Jan 2024

Masters of Business Administration(MBA-VC)

Masters in Business Administration(MBA)
• 1 Academic year
• 3 semesters
 Description of the programme
The Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a taught degree
targeting professionals from various sectors, bridging the gap
between their career aspirations and achievement. This
programme will give students the skills, confidence and insight
to take that vital step up the management ladder and develop
personal skills and vision. Throughout the programme we will
give you the skills needed to improve business performance,
achieve change, bring out the best in people, boost profitability
and deliver long-term success through innovative strategic
thinking.
Students will further benefit from extra-curricular activities
focused on personal development including integrity, confidence
and leadership as well as from an ethos and culture based on
hard work, openness and innovation. It is a friendly
environment, one where exceptional students come together to
learn, share ideas and build contacts
 The broader goals of the programme are as follows;

Increase current knowledge, experience, and skills of students to empower

them to become effective managers and leaders to contribute positively to the

Goals and
success of public and business organizations;

objectives Empower the student to become a reflective practitioner and make practical
decisions based upon an understanding of academic content and processes as
well as practical experience and thus having the ability to unite theory and

of the
practice;

programme Enable students to objectively analyze and critically evaluate all the important
aspects of modern business and not for profit organization;

Facilitate the student’s personal, academic and professional growth and

development.
 Learning outcomes of the programme

The MBA Programme is designed to equip our students with

the knowledge, skills, and perspectives that support rapid
career advancement. These learning outcomes are woven
throughout the curriculum. Upon the successful completion of
this programme, students will be able to:
• Apply innovative thinking and leadership to the management
of contemporary organizations, and critically reflect on one’s
own leadership practices;
• Become aware of the modern approaches to financial
management and analyze key financial statements;
• Demonstrate critical understanding of the role of strategy in
the success of an organization;
• Develop capacity to fully understand and appreciate modern
marketing management approaches;
• Carry out independent research to analyze organizational
processes and seek solutions to contemporary business
issues.
 Programme Structure
Semester 1 Semester II Semester III

BUSS9001: Leadership and

Organizational Change
BUSS9002: Managing
Human Capital
BUSS9006: Project BUSS9003: Accounting and
Management
OR
BUSS9005: Creativity ,
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
BUSS9007: Marketing
Management
BUSS9004: Strategic
Management
Finance for Executives
BUSS9009:
BUSS9008: Business
Research Methods Dissertation/Consultancy
project
Pre- requisite module
BUSS9009
 Assessment details
Leadership and Assignment 60%
BUSS9001 Reflection Report 40%
Organizational Change

Group presentation 40%

BUSS9002 Managing Human Capital Self-reflection report 40%
Conducting a training program 20%

Project Management Simulation 40%

BUSS9006 Project Management
Case analysis 60%

Case study analysis &presentation 40%

BUSS9007 Marketing Management
Report 60%

Accounting and Finance for Individual Coursework: 40% ( Financial performance analysis)
BUSS9003
Executives Exam/ controlled simulation : 60%
Course Work A (50% of Module marks) –A group presentation based on the simulation
BUSS9004 Strategic Management exercise.
Course Work B (50% of Module marks) – Case analysis (Individual report)

Component A, 15-minute Proposal Presentation, 40 % of Module mark

BUSS9008 Business Research Methods
Component B, Research proposal, 60 % of Module mark

Description
The dissertation module aims to
showcase the student’s critical
abilities, as they plan and deliver
an extended, independent
research project. Each student
will work under the guidance of
an academic supervisor, with
extra support provided by a
series of workshops and
seminars. This will help them to
develop the key skills for
researching their chosen project.
The dissertation encourages the
student to manage their time
effectively, organize their ideas,
and extend and compliment their
previous studies.
Dissertation
Expected outcome
Each student will be allocated a
dissertation supervisor to support their
studies. Support will comprise: Individual
consultation sessions and group research
support workshops, seminars and
documentation. The student will design the
research in an area of interest and
approve the proposal prior to commencing
the research. The content of the module
30
will reflect individual needs of students but
will focus on the execution of students’ Credits
empirical research and the writing of their
dissertations. The dissertations are likely
to include; Introduction; Contextualization;
Methodology; Data Collection and
Analysis; Implications; Recommendations
and Conclusions
 Projects and placements

Consultancy project Dissertation

This module is designed The dissertation module

to introduce students to aims to showcase the
consulting frameworks student’s critical abilities,
and methods with a as they plan and deliver
subsequent emphasis on an extended,
carrying out a practical independent research
consultation project project
 How will I learn in this programme?

Class / lectures Individual learning Group learning

Individual learning is
set through formative
assessments, tutorials There will be group
Each module covers 30
and individual works on class and
contact hours.
activities in class. It some of the
Lectures, class work
requires student to summative
and tutorials.
spend certain amount assessments are group
of time to engage on bases.
reading, analyzing
cases and writing.
 Teaching team
Dr. Amzath

Dr. Muna

Dr. Mohamed Shafeeq

Muhammad Shahzeb Khan

Adam Naseer

Adam Muizz
 Learning resources

Lecture slides, tutorial tasks, assessment briefs and some of the reading
Moodle resources materials are provided to the students through Villa College Moodle page.

http://villacollege.edu.mv/qi/public/library/71
Online library resources
The two main databases offered to students enrolled in Villa College
programmes are EBSCO and JSTOR.
 Learning support
The Study Skills page on the Villa College Library provides useful information and resources for
students on academic writing and referencing. The page can be accessed at:
http://villacollege.edu.mv/qi/public/sidebar/study-skills/27/52.
• Furthermore, the following links can be used to book a Support Session from the library /
Institute for Academic Development:
• ▪ Searching online library and databases https://goo.gl/forms/RSEqqZSxuwQB5feU2
• E-Tutes https://goo.gl/zELRdp
• Referencing workshops https://goo.gl/57AU9f
• Using reference managers https://goo.gl/forms/1x1bSizcMtGYANS93
• Academic Writing workshops https://goo.gl/7RXRqN
 Referencing
This programme requires students to use UWE Bristol Harvard referencing. The most current
version of this style of referencing can be found on the UWE website.
https://www1.uwe.ac.uk/students/studysupport/studyskills/referencing/
uwebristolharvard.aspx
 Academic integrity

Academic integrity relates to all academic activity that students are involved in but is
specifically related to any action that potentially enables a student to gain an unfair
advantage, especially in an assessment. It also relates to the ethical policy or values that Villa
College students are expected to abide by in their pursuit of higher education.
• Behavior that constitutes an assessment offence in the context of this policy statement includes but is not
limited to:
• Plagiarism;
• Collusion;
• Contract cheating;
• Falsification;
• Fabrication;
• Cheating in controlled assessments.
 SEP 2023 Timetable

Module Module Name Lecturer Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Code
BUSS9001 Leadership and TBA
Organizational Change

BUSS9002 Managing Human TBA

Capital

BUSS9006 Project Management TBA

BUSS9007 Marketing TBA

Management
What to do if you can’t make a session?

Self
Certified In case if the student can't attend to a session, fill
the self certified leave of absence form and mail to
Leave of the fbm@villacollege.edu.mv Students can take
three days in each semester for each module
Absence
 What would I do if I couldn’t submit an
assessment or fail form an assessment or
module Check payment and
installment details, resit
and retake
payment/fees/charges
Normal Run from MyVc , your own
account

Pass from all the If failed/ missed If failed/ missed in

assessment components submission in normal
run RESIT
Resit Retake (repeat)
Important terms in during the course
• Credit: credit hours and module credit. Details will be in module outline
• Component/Element – Assessment: elements of component may be a part of an
assessment.
• Assignment/Assessment: course work assigned as part of summative assessment.
• Semester/Term: 3 trimesters in a year. Each semester is 4 months.
• Blocks: blocks are arranged to the campuses in atolls under blended learning
mode
• Resit/Retake: if failed in assessment component/ assessment you will be
informed about resit. If failed in first attempt, then student can do retake. In
retake semester also if failed in first attempt student can do resit.
 Communicate
Registration issue/ Course change/ withdraw
Registration for exams/ resit registration and helpdest@villacollege.edu.mv
retake registration
Class schedule, cancellation, assignment due
Lecturer, Coordinator
date, teaching and learning issues

Dissertation and issues with supervisor cps@villacollege.edu.mv

Financial issue student.finance@villacollege.edu.mv

IT issues ithelpdesk@villacollege.edu.mv

Exam issues Exam related issues:

examinations@villacollege.edu.mv
Common issues students face and how to resolve them.
• Explain the most common issues students face and how to resolve them.
• Issues on entering google meet
• To resolve use student ID, enter before class started and make sure mic works, sound is fine, there is no network
issue.
• Issues to access Moodle due to delay of payment
• Solution: making payments on time. If any issue is there communicated finance department and attend to the
issue
• Requesting to extend assignments at the last moment
• Working on assignments while you have time. In case if there is any issue that may cause delay submit PC form
before due date and time.
• Tutorials
• Tutorials are a part of online class attendance
• Students must complete tutorials every week
• Whom to contact if an error occurs
• All the issues related to the study contact lecturer, coordinator or faculty administration
Any question