BA Hons Business Management

Level 4

Academic Skills (20 credits; compulsory)

Upon successful completion, you should be able to:

• Produce a fully referenced written work in a relevant topic which is well organised and makes use of appropriate academic writing style.
• Demonstrate good communication skills in written and oral form.
• Demonstrate effective use of Information Technology (IT) as required, including MS Word, PowerPoint, Teams and the internet.
• Work as a member of a team by cooperating with others, negotiating, listening and meeting deadlines.

Accounting Fundamentals (20 credits; compulsory)

Upon successful completion, you should be able to:

• Explain the nature, behaviour, and purpose of cost accounting, and apply cost accounting concepts to business transactions.
• Review the basic principles of accounting, including the use of appropriate software.
• Prepare and analyse financial statements from initial data with confidence.

Introducing the Modern Workplace (20 credits; compulsory)

Upon successful completion, you should be able to:

• Analyse the relationship between structure, culture, people, and organisational performance.
• Identify the essential nature of managerial work and explain the variables that determine effective management and leadership.
• Evaluate the behavioural approach to management through understanding factors that affect individual behaviour.

Community Engagement (20 credits; compulsory)

Upon successful completion, you should be able to:

• Understand and evaluate transferable skills and how to adapt them to organisational settings.
• Evaluate concepts of community and personal development, applying theoretical concepts to real situations.

Marketing Fundamentals (20 credits; compulsory)

Upon successful completion, you should be able to:

• Assess the development of marketing in creating value for customers.
• Identify relevant stakeholders and assess their impact on marketing activities.
• Understand marketing processes including the marketing environment, research and the marketing mix.

The Global Business Environment (20 credits; compulsory)

Upon successful completion, you should be able to:

• Recognise the major forces shaping the global business environment.
• Apply relevant business models (Porter's Diamond, Five Forces, PESTEL) within international analysis.
• Critically evaluate why organisations engage in international trade.

Level 5

Data Handling & Business Intelligence (20 credits; compulsory)

Upon successful completion, you should be able to:

• Identify and critically evaluate current trends in data warehousing, business intelligence and data mining.
• Demonstrate systematic understanding of essential concepts using predictive analytic software.

Entrepreneurship (20 credits; compulsory)

Upon successful completion, you should be able to:

• Evaluate the theoretical knowledge of entrepreneurship.
• Apply methods and techniques to initiate and carry out a Business Plan.

Management Accounting (20 credits; compulsory)

Upon successful completion, you should be able to:

• Analyse the informational requirements of management relating to revenues, costs and financial criteria.
• Select and apply appropriate cost and management accounting methods.
• Produce functional and master budgets and evaluate performance against targets.

Management Economics (20 credits; compulsory)

Upon successful completion, you should be able to:

• Critically evaluate economic data as a guide to policy making.
• Apply economic concepts such as supply and demand, elasticity and cost analysis to managerial decisions.
• Analyse the impact of government policy on markets and managerial decisions.

Managing People (20 credits; compulsory)

Upon successful completion, you should be able to:

• Demonstrate critical understanding of the business environment within which personnel professionals work.
• Evaluate approaches used by organisations to attract, engage, deploy and retain people.

Project Management (20 credits; compulsory)

Upon successful completion, you should be able to:

• Identify and critically evaluate the main project management methodologies.
• Apply project management concepts to real-world scenarios.

Level 6

Dissertation (40 credits; compulsory)

Upon successful completion, you should be able to:

• Develop a suitable and appropriate research proposal.
• Critically appraise literature pertaining to a problem domain.
• Evaluate, select and apply relevant research techniques.
• Produce an organised academic document that adheres to convention.

International Business Communications (20 credits; compulsory)

Upon successful completion, you should be able to:

• Critically understand intercultural communication theories.
• Evaluate and interpret divergent international cultures within business.
• Analyse business communication situations.

International Financial Management (20 credits; compulsory)

Upon successful completion, you should be able to:

• Apply and critically evaluate theoretical frameworks of international financial management.
• Evaluate methods relating to the financing of an international business.
• Appraise models of corporate value, international cost of capital and financial structure.

Leadership and Management Theory and Practice (20 credits; compulsory)

Upon successful completion, you should be able to:

• Recognise complexities involved in leading and managing people in organisations.
• Critically evaluate strategies focused on enhancing leadership and management effectiveness.

Strategic Management & Sustainability (20 credits; compulsory)

Upon successful completion, you should be able to:

• Examine the relationship between external and internal organisational context and strategy.
• Critically evaluate competitive and development strategies in contemporary contexts.
• Analyse factors considered in strategy implementation.