Core modules

Year one modules

• Understanding Work Based Learning and the Sector

  An introduction to university education. You will develop skills for academic study and learn how to transfer those skills into the workplace. These skills will be developed through analysis of key themes in the workplace.

• Managing People, Customers and Markets

  This module focuses on key elements of management. You will examine the organisational structures, the role of the manager within the organisation, and the practical skills of managing people. You will also analyse markets, communication to markets and managing customers' requirements and expectations. Key Skills: People Management, Marketing.

• Business Planning and Decision Making

  Provides an introduction to management accounting and decision making, by examining theoretical models and relating them to Business experience. Key Skills: Management Accounting techniques; Financial Planning; Decision making.

Year two modules

• Managing a Sustainable Business

  Examines the external forces impacting on organisations and a range of responses to these in order to build a sustainable business. Key skills: Developing success strategies; Analysing competitive environments; Decision making.

• Leadership in Practice

  Examines the theory and practice of leadership, along with the values and behaviours necessary to manage and lead projects, situations and teams. Key skills: Leadership skills, values and behaviours; Effective communication to individuals, teams and groups; Organisational power and politics; Emotional intelligence.

• Managing Projects and Organisational Change

  Introduces and develops the skills and knowledge associated with delivering successful business projects, making effective use of resources and managing change within organisations. Key skills: Project management techniques; Managing change.

• Work Based Project

  Designed to give students the opportunity to pan and deliver a work-based project focusing on a specific topic relevant to their work and organisation. Key skills: Developing specialist knowledge in key business areas; Project planning and delivery; Applying academic skills to practical business problems.

Year three modules

• Strategic Management

  This module addresses strategy and examines an organisation within its strategic and competitive context. Students consider the strategic options open to an organisation and evaluate the practical impact of strategic choices, especially on people, resources and systems. Key skills: Analysing and assessing the strategic options available to an organisation; Understanding issues of implementation of strategy and managing change.

• Work Based Major Project

  A major individual project building on the student's learning throughout the course and applying it to realtime workplace issues of operational or strategic change. Key skills: Developing specialist knowledge in key business areas; Project planning and delivery; Applying academic skills to practical business problems.

• Work Based Project Impact and Review

  This module is designed to measure the impact of the students' work. Having completed their major project, students will assess its impact, evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of their recommendations and gather feedback from colleagues, peers and academics. Key skills: Developing specialist knowledge in key business areas; Project planning and delivery; Applying academic skills to practical business problems.

• Reflections on Practice and Career Progression

  Students assess their progress through the course, evaluate their practical and leadership skills and plan their future personal and career development. Key skills: Assessing progress through the pathway and evaluating personal development; Creating a professional development plan to build on skills and knowledge acquired through the BA (Hons).

• Assessment