BA (Hons) Business Management with FiNAcial Management Course drafted

Compulsory

Accounting and FiNAce

Delve into topics such as fiNAcing decisions, cost behaviour, cost-volume-profit analysis, absorption costing, variance analysis and budgeting.

Developing Self & Others

Assessing your human skills and developing good habits is central to your professional development. This module allows you to gain a better understanding of what is needed from the wider business perspective and apply theories of positive habit development in practice.

Introduction to Economics

This introduction covers both microeconomics (the affairs of individual consumers, firms and government) and macroeconomics (the study of the economy as a whole).

Marketing

Marketing is an exciting, dynamic, and creative environment to work in. It places brands in the consumers' mind and shapes their decisions. Marketing is a critical management function that is essential to business success. This module allows you to work with an organisation on a live marketing project based on a real-life challenge.

Introduction to FiNAce

This module introduces you to the fiNAce discipline. You'll explore the basic principles of fiNAce, complemented with an analysis of case studies and examples from the fiNAce news. There will be a special emphasis on ethical and sustainable fiNAce.

FiNAcial Accounting

This module will provide you with introductory accounting knowledge covering basic double entry book-keeping, analysis and preparing a simple set of fiNAcial statements.

Compulsory

Organisational Management

Explore approaches to organisational management and integrate theory and practice. You'll consider the knowledge, interest, and abilities of different groups, some having a need (customers), others having an answer (product/service creators), or having the resources (investors and suppliers) that can be used to provide a solution to the customers' needs.

Procurement and Supply Management

Learn how procurement ensures the effective supply of the materials that businesses need. Addressing negotiation, contracts, expediting, receiving goods and managing capacity, you'll learn core skills that are essential to a broad variety of organisations.

Responsible Business in Society

The influence large organisations have to both postively contribute to, or potentially harm society, can be greater than the power of states. You'll reflect on challenges to business practice looking at issues such as corporate social responsibility, globalisation, sustainable development and climate change, and human rights and exploitation.

Managing and Innovating in the 4IR

Data and technology is disrupting every party of the economy and our lives. This modile links to the four components of industrial strategy identified by the UK government - artificial intelligence, ageing society, clean growth, and mobility.

FiNAcial Management

Explore the operational activities responsible for obtaining and ultilising the funds for efficient operations. This module will expose you to a wide range of important fiNAcial management tools, techniques, and underpinning theories relevant for decision-making in today's competitive fiNAcial environment.

FiNAcial Technology (FinTech)

FinTech is the most recent and vibrant area in the fiNAcial services sector. To create or evaluate FinTech, businesses need knowledge in fiNAce, technology and regulation. You'll cover these key areas and study their implications exploring topics such as blockchain and cryptocurrencies.

Compulsory

Business Strategies

Working on a simulated consulting project, you'll explore the complexity, uncertainty, and diversity of contemporary environments and their influences on strategy making. You'll also consider the notions of creativity, stakeholder expectations and sustainable competitive advantage.

Research and Consultancy Skills

On this module, you'll develop a critical understanding of the research process within the field of business and management research. You'll evaluate a range of literature and data needed to solve a specific research problem.

International Business

Focus on the core concepts and practical applications of cross-border business activities. You'll explore the controversies and complexities surrounding international business issues.

International FiNAce

Gain practical knowledge of foreign exchange markets, international monetary and fiNAcial theories, foreign exchange risk management and international investment strategies.

Portfolio Management and ESG Investing

Become familiar with state-of-the-art methodologies used by professional portfolio managers. You'll explore a variety of issues in the area of portfolio management, with a special emphasis on Environmental, Social, and GoverNAce (ESG). You'll become familiar on how investors apply these non-fiNAcial factors as part of their analysis process to recognise risks and opportunities.

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Individual Research Project

Engage in an academic study of a particular topic that is of interest to you over a sustained time, with elements of original work. You'll develop an advanced ability to locate, extract, analyse and interpret data from multiple sources.

Consultancy Project

Building on the Research and Consultancy Skills module, this project allows you to put the theory into practice. Working in a small team, you'll work on a real-world project for a locally-based business.

Problem-Solving for Complex Systems

Learn to evaluate complex problems – taking into account multiple dimensions and stakeholder perspectives – to anticipate consequences and improve decision-making under uncertain context, where decisions are not straight-forward.