Major Infrastructure Delivery MBA

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This course is designed to equip senior professionals with innovative management and leadership practices to successfully deliver major infrastructure projects. A unique new MBA programme, combining theoretical insights with practical applications. Classes are based on infrastructure case-studies being addressed using latest academic thinking.

About this degree

MBA Major Infrastructure Delivery has several aims:

• Develop an advanced understanding of the key managerial components of major infrastructure organisations, and the strategic importance of infrastructure in the next decades across the world.
• Analyse the impact of innovative management and leadership practices and design strategies to deal with the poor performance of complex organisations that deliver major infrastructure projects.
• Incorporate and apply the underpinning personal and collective values of complex organisations, which will provide the leadership foundation for the strategic decisions.
• Critically analyse the latest theoretical and practical developments in the fields of management, organisation studies, and social science with regards to the management of complex infrastructure organisations.
• Evaluate the multi-level nature of major projects and lead the proposition of managerial solutions to navigate the interfaces between the external environment, the infrastructure organisation, and the multiple projects being coordinated.
• Develop the intellectual skills required for interpreting and reacting to changes at different levels of those political projects, navigating the myriad of stakeholders and contractual relationships.

Who this course is for

After completing this course, you are expected to go on to work in many related areas across several infrastructure sectors: government agencies sponsoring major infrastructure projects, public and private sector infrastructure client organisations, management consultancies, engineering consultancies, contractors, and enterprises with significant portfolios of major infrastructure projects.

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What this course will give you

Major infrastructure projects are high profile and critical to the economy, where leadership is essential to navigate several aspects of project delivery. However, leaders are in short supply and there is a necessity to enhance the understanding of the dimensions and interfaces between technical, organisational, and political topics. Considering the complex nature of such projects, this programme provides a platform for senior professionals to strengthen and develop further their values-led leadership, which will be the foundation of their strategic decisions and shape the dynamics of future cities and societies.

The MBA Major Infrastructure Delivery engages in a global challenge of providing capabilities to attend several immutable factors, namely: increasing urbanisation, growing population, and fast development of emerging economies. The scope of this new MBA Major Infrastructure Delivery is to provide experienced project managers with the necessary training to assume increasingly higher management positions in organisations delivering major infrastructure projects.

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The foundation of your career

After completing this course, you are expected to go on to work in many related areas across several infrastructure sectors: government agencies sponsoring major infrastructure projects, public and private sector infrastructure client organisations, management consultancies, engineering consultancies, contractors, and enterprises with significant portfolios of major infrastructure projects.

Employability

The course is purposefully open-ended in the sense that it allows the development of a number of transferable skills, qualities and behaviours to deliver major infrastructure projects. Some modules focus on leadership, teamwork, interpersonal and digital skills, which are essential to future career effectiveness.

Through events aimed at industry and alumni and organised by the Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, you will have the opportunity to meet like-minded professionals in the field. Each year the School also hosts a series of careers events for students - including CV and interview skills sessions, a dedicated Careers Fair, site visits and an alumni panel event. UCL Careers also offers a regular programme of careers fairs and practical sessions on careers advice.

Teaching and learning

The principal modes of assessment of these skills are analytical essays, coursework, examination and the MBA dissertation undertaken as a piece of independent research.

Around 20% of students' time is spent in lectures and tutorials, 50% on assignments and coursework and the remainder in independent study.

Modules

Compulsory modules

• Analysing the Anatomy of Major Projects
• Managing Economic and Financial Risks
• Structuring Governance and Assurance
• Designing Client Organisations and Corporate Strategies
• Procuring and Integrating the Supply Chain
• Building, Developing and Leading Teams
• Controlling Information and Systems
• Managing Stakeholders and Creating Value
• Dissertation: Management Consultancy Project

Please note that the list of modules given here is indicative. This information is published a long time in advance of enrolment and module content and availability are subject to change. Modules that are in use for the current academic year are linked for further information. Where no link is present, further information is not yet available.

Upon successful completion of 180 credits, you will be awarded a in Major Infrastructure Delivery.

Accessibility

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A UK Bachelor’s degree awarded with at least a lower second-class Honours, or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. In addition, candidates need at least 5 years of relevant professional experience (middle management level) in the management of projects.