International Year One in Business Management

Course Description:

This module aims to provide business students on a level four programme with the essential economic knowledge and understanding which will enable them to be able to place business related issues and problems in the wider economic context, as well as being able to recognize the contributions that economics can make in analyzing and resolving business issues and problems.

Topics:

• Business and Economics  
• Business and Markets in Action
• Supply Decisions: Costs of Production  
• Market Structures and Implications for
• Business Behavior
• Alternative Theories of Business Behavior and Strategy
• Business and Resource Markets
• Government Regulation of Business  Business in the International Environment
• The Macroeconomic Environment of Business  Balance of Payments and Exchange Rates
• Banking, Money and Interest Rates  Controlling Inflation and Unemployment
• Macroeconomic Policy and its Impact on
• Business Performance

Course Description:

This module aims to provide students with a range of skills that will prepare them for study of the International Year One programme as well as future undergraduate studies in business and management related programmes in UK universities. The knowledge and skills gained throughout the module will provide students with transferable skills that will also be beneficial in the world of work.

Topics:

• Effective Learning
• Personal Development PlanningPlanningTechniques
• Academic and Business Writing and an Introduction to Research Skills
• Research Skills
• Plagiarism and Harvard Referencing
• Numerical Analysis
• Teamwork
• Presentation Skills

Course Description:

This module aims to give students an appreciation of what organisations are, the purpose of establishing formal organisations, and the many inter-related aspects of collective and individual behavior that can impact on the success or otherwise of organisations. There are different approaches to analyzing organizational behavior and these will be considered during the course of this module. The module also addresses a number of the inter-relating facets of organizational behavior including:

• • organizational structure
  • approaches to leadership and management
  • culture within organisations
  • motivation
  • organizational change

Topics:

• The Purpose of Organisations
• Organizational Structure
• Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Organizational Behavior
• Inter-disciplinary Nature of the Study of Organizational Behavior
• Management
• Leadership
• Culture
• Organizational Change
• Motivation
  • Power and Control in the Workplace
  • Performance Management
  • Effective Communication

Course Description:

This module aims to provide students with a fundamental understanding of basic financial accounting principles. The module will develop students’ knowledge and understanding of financial accounting from the key principles of ledger entry bookkeeping, to single entity final accounts, all within the context of most recent Generally Accepted Accounting Practice. The module will aim to provide a rigorous introduction to the subject area for students progressing to further related study, in particular the module Financial Accounting 2. This module offers a valuable and coherent introduction to the topic for students who will not progress further with accountancy study.

Topics:

• Introduction to Accounting
• Double Entry and Accounting Systems
• Introduction to Final Accounts
• Accounting for Control
• Introduction to Single Entry and Incomplete Records

Course Description:

The aim of this module is to provide students with the theory, practice and structure of the fundamental elements of business management. The module focuses on the application of the strategic, operational and ethical streams of business management in a range of different organisations. The module also addresses a range of inter-related topics which further develop students’ understanding of the core themes of management.

Topics:

• An Introduction to Management Themes
• Operations Management and Quality
• The Historical Development of Management Thinking, Theory and Practice
• Operations Management and the Supply Chain
• Practical Strategic Management Issues
• Operations Management and R&D
• Strategy and Planning
• Ethics: Current Issues and Future Positions
• Strategy and Implementation
• Stakeholder Theory and Implications for Ethics
• An Introduction to Operations Management
• Corporate Social Responsibility

Course Description:

The aims of this module are to provide students with an introduction to a range of theories and concepts underpinning key elements of marketing planning with a focus on the application of those theories and concepts to a range of different organisations.

Topics:

• An Introduction to Marketing
• An Overview of Marketing Planning
• The Marketing Environment
• Consumer Behavior
• Marketing Research
• The Marketing Mix
  • Product
  • Price
  • Place
  • Promotions
• Digital Marketing and Social Media
• Services Marketing
• New Product Development
• Corporate Social Responsibility and Marketing Ethics

Course Description:

This module aims to provide students with a broad understanding of the function and the importance of management accounting in supporting management decision making. It is recognized that students studying this module may not progress to further, specialist accountancy studies and it is therefore important to give a broad, introductory module rather than technically detailed coverage of the subject.

The module will cover key areas such as ‘decision making’; ‘cost assignment’; ‘planning and control’ to give specialist accounting students the foundation they will require for more advanced coverage of the subject area.

Topics:

• Introduction to Management Accounting
• Introduction to Activity Based Costing
• Cost Volume Profit Analysis
• Budgeting Process
• Relevant Costs and Revenues
• Introduction to Standard Costing and Variance Analysis
• Pricing and Profitability
• Performance Management
• Cost Assignment

Course Description:

This module aims to:

• • Develop mathematical and statistical literacy in students, including the ability to make numbers meaningful, focussing on conceptual understanding and recognizing the demands for dealing with “big data” in an information age
  • Enable students to use mathematical and statistical methods to investigate business-related data, emphasizing application and interpretation rather than fundamental theorems and proofs
  • Develop in students the concept of mathematical and statistical modeling in business and economics, and an appreciation that applied mathematics and statistics can be more subjective than commonly assumed
  • Prepare students for entry to more advanced modules dealing with quantitative analysis in business
  • Develop students’ skills in the use of spreadsheet software and calculators

Topics:

• Data and Variability in Business
• Summarizing Data:
  • Measures of Location and Dispersion
  • Graphical Presentation and Frequency Distributions
• Index Numbers
• Correlation Techniques
• Regression Techniques
• Time Series Analysis
• Differentiation and Applications
• Integration and Applications