The aims of this module are:

• Introduce students to a variety of mathematical and statistical tools that are used in management and its professions.
• Ensure that students have the requisite mathematical, statistical and modelling skills that will be necessary to study the quantitative business and management techniques presented in subsequent parts of their management education.
• Develop confidence in, the use of industry standard packages for business and management purposes.
• Develop relevant transferable skills.

The aims of this module are:

• Introduce students to a variety of mathematical and statistical tools that are used in management and its professions.
• Ensure that students have the requisite mathematical, statistical and modelling skills that will be necessary to study the quantitative business and management techniques presented in subsequent parts of their management education.
• Develop confidence in, the use of industry standard packages for business and management purposes.
• Develop relevant transferable skills.

The aims of this module are to:

• Explore the origins and concepts of responsible management practice (RMP).
• Examine RMP within a range of contemporary contexts.
• Develop expertise in key academic skills for university life and beyond.

The aims of this module are:

• to prepare students with a sound foundation of information and digital business for subsequent information management modules;
• to prepare students for further information management modules in their second and final years;
• to prepare students for their Industrial and Professional Studies placements;
• to develop relevant transferable skills.

The aims of this module are to:

• Prepare students with a foundation of various management perspectives and concepts; Examine some of the local, national and international factors and actors which impact businesses and organisations.
• Gain an understanding of the complexity of doing business in the international business environment.
• Develop an understanding of how managers and workers work individually, in groups and in teams within organisations.
• Encourage an openness to new ideas and an awareness that in many situations there are a range of alternative perspectives that might be taken and courses of action that should be evaluated.

The aims of this module are to introduce students to the principles of marketing, in a variety of organisational settings (retail, consumer goods, industrial goods, service, non-profit oriented); and to prepare students for subsequent modules in marketing.

The aims of this module are to:

• Provide an introduction to financial accounting, its key concepts and context.
• Develop students' skills in preparing and interpreting financial statements.
• Explore the subjective nature of financial reporting, its benefits and its limitations.
• Develop students' analytical and written presentational skills.
• Develop and enhance transferable skills.

The aims of this module are to:

• build on the student's principles of marketing knowledge to explore the challenges around applying marketing concepts in practice;
• expand the range of marketing contexts that are understood;
• explore case studies and real-world examples of marketing in practice.

The aims of this module are to:

• Explore the origins and concepts of ethical business in practice.
• Examine ethical dilemmas from a range of exciting contemporary contexts.
• Develop expertise in collaborative project work, professional skills and preparedness for the world of work.

The aims of this module are

• Prepare students with a sound foundation of behavioural and organisational concepts for subsequent management modules.
• Develop an understanding of individual, group, and organisational characteristics and processes and their influence on organisational outcomes.
• Develop an understanding of contextual influences on individuals and groups at work.

The aims of this module are:

• To provide an introduction to core issues in corporate finance.
• To provide an understanding of how corporate finance relates to other corporate managerial activities.
• To develop relevant transferable skills.

The aims of this module are:

• To introduce basic legal concepts relevant to commercial activity, and to explain their relevance as a parameter of business decision-making.
• To explain how legal principles are created by both case law and statute.
• To illustrate their relevance to all aspects of business activity.

This module offers a comprehensive introduction to the field of comparative and cross-cultural management. It aims to guide students with diverse types of business and management systems around the world with a specific focus on cross-cultural differences at the national level. It will provide a critical analysis of issues and assumptions underlying various approaches to studying national cultures and equip students with cross-cultural understandings and attitudes to manage the core aspects of cross-cultural management.

This is a 10 credit module from the University-wide language programme.