MBA (Technology Management)

If you’re looking for an MBA with a focus on technology, this is the qualification for you. It is applicable to technology management and technological innovation in a wide variety of contexts and sectors, including IT/IS, telecommunications, computing, engineering, manufacturing, transport and logistics, retailing, energy production and supply, defence and security, management and administration, and any form of services, including health, welfare and leisure. You will focus on strategic analysis and, intellectual stimulation whilst gaining interdisciplinary skills, and independent judgement – exploring the processes that underpin technological innovation and the challenges of technology from a strategic perspective, with your learning firmly rooted in management practice throughout.

Key features of the course

• Practice-based learning brings your MBA into life at your workplace
• Flexible options enable you to adjust the curriculum to suit your needs
• Strong international emphasis is essential for developing leaders in a global marketplace
• Join an influential network of more than 27,000 alumni from 120 countries when you graduate.

The learning outcomes of this qualification are described in four areas:

• Knowledge and understanding
• Cognitive skills
• Practical and professional skills
• Key skills

Course details

There are two routes to the MBA depending on when you start your studies.

November 2019 onwards route

If you start this year or have started with B870 in November 2019 or thereafter, including if you've previously studied any electives as a standalone module, you'll need:

60 credits from the following:

• Managing in a changing world (B870)
• Creating and sustaining value (B872)

plus 60 credits from the following:

• Strategic capabilities for technological innovation (T849)
• Technology and innovation management (TB801)

Or the discontinued module T848

plus the following:

• Technology Management MBA strategic management residential school module (BXR873)
• Finance for strategic decision making (B874)

plus at least 15 credits from the following:

• Contemporary issues in organisations (BB853)
• Entrepreneurship in context (BB851)
• Leadership and management of public services (BB852)
• Supply chain management (BB849)
• Sustainable creative management (BB842)
• Making strategy with systems thinking in practice (TB871)
• Making change with systems thinking in practice (TB872)
• Making environmental decisions (T891)
• Managing for sustainability (T867)
• Project management (M815)
• Business, human rights and corporate social responsibility (W822)

Or the discontinued modules, BB841, BB844, BB848, BXM871, T839, T863, T877, T878, TD866, TU811, TU812, TU870.

plus 30 credits from the following:

• MBA project: leaders of change (B875)

You should note that the University’s unique study rule applies to this qualification. This means that you must include at least 60 credits from OU modules that have not been counted in any other OU qualification that has previously been awarded to you.