BSc Management

This module focuses on theories and activities relating to the firm. The module covers a range of leading research works that seek to explain the firm's characteristics, behaviour and competitiveness. In terms of activities, the module covers the decisions over the scope of the firm’s activities, including vertical integration (vertical scope) and diversification (product scope).

This module focuses on the evolution of modern organisations from a historical, cultural, economic and managerial perspectives, exploring key phenomena and transformations. The module covers the development of industrial capitalism in the context of modernity and rationality, the transition to post-industrial society, and the development of knowledge and information economy. In these contexts, it examines the notion of bureaucracy, the transition to flexible organisational forms, and work and employment in contemporary organisations.  

This module provides an introduction to the theory and practice of financial and management accounting in different national settings and organisational contexts. It introduces students to the concepts and principles of financial and management accounting. The course also provides students with an understanding of financial and accounting techniques, conventions and practice.

This module provides students with an appreciation of the principles of marketing, including the main concepts and scope of marketing, the importance of the marketing environment, the marketing mix and the impact of marketing on competitive advantage. At the end of this module students will have an understanding of the strategic functions of marketing and an appreciation of how marketing strategies may be utilised by firms.

This module provides an introduction to the use of quantitative and analytical techniques in management research. It deals with the formulation of research hypothesis and the application of statistical methods to test hypotheses. The course covers, basic probability theory, hypothesis testing, bivariate analysis, linear regression, multiple linear regression, autocorrelation and heteroskedasticity, non-linear regression and regression models for binary and qualitative data. The course includes practical sessions using statistical packages.

Organisational behaviour is a discipline that seeks to better understand the effects of individual groups and structures on behaviour within organisations. This course is specially designed module to introduce management students to the principles and theories underpinning the discipline of organisational behaviour. In doing so it examines how organisations are created, designed and how they fulfil their objectives.

The module explores a number of contemporary issues such as environmental management and climate change, technological 'disruption', and political economy and the way it shapes and informs the relationship between business and society.

The Business Law module provides a basic overview of key principles of business law from a common-law perspective and not only equips students with a good understanding of these principles in its own right but also provides a useful foundation for those students who choose, after completing their BSc, to go on to take a law-related Masters programme.

China’s economy has grown to one of the largest and most powerful in the world over the past few decades through a gradual transition from a centrally-planned to a market economy. This transition has accompanied impressive economic development and significant integration into the global economy. However, due to the China-specific way of transitioning into the market and global economy, the resultant business environment in China is unconventional and consequently doing business in China is challenging. Even China is currently locked in an escalating trade war with the US.
This module focuses on the China-specific market transition, with particular emphasis on the major domestic and international issues that have affected the development and growth of China’s economy. This includes China’s traditional economic system, economic reforms, labour market, banking sector, stock exchange markets, and Renminbi internationalization. It also covers how China’s economic reform has shaped unique business environments in China using an example of fragmented market structure and intellectual property rights protection in China. Finally, it covers major current business/economic issues in China - belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China-the US trade war and the dual circulation strategy - and their implications for doing business in China.

The module aims to analyse the current issues shaping the economic, business and institutional environments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and to analyse their implications for private and foreign investment, managerial decisions, and doing business in the region. One objective is to analyse the various reforms undertaken in the region and assess their impact on the business environment. Another objective is to evaluate the main institutional obstacles to doing business in the region and how to design strategies to mitigate their impacts. The module covers aspects of business-state relationships in the region, FDI and political risk, international and regional trade, family businesses, and entrepreneurship ecosystem. The module analyses the main features of the energy transition and the challenges and opportunities associated with the transition in clean technologies such as renewables and hydrogen. The course is designed to be accessible to those with little prior knowledge of MENA.

Business across borders offers both challenges and opportunities. This module provides a framework for analysing decisions made by firms in an international context. While the foundations of the course are concepts developed in economics, they will be combined with (and challenged by) insights from strategy, international finance, marketing, human resource management, and other areas. The final aim of the course is to provide you with a critical understanding of whether and to what extent the ways economists have studied and modeled firms’ internationalization decisions offer any support in real world decision making.

This module introduces students to the basic principles of economic analysis and decision sciences. It applies economic theory and decision sciences to business and management decision making.

International marketing plays a key role in constructing and communicating the value of an idea, experience, brand or product to the markets and wider audience in wider global contexts. The aim of this module is to provide a theoretically driven set of themes and cases which will provide a foundation for understanding the role international marketing plays in business and society. The module uses case studies to strengthen the subject matter and instil knowledge, intellectual, practical and transferable skills. Case studies will be drawn from the perspective of the specific contexts (China, Korea, Japan, Middle East, Africa). The module also attempts to decentre the perspective from mainly Euro-centric into a more inclusive approach.

The module builds on the quantitative and regression analysis from Year 1 and provides an opportunity to develop and practice these quantitative skills. The skills learned include probability analysis, time-series analysis, the ability to analyse risk with sensitivity analysis, testing data series for patterns, forecasting sales and other variables, causality analysis, even studies and the use of decision trees.

Ethics - and the concept of corporate social responsibility - have become of increasing importance in global business. This module introduces students to contemporary issues in the relationship between business and ethics. In the modern world, there is a range of views on how business should relate to society and how managers’ decisions can relate to ethical concerns. And the issues have become more complex as businesses have intensified their international reach, engaging with societies that may have distinct structures, norms, and cultures. Through studying principles of academic thinking about these issues, and working on the problems experienced in actual case studies, students learn how to think through the complex problems of business ethics and consider how ethical principles could influence management decisions. The module is organised around international case studies.

This module addresses issues relating to the financing of private and public companies. Corporate Finance links accounting to financing by evaluating both the asset and liabilities sides of the balance sheet. In line with this, this module starts with a gentle examination of the four fundamental decisions of a financial manager - capital structure, investing, liquidity and dividend decisions. A detailed examination of each of the decisions follows with emphasis on sources of finance, the evaluation of investment projects, working capital management as well as the risk and return associated with corporate financing and investing. The module takes a mathematical approach and therefore aims to build the analytical skills of students.

This module provides understanding of FinTech and its application in accountancy and audit. Through the vast number of case studies and theories, students will be able to grasp the main points of FinTech and its impact on today’s accounting and finance function.

This undergraduate module on Project Management equips students with a foundational understanding of essential techniques and methodologies pivotal in modern project management settings. The curriculum is designed to cover the five key phases of project management: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and closure. These phases are explored through the dual lenses of traditional waterfall methodologies and the more adaptive contemporary Agile approach, providing a well-rounded perspective. Incorporating Agile principles, the course emphasizes iterative development, flexibility, and stakeholder collaboration, which are crucial in today’s fast-paced project environments. Additionally, the module introduces the structured and process-driven approach of PRINCE2, covering its themes, principles, and processes. Aligned with PMI standards, the module prepares students for certifications like PMP or CAPM, while also laying the groundwork for potential Agile and PRINCE2 certifications.

The module is designed to enable students to learn the nature of financial strategy in market economies and discuss its role within different types of market economies. It aims to teach the main techniques used in the different financial decisions facing firms in formulating financial strategy, to ensure that students can apply them, critically evaluate them, and assess the problems experienced in firms’ use of them.

The Independent Study Project or dissertation provides students with the opportunity to complete a substantial piece of work on an approved topic in international management. The exercise of writing the dissertation is designed to give students the skills and experience to work independently and to prepare them for management careers and/or further academic study.

The module introduces students to the concepts, principles and practice of human resource management (HRM). The functions of HRM are explored in an international context. Theoretical and empirical analysis is used to explain and predict some of the main problems that occur in international HRM. At the end of this course students will have an understanding of the importance of the strategic functions of HRM and of how HRM might be implemented in practice in an international setting.

This module introduces the basic concepts of corporate governance and theory of the firm. It is specially designed for the undergraduate study of such areas as management, finance, financial law, corporate law, economics and related subjects. The course is designed to increase the depth of your understanding of corporate governance issues. As corporate governance is a multi-disciplinary subject – covering such topics as law, politics, management, finance, and economics - the course outlines the key theoretical and practical issues underpinning the study of corporate governance, and how they affect the governance of the modern corporation. International comparisons and differences in corporate governance are emphasised throughout the course.

This module introduces students to the functioning processes of MENA’s financial sector including banking, enterprise financing, stock markets, bond markets, exchange rates and monetary policy. This course is designed to provide students with a fundamental understanding of how MENA’s financial institutions work, including the Islamic banking sector and its successes and failures.

Fraud and financial crime are no longer the concern of lawyers and governments. It is now one of the most important compliance areas for any financial institution and knowledge of it is therefore highly important for a career in this sector. It is also an issue of growing importance for policy makers, investigators and prosecutors, for whom expertise in this area opens up specialist career opportunities.
The module therefore provides an overview of the key offences of fraud and financial crime from a legal/regulatory perspective. The lectures will provide detailed synopsis of these crimes from an international perspective, with reference to global standards.
Teaching: 1-hour lecture each week with an accompanying one-hour tutorial the following week. One of these lectures will be given by a practitioner in order to give a practical, real world perspective.  The tutorials will build upon the theoretical study of the lectures and provide practical examples to work through and discuss in smaller group format or provide opportunity for testing the learning of important concepts.

For international companies to achieve significant competitiveness in the marketplace, it is important that managers understand consumer behaviour. This module discusses the internal processes that occur within consumers´ minds as well as external processes that influence consumers’ experience, engagements and relationships with international companies/brands. Knowledge of how these processes can be useful for choosing marketing strategies is attained through the theoretical models and practical examples discussed during the lectures and seminars. The module is designed to develop students’ understanding of the specific models and concepts necessary when evaluating and analysing consumer behaviour.

This course is about the economic structures, institutions and policy challenges in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The course starts with a broad economic history of the region and goes on to address the emergence of the economic structures, resource endowments, and political economy institutions of the modern Middle East. The course highlights the specificities of the political economy of the region in a global cotext and covers selected aspects of economic policy in the contemporary period in these countries. The contemporary nature of the problems facing the MENA countries are addressed throughout the course.

This course looks at the interaction between China's economic transformation and world development since the late 1970s until the present time. The emphasis is on critically analyzing and assessing this interaction from alternative historical and theoretical perspectives.