BM2006: Global Political Economy

The module aims to provide the tools necessary to stimulate the you with aspects of political economy from a global perspective. You’ll examine world affairs in an era of expanding globalisation. Study the application of traditional international trade theories, economic growth and economic development in an ever-changing business landscape.

BM2007: Leading, Managing And Developing People

Building on the module BM1014, ‘Foundations of Effective People Management’, this module will provide a rigorous consideration of key factors that influence the employee life cycle. You will:

• Analyse the human capital perspective.
• Examine strategic human resource management and how data analytics is used to inform workforce planning and decision-making.
• Assess the role of ethical and principled leadership in contemporary organisations.
• Evaluate effective people management competencies.
• Critically analyse equality, diversity, inclusion and well-being in HP practices.
• Assess the role of the HP function/professional and line manager in effective learning and development.

Optional Modules

BM2005: Digital Marketing (Optional Module)

The module aims to provide you with insights into the core aspects of digital marketing. You will appreciate the multiple platforms and digital communication methods available to modern marketers. You will also consider the influences of digital marketing communication on consumer behaviour and organisational decision making. The purpose of the module is to prepare you for future digital marketing careers and provide opportunities to apply knowledge and skills in workplace environments, following the completion of your degree.

BM2008: Data Analytics For Business (Optional Module)

The aim of this module is to teach you how data is acquired, cleaned, transformed and visualised. Furthermore, it aims to enable you to

• Gain experience and develop an understanding of the discovery and interpretation of meaningful patterns in business data
• Find and analyse data for identified business and management problems
• Select appropriate approaches to gain insights that help organisations with decision making
• Communicate and share data effectively with stakeholders to support evidence-based decision-making.

BM2047: The Business Professional (Optional Module)

Please note this module is compulsory to progress from Year 1. This module is designed to enhance your awareness of the value of skills and attributes and management frameworks in gaining employment The module will supportyou in enhancing employability skills and make informed career-choices using graduate labour market research. It aims enable you to reflect on and learn from experience. You will be able to plan effectively for the future.

Sandwich Option Information (Optional Module)

Our sandwich degrees offer the perfect blend of academic study and practical work experience, allowing you to build confidence in the workplace and graduate work-ready from your degree programme.

Our previous graduates have found their sandwich year particularly beneficial as it has allowed them to gain practical, hands-on experience within their chosen career and the opportunity to learn directly from professionals based out in industry. It is not uncommon for sandwich year programmes to also open up future work opportunities in similar fields or professions for our graduates.