resource Management

The aim o the module is to link human resource issues with the

strategies o rms and to deploy an explicitly international approach.

The skills learned in the module will be transerable to a range o

managerial activities both within rms and internationally.

Strategic Operations Management

The ability to manage businesses correctly and eectively in an

increasingly complex marketplace is o increasing importance to

many organisations. Strategic Operations Management provides

students with a highly inormative and practical knowledge base

in which to develop, analyse and practise operations managementtheory in a range o dierent operational situations.

Through a range o case studies, discussion groups and practical

exercises, this module examines a range o general strategic

operations issues such as: dening a robust operational strategy to

enable company growth; dening customer value and developing

quality systems products and services; re-engineering business

processes in order to become leaner, more agile and responsive to

customer demands; and how Strategic Operations Management

extends into company supply chains in order to achieve a seamless

ow o products and services.

Teaching

A key eature o the new Cardi MBA programme is the emphasis

on case-based teaching and learning. Students will work on cases

which have been careully developed to reect the theoretical issues

covered in the individual modules as well as practical business issues

and problems.

Typically, there will be ormal lectures and these will besupplemented by small group teaching, where the key themes rom

the lectures are discussed in syndicate groups o between 12 and

14 students. There will also be the opportunity to attend additional

surgeries where urther support or the quantitative subject areas will

be oered in a small group environment.

Assessment

The Foundation and Application phases will both be assessed by a

combination o assignments and examinations. The exception is the

group business plan, which is a 7000 word report.

The elective modules within the Specialisation phase will beassessed by a combination o assignments, project and examinations.

The Business Project o the Specialisation phase will be assessed by

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Cardif is surely one o the best deals going: tip-top

academically, still not the hardest to get into and aantastic extra-curricular scene. Theres no excuse

to leave with just a degree listed on your CV.

The Virgin Alternative Guide to British Universities

Cardif has established itsel as the ront runner in

Welsh higher educationit is a match or mostrivals in teaching and research and the overall

perormance is amongst the best in Britain.

The Times Good University Guide

Why Cardi Business School? Cardi: The University

Cardi: The University

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Cardi University is recognised in independent

government assessments as one o the UKs leading

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With a strong academic reputation and

excellent acilities, Cardif continues to gorom strength to strength.

The Guardian University Guide

Why Cardi Business School? Cardi: The University

The University has an outstanding location amidst the parks, Portland

stone buildings and tree-lined avenues that orm the citys civic

centre. Unusually or a civic university, the various academic buildings,

libraries, Students Union, many o the student residences and the

city centre are in short walking distance o each other, saving you

time and money. More than 150 million has been invested in the

university estate since 2002 to provide new and reurbished acilities

o the highest quality.Cardi is a member o the Russell Group o Britains leading research

universities. Its research excellence creates a stimulating environment

or teaching, ensuring that students are exposed to the very latest

thinking and the most modern technology and equipment is

available. The Quality Assurance Agency or Higher Education recently

awarded the University its highest endorsement possible, ollowing

a thorough institutional review o its academic programmes and

standards.

The student population is drawn rom a variety o backgrounds,

rom Wales, the UK and world-wide. It has some 20,600 undergraduate

and 6,000 postgraduate students. There is an almost equal balance

between male and emale students. International students comprise

17% o the total student population.Government perormance indicators show that students are more

likely to succeed in their studies than students at other UK universities.

Currently, 95% o students successully complete or transer, better

than many similar universities and better than the UK national average.

More online at:

www.cardi.ac.uk

01 Cardi University Main Building.

02 Cardis Civic Centre.

03The University has a riendly and relaxed atmosphere.

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Cardi: The City

Cardi is one o Europes youngest capital

cities. Compact, green, riendly and ull o lie,

it provides a rst class environment in whichto live and study.

Why Cardi Business School? Cardi: The City

As the capital city o Wales, Cardi has an impressive range o leisure,

sporting and cultural amenities, many o which are o an internationalstandard.

The city boasts world-class concert venues in Cardi International

Arena and the Wales Millennium Centre, and the Millennium Stadium

provides the ocus or international sporting events. It has an Olympic

standard white-water rating centre and the SWALEC cricket stadium

plays host to international test matches, including the Ashes.

Culturally, Cardi is well catered or with the National Museum and

Gallery o Wales, several theatres and the historic Cardi Castle which,

set in parkland, occupies the centre o the city.

The city has a vibrant shopping centre, numerous cinemas and

restaurants and great pubs and music venues. The recently extended

St Davids Shopping Centre is now one o the busiest shopping

centres in the European Union with nearly two hundred shops, storesand restaurants. The development o Cardi Bay is a major attraction

and is home to the Welsh Assembly.

Cardi is a compact city with large areas o parkland and good

local transport. Unlike many other cities, i t oers easy access to the

countryside, coast and mountains. The Brecon Beacons National Park

is only a 30-minute drive rom Cardi and the Glamorgan Heritage

Coast is within easy reach. The city is also easily accessible by road or

rail rom other parts o Britain.

Cardi combines the practical advantages o a small, riendly,

inexpensive city with the cultural and recreational amenities o a

successul and modern capital. Such is the quality o the Cardi

experience that in a recent survey a large majority o students said

they would like to live in the city ater graduation.Most o the Universitys academic schools are housed in handsome

stone buildings set around two parks and within strolling distance o

the River Ta, which ows south into Cardi rom the Brecon Beacons

National Park. The Business School is a ten minute walk rom the city s

main shopping and entertainment area.

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Cardif is the epitome o cool, pulsing with a

creative energy and relaxed atmosphere thatcomplements its youthul heritage.

The Lonely Planet

Come and see or yoursel

Cardi benets rom excellent road and rail links with Britains other

major towns and cities. London, or example, is two hours by train, and

the M4 motorway links both the west and south o England,

as well as west Wales. Travel to the Midlands and the North is

equally convenient.

The journey by road rom Birmingham, or example, takes only twohours. The main coach and railway stations are both centrally placed

and Cardi also benets rom an international airport.

Cardif is popular with students ofering all the

attractions o a large conurbation without suchhigh prices as students experience elsewhere.

The Times Good University Guide

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2 hours by train

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www.cardi.ac.uk/carbsWhy Cardi Business School? Cardi: The City

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Cardif is the up-and-coming cosmopolitan British city,

a place jam-packed per square yard with some o thebest drinking, dancing and shopping outside London.

Virgin Alternative Guide to British Universities

01The Wales Millennium Centre in Cardi Bay.

02 Cardis Civic Centre.

03The Millennium Stadium in the heart o the city.

04 View o Waless beautiul coastline.

Wales Tourist Board

More online at:

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We will provide you with the acilities that

you need to excel in your studies and the

skills that you need to get the most rom

your learning environment.

The largest academic school o Cardi University, the Business School

caters or 2,600 students within outstanding on-site acilities.

The School is accommodated in the Aberconway Building, a

modern, purpose-built development located just a short walk rom

the attractive parks and gardens o the civic centre. Equally close are

the social acilities oered by the Students Union, the Graduate School

and the universitys sports complex and playing elds.

Facilities

The Business School houses all o the acilities needed to deliver high

calibre programmes. The School has invested in a 460 seat lecture

theatre and resource centre on the Aberconway site, whilst the

Aberconway Building provides seminar rooms and lecture theatres

tted with state o the art IT and Audio Visual acilities. The Schools

new Trading Room gives all students the opportunity to develop

practical expertise in dealing on the Stock Exchange.

Libraries

The Business School library is located onsite in the Aberconway

Building, ensuring that students are close to the resources they need.

The School invests heavily in library provision, investing 300,000 in2007 to acilitate a ull reurbishment o its resources.

The Schools library holds multiple copies o key texts and over

60,000 books. It subscribes to over 1800 national and international

journals and newspapers providing the most recent updates in

business thinking and e-books.

As a business school student you will be able to borrow books

rom the Aberconway library and 14 other libraries throughout the

University including 24-hour acilities at some locations. The library

service is ully computerised and it is possible to locate books, check

availabilities, place reservations and view lists o items which you have

borrowed remotely. A virtual librarian service is available rom Monday

to Friday 9-5pm or any questions you may have.

Online

A wide range o electronic inormation is available rom the library o

Cardi Business School, including business inormation, census records,

scientic data and the ull text o newspapers and other publications.

The online study resource Learning Central is becoming

increasingly important to our students. Password protected access

gives students access to lecture notes, reading lists, discussion boards,

supporting study materials and an increasing number o lecturerecordings.

Additionally, Cardi Business school provides students with

access to three key databases in the area o nance: WRDS (Wharton

Research Data Services), Thomson Datastream and Thomson One

Banker. Together these resources provide students with access to

an enormous range o nancial and economic data to support their

studies and proessional development at Cardi.

Computing

Adjacent to the Business School is a 24-hour resource centre housing

260 networked computers, with computer teaching laboratories

provided or online teaching and lectures. Students at the School have

ree access to over 500 computers at any time.Your user name and password will allow you to log in to University

acilities which include a large number o sotware packages,

including the latest spreadsheets and statistical packages. Databases,

word processing and graphics packages are made available to enable

you to produce reports and dissertations to a proessional standard.

Help, advice and training are available or students rom the

Universitys Computing Centre and a number o locations oer 24

hour computer access. Postgraduates can also access the IT acilities

o the Graduate Centre.

Sta/Student Panels

To ensure that the opinions o students are heard the business school

has a number o sta/student panels, consisting o teaching acultyand elected student members who meet to discuss academic issues.

Any issues that you eel need attention can be highlighted to your

student representative who will raise the query with the panel. This

eedback means that each programme is constantly reviewed to

ensure it provides the best programme o study available or students.

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The Graduate Centre

In recent years, the University has invested over 40 million in student

accommodation and, as a result, is able to oer some o the highest

quality accommodation in the British university system. Approximately

75% o our 4,700 study/bedrooms now oer students en-suite

shower/toilet acilities and all have high speed internet connections.

The accommodation is distributed between a range o modern and

traditional halls, ats and houses.

All overseas postgraduates, including those rom the EU, are

guaranteed a single occupancy place in University residences. Onlyater demand rom this category has been lled can UK postgraduates

be considered; UK students are thereore advised to seek private

sector accommodation. There are twelve halls o residence which are

open to postgraduate students. These include a ully-catered hall o

residence, Aberdare Hall, which provides breakast and evening meals

Monday to Friday. Some halls provide an evening meal option during

weekdays. The sel-catering halls provide the acilities necessary or

you to prepare your own meals according to your own timetable,

tastes and budget.

Postgraduate Plus

Two halls o residence oer Postgraduate Plus options which

comprise ats exclusively reserved or postgraduate students.These come equipped with bedding, crockery and kitchen utensils,

a television and a computer network connection point.

Accommodation or Couples

A small number o amily ats are available or rst year students. You

should not bring your amily to Cardi until suitable accommodation

has been secured. The Residences Ofce will be able to provide

regularly updated lists o ats and houses available in the private

sector.

Applying or Accommodation

I you are a single EU or international student, once you have been

oered a place to study at Cardi University you will automaticallybe sent a Residences Guide and will able to apply online or

accommodation. Further inormation on University-owned

accommodation and the application process is available at

www.cardi.ac.uk/resid

Private Accommodation (UK students only)

In addition to allocating University-owned student accommodation,

the Residences Ofce also oers help to students seeking privately

owned accommodation and maintains a regularly updated list o

lodgings, bedsits, ats and houses which are available or rent. Advice

on tenancy agreements and other aspects o living in private sector

accommodation is available via the Advice Centre in the Students

Union. The Postgraduate Recruitment Ofce and Graduate Centrealso run a House Hunting event in August each year to assist all

new postgraduate students who are looking or single or shared

rented accommodation in Cardi. For urther inormation, please

see www.cardi.ac.uk/postgraduate . I you are looking or private

accommodation, you are strongly advised to visit Cardi beore the

start o session.

Why Cardi Business School? The Graduate Centre20 www.cardi.ac.uk/carbs

The Graduate Centre provides students with the space and resources

to work, discuss, debate and socialise in purpose-built surroundings. It

is also the hub or the postgraduate student events programme and

is home to the Graduate Schools, which encourage students rom

complementary academic schools to connect with each other on

social and academic terms.

The Centre has a dedicated IT room eaturing the latest resources.

A coee lounge provides brochures and inormation about exploring

the local area and provides ree access to the internet throughdesignated work stations. There is also a reading room, a Ca Bar

and two conerence rooms which are available ree o charge to

postgraduate students or seminars, group work or discussions.

Graduate Events

Throughout the year sta in the Graduate Centre also organise a variety

o social and academic related events or graduate students. These

include an induction programme to help new students nd their way

around the campus and city, and workshops on topics such as time

and stress management, presentation skills and career development.

Social events range rom discos to day tr ips, many o which are

planned by postgraduates themselves.

The Graduate Centre is situated within Cardi University StudentsUnion Building, one o the biggest and best Students Unions in

Britain, with an outstanding entertainment programme and range o

acilities. The building is home to the Union bookshop, several ood

outlets, nightclub and bar, shops, a games room with video arcade,

ull size snooker tables, pool tables and satellite TV.

For more inormation on the Graduate Centre, please visit

www.cardi.ac.uk/gradc

For more inormation on the Universitys Graduate Schools,

please visit www.cardi.ac.uk/gradschools

For more inormation on the Students Union, please visit

www.cardistudents.com

Accommodation

Cardi University attaches considerable

importance to providing good quality

accommodation or its students.

Cardi is one o the ew universities in

the UK to have a dedicated acility or

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Why Cardi Business School? Accommodation

01 The Graduate Centre Ca Bar is open every weekday

between 11am and 11pm.

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the Business School.

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www.cardi.ac.uk/carbsWhy Cardi Business School? International Appeal

Cardi Business School prides itsel in being global in its outlook.

Our aculty hail rom 28 countries and oten have experience o

working within business environments both within and outside the

UK. Faculty work with leading academics at the best global business

and management schools and travel requently to extend their

knowledge and work collaboratively with other scholars.

Our students and alumni hail rom 120 countries worldwide,

creating a diverse environment where global experience inormsprogramme content. Such a cosmopolitan student community

provides excellent opportunities or networking post-graduation.

The latter is widely regarded as essential to business success in the

global economy. Both the School and the University provide bespoke

services or international students beore, during and ater their

studies are completed at Cardi Business School.

Meet Us Overseas

Cardi Business School has a long tradition o looking urther aeld

to nd quality applicants. Our team spends eight months o the year

travelling to recruit and interview international students in their home

countries. Specialist sta are also on-hand throughout your time here

to nd solutions to any difculties you might experience.

Services or International Students

The University provides all the inormation and support necessary

to help ease the transition to lie as a student in Cardi. Once you

are made an oer you will receive advice on immigration, visas,

healthcare, climate and living and studying in Cardi. Youll be able to

contact us or any more advice and support you might need.

When you arrive in Cardi we will provide a week o induction and

orientation beore enrolment. This includes a coach collection service

rom Cardi and Heathrow airports, events and visits to introduce you to

the University and the city o Cardi and a varied programme o social

events. Throughout your studies you will be able to access support both

rom the business school and rom the University, rom your personaltutor, the Student Support Centre and the Careers Service.

English Language Programmes

The University provides English Language Programmes to ull-time

international students studying, or intending to study, at Cardi

University. Language and study skills courses are oered throughout

the year, or periods rom a ew weeks to a ull year, to improve your

level o general and academic English. Our Pre-sessional Programme

in English or Academic Purposes is particularly popular. These ull-

time, intensive summer courses o between 3-12 weeks are designedspecically to prepare students starting degrees at Cardi who

hold a conditional or unconditional oer rom the University and all

applications are welcomed.

Language Support

Cardi Business School also provides subject-specic group and one-

to-one English language and study skills support or overseas students

rom October to June o their year o study. In the autumn semester,

group support ocuses on enabling you to improve your academic

oral and reading skills, as well as your ability to communicate clearly

in academic, written English. In the spring semester the support

concentrates on enabling you to identiy a critical stance. All this work

is consolidated and built upon ater the Easter recess when groupsupport takes the orm o English or dissertation writing workshops.

One-to-one tutorials, run alongside group workshops, train you to edit

your own work, giving you the opportunity to talk through language

and study skills issues with an experienced English or academic

purposes tutor.

As well as pre-sessional and in-sessional courses, there are also

opportunities or your amily and riends to take part in tuition to

improve general English language abilities, including preparation or a

range o qualications. The English Language Service is an authorised

Cambridge (UCLES) examination centre and Cardi University is also

an ofcial British Council International English Language Testing

Service centre, regularly hosting the IELTS exam.

International Appeal

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Why Cardi Business School? International Appeal www.cardi.ac.uk/carbs23

01 International students benet rom excellent

teaching and research acilities.

02 Cardi University has students rom more than

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www.cardi.ac.uk/carbsWhy Cardi Business School? Your Future

Your Future

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Selection o global companies hiring rom CBS

PwC

Accenture

Bank o England

Merrill Lynch

KPMG

Deloitte&Touche

Cap Gemini

Ernst&Young

Ford

Rolls Royce

We recognise that students pursue the MBA to give

them the competitive edge in the careers market.

The Trading Room is sponsored sponsored by the

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Why Cardi Business School? Your Future

Our graduates are in high demand and key global companies liaise

with us directly to recruit our students.

Improving your Employability

The Trading Room

The Schools Trading Room gives our students the practical experience

needed to ully understand the Stock Exchange.Students test their academic knowledge by simulating a days

trading, working as buyers, sellers or day traders. The games give them

an understanding o trading and risk management.

The Trading Room is open to all students at Cardi Business School

with trained PhD students on-hand to help student develop their

skills. Each Thursday the School hosts a Financial Forum with Anthony

Davies, Global Business Manager at JP Morgan Chase, to discuss the

weeks market movements.

Corporate Connections

The School has a busy programme o guest lectures rom the leading

decision makers in business and in the public sector. We encourage

our students to attend these lectures and to learn rom our highprole speakers. The Business Project provides the opportunity to

work with companies across South Wales and many o our lectures

eature guest speakers and industrial case studies.

In addition the School has good relationships with the leading

global employers that help our students to nd graduate employment

once they leave us. We advertise all internship opportunities to our

MBA students through Learning Central, our online MBA student

resource, and can help you with the application process.

Developing Your Skills

A number o programmes are available to students to develop their

skills and to connect with the business community:

Student Enterprise at Cardi University

This ree initiative oers skills development, mentoring events,

competitions and business support or students and alumni at Cardi

University. It is home to Centerprise, the Cardi University Student

Business Incubator, which gives you support to grow your business ideas.

For more details visit

http://www.cardi.ac.uk/racdv/students/index.html

Insight into Management: this ull-day course is run with input rom

leading UK business organisations. You will encounter simulated

business problems acing managers every day with industry partners

giving eedback on your strengths and weaknesses.

Skills or You: A new programme o events, Skills or You provides

you with the opportunity to discover what employers look or in new

graduates. Presentations take place throughout the day on interview

techniques and assessments. Skills or You gives students access

to a number o blue-chip, global companies to discover the job

opportunities open to them in the uture.

Finding your Career

On-site Careers Advisor: Our specialist, on-site Careers Advisor is

available within the Business School specically to help with business

school students in career decision making, advice on graduaterecruitment, the application process, CV advice, interview preparation,

Assessment Centres and all opportunities post MBA study.

The Careers Service has a dedicated International Students Career

Advisor who oers 30-minute appointments and holds workshops

on Employment Regulations and CVs. Further inormation is also

available on-line: www.cardi.ac.uk/carsv/students/international.

The Careers & Employability Centre, 50 Park Place, is specically

designed to meet student needs and includes an extensive and

well-equipped Careers Library with comprehensive inormation,

internet access, computerised guidance programmes and DVD

library. Vacancy inormation or student and graduate jobs are readilyavailable on-line.

Spotlight on Business: Attend this specialist Business event in

October promoting career ideas and opportunities in Finance,

Accounting,HR,Management,Insurance,Sales&Marketing,

Purchasing,Logistics&Supply

Talkface-to-facewithrecruiters-askquestionsandgaininformation

and advice that may not be available on their website.

Getideasandinformationonwhatyoucandowithyourdegree.

Findoutaboutthejobs,postgraduatestudyandtime-out

opportunities available to you.

Pickupinformation,hintsandtipsfromCareersProfessionals.

AttendTalks,WorkshopsandSkillsSessionsthatwillhelpyouwithyour career planning and getting the job you want.

Careers Workshops are your chance to get help, advice and

inormation on all elements o the recruitment process. Workshops

are delivered by Career Consultants and are typically 50 minutes long,

unless otherwise stated.

Employer Led Sessions: Employer Presentations, Skills Sessions

and Drop-ins. oer you an invaluable insight into the recruitment

process and how to be successul. These sessions are run by graduate

recruiters such as: PwC, KPMG, Deloitte, BAE Systems, Atkins and

the Civil Service Fast Stream and provide tips on all aspects o the

recruitment process.

For urther inormation and up-to-date details o employer activity on

campus, careers events and services please visit our website:

www.cardi.ac.uk/carsv


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Cardi Business School attracts a aculty o international repute,

whose research inorms their teaching on the MBA. In addition

to our aculty, who have a wide range o research interests and

practical experience, the MBA is also taught by external experts

with specialist skills to oer.

A large number o our aculty teach on the MBA programme, a ew o

whom are proled below.

Proessor Emmanuel Ogbonna, MBA Academic is Chair in

Management and Organization at Cardi Business School. His major

research interests are in the areas o organizational strategy, culture,

human resource management and the UK ood retail sector. His

other research interests cover all aspects o race discrimination in

employment, and issues linked to service work and service workers.

Proessor Rick Delbridge Proessor o Organizational Analysis, a Senior

Fellow o the Advanced Institute o Management and a Fellow o the

Sunningdale Institute. His research interests include the management

o innovation in motorsport and superyachts.

Proessor Marc Goergen Proessor o Finance, a Research Associate

o the European Corporate Governance Institute and a member o

the Corporate Governance Committee o the Institute o Chartered

Accountants in England and Wales. His research interests include

corporate nance and corporate governance.

Dr Kelly Page Lecturer in Digital Media Marketing at Cardi Business

School and also visiting ellow in Digital Marketing at Craneld School

o Management (UK) and Grenoble Graduate School o Business

(GGSB) (France). Her research explores digital media knowledge,

literacy and participation in Digital Media Marketing Management and

Management Education and she is currently a board member o the

Academy o Marketing Research Committee (AMRC).

Proessor Jason Xiao Proessor o Accounting and Finance, he

has research interests in the impact o IT on accounting, nancial

reporting on the internet and accounting in China.

Dr Stephen Disney Reader in Logistics and Operations Management.

He has research interests in supply chain dynamics, the bullwhip

problem and innovative supply chain structures.

Proessor Mike Reed Proessor o Organisational Analysis, he has

research interests in critical realism, discourse analysis, new orms o

organisation, organisational control and sociology o expert work and

public sector organisations.

Proessor James Foreman-PeckProessor o Economics,

recent projects and publications include economic history o

entrepreneurship, o monetary union, o human capital and o the

world economy in the Great Depression; Public sector efciency

including evaluation methods and procurement routes.

Dr Joe O Mahoney Lecturer in Organisational Studies, Joe currently

holds an Advanced Institute o Management scholarship, researching

the management consultancy industry. Joe has previous experience

o working in the management consultancy industry, specialising in

change management.

Dr. Paul Nieuwenhuis Lecturer in Logistics and Operations

Management, his research interests lie in the car and truck industry

and in sustainability.

Proessor Mohamed Naim Proessor in Logistics and Operations

Management at Cardi Business School. He is a Director o the

Logistics Systems Dynamics Group and the EPSRC unded Cardi

University Innovative Manuacturing Research Centre (IMRC). His

research at present specialises in Sustainable Logistics.

Proessor Helen Walker was previously at Bath School o

Management and Warwick Business School beore joining the

Logistics and Operations Management section at Cardi BusinessSchool. Her research interests include corporate social responsibility

and sustainability in the supply chain, supply strategy, strategic

out-sourcing and strategic operations management. She is on

the International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research

Association executive committee.

Proessor Edmund Heery is Proessor or Employment Relations

at Cardi Business School and is currently Associate Dean with

responsibility or human resources. Proessor Heery s research interests

lie in the eld o Industrial Relations. He has written on trade unions,

civil society organizations, corporate social responsibility, equal

opportunities, payment systems and contingent and other orms o

non-standard work.

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Entry Criteria

Applications are considered rom graduates o approved universities

with a minimum o a second class honour degree in any discipline. In

addition, non-graduates with approved proessional qualications or

work experience will be considered.

Cardi Business School believes that all participants, regardless

o work experience, would benet rom the knowledge gained

by undertaking the MBA. Thereore, whilst the majority o our

MBA students join us with some prior work experience, this is notcompulsory or study on the MBA programme.

The School undertakes in its selection process to consider each

application based on its individual merits.

English Language Requirements

For applicants who are not native speakers or have not had a

substantial part o their education taught in the English language,

evidence o ability in the English language is required.

TOEFL score: 570/230 electronic /90 in the iBT

IELTS: grade 6.5

GMAT is not usually required, but candidates who have taken it shouldsubmit their scores as this might benet their application.

Applying

You are encouraged to apply early to the MBA, particularly i you

hope to secure unding to support your studies. Applications are not

normally considered ater 31st July o the year o entry.

Applications can be made online by visiting:

http://www.cardi.ac.uk/or/prospective/pg/apply/index.html

We strongly recommend that you apply online i possible, which

gives you the opportunity to track the progress o your application.

However, it is possible to apply by post. To apply by post, please visit:http://www.cardi.ac.uk/or/prospective/pg/apply/index.html

and download the application orms or request these by post.

Completed application orms should be sent to:

Admissions

Registry

Cardi University

30-36 Newport Road

PO Box 927

Cardi CF24 0DE

UK

Contact Us:

For help with your application orm, contact the Universitys

Admissions Team

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +44 (0)29 2087 9999

It is perectly acceptable to submit a CV along with the application

orm to provide uller inormation. Copies o degree certicates,

transcripts and other supporting documents should be attached

with the application.

We make oers based upon previous academic perormance,

work experience and indication o the students motivation orthe programme you should bear these criteria in mind when

completing the application orm to ensure you provide all the

relevant inormation.

The Decision Process

Applications are dealt with rapidly ater receipt, providing that

reerences are also received. You should only contact the School

i there is a signicant delay ater submission o the appropriate

documents. Applicants who have applied online are able to track their

applications electronically.

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Terms and Conditions

Every eort has been made to ensure that the inormation

contained within this brochure is correct at the time o going to

press in July 2011. However, the University does not accept any

liability or any errors that it may contain, or or any subsequent

changes to the University or Government policy that may aect

the inormation given. Cardi University expressly excludes any

representations or warranties (whether expressed or implied)

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This document can also be made available in

large print (text), braille and on audio tape/

CD. To request an alternative ormat, please

contact Alys Southwood:

Tel: 02920 875731


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