The Cranfield Executive MBA in partnership with Grant ThorntonGrant Thornton’s purpose is to help shape a vibrant economy. This is why we’ve teamed up with Cranfield University to bring world-class executive education to dynamic management teams across the country.Through this MBA programme, your management team gain highly sought after business skills to add value to your organisation.

Who is the MBA programme for?

This MBA programme is for ambitious organisations who want to develop the skills of their people.

Senior managers and directors in your organisation – and others with the potential to become a leader in the future – can benefit from the programme.

Through the learning, we’ll develop your people with the skills, know-how and confidence to excel through their ability to do things differently. They will cover core modules in operational excellence, interpersonal brilliance and developing competitive advantage, with the option to undertake a number of electives that include digital, cyber security and data analytics.

Bring these skills into your business by nominating members of your team who:

• have three to five years’ management experience

• are keen to learn and develop their career

• are heading for a senior management or leadership position

• can make a two-year commitment to the programme.

ENHANCED SKILLS FOR YOUR MANAGERS AT NO EXTRA COST TO YOUR ORGANISATION

The MBA programme qualifies as expenditure under the Apprenticeship Levy. Funding can be used to improve the skills of your management team without paying more.

WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION THAT HELPS UNLOCK GROWTH POTENTIAL

Studies show that management and leadership development leads to a 23% INCREASE IN ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE 32% INCREASE IN PEOPLE PERFORMANCE

Source: CMI 2016 ‘Age of Uncertainty’

How can the programme help your business?

DEVELOP AND RETAIN YOUR BEST TALENT

As you pay for the programme through the Apprenticeship Levy, it’s a low-risk way of showing commitment and retaining the best people for at least two years.

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Grant Thornton

We’re at the heart of the growth agenda. Our bold purpose is to help shape a vibrant economy – by building trust and integrity in markets, unlocking growth in dynamic organisations, and creating the conditions for businesses and people to thrive.

Our partnership with Cranfield brings together the best of academic theory, commercial insights and practical application. As part of the MBA programme, we’ve developed course content that draws on a wealth of experience working with dynamic organisations. We’ll use this to help your people realise their full potential as leaders.

Cranfield University

Cranfield’s MBA is in the UK top 10 and global top 100, based on the latest rankings. The university is exclusively postgraduate, with excellent links to industry.

The Cranfield Executive MBA enables your employees to develop their knowledge, skills and abilities, while applying what they learn in the workplace.

Enrolment process

• Nominate managers who want to enrol on the programme

• Nominees attend an assessment day at your local Grant Thornton office; this involves a short entrance test and an interview with the Cranfield admissions team

• Nominees can attend a preview day at Cranfield – to see the facilities, and meet lecturers and alumni

• Grant Thornton can help you set up your Apprenticeship Levy account, so you can draw down funding

• We keep you informed all the way through the process

Take advantage of this unique opportunityNOMINATE MEMBERS OF YOUR TEAMNominate those who want to take advantage of this opportunity. Email david.a.hare@uk.gt.com and we’ll follow up with them, keeping you informed throughout the process.

First intake September 2017,

then a rolling intake

Part-time, in three-day

blocks each month

Leads to the award of a Cranfield MBA

Industry leading education

Two-year programme

How the MBA programme works

Not ready yet?COME TO A BREAKFAST BRIEFINGEmail apprenticeships@uk.gt.com to learn more about the Cranfield Executive MBA at a briefing event.

GIVE THE MBA PROSPECTUS TO YOUR TEAMDownload the prospectus at www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/emba

ANY QUESTIONS? GET IN TOUCHEmail apprenticeships@uk.gt.com Call 0207 738 3192 #CranfieldMBA_GT