Year One
1. Research and Academic Writing
The aim of this unit is to enable learners to develop effective research plans, to evaluate different research methods, to use a high standard of academic writing, and to use independent learning techniques to support their self-development.
2. Business Environment
The aim of this unit to develop learners’ understanding of the dimensions of the business environment, including various business types and purpose.
3. Introduction to Business Communication
The aim of this unit is to enhance learners’ business communication skills and enable them to operate confidently in the business world. Learners will be able to make persuasive presentations, negotiate convincingly, write reports that address and/or solve strategic problems, write promotional material, enhance their cultural awareness, enhance their understanding of cross-cultural communication and the role of languages in business.
4. Introduction to Quantitative Methods
The aim of this unit is to review the basic concepts in mathematics, algebraic equations, graph construction, matrix algebra and probability that need to be understood by all business learners. The emphasis rests on applying these concepts to a variety of mathematical problems encountered in business contexts.
5. Introduction to Business Functions
The aim of this unit is to develop learners’ understanding of businesses types and various external influences on organisations such as the comparative environmental framework.
6. Introduction to Finance
The aim of this unit is to develop learners’ understanding of the current regulations governing financial reporting, as well as the purpose and formats of financial statements for different users.
Year Two
7. Human Resource Management
The aim of this unit is to introduce learners to Human Resource theory and skills that underpin Human Resource Management (HRM) practices through a range of case studies.
8. Project Management
The aim of this unit is to develop learners’ understanding and skills relating to the project management principles, methodologies, tools and techniques that are used in business.
9. Strategic Marketing
The aim of this unit is to provide learners with a detailed understanding of the marketing planning process and to apply these principles to a variety of business contexts. The unit also provides a comprehensive understanding of environmental analysis and how this can lead to the development of appropriate objectives and strategies to enhance operational marketing performance.
10. Accounting for Managers
The aim of this unit is to develop learners’ skills in preparing financial statements for a variety of organisations using a range of techniques, and that comply with legal and regulatory requirements.
11. Business Law
The aim of this unit is to develop learners’ understanding of the concepts and principles of UK business law and the ability to apply them to practical situations.
12. Business Ethics
The aim of this unit is to provide learners with a broad understanding of the roles and requirements for businesses to embed ethics and incorporate social responsibility. It provides learners with an understanding of the issues surrounding corporate social responsibility and ethics from national and international perspectives. Significant emphasis is placed on the role that corporate governance plays in ensuring accountability to the owners and other stakeholders within businesses.
Year Three (studied with the London Graduate School)
13. International Business
14. Business Strategy
15. Leadership and Management Development
16. Business Communications
17. New Venture Management and Development
18. Business and Management Research
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