• Organizational culture, structure and design • Conflict, power and politics within the organisation • Communications within the organisation
6. Managerial and Professional Development The module encourages students to adopt an independent and reflective approach to learning and development enabling students to develop an awareness of their own and others’ development needs. The module covers: • The role of learning and development in organisations • The critical role of managerial skills • Learning: approaches and models • Principles of personal development • Professional and management development • Career development • Developing self-awareness • Reflective practice
7. Business Research In order to assess new business opportunities or potential future strategies managers need to be able to conduct business research in a systematic and objective manner. In addition to this when faced with the results from business research managers also need to have the required skills to analyse the evidence presented to them. With this in mind the module covers: • Qualitative and quantitative approaches to business research • Creating a suitable research sample • Analysing research results • Drawing and then testing the findings emerging from business research • Interpreting and presenting research results • The ethics of business research
8. Business Ethics and Sustainability The module will draw on current research and business practice in order to provide students with an insight into one of the major issues facing organizations today. The module covers: • The foundations of the debate surrounding business ethics and sustainability
• What do we mean by business ethics, sustainability, sustainable development, corporate citizenship and corporate social responsibility? • Traditional and contemporary ethical theory
• The duties and responsibilities of businesses • Corporations, state and civil society and the firm as a political actor • The international, national and regional regulatory environment and codes of practice
• State or self-regulation and the risks of non-compliance • Stakeholders: shareholders, employees, consumers, suppliers, competitors, civil society and government
• Future perspectives on ethics and sustainability
9. Corporate Finance The module draws on some of the issues previously discussed in the Business Accounting module consolidating and further developing your knowledge of financial decision making. You will consider how capital markets operate, how companies are valued and how the wider business environment can impact on financial managers operations. The module covers: • An overview of financial management considering investment and financing decisions, share holder value analysis and strategic investment
• Valuing organizations • Financial strategies – short term and long term finance and working capital management
• Do dividends matter? – dividend policy • Using debt finance – long term and short term debt instruments • Measurement of gearing – impact on shareholder value and the required return
• Shareholder return requirements
10. Strategic Management The module aims to develop an understanding of the changing practice of strategic management within an often highly volatile business environment. The module covers: • Varying perspectives on strategy, strategic management and strategic decision making
• An understanding of the dynamic business environment • Strategy formation, organisational planning and positioning • Creating and sustaining a competitive advantage and stakeholder satisfaction
• Value chain analysis • Company culture and its impact on management strategy
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