Optional 48-week placement:
Applied Professional Practice (120 credits)
Gain a strong understanding of a business including the identification and examination of an organisational issue, initiative or process. Examine areas of value to the host organisation. Develop the relevant practical knowledge and skills under the guidance and supervision of an academic mentor and host business.
Year 3 (national level 6):
Strategic Management (20 credits)
Examine the concepts and underpinning theory of strategic management within organisations. Explore the many theoretical schools of strategic management with reference to those that address the formulation and development of strategy within the organisation. Contrast various theoretical models and modes of thinking around strategising and develop a robust set of tools to apply to real-world management problems. Examine ethical and practical issues facing business in modern global marketplaces.
Developing the Reflexive Practitioner (20 credits)
Consider, diagnose, and express your professional behaviours and values as an aspiring manager and leader in finance, marketing, human resources, or management. Examine the module leader’s research which includes the ‘Developing the Reflexive Practitioner’ toolkit, a web-based guide for developing as professionals in the increasingly complex world of management. Present your reflections as podcasts or vlogs, or as digital reflections.
Global Entrepreneurship and Innovation (20 credits)
Research, innovate, identify, design, plan, undertake, manage, and exploit an entrepreneurial and innovation opportunity. Learn how to bring to market and co-create sustainable entrepreneurial, innovative, creative ideas and solutions which impact our world. Develop a critical understanding of global entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainability issues and challenges, where you can write an academic article, blog, vlog, or give a TED Talk. Work in groups co-creating ideas and solutions via a micro-enterprise concept or venture. Critically reflect on the entrepreneurship and innovation theories, concepts, and techniques.
Strategic Corporate Finance (20 credits)
Develop a critical understanding of the role and importance of strategic corporate finance within the modern-day international business organisation. Gain a robust understanding of various corporate finance concepts and theories including market efficiency, different forms of debt and equity, investment appraisal, dividend policy, capital structure, and mergers and acquisitions. Expand your analytical and evaluative skills through and investigation and application of how relevant corporate finance techniques can be deployed strategically by financial managers to ensure future business success.
Managing and Leading Change (20 credits)
Develop the ability to analyse an organisation with particular emphasis on understanding contemporary issues in organisational change. Learn about managing and leading the process and human resource factors associated with identifying, planning, and implementing organisational change. Cover content shaped by challenges currently faced by organisations operating in a range of local, national, and international contexts, as well as relevant practitioner-based and academic literature.
Marketing in a Digital World (20 credits)
Examine some of the challenges faced by marketers in the digital era. Develop a critical understanding of transformations in marketing practices that are occurring in response to changes in the technological and social environments. Drawing on extant theory and case studies to illuminate current practices, you’ll develop a critical understanding of the need for organisations to adopt and integrative approach to marketing strategy.
