BSc Hons Management People Management

at University of Kent

Stage 1

Your first year is a compulsory introductory year, designed to provide you with a solid foundation in the understanding of management and related functions, such as marketing, financial management and aspects of global management.

Compulsory modules currently include
 

• BUSN3120 - Introduction to Management (15 credits)

• BUSN3130 - Introduction to Statistics for Business (15 credits)

• BUSN3430 - Global Business Environment (15 credits)

• BUSN3640 - Business Analysis Tools (15 credits)

• BUSN3690 - Financial Accounting, Reporting and Analysis (15 credits)

• BUSN3700 - Introduction to Marketing (15 credits)

• BUSN3910 - Business Organisation, Issues and Skills (15 credits)

• ECON3130 - Economics for Business (15 credits)

Stage 2

Your final year offers you capstone modules that will help to prepare you for taking up leading roles in the innovative world of organisations. It also offers you the opportunity to stand out to employers by specialising in either the People Management pathway or Business Analytics pathway depending on which of the optional modules you choose. You can also opt for No Pathway and choose whatever optional modules suit your interests and employability needs.

Compulsory modules currently include

• BUSN5013 - Human Resource Management (15 credits)

• BUSN6120 - New Enterprise Development (15 credits)

• BUSN6760 - Strategy Analysis and Tools (15 credits)

• BUSN6770 - Financial Management for Decision Making and Control (15 credits)

• BUSN7330 - Business Ethics and Sustainable Management (15 credits)

• BUSN7500 - Project Management (15 credits)

• BUSN7860 - Operations Management (15 credits)

• BUSN7900 - Employability for Stage 2 Business Programmes (5 credits)

Optional modules may include
 

• BUSN5200 - Service Management (15 credits)

• BUSN5450 - Marketing Research (15 credits)

• BUSN6580 - Diversity in Organisations (15 credits)

• BUSN6880 - Decision Analysis (15 credits)

• BUSN7380 - Understanding Consumer Behaviour (15 credits)

• BUSN7570 - Research and Consultancy Methods (15 credits)

Stage 3

Your final year offers you flexibility around your interests and prepares you to take up leading roles in the innovative world of organisation. You take 60 credits of compulsory modules, 45 credits of optional modules relating to People Management and a 15-credit module from a wider list of optional modules from the Management course structure. You can also decide to change course pathways before you start stage 3 if your passion has changed along the way.

Compulsory modules currently include
 

• BUSN6003 - Leadership and Management Development (15 credits)

• BUSN6130 - Entrepreneurship (15 credits)

• BUSN6790 - Corporate and Business Strategy (15 credits)

• BUSN7880 - Technology-Driven Business Innovation (15 credits)

• BUSN7920 - Career Management for Stage 3 Business Programmes (5 credits)

Optional modules may include
 

• BUSN6004 - Employee Performance Management (15 credits)

• BUSN6007 - People Analytics (15 credits)

• BUSN6780 - Contemporary Management Challenges (15 credits)

• BUSN6840 - Strategic Human Resource Management (15 credits)

• BUSN7440 - Creativity and Innovation in Organisations (15 credits)

• BUSN7510 - Psychology of the Contemporary Workplace (15 credits)

• BUSN7530 - International and Comparative Human Resource Management (15 credits)

• BUSN7550 - Business Management Project (30 credits)