Year 1 Compulsory Modules
Principles of Management and Organisation
This module is an introduction to business, management and organisations. Organisations are key to the way in which we organise society, and a study of organisations is central to developing an understanding not only of business and management, but of many other aspects of our lives. The module explores the context of business, the organisation of work and nature of management.
Management and enterprise
This module will provide an understanding into the concepts of management, enterprise and employability and understand the role of enterprises in the economy, how they interact with the environment and the importance of employability skills to longer-term graduate employability development.
Contemporary management issues in ethics, sustainability, HRM, tourism
This module will explore contemporary issues in management, ethics, sustainability, human resource management and tourism. The module sets the scene for study in later years and develops the conceptual, strategic and practical skills necessary for managers in complex, global organisational contexts.
Introduction to employee life cycle
This module follows the sequence of the employee life cycle and how these practices impact on one another and interrelate. The module will provide a comprehensive introduction to the core staples of Human Resource Management across the employee life cycle including recruitment & selection, development, retention & remuneration, and relations. The module also introduces important topics negotiated within HR today, such as talent management, diversity & equality and employee analytics.
Year 2 Compulsory Modules
Operations strategy across the enterprise
Operations Strategy is the highest level of Operations Management that deals with plans and decisions that shape the long-term capabilities of an organisation in the course of designing, producing and distributing products and services. The themes that will be explored in this module include the five respective factors that make you survive and thrive: cost, quality, speed, dependability, and flexibility. Tools like the 4Vdiagram and the generic model of OM/OS in a company will be extensively discussed and used with an emphasis on linking operations strategy to competitiveness.
Principles of leadership and employee engagement
This module will develop an understanding of leadership and employee engagement as mutually interdependent and beneficial. The module will introduce key concepts theories and practice relating to both traditional and contemporary perspectives of leadership.
Management planning and coordination
This module will develop the practical and co-ordinating skills needed by managers. Management functions and planning are examined in the context of the need for coordination, teamwork and stakeholder management. Project management techniques and processes are introduced.
Commercial awareness and experience of HRM at work
This module is a preparation for employment and provides opportunities to develop business skills in real working environments. It will develop knowledge and extend vocational skills through a workplace scenario and to give an opportunity to experience the application of theories and concepts in practice - particularly in the HRM field. Also, an opportunity to consider future careers and courses of study.
Year 3 Compulsory Modules
International business competency
The OECD defines global competence as “the capacity to examine local, global and intercultural issues, to understand and appreciate the perspectives and world views of others”. This module builds that ‘social competence’ perspective into the study of international business to provide an understanding of the forces driving globalisation, and their implications for countries, industries and organisations.
HRM in business development within an ethical agenda
This module provides an opportunity to practice key parts of the business planning process, and business plan production - with a particular emphasis on HRM and in an ethical agenda. This includes planning, designing and writing an independent business plan that addresses a business management/entrepreneurial/new venture creation idea.
Leadership, management and employee development
Leadership, management and employee development fall into the important Human Resource function of Human Resource Development (HRD). The purpose of this module is therefore to understand and analyse leadership, management and employee development in all its layers including understanding governmental policy approaches to HRD (National Human Resource Development NHRD), and also focusing inward on the organisation and how to Design, Deliver and Evaluate traditional, contemporary, Blended, Digital and Social Learning.
Course content is for guidance purposes only and may be subject to change.
