MBA Core Competencies

Complete an Integrated Business Case Analysis

Elective — the flagship outcome of this path. Analyse a real organisation facing a complex, multi-dimensional problem. Your analysis must address strategy, finance, operations, and people dimensions coherently in a single document (≥3,000 words). At least 2 practitioners from different disciplines review it and provide documented feedback. Your revision log must show that substantive pushback was absorbed — not just acknowledged.

3 milestones

1. 1Select a Real Business Challenge Requiring Multi-Disciplinary Analysis
2. 2Conduct the Integrated Analysis Across All Identified Disciplines
3. 3Present Integrated Analysis to a Business Professional

Deliver a Strategy Presentation with Expert Q&A

Elective. Present a strategic recommendation on a real business problem to ≥3 practitioners in a recorded session. Document the Q&A fully — what objections were raised, how you defended or revised your position. Verifiers must have relevant domain knowledge and must have asked real, challenging questions.

3 milestones

1. 1Research and Frame the Strategic Problem
2. 2Build and Stress-Test the Strategic Recommendation
3. 3Deliver Presentation with Adversarial Q&A

Build a Three-Statement Financial Model for Industry Analysis

Elective. Build a fully linked three-statement financial model from public filings. A finance professional confirms the model mechanics are correct and your assumptions are documented. Postgraduate students who completed this in the Financial Management path have already satisfied this step.

3 milestones

1. 1Source and Structure Public Financial Data
2. 2Build Forward-Looking Projections with Documented Assumptions
3. 3Sensitivity Analysis and Expert Model Review

Conduct a Supply Chain Audit

Elective. Audit the end-to-end supply chain for a real product or service, identifying vulnerabilities and proposing structural improvements. An operations professional reviews your audit. Postgraduate students who completed this in the Operations & Supply Chain path have already satisfied this step.

3 milestones

1. 1Map a Real Supply Chain End-to-End
2. 2Identify Bottlenecks and Design Improvement
3. 3Present Audit Findings and Defend Recommendations

Self-Designed MBA (4 Practitioner-Reviewed Deliverables)

Elective capstone. Design your own MBA curriculum across ≥4 core disciplines and produce a real deliverable for each module — a competitive analysis for Strategy, a financial model for Finance, a market research report for Marketing, and an operations improvement proposal for Operations. Each deliverable must be reviewed and challenged by a practitioner in that discipline. Revision notes showing real feedback absorbed are part of the proof. This is the most demanding step in the path.

3 milestones

1. 1Design Your MBA Curriculum and Secure Practitioner Commitments
2. 2Complete All Four Tracks with Documented Practitioner Feedback
3. 3Integrated MBA Case Analysis with Multidisciplinary Q&A