Master of Business Administration
(R2/340/7/0749) (02/27) (MQA/FA 0797)
Programme Overview
The Master of Business Administration (MBA) course offered by Lincoln University College (LUC) focuses on the development of the self-reflective mindset, the analytic mindset, the collaborative mindset, the worldly mindset and the action mindset of the graduates. The MBA course is designed for mid-career professionals, whose careers and management responsibilities transcend a single functional specialty and require a broad array of specialized knowledge and skills. The emphasis of this interdisciplinary, integrated and applied program is on the significant organizational as well as management processes of the public or private institutions doing business on a global scale.
For successful completion of Masters degree in LUC, each candidate should publish minimum of Two research articles in scopus indexed journals, with Lincoln affiliation.
Subject Highlights
| Sl.No. | MQA Subject Code | Subject Name | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ACC501 | Business Accounting & Finance | 3 |
| 2 | ECO501 | Business Economics | 3 |
| 3 | HRM501 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| 4 | ORG501 | Organisational Behaviour | 3 |
| 5 | MGT501 | International Business | 3 |
| 6 | MGT504 | Enterpreneurship Management | 3 |
| 7 | MGT503 | Business Ethics & Governance | 3 |
| 8 | MGT506 | Operations Management | 3 |
| 9 | MKT501 | Marketing Management | 3 |
| 10 | MGT505 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| 11 | MGT508 | Project Paper | 6 |
| 12 | MGT507 | Research Methodology | 4 |
Entry Requirements
Entry Requirements :
- Bachelor with minimum CGPA of 2.50 or equivalent, as accepted by the HEP Senate; or
- Bachelor or equivalent but CGPA of 2.50, can be accepted subject to a minimum of 5 years working experience in the relevant field; or
- Other qualifications recognized by the Malaysian Government.
For non-Malaysian citizens, please refer to the Malaysian Qualification Agency’s (MQA) List of Overseas Qualifications & its equivalency with Malaysian Education System to see if you qualify for this course.
English Requirements :
For international students: Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of 500 or International English Language Test System (IELTS) 6.0 or other equivalent qualifications for international students. If the student does not meet the criteria, the HEP must offer an English course to ensure the student’s proficiency is sufficient for the program’s requirements.
Career Opportunities
Degrees are acquired with the purpose of advancing career prospects. As far as an MBA degree is concerned, the only difference with other degrees is that an MBA degree is considered as the most valuable post graduate degree as it offers exciting and diverse job opportunities. This difference is also noticeable with respect to career prospects, pre-MBA and post-MBA. An MBA degree enhances the business knowledge of the students, which will enable them to prove their competency in the professional field and also help them to acquire senior positions in organizations.
Program Aim
The aim of the programme is to prepare the students for senior management and executive-level positions, as it helps them to acquire managerial competencies including critical thinking skills, systems thinking skills, team building skills, decision-making skills and ethical leadership skills, required for managing the affairs of a business enterprise. An MBA degree would prove to be beneficial for those, who work in senior managerial and executive positions in business organizations.
An MBA programme offers a range of benefits for the successful applicants, including:
Business Knowledge: The MBA programme educates the students about business and all its related aspects. Students also gain an understanding of the business strategies, business concepts and business skills. This learning will also help the students to manage the day-to-day operations in their respective professional sphere of work, in the future.
Leadership Abilities: An MBA program includes rigorous training sessions, assignments, presentations, group projects and discussions. Students thus acquire the essential skills, which will help them to administer the business affairs, in the professional field. It will also help the students to emerge as leaders in their chosen field.
Networking: The alliances that the students form with fellow students and the network that the students build up, is deemed as one of the most important and valuable aspects of an MBA program. MBA graduates have realized that the associations formed during the period of an MBA program, are resources that are invaluable and can be drawn upon for years after the MBA degree has been achieved.