Business Management (Final Year Entry)

Year 1

Compulsory modules

• The International Professional: Building Your Career Path

  This module aims to develop your knowledge of the theory and practice of career and management. Contemporary organisations increasingly expect employees to self-manage their careers, change roles within the organisation and develop the careers of those they line manage. You will be required to demonstrate critical insight into your own knowledge, skills and experience and consider how this might allow you to manage your post-graduation career.

• Applied Research for Social Impact

  The aim of this module is to provide you with the opportunity to undertake an independent research project that addresses real-world challenges and contributes to positive social change. This capstone module integrates research skills developed throughout the programme, enabling you to critically investigate contemporary issues with significant social, environmental, or organisational implications.

• Academic Skills and Personal Development

  This module is designed to develop academic literacies for use on other modules across the programme. Through the design of the final coursework assessments, youwill acquire the essential independent learning skills to support this stage of your Undergraduate study, including research skills, critical thinking, reflection, academic writing, presentation skills, and academic conventions. It will also give you the opportunity to develop your digital literacies and group working skills.
   

• Leading and Managing Change

  After completing this module, you will have an understanding of the nature of change and key theories, frameworks, principles and practices relevant for the management and leadership of change. You'll be able to evaluate critically the actions taken by those leading change. You will be better prepared to lead and manage change in your own managerial careers and have an increased awareness of your own potential for ongoing personal development in leading and managing change.

• Business Ethics

  In a world facing complex, fast paced and unprecedented social and environmental challenges, business students as active citizens need to be equipped with ways of thinking that enable them to make morally grounded decisions. Decisions that are socially and environmentally justified. As such this module is applicable to students as members of business organisations and as members of society.

• Strategic Management

  This module aims to explore prevailing business themes and their impact on strategy at a corporate level. You will engage with contemporary business cases and evidence to explore the influences of key drivers at national and international levels on the strategies, behaviours and management of organisations.

Optional modules

• Business at the Cutting Edge

  This module aims to equip you with the necessary skills to appreciate, understand, and cope with a fast paced, changing, challenging, and uncertain business environment. The module takes as its context current disruptive innovations which are challenging the norms of business models and therefore academic thinking.

• Business Strategy and Futures in Disruptive Environments

  In this module, you will explore the concept of business strategy and its application in disrupted environments. You'll focus on understanding the challenges and opportunities presented by disruptive forces and how organisations can develop robust strategies to navigate uncertain futures. You'll delve into various aspects of business strategy, including innovation, digital transformation, scenario planning, and sustainability.
   

• Contemporary Business Operations and Emerging Technologies

  In this module you'll be provided with an integrated understanding of contemporary business operations, purchasing and supply chain management, the role of emerging technologies, and the impact of artificial intelligence on business decision-making. You will explore how businesses develop, implement, and sustain efficient operations while adapting to rapid technological advancements.