This programme is a 'top-up' to the Edexcel Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies (or equivalent) and will significantly enhance a student's ability to function as a senior manager within a wide range of commercial and service organisations; the MBA programme is designed to help participants to become effective and competent managers; it is modular in design and will appeal to those students who are interested in both strategic and international management; the programme will also help to develop knowledge of contemporary business modelling and research techniques.