BSc (Hons) Business Finance (Final Year Entry)

This is your opportunity to undertake an independent research project that addresses real-world challenges and contributes to positive social change. This capstone module integrates your research skills developed throughout the programme, helping you to critically investigate contemporary issues with significant social, environmental, or organisational implications. Integrating theoretical and practical learning, equipping you to address complex social, environmental, or organisational challenges while aligning with the Principles for ResponsibleManagement Education (PRME).

This module is designed to develop your academic literacies for use on other modules across the programme. Through the design of the final coursework assessments, you will acquire the essential independent learning skills to support your undergraduate study, including

• research skills
• critical thinking
• reflection
• academic writing
• presentation skills
• and academic conventions.

You also have the opportunity to develop your digital literacies and group working skills.

This module is designed to address our changing world that is facing social and environmental challenges. You’ll develop the capacity to make ethically defensible decisions as members of business organisations and of society in general. You’ll analyse and evaluate the ethical propositions of others. And you’ll evaluate the ethics of different systemic models of production, distribution and exchange.Upon completing this module you will be able to evaluate and apply ethical reasoning to local and global business dilemmas and economic systems, and you’ll be able to evaluate the significance of a range of western and non-western ethical perspectives.

The module aims to develop a basic understanding and critical assessment of key financial information from the users’ perspective. This will include both financial and management accounting information covering three areas:

• Basics: Terminology, purposes, users, stakeholders, rules and regulations;
• Financial accounting: key financial statements, published accounts and analysis and interpretation through ratios;
• Management accounting: costing, budgeting and forecasting, budget management, pricing and investment Appraisal

You will develop the ability to create, interpret and effectively communicate financial information.

You'll explore the concept of business strategy and its application in disrupted business environments. It focuses on understanding the challenges and opportunities presented by disruptive forces and how organisations can develop robust strategies to navigate uncertain futures. You'll examine various aspects of business strategy, including:

• innovation
• digital transformation
• scenario planning
• and sustainability.

You'll analyse case studies, engage in strategic thinking exercises, and develop your essential practical skills to formulate and be able to implement strategies in disrupted business environments.

This module provides an opportunity for you to investigate the forces shaping the contemporary financial system. You'll examine a variety of issues, taking the financial turmoil of 2007-2008 as a starting point. The emphasis will be on both the underlying causes of recent financial developments and the more general implications of these for our understanding of finance and on the possibilities open to regulatory authorities, companies, investors and other interested groups to respond to these developments.