Induction is designed to address your individual needs as you set out on the MBA programme; to provide an introduction to the course, its learning objectives and methods of delivery, and the other supporting services, such as the library, that together form a key part of the MBA experience. From the outset, it will also stress the importance of personal development and leadership as an integral theme uniting different elements of the degree.

This course is designed to introduce you to the intellectual perspectives and methods of research and enquiry that underpin the Glasgow MBA programme as a whole. It explores the many different disciplinary and methodological traditions that should inform excellent managers' critical, effective analyses of the business world. A key focus is on how rigorous, discerning and informed thinking and analysis assist the decision making process to deliver better business outcomes. The course introduces many of the key themes and approaches used in the subsequent core courses of the MBA programme.

This course is designed to introduce you to the processes and practices of strategy and organisational performance. The course will offer an integrated overview of strategy, managing people and resources, marketing, accounting & finance and economics, developing the skills expected of senior managers working in a variety of contemporary organisations. You will then be introduced to a range of tools, techniques and practices which are commonly used in both public and private sector organisations.

This course is designed to develop your thinking on the future direction of business and management practice. It introduces a range of intellectual and disciplinary perspectives from across the social sciences and other allied disciplines such as engineering, environmental science and medicine, identifying the key challenges that organisations face as they seek to develop sustainably in a fast changing world. In so doing, it addresses five key themes which integrate the wide range of issues covered in the MBA Programme, namely:

• Is globalisation playing out as had been expected?
• What degree of control do managers really have over their organisations and their people?
• To what extent are innovation and diversity really present in contemporary organisations?
• How is technology and innovation changing the shape and scope of organisations?
• How should managers react to a more uncertain world?