Management BSc (Hons)

In the first two years of your degree (known as sub-honours) you will take the required modules in Management alongside modules in at least one other subject.

Typically, you will take one Management module per semester during your first two years, and two to three Management modules per semester during your third and fourth year (known as Honours).

1st Year

You will take two compulsory modules, one in each semester. Taken together, the modules explain why we have organisations, how they operate in society and what information is required of them by the external environment.

• Organisations and Analysis: examines some of the main analytical approaches and techniques required by managers and provides an introduction to financial accounting concepts and techniques.
• Organisations and Society: introduces students to three key aspects of management in the external and internal environment – understanding the business environment, people and organisations, and economic principles.

You will take two compulsory modules, one in each semester. These modules explore the core functions of managers, including marketing, organisational behaviour, managing in diverse and challenging situations and the analysis of financial data.

• Management and Analysis: examines some of the alternative perspectives on management and the changing policy and business environment for organisations, and engages with accounting from a broader sociological perspective.
• Management and Society: examines the conceptual frameworks and techniques of marketing and organisational behaviour.

In addition, you may choose to take an innovative module on enterprise and creativity, which helps you develop creativity and enterprise skills and take a proactive role in managing your learning.

Honours

If you decide to take Management in your third and fourth years, you will take two compulsory modules:

• Contemporary Issues in Management: provides a learning experience in which management students can understand and respond to current and likely future challenges that will face them in the near and intermediate future as managers and citizens.
• Organisation Studies: examines major organisational theories, surveys key topics in this area, and explores organisational forms that have emerged in recent times.

In addition, you will take optional modules, chosen from a wide range which reflects the expertise of staff in the School. Here is a sample of Honours modules which have been offered in previous years:

• Corporate Finance and Control
• Financial Markets and Investments
• Human Resource Management
• International Business
• Knowledge of Work: Practice and Context
• Leadership Development.

In fourth year, you also have the option of undertaking a research project and submitting a dissertation.