Business Management with Law

This module will identify the current issues relating to fairness in the workplace; understand key patterns and manifestations of employment inequality and how inequalities intersect with each other to create and sustain disadvantage. The module will explore discriminatory practices for specific groups and evaluate the effectiveness of organisational and institutional frameworks to tackle these practices. Students will develop skills and knowledge with respect to developing and applying policies on fairness and equality in the workplace.

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.

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

The module aims to enable students to recognise their digital and professional strengths and build on them, to manage their digital footprint, to engage with professional bodies, to advance their mental toughness, to reflect, and to become more self-aware and confident. The module enables students to meet the significant challenges facing individuals and enhances employability in an extremely competitive market.

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 gives students an understanding of the principles of the customer experience. It will introduce students to the customer journey in organisational contexts, the management of the customer experience, the role of technology, and the monitoring and measurement for improvement in the customer experience.

This module will introduce students to basic principles and rules of contract and tort, and consider their application in areas relevant to business.

This module will introduce students to the structure and functions of the English legal system, the system and hierarchy of the courts within England and Wales, sources of law, and principles and concepts relevant to the application of the law in practice.

This module will present the fundamental principles of employment law in the context of modern labour market conditions.

In this module, you will critically analyse and apply domestic company law. Problem solving and communication are key legal skills, and during this module, you will learn how to apply the doctrinal company law you have learned and communicate it to answer a problem question in a structured manner.

Content may include: separate legal personality and limited liability; directors; shareholders; and liquidation.

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 provides an in-depth exploration of the legal framework, which governs the management of people. It explores the purpose and sources of law and the legal framework influencing key people activities e.g. recruitment, selection, discrimination, performance, reward, change, discipline, grievance, family friendly, dismissal. Employment tribunals and their role in dealing with disputes is discussed.

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 looks to empower students to successfully transition to Year 3, overseas study, placement and employment. Students develop confidence and purpose through shaping their digital footprint, building their professional relationships, exploring career choices and engaging in employability activities, and deepening cultural understanding.

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 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 is primarily concerned with the way in which the law regulates and protects the expression of creative endeavour.  It examines the legal rules and principles of intellectual property (IP) rights that are relevant to most business and entertainment contexts. The module considers the practical context in which IP law operates to develop an understanding of IP’s relationship with the business, entertainment, and media sectors and its application in practice. 

 The syllabus will include the law and practice relating to copyright law, the tort of passing off, registered and unregistered trademark law and the law on image rights.  You will also consider how torts such as Breach of Confidence and Misuse of Private Information interact with IP law. 

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 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. 

This module aims to help students 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.

The impact of humans upon the environment has never been more relevant and we are faced with the challenge of balancing development and living standards with the capacity of the natural world to support it. This module will consider the ways in which the law regulates human activity to achieve that balance, considering successes, failures, and potential solutions and the reasons for them.

National, regional and international mechanisms will be considered as well as the tools which environmental law has developed and adopted in its efforts to protect that on which we so fundamentally rely, the environment.