Business Management (with a modern language)

This module gives students an understanding of finance within organisations, with a specific focus on budgeting, and an introduction to FinTech, the key technologies and business models that will re-imagine the global economy in the 21st century.

This module reviews the evolution of HRM and introduces students to the key underpinning theories. It explores the employee life cycle including recruitment and selection, development, reward and recognition, performance management, wellbeing, engagement, diversity and inclusion, conflict and departures. The module highlights various influences both internal and external to the organisation, which shape HR policies and practices, such as labour markets, CSR, political environment and the legal framework.

This module will facilitate idea generation using a range of creative thinking tools. The validity and feasibility of ideas will be tested through the process of market research

This module introduces students to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through a focus on case studies and an understanding of the key concepts and the relationship to concerns such as climate change, poverty and sustainable development.

The module develops skills of critical enquiry and analysis, and communication for language learners. It will enhance students' digital and intercultural literacy, preparing them for employment and citizenship in the contemporary world.

On completion of this module, students are expected to have demonstrated a satisfactory level of competence in the areas of listening, reading and grammar benchmarked to the level B2 of the Common European Framework.

On completion of this module, students are expected to have demonstrated a satisfactory level of competence in the areas of listening, reading and grammar benchmarked to the level B2 of the Common European Framework.

This module will introduce a number of topics relating to aspects of French society and popular culture as well as discussing how these are presented in the media and in texts.

This module will study major historical developments and periods which have changed the Hispanic world since 1492 to the present. The module will look at the Spanish Empire, colonisation of America and later independence highlighting links and tensions within the Hispanic world. There will be special focus on Spain’s civil war, dictatorship and transformation into a modern democracy, as well as looking at revolutionary conflict and political influence in specific Latin American countries, like Mexico, Cuba and/or some central American countries.

This module will further study topics relating to French culture using various historical and cultural perspectives.

This module will study key aspects of culture and society in Spain and Latin America which reflect Hispanic views and traditions as well as historical developments.

On completion of this module, students are expected to have demonstrated a satisfactory level of competence in the areas of listening, reading and grammar benchmarked to the level B2 of the Common European Framework.

On completion of this module, students are expected to have demonstrated a satisfactory level of competence in the areas of listening, reading and grammar benchmarked to the level B2 of the Common European Framework.

You can add a foreign language to your portfolio of skills. Enhance your employability by learning a modern language alongside your main degree. Whatever your language knowledge, from beginner to advanced, these classes will take you to the next level of proficiency.

You can add a foreign language to your portfolio of skills. Enhance your employability by learning a modern language alongside your main degree. Whatever your language knowledge, from beginner to advanced, these classes will take you to the next level of proficiency.

The module introduces students to the core principles of languages and language use. It emphasises connections with employability skills and enable students to identify and evaluate their current skills, as well as create a professional profile. On completion of this module, students will have developed an understanding of essential terminology and themes in the study of languages, as well as the way in which these relate to their own career development.

Operations is the part of an organisation that actually makes products and/or delivers services. Managing operations can be extremely complex and this is even more difficult today because of several challenges. These include the application of new technologies (broadly termed Industry 4.0) and the need for operational practices to be both ethical and sustainable. The module will consider how organisations formulate operations strategy against this backdrop. It will also examine operations management theory and its relevance to early career professionals. Finally, the module will consider how operations relates to the other organisational functions (HRM, Accounting, Marketing and Design).

This module builds on the grounding from 'Global Concerns In Sustainable Development' and critiques the role of Multi-National Organisations, Social Enterprises and the role of the state in the emergence of Responsible Enterprise as a movement to address global issues for people and planet. 

This module develops students’ critical awareness of contemporary business and management issues from across the world. The module is taught through various case studies that raise concerns about free market capitalism.

This module will look at managing across both organisational and cultural boundaries and will review the challenges and complexities that arise because of working collaboratively in an international cross-cultural setting; understand the impact of globalisation on the organisation and its employees. Encourage collaborative working at every level; to avoid negative behaviours such as ‘ethnocentrism and prejudice’; but to acknowledge power, politics and trust will always be an issue that needs to be taken into account in the management of a diverse cross-cultural workforce. Recognition that organisations need to promote positive management behaviours such as ‘cross-cultural training’ to ensure that a ‘global mindset’, ‘diversity’ and ‘gender’ are acknowledged at every level in the organisation.

This module presents a systematic approach to the study of strategy, building upon an array of ideas and theories ranging from industrial organisation theory to institutional economics. This module outlines the fundamentals of strategic management and gives students an introduction in this important area of business management. Students will gain an awareness of the issues involved and the techniques that managers adopt. The tools and techniques will help students understand how organisations achieve sustainable competitive advantage.

This module will manage a project exploring concepts of social innovation through an entrepreneurial process. Using a problem-based approach, students will develop innovative solutions to address a given social or community issue and create positive social impact.

This module aims to develop students' competence in French language at a level equivalent to C1 of the Common European Framework.

This module aims to develop students' competence in French language at a level equivalent to C1 of the Common European Framework.

This module aims to develop students’ competence in Spanish language at a level equivalent to B2 - C1 of the Common European Framework.

This module aims to develop students’ competence in Spanish language at a level equivalent to C1 of the Common European Framework.

You can add a foreign language to your portfolio of skills. Enhance your employability by learning a modern language alongside your main degree. Whatever your language knowledge, from beginner to advanced, these classes will take you to the next level of proficiency.

You can add a foreign language to your portfolio of skills. Enhance your employability by learning a modern language alongside your main degree. Whatever your language knowledge, from beginner to advanced, these classes will take you to the next level of proficiency.

This module helps students to become responsible leaders by developing the critical tools and moral imagination required to analyse and manage the ethical and sustainability challenges they are likely to encounter in the workplace.

This module develops students’ research skills through a rigorous understanding of enterprise and social enterprise in the 21st century, building knowledge from both policy and practice. Introduction to key concepts. Entrepreneurs in context: Entrepreneurship and social enterprise concepts, issues, debates and drivers. The entrepreneurial process, opportunity recognition and development, discovery versus creation. Innovation and entrepreneurship. Characteristics of the entrepreneur, entrepreneurial cognition and self-efficacy. Self-interest versus social benefit, social entrepreneurship. Business in context: Strategic and global entrepreneurship, leadership styles and small business formats, introduction to social enterprise. Enterprise and society, drivers, tensions and change, responsible management, CSR, social and ethical capital, the rise of social businesses globally.

This module explores concepts and models of leadership, reviews key issues such as diversity and ethical leadership; personality, psychological factors, use of coaching and mentoring in relation to leadership development. Leadership theories and practice; strategic leadership; ethical leadership; diversity and leadership; leadership and change; power and politics; cross cultural leadership; globalization and sustainability; personality and psychological factors in relation to the role.

This module builds on the tools and techniques from Principles of Strategic Management (Level 5), and is concerned with the strategic choices available to organisations to achieve competitive advantage in a global economy. The managerial decisions, processes and activities, that allow the creation and implementation of an effective global strategy are discussed and reflected-upon through a combination of theories and real-world case studies. This module explains that strategic management is the one of the most imperative considerations in the global economy. Organisations and managers can no longer base their strategies on the assumption that global markets will remain stable with steady growth.

On completion of this module, students are expected to have demonstrated a satisfactory level of competence in the areas of speaking, reading and grammar benchmarked to the level C2 of the Common European Framework.

On completion of this module, students are expected to have demonstrated a satisfactory level of competence in the areas of listening, writing and grammar benchmarked to the level C2 of the Common European Framework.

On completion of this module, students are expected to have demonstrated a satisfactory level of competence in the areas of speaking, reading and grammar benchmarked to the level C2 of the Common European Framework.

On completion of this module, students are expected to have demonstrated a satisfactory level of competence in the areas of listening, writing and grammar benchmarked to the level C2 of the Common European Framework.

You can add a foreign language to your portfolio of skills. Enhance your employability by learning a modern language alongside your main degree. Whatever your language knowledge, from beginner to advanced, these classes will take you to the next level of proficiency.

You can add a foreign language to your portfolio of skills. Enhance your employability by learning a modern language alongside your main degree. Whatever your language knowledge, from beginner to advanced, these classes will take you to the next level of proficiency.