| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2023-09-19 | - |
| 2024-01-01 | 2023-10-15 |
| 2024-05-02 | 2024-01-31 |
Program Overview
Course Overview
This programme provides an opportunity to study MBA Information Technology using a flexible and distributed learning environment that will enhance your learning experience as Robert Kennedy College provides a bespoke series of MBA modules via distance learning that, within a set time frame, allow study at a pace, place and location which suits you.
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Our academic staff are passionate about their field and have a wealth of real-world experience to back up their knowledge.
Prof. Dr. Costa
David Costa, Dean Professor David Costa is one of the founders of Robert Kennedy College. In his current capacity as Dean of Faculty, he oversees the faculty review process and several of the college’s academic programmes. He holds a Dr. iur. (Doctor Iuris, Doctor of Laws) degree from the University of Basel, Switzerland, where he researched the law and regulations related to synthetic investment products. With further Law degrees from Scotland (Robert Gordon University, LL.B), England (University of Northumbria at Newcastle, LL.M International Trade Law) and the United States (Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, LL.M in U.S. Law), he has acquired extensive expertise in Comparative Law.
In addition to his legal qualifications, Dr Costa holds a BA in Business Studies from the University of Derby, an MBA in eCommerce from Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, and a PhD in Strategy, Programme and Project Management from the École Supérieure de Commerce de Lille for which his doctoral thesis was a study of index-based commodity investments. He lectures at Robert Kennedy College in Contracts Law, Transnational Business Law, Investment Law and Money Management, and is a frequent guest on business TV channels such as CNBC Europe and Bloomberg Television.
His recent research on risk-adjusted portfolios with both stocks and commodities has been used for the creation of a Swiss publicly traded investment certificate issued by the second-largest German Bank, Commerzbank AG. He is the author of The Portable Private Banker.
Prof. David Duffill
Deputy Dean David Duffill has an MA in Engineering Science (First Class Honours) from Oxford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He was the Oades and Stafford Scholar (1967-1970) at Pembroke College, Oxford and in 1970 was awarded the Maurice Lubbock Prize for best performance in the Honour School of Engineering Science.
In 1975 he won a Harkness Fellowship from the Commonwealth Fund to support his studies at Harvard. He had been a professional consultant for almost 20 years when in 1997 the company in which he was a partner was sold to Renaissance Solutions in the USA. Two years later, he and three colleagues left Renaissance to start TCI Consulting, a virtual consultancy specialising in helping clients by providing strategy inputs and business intelligence for their strategic planning process.
While Professor Duffill’s recent focus industrially has been in the healthcare, automotive, and construction materials markets, his experience covers a broad range of industrial and service organisations. A substantial part of his current consulting activity is in competitive intelligence, including helping clients to benchmark their cost position against key competitors.
Dr. Radu Negoescu
Dr Radu Negoescu has an MSc in Computer Science and a Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest. He has worked in the software and services industry in Romania, later joining RKC as their Chief Software Architect. After a short intermezzo during which he quenched his life-long thirst to study law at the University of Neuchâtel, he went back to his original field of study and obtained his PhD in Computer Science from the Ecole Politechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in 2011.
His research involved using probabilistic models for the modelling and understanding of online communities in social media with a focus on human behaviour in photo-sharing environments. He has been back at RKC since June 2011 as the Programme Leader for the MA in Leading Innovation & Change, as well as tutoring and looking at new ways in which technology can make students’ study-life easier, more enjoyable, and more rewarding.
Dr. Alistair Benson
Alistair Benson turned to Business Studies after 15 years of research in the medical field. After completing his MBA, he devoted himself to higher-education teaching and postgraduate research supervision at both Master and Doctoral levels, activities in which he has been deeply involved for the past 35 years. One of his major interests in teaching is leadership in organisations. In his position as Academic Director at Robert Kennedy College, his responsibilities involve developing, monitoring, and assessing current teaching practice, as well as reviewing relevant materials and delivery channels.
Emeritus Professor Gabriel Jacobs
Before retiring from his Chair of Business Information Technology at Swansea University, Professor Jacobs’s primary teaching and research interests included multimedia applications, business telematics, and computer-assisted learning. In 1993, he helped found the Association for Learning Technology, and for nine years was Editor, then Executive Editor, of its journal ALT-J. Before that, he was Joint-Editor of the journal Interactive Multimedia. Prof. Jacobs directed a number of major European-funded projects related to small businesses, multimedia, and e-learning. He has published extensively in the areas of IT and general business management and continues to research in these areas.
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Course Details
Program Outline
Course outline
Course summary
Managers, and even more so IT managers, have nowadays to deal with the interconnected business and technology worlds. While all these leaders usually have a deep background in information systems management, either acquired practically or through previous tech-related studies, they are usually also accountable for leading a highly qualified team and overseeing key projects and assets. Long gone are the days when one could casually ignore business matters to focus on improving IT technologies and services.
Modules
Year 1
The following are compulsory modules:
Students are required to choose one of the following two modules:
Programme Specification
Programme specification (PDF)
Programme specification (PDF)
Assessment, Feedback, and Teaching and Learning methods
Full details are available in the
programme specification
.Timetables
The teaching timetable should be available from the end of August. Access to the timetable is through the Student Hub – you will be able to access the Student Hub after you have completed online registration. The teaching day is 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday; please keep your other commitments open until confirmation of your teaching timetable, and bear in mind that many courses will offer placements or fieldwork which sometimes extends into the evenings and weekends.
Entry requirements
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Entry Requirements
1st or 2nd class honours degree.
Students with other qualifications may be admitted to the course, please contact the
Enquiry Centre
for further details.Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) may be considered for relevant prior learning at the same academic level.
More information about levels and credits.
Selection criteria
The formal entry requirements are:
Applications are considered from candidates who do not meet the formal entry requirements but can provide evidence of equivalence.
Examples of equivalence are:
Applications will be considered from candidates who do not meet the formal entry requirements but who can demonstrate by an interview the commitment to complete the programme successfully.
Applications are made to Robert Kennedy College: https://rkc.swiss/
