Business Management (Sustainability) BSc (Hons) BSc (Hons) BSc (Hons)

Marketing In The Business Environment

Marketing plays an important role in developing relationships between customers and organisations. This module will develop your knowledge and understanding of the role of marketing and key principles. This module will equip you with the knowledge to adapt to continuously changing consumer behaviour and reflect on how these principles link to your organisation.

Module code: MKTG40334

Introduction To Management Accounting

All those who work for, or deal with businesses need to understand accounting. This module aims to look at the nature of accounting, exploring the main concepts underpinning management accounting. The main branches of cost accounting and decision making as well as cost minimisation and revenue maximisation are explored using a blend of theory and practice. Also, how to use the metrics for ascertaining business performance and explore the different types of KPIs that help you understand the performance of your organisation or department. The module is aimed at giving you the skills and tools to measure the success of an organisation.

Module code: ACCT40312

Global Visitor Economy

Where do you envisage yourself in the future? The module will introduce the vast, ever changing, booming tourism and events industry on a global scale. In this module you will gain knowledge and understanding of the Tourism and Events industries as a whole, giving you the opportunity to see how extensive the industry is and its impactful contribution on a global social, economic and environmental scale. Think big…your journey starts here!

Module code: TOUR40129

Foundations Of Management

This module will draw on interdisciplinary theory and research from the field of management. Specific attention will be given to the study of organisations as social systems; the dynamics of change and survival in organisations; and the relationships between organisations and their environments. Other topics covered will include enhancing personal and organisational effectiveness, improving decision-making skills, and resolving conflicts in the workplace.

Module code: BUSM40005

Economics And Law For Managers

You will learn how to apply economics to make informed business decisions through the study of key microeconomic and macroeconomic principles. You will learn to apply economic analysis to different personal, business and societal situations. The knowledge you will gain will be your most reliable guide in the understanding market and firm behaviour, and government decisions.

Module code: ACCT40310

Foundations Of Human Resource Management

You will learn about the key and contemporary issues associated with managing people in the workplace. Calling upon literature and research from across the fields of Human Resource Management, Organisational Behaviour and Employment Relations, you will learn the issues affecting the motivation and engagement of employees in the modern workplace.

Module code: HRMG40306

Management Accounting

You will build on the skills you have learnt in your first year and focus on decision-making techniques such as multi-stage cost allocation, marginal and absorption costing, activity-based costing and variance analysis.

Module code: ACCT50544

Governance And Climate Change

Climate change is one of the major challenges facing humanity, and we are at a pivotal moment in the climate emergency. This module aims to provide students with an understanding of the topic of climate change governance as the process of steering and enabling collective action to address governance failures, strengthen incentives and build capability for climate action. The module intends to further explore these issues and to develop critical perspectives by introducing students to the local and global actors, institutions, and decision-making structures that deal with the impacts of climate change on both the national and international levels. Students will gain an overview of mitigation and adaptation responses to climate change and opportunities for further positive transformation and examine how climate action pertains to several United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals. This knowledge underpins the activity delivered in this course toward both climate justice and sustainable development.

Module code: BMAS50006

Sustainable Business Development

How would you like to develop the commercial knowledge, vision, management and leadership skills to establish innovative strategies, programmes, and relationships to enhance business growth and revenue in a sustainable way?An understanding of sustainability, business ethics and corporate social responsibility (CSR) is increasingly attracting the attention of graduate employers.This module equips you with the knowledge and skills to apply these concepts to everyday business management practice. You examine case studies from a wide range of sectors to explore why and how organisations embrace sustainable approaches to managing their business and understand the sustainability challenges and benefits businesses face at the international and national levels. You gain the capacity to analyse and interpret the connections between global sustainability frameworks and the local action of commercial enterprises to fulfil sustainability objectives.

Module code: BMAS50004

The Business Of Doing Good

There is an ever-increasing need for organisations to act ethically. Using contemporary case studies and innovative teaching methods, The Business of Doing Good module will explore different stances in relation to ethics, the process of ethical decision making, and analyse and critically appraise multitude of decisions made by different organisations and the appropriateness of their response when faced with ethical challenges.

Module code: BMAS50005

Managing Equality, Diversity And Inclusion

This module introduces students to theories and practices involved in the management of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in varying contexts, including legislative, societal, and organisational considerations. We focus on key contemporary debates of inequality including gender, race, disability, age, migrant status, social class, and sexual identity both conceptually and in terms of workplace interventions. It further encourages inter-disciplinary thinking by engaging with scholarship in the areas of management studies, organisation theory, social science, feminist theory, critical race theory, post-colonial theory, and queer theory to extend the current understanding of key business issues and broader societal and cultural trends. This multi-layered approach will provide students with an opportunity to critically engage with theory and practice in exploring the organisational processes and contexts which both produce and reinforce inequalities of outcome among underprivileged social groups. Reflecting on the tools at our disposal, we move on to explore organisational strategies, policies, practices, and leadership styles implemented by organisations, together with an assessment of their effectiveness.

Module code: BUSM50013

Operations Management

This module offers you a comprehensive understanding of operations management models, theories, principles, and practices with the ability to analyse and apply the appropriate tools and techniques to solve operations challenges and achieve continuous improvement. The module also includes a thorough review of operations strategy and equips students with the skills to manage future trends in manufacturing and services sectors. This professional knowledge and competence are one of the most sought-after assets in the industry.

Module code: BUSM50014

Authentic Leadership

Authentic leadership brings together the concept of authenticity with positive psychology. You will learn how to make confident and effective leadership interventions and to be aware of the impact of these interventions in wider organisational settings. You will explore the theory and process of leadership and explore your own preferred style.

Module code: BUSM60010

Leadership Strategy And Social Impact

In a sustainable society, courageous leadership is essential when balancing the needs of firms, stakeholders and the environment. In this module, you will explore the legal and ethical challenges leaders face whilst maintaining a profitable business.

Module code: BMAS60001

Consultancy/Management Project In Specialism

In the first part of the module, you will learn about research, research process and differences between quantitative and qualitative research. In the second part of the module, you will develop collaborative consultancy/management project with an organisation of your choice to identify an area of research beneficial to both you and the organisation. You will be involved in real-time problem solving, develop a set of recommendations based on your research findings and present those findings to the organisation.

Module code: BUSM60011

Innovative Change Management

Disruption is at the heart of the 4th industrial revolution. In this module, you will explore the dynamics of organisational change and how firms can leverage innovative business models to compete in a world more mindful of its natural environment.

Module code: BIAE60001

Data And Decision Making

Data is of great importance of modern organisations. This module will explore the role and importance of information and data within organisations, tools and techniques for analysing and interpreting the data for the purposes of decision making, and tools and techniques for data presentation and visualisation. In addition, the module will cover the concepts and principles in business statistics.

Module code: BUSM60012

Business Simulation Project

In this module, you will use business simulation tools to explore the dynamics of a modern enterprise and learn about your capacity to manage and innovate in your chosen field. You will see how your business decisions will impact the day to day running of the business and how they will affect the long-term strategy. The digital learning resource provides in-depth learning of how a company operates from start-up to the first few years of a company's life. Working through various scenarios allows you to understand the inter-dependence of each business functions, HR, Operations, Sales and Marketing and Finance. This module is the culmination of your foundation year and will equip you with the skills required for you to manage in business or proceed onto further academic study.

Module code: BUSS30008

Business Performance

In this module You will learn to use the metrics for ascertaining how well you are doing in business and explore the different types of KPIs that help you understand the performance of your organisation or department. The module is aimed at giving you the skills and tools to measure the success of an organisation.

Module code: BUSS30007

External Business Enviroments

In this module you will consider the external business environment and the impact of competition, cultural demographics, environmental issues, and concepts of free and fair trade and what this means for business.

Module code: BUSS30010

Communication In The Digital Age

In this module, you will develop the oral, written, visual and digital communication skills required in modern business. You will investigate why communication is vital for effective entrepreneurship, no matter the size of the business.

Module code: BUSS30009

Managing People For Planet And Profit

In this module, you will develop your understanding of sustainable management practices in the workplace and in the wider context of organisations.

Module code: BUSS30006

Business Placement

Module code: MKTGP0043