BA (Hons) Human Resource Management with Foundation Year

Module: 3BU003

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module aims to provide you with an introduction to the general environment in which businesses operate. Through studying this module you will develop an understanding of the contemporary debates on the nature and management of modern enterprises. The module covers internal and external aspects of business – such as people at work, marketing, financial information and operations.

Module: 3GK013

Credits: 40

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

In this module, you will work collaboratively with other students on a project that reflects an area of shared interest relating to the broad themes of Business, Law or the Social Sciences. You will have the opportunity to work as a small team to devise, design and plan a project relating to a topic of shared interest. In many aspects of life and work, teamwork and collaboration are the norm to solve real world-problems. This group-based project will allow you to develop a range of skills, including leadership skills, time-management, negotiation, communication, creativity, problem-solving and critical thinking skills. By investigating and responding to a complex question, challenge or problem, you and your group will acquire a deeper knowledge of your topic. The module will conclude with a conference, where your group’s project will be presented to the other groups in your class.

Module: 4HR017

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The module brings together current and emerging issues surrounding employee equality and diversity in a global business context. Participants will be encouraged to explore the conceptual and practical aspects of this field of study in order to understand and appreciate the value of a diverse work force in both national and global organisations. The module also attempts to highlight the ways in which different groups and individuals experience the world of work in different nations and the way that their diversity is managed within the national culture and by leaders of organisations

Module: 4AC013

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The aim of this module is to provide an understanding of how financial control is exerted over an organisation's activities. Both strategic and operational issues will be considered, along with the selection of financing methods to fund activities.

Module: 4HR002

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The aim of this module is to discuss the nature of employee behaviour in the workplace, and to consider particularly the aims, expectations and ambitions employees might bring to organisations, and the choices available to organisations and managers in managing them. The module seeks to consider the view “from the bottom up”, as well as from the position of the manager. It will also provide students with the opportunity to reflect on their own attitudes, ambitions and motivation to work.

Module: 4BU006

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The aim of this module is to introduce students to the concept of learning, personal development planning and how through reflection they can improve on a range of study and employability skills to develop the confidence and positive attitude required for academic and career success in a business context. It addresses the need for students to receive structured guidance on how to become more self-aware, how they might learn and develop themselves to improve their personal performance and how to build on their strengths and development needs to enhance their employability.

Module: 4HR003

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The module brings to students’ awareness the transforming impact of our fast changing society and the world of work. It provides them with an understanding of a range of sociological themes and perspectives e.g. Marxism, Feminism, Post-modernism, which continue to shape our life and the workplace. It aims: • To develop awareness and appreciation of issues such as social inequality and stratification, feminist and gender issues, race and ethnicity - managing diversity, and how they impact on the experience of work. • To provide insights into the meaning of work, conflict at work, attitudes towards work, skills & deskilling, and the changing nature of the globalised workplace, e.g. quest for flexibility

Module: 4MK007

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module provides frameworks to understand the importance of marketing within the business environment. It demonstrates an understanding of the marketing tools an organisation will need to use in order to compete in today's dynamic market place.

Module: 5HR008

Credits: 20

Period: 3

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

Skills development is of paramount importance for all professional practitioners.'Preparation for business' should be taken to mean the development of a range of specific business knowledge and skills, together with the improved self-awareness and personal development appropriate to graduate careers in business with the potential for management positions and to employability in general. This includes the encouragement of positive and critical attitudes towards change and enterprise, so as to reflect the dynamism and vibrancy of the business environment. In this module students will be introduced to the skills required of a HR profession, using relevant HR CIPD tools. The module content will cover research methods for creating a HR business proposal and for researching in the final year case study/project module. The module will introduce the use of reflective practice for the use of CPD.

Module: 5BE001

Credits: 20

Period: 3

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module identifies creativity as the foundation of enterprise learning and all enterprise activities. Creative thinking and applied creative behaviour is the first important step in all new undertakings, the module explores various interpretations and theories about creativity, providing you with creative skills that will be applied in practice. Innovation is at the heart of ensuring business success and long term prosperity. The module explores the linkages between creative processes and how these result in applications of innovation; how technology is widely used as a driver for innovation and how global economies and markets respond to innovation. Understanding the talents, techniques and temperament employed by entrepreneurs will be the foundation for understanding the process of creativity and innovation.

Module: 5HR006

Credits: 20

Period: 3...