B.A. (Hons) Business / Human Resource Management
Bachelor's degree
In Lancaster
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Lancaster
Human resource management embraces the challenges of how people behave in organisations and how they manage and are managed, as well as the wider social and economic context in which they operate.
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Subjects
- IT Management
- Management
- Resource Management
- Marketing
- Project
Course programme
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Year 1
In Year 1, you will study both subjects equally (2 units from each subject).
The Business units are:
- Dynamic Business Environments
- Information Analysis and Finance for Business
The Human Resource Management units are:
- Human Resource Management in the Business Context
- Understanding and Managing People
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Year 2
In Year 2, you can continue with equal study (2 units from each subject) or choose a major/minor route (3 units from one subject, 1 unit from the other subject). You must study the core unit from each subject.
The Business units are:
- Marketing and Business Operations (core)
- Responsible Business
- Management and Organisation (PDP)
- Work Based Learning
- Ideas, Creativity and Entrepreneurship
The Human Resource Management units are:
- Employment Law and Labour Markets (core)
- Critical Organisational Analysis and Sustainability
- Learning, Coaching and Development (PDP)
- Work Based Learning
- Marketing and Business Operations
You cannot choose a unit twice. For example, you cannot choose two Work Based Learning units.
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Year 3
In your final year you choose one of the following:
- Continue with the equal or major/minor route you chose in Year 2.
- If you chose equal study in Year 2 you can change to major/minor study.
- If you chose major/minor study in year 2 you can change to equal study.
- If you chose major/minor route in year 2, you can change to named route for your major subject. You would then graduate with BA (Hons) Business or BA (Hons) Human Resource Management.
The core unit for Business is Global Strategy and the core unit for Human Resource Management is Strategic Human Resource Management.
You then choose from the range of available option units. The option units vary each year but an indicative list is:
- Business Project
- Project Management
- Digital and Social Media Marketing Communications Management
- Entrepreneurial Practice
- Psychology at Work
- Business Ethics and Sustainability
- Management in Practice
- Global and Networked Innovation Management
You can complete a final year project or dissertation. If you take equal study you can choose to do this unit in either subject. If you are taking a major or named route, this unit will come from the major or named subject.
B.A. (Hons) Business / Human Resource Management