Business Management (Accelerated)

Personal and Professional Development One

This module will support you in your transition to university and lays the foundations for success in your degree and future career.  You will begin to learn the tools required to manage your own continuous professional and personal development so you can realise your full potential. Throughout the module you will be supported by an academic mentor.

Accounting and Finance for Managers

Designed for non-accounting managers, this develops the skills and competencies necessary to make effective use of accounting information, especially for control and decision-making purposes.

Economics and Data Analysis for Managers

Raises your awareness and proficiency of economic and quantitative techniques to instil a confident and positive approach to using economic principles and quantitative tools in your future studies and career.

Foundations of Managing and Organising

Focuses on the management of work in organisations, introducing you to key applications, policies and practices involved in the management of human resources.

Principles of Marketing

Provides you with an understanding of the essential marketing concepts and frameworks, including the role of marketing within businesses, segmentation, targeting and positioning, creating customer value, satisfaction and loyalty.

Business Management in Practice

This module prepares you fully for your internship in your second year by familiarising you with different types of organisations and key management functions and processes. You will be supported to develop relevant professional skills and behaviours to enable you to secure a suitable internship role and take full advantage of the integral work experience feature of the course.

Managing Human Resources

Develops your understanding of the human aspects of managing and organising work, considering the nature of the changing context of managing and organising.

Business Analytics for Managers

This module explores the role of information systems in organisations and provides an analysis of their impact on marketing, the management of information, and their contribution to competitive advantage.

Marketing Management

This module explores the role of marketing management and its interaction with other business functions. You will study marketing management concepts that are used during the development of sound marketing strategies, and will develop effective group and personal skills that are valued highly by organisational employers. You will learn about the application of marketing tools to different contexts, as well as segmentation, targeting and positioning.

Business Management Extended Internship

This module is introduced just before you start your internship and is designed to guide you throughout your 36-48 week period within the workplace. You will acquire business management knowledge and understanding within your internship role / organisation and be supported to develop, and practice, a range of skills including the ability to prioritise, plan and manage your workload, work collaboratively with others, give and receive feedback, solve problems within the workplace and reflect systematically on your working experiences.

Managing Change

The module will further develop your understanding of managing and leading strategically.  The module concentrates on the strategic processes organisations use to identify and evaluate opportunities for change and/or improvement and subsequently how change is managed in an organisational context.

Developing Professional Impact

This module is designed to expand your horizons and challenge your attitudes and behaviours both in relation to subject specific issues and wider business concerns such as global citizenship and sustainable business practices. It will encourage you to build on your strengths and explore a range of possibilities as you embark on your next steps.

Transformative Business Models

Examines the factors that characterise transformative business models, drawing on examples of organisations who have successfully devised new business models and reshaped and disrupted the industries and sectors within which they operate. As a result of studying the module you will be able to critically evaluate the ways in which new business models transform customer experiences, supply chain relationships and work and employment.

Research Project

You will undertake a purposeful, individual, in depth study of a relevant topic, developing your independent learning, critical thinking and knowledge of research techniques.

Plus two optional modules from:

Strategic Marketing

You will examine key concepts and frameworks that are involved in the strategic marketing process, as well as challenges encountered in the implementation and control stages.

Managing Creativity, Design and Innovation

The development of successful products and services is dependent on how well the research, design and innovation activities are integrated within an organisation.

Managing Information and Knowledge Strategically

Explores the nature of strategy and knowledge, looking at areas such as the neglect of data, the role of information and communication technology (ICT) today, and the organisational responses to the changing needs in this area.

Corporate Governance and Risk Management

Highlights the importance of control and risk management when implementing strong governance measures by studying current recommendations and developments in corporate governance, in both the UK and overseas.

Global Supply Chain Strategy

Working at a strategic level, this module clarifies how marketing, design, distribution, logistics and project management may be integrated, and help you to develop a broader and deeper understanding of how supply chain performance can be strategically improved.

Comparative and International Management

Influences of culture on management, and managing within and across diverse cultures, have become increasingly relevant in today’s business world. This module aims to address the issues of cultural differences, and practical implications of the internationalisation of management.