BSc (Hons) International Business Management with Sandwich Placement

Module: 5IB005

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module is designed to provide the knowledge of the key areas of international business management regarding international business environments across countries, foreign direct investment trend and development, management issues in a global economy. Using case studies, students will be able to understand the important environmental and managerial issues of international business in a real world.

Module: 5BU010

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The Business Intelligence & Digital Capability module provides an opportunity to analyse contemporary issues and challenges on the management and application of information systems and their impact on organisations. The learning content will expose students to analytical approaches in overcoming competitive challenges in a data driven global context through the concept of business intelligence. Activities will provide students with the opportunity to understand the crucial role of digital capability and apply relevant tools and methods across the enterprise. This module will further engage students towards developing a clear understanding of some these key issues and apply concepts and techniques discussed during the lectures and through independent academic research.

Module: 5IB004

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The key to business success or failure is the quality of decision-making by the managers in a business organisation. This module considers how economic concepts can be used to examine managerial decision-making. You will see how managerial choices both affect and are affected by the market environment within which they work. In particular the module will emphasize the influence of market structure and the activities of competitors on the behaviour and performance of businesses. We will also investigate how economic concepts underpin decisions that relate to business functions such as marketing and HR.

Module: 5FC003

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module focuses on various aspects of financial institutions (Central Banks, Traditional Banks, Non-Banking Financial Institutions, Fund and Wealth Management) and markets (Derivatives, Equity and Debt) that form the basis of contemporary financial and monetary systems. The UK as well as international financial markets and their financial systems will be considered with reference to current financial news and affairs. This module will also explore the main theories and concepts of financial markets and provide a sound basis for students progressing to the study of finance at a higher level.

Module: 5HR006

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

International Business cannot function without its human resources and this module looks at the employment and management of people within the global arena. The aim is to make you aware of key human resource issues which are crucial to assist organisational success in international business, from strategies to employ international workers to ethical considerations of employment when relocating or outsourcing business. The academic ideas that can help you analyse and evaluate the international environment from an HR perspective will be addressed as well as the opportunity to consider individual countries human resource factors. All of which will enable you to be successful in employing workers and managers in different nations as well as in the UK multi cultural labour market, you will be asked to demonstrate your learning through producing an individual portfolio assessment which will be submitted in stages throughout the module.

Module: 5BU012

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The module introduces students to the practical decisions involved in running businesses as part of contemporary supply chains. It focuses on 1) Understanding and managing processes within and across connected organisations; 2) Managing information and decisions in relation to processes and supply chains; and 3) Considering the impacts and complexity of modern supply chains on managerial decisions, including the flow of material, services, people and information. Students will investigate the management of resources, the supply chain, procurement, logistics, outsourcing and quality systems in a range of organisational contexts.

Module: 5BU005

Credits: 40

Period: 3

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module represents an opportunity for students to apply and develop, through work experience, the skills and knowledge they have gained on their course. This module involves a year long placement in a business related area, supported by a workplace mentor and UWBS Employability and Placement Unit (EPU). The year-long placement provides students with the opportunity to gain experience of graduate level work. In this way students can gain a second, world-recognised qualification with no extra work. Employers are very keen to employ graduates who have already had work experience as part of their course and this contributes to a student’s unique selling point.

Module: 6BU011

Credits: 20

Period: 4

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The Business Research Methods module is designed to equip students with the necessary knowledge and skills to undertake research at undergraduate level. This module will support students in their development of a range of skills to facilitate independent research-based learning and the interpretation of research findings. There is a 36 hours of scheduled teaching in class with an additional 12 hours of asynchronous activity. It will provide a vehicle for the students to demonstrate a range of both intellectual and practical skills, which will prove vital for future career development. The students will produce a research proposal that assess all the learning outcomes.

Module: 6IB003

Credits: 20

Period: 4

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The module aims to provide students with a better understanding of the rationale behind the decisions of multinational companies in a global business environment. With the recent global financial crisis impacting upon companies worldwide the module will also consider how the changing regulatory framework and governance may influence the strategic behaviour of firms.

Module: 6BU013

Credits: 20

Period: 4

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

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This final year module requires the completion of an original independent research project of 8000 words in length. We do of course recognise that there are times when students may need to exceed the word limit, depending on the nature and scope of their project. We aim to be as flexible as we can to assist all our students to reach their potential, so to aid you here we suggest, as a guide only, that 11,000 words would be a maximum (excluding appendices and references). This can be a traditional dissertation or a consultancy type project. It can be case study based and encompass both primary and secondary data sources. As long as it aligns with the remit of independent study there is much flexibility in the approach undertaken