MBA Risk and Resilience MBA

Our MBA in Risk and Resilience enhances the knowledge and capability of experienced professionals who are seeking to further their careers in risk, security and business continuity.<br/><br/>Led by our experienced and supportive academic team, the programme involves the study of both internal and external environments, as well as the challenges and opportunities with risk and resilience management.<br/><br/>This course continues to be popular as we are the only higher education institution to offer this in the UK.<br/><br/>**Why study at Buckinghamshire New University?**<br/>This is a popular course within the University combining both risk and resilience, and in the UK we are the only higher education provider to offer this masters degree to students.<br/><br/>Throughout the distance-learning course, you will learn from skilled lecturers within the School of Aviation and Security who have a high level of working knowledge based on industry experience. Our tutors will give you the practical, managerial and intellectual skills that will help you to plan for and respond to risk and resilience challenges.<br/><br/>We offer students a supportive and flexible environment in which to develop and be able to apply this with confidence in their workplace. Whilst the course primarily consists of distanced-based learning, we do occasionally bring all students together and conduct some teaching at our High Wycombe campus where applicable. When away from campus, we utilise our Virtual Learning Environment meaning that students who are often deployed to remote areas have a comprehensive student experience, combined with a flexible approach to tutoring sessions. <br/><br/>If you are a member of the Armed Forces, you may be able eligible to received funding for this programme under the UK Ministry of Defence Enhanced Learning Credits (ELC) scheme – our ELCAS number is 1682.<br/><br/>**What will I study?**<br/>This MBA has been developed to address business risk and resilience in an uncertain world. It addresses issues that many organisations face in the present climate: operating in a global setting, ensuring business resilience and sustainability.<br/><br/>The content has been designed to match the needs of those who wish to specialise within a wider business context and will enable you to influence not only the content of your studies but also the process and outcomes.<br/><br/>This programme aims to:<br/>- help you develop a strategic, integrated and holistic perspective on business capability through a study of management at various levels<br/><br/><br/>- equip you with an advanced understanding of concepts, along with the current and pervasive issues in global business and management<br/><br/><br/>- enable you to anticipate and address risks that may adversely affect your business, helping to ensure future business resilience and sustainability (where margins of time, resource and competitive advantage may be narrow)<br/><br/><br/>- help you develop the critical thinking, analytical and research skills you need to make logical arguments and creative contributions to improve business and management practice<br/><br/><br/>- help you develop advanced capability and knowledge in business-enhancing resilience capabilities.<br/><br/><br/>**What are my career prospects?**<br/>This MBA is also designed to give those students from military backgrounds, as well as those with security, risk and related practitioner experience, the necessary skills and capability to develop parity of understanding and knowledge with that of mainstream business and wider organisational disciplines. <br/><br/>Managers will have gained the requisite knowledge and analytical skills to enable them to perform at higher management levels within their organisations; recent graduates or people employed outside the sector are more likely to be able to obtain employment in relevant industries; and current employees will be better equipped to seek promotion.