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Drawing on business-related themes, these sessions will help students to develop and refine the specific writing, reading and verbal communication skills they need to succeed in their studies. Through a series of workshops, lectures, assignments, online and practical tasks and projects, students will improve their ability to:
• extract key information from academic texts
• summarise, paraphrase and synthesise information from a variety of sources
• identify authorial stance, interpret data and read critically
• cite sources appropriately and write a bibliography
• write in an accepted academic style
• engage in academic discussion
• prepare and deliver academic presentations
|
| Semester 2 |
C/O |
TYP |
ECTS | CATS |
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ECO-10023 |
Quantitative Methods |
EP |
M
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7.5 |
15 |
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This module is designed especially to cater for the needs of students taking the Principal Economics, Principal Finance or Accounting and Finance Single Honours programme, and is structured to assist them in understanding the technical and quantitative aspects of the subject. No prior knowledge, above basic school maths, is assumed.
The module will introduce and develop students&© understanding of a range of statistical and mathematical methods and techniques. These include basic descriptive statistics (measures of central tendency and dispersion), correlation and interdependence, bivariate regression, linear algebra and functions, solving linear simultaneous equations, basic calculus including the notion of the margin and differentiation, maxima and minima. |
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HRM-10007 |
Foundations of Human Resource Management |
O |
M
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7.5 |
15 |
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This introductory module allows students to test their wish to study HRM in years 2 and 3. For those who do not continue, it will offer a grounding in the elements of HRM a key function of business and management. For those who do continue, the module indicates the areas of future study, and outlines key thinking in HRM. It addresses individual and collective issues, and lays the groundwork for the understanding of the key theoretical bases, which will underpin the future study. |
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HRM-10007 |
Foundations of Human Resource Management |
EP |
M
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7.5 |
15 |
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This introductory module allows students to test their wish to study HRM in years 2 and 3. For those who do not continue, it will offer a grounding in the elements of HRM a key function of business and management. For those who do continue, the module indicates the areas of future study, and outlines key thinking in HRM. It addresses individual and collective issues, and lays the groundwork for the understanding of the key theoretical bases, which will underpin the future study. |
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MAN-10016 |
Financial and Management Accounting |
EP |
M
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7.5 |
15 |
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The module builds on foundational knowledge acquired in a prior module entitled 'Accounting Principles'. It develops knowledge in financial and management accounting which will facilitate student progression through a professionally accredited undergraduate programme in accounting and finance or an accounting pathway. The module includes the development of skills in the preparation and analysis of key financial statements and the development of problem solving skills in management accounting. Students who are awarded a degree in the areas of accounting and finance will have acquired skills relevant to developing a successful career in accounting, finance or financial management. |
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MAN-10017 |
Globalisation |
O |
C
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7.5 |
15 |
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This module will introduce first year students to a rounded, critical appreciation of the globalisation debate. It considers the arguments relating to economic, social, political, technological and cultural processes of globalisation and critically explores the roles that global organisations play in promoting or resisting globalisation. The module will discuss what globalisation is, how we might understand and explain it, when it began, how it has occurred, and what social, political, economic, cultural and technological impact it has had on individuals and societies. The module will be taught by blending formal and informal methods of communication, aiming to create a learning environment for students to express their views, reflections and insights through diverse analytical and creative modes of communication. |
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MAN-10017 |
Globalisation |
EP |
C
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7.5 |
15 |
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This module will introduce first year students to a rounded, critical appreciation of the globalisation debate. It considers the arguments relating to economic, social, political, technological and cultural processes of globalisation and critically explores the roles that global organisations play in promoting or resisting globalisation. The module will discuss what globalisation is, how we might understand and explain it, when it began, how it has occurred, and what social, political, economic, cultural and technological impact it has had on individuals and societies. The module will be taught by blending formal and informal methods of communication, aiming to create a learning environment for students to express their views, reflections and insights through diverse analytical and creative modes of communication. |
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MAN-10019 |
Marketing Principles |
O |
M
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7.5 |
15 |
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This course seeks to introduce and develop a general understanding of the key concepts, tools and theories of relevance to marketers today. Marketing has become recognised as a vital ingredient of business in many different sectors. The contexts in which marketing will be considered in this module will range from consumer marketing through to services marketing, business-to-marketing, social marketing and not-for-profit marketing.
The module will start by examining the history and philosophy of the marketing concept and the basic principles of marketing management and strategy. It will consider aspects of buyer behaviour, marketing research and the marketing mix, extending to the services marketing mix. The increasing sensitivity of consumers to ethical issues also leads to the consideration of the social impact of marketing, and ethical approaches to marketing. |
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MAN-10019 |
Marketing Principles |
EP |
M
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7.5 |
15 |
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This course seeks to introduce and develop a general understanding of the key concepts, tools and theories of relevance to marketers today. Marketing has become recognised as a vital ingredient of business in many different sectors. The contexts in which marketing will be considered in this module will range from consumer marketing through to services marketing, business-to-marketing, social marketing and not-for-profit marketing.
The module will start by examining the history and philosophy of the marketing concept and the basic principles of marketing management and strategy. It will consider aspects of buyer behaviour, marketing research and the marketing mix, extending to the services marketing mix. The increasing sensitivity of consumers to ethical issues also leads to the consideration of the social impact of marketing, and ethical approaches to marketing. |
| Semester 1 |
C/O |
TYP |
ECTS | CATS |
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MAN-20050 |
Social Theory at Work |
EP |
M
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7.5 |
15 |
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This module approaches organisation from a sociological, rather than a psychological or economic perspective. As a subject, sociology is concerned primarily with the conduct of society, how things work and what relations are created both at the institutional level and at the level of everyday interaction. Sociologists love to question how society is organised and structured through its institutions. And they go on to ask how we, as organisational participants as well as employees at work, are organised by, and disciplined through, the institutions that we create collectively in our everyday practices.
In trying to understand how institutions work, Social Theory at Work pays close attention to how people express themselves in terms of their social relations. Rather than study the behaviour of individuals per se, what is examined is how we affect each other interactively, either through action or accounts. Interest extends to the more familiar forms of organisation, such as family, class, community and group, as well as to more formal networks, such as partnerships, cohorts, professions, business associations and other forms of strategic alliance.
The module focuses on how institutions help create, reproduce and regulate order and following that, how power is exercised, distributed and resisted. The module seeks to examine these issues through covering debates over social theory at work.
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MAN-20055 |
Organisational Behaviour |
C |
M
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7.5 |
15 |
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This module introduces the fundamental concepts, theories and approaches to the study of human behaviour in organizations. The course analyses classical theory including the Taylorist and Human Relations approaches to Organisational Behaviour, and then describes more recent trends such as labour process and post structuralist analysis. Key topics such as motivation, politics, leadership and gender and organisations are addressed. As a theory driven course organisational behaviour also considers how the relationship between the organization and its environment affects organizational culture and its members. Throughout the emphasis is firmly upon the human dimension of the organization and the organizing process, drawing on a wide range of social science research.
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MAN-20056 |
Critical Perspectives on Management Research |
EP |
C
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7.5 |
15 |
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|
The module introduces students to essential elements of the research process, focusing upon the methodological and theoretical approaches used in management research. The module expects students to adopt a critical approach to reading published research, examining the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to research design and the research process and to the dissemination of research. In particular students will consider the extent to which contextual demands and constraints upon research processes are dealt with by researchers and, through assessments will be encouraged to critique existing research and design an indicative research project. |
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MAN-20063 |
Business Management - Study Abroad I |
EP |
C
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7.5 |
15 |
|
|
This is a module that is automatically allocated to the records our Keele level II students who are going to Study Abroad at a partner University for a semester of their second year and cannot be selected by any other level II students. |
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MAN-20064 |
Business Management - Study Abroad II |
EP |
C
|
7.5 |
15 |
|
|
This is a module that is automatically allocated to the records our Keele level II students who are going to Study Abroad at a partner University for a semester of their second year and cannot be selected by any other level II students. |
| Semester 1-2 |
C/O |
TYP |
ECTS | CATS |
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ENL-90003 |
Academic English for Business Students (Part 1) |
EA |
C
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7.5 |
15 |
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Drawing on business-related themes, these sessions will help students to develop and refine the specific writing, reading and verbal communication skills they need to succeed in their studies. Through a series of workshops, lectures, assignments, online and practical tasks and projects, students will improve their ability to:
• extract key information from academic texts
• summarise, paraphrase and synthesise information from a variety of sources
• identify authorial stance, interpret data and read critically
• cite sources appropriately and write a bibliography
• write in an accepted academic style
• engage in academic discussion
• prepare and deliver academic presentations
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ENL-90004 |
Academic English for Business Students ( 2) |
EA |
C
|
7.5 |
15 |
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Drawing on academic business themes and materials, these sessions will provide opportunities for students to further develop their writing, reading and verbal communication skills. Through a series of lectures, workshops, assignments, on-line and practical tasks, students will improve their ability to:
• Summarise, paraphrase and synthesise information from a variety of sources
• Cite sources accurately and write a bibliography
• Gather, interpret and report on data
• Identify authorial stance and read critically
• Write in an appropriate academic style
• Engage in academic discussion
• Prepare and deliver academic presentations
|
| Semester 2 |
C/O |
TYP |
ECTS | CATS |
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MAN-20053 |
Operations and Quality Management |
C |
M
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7.5 |
15 |
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This module will introduce students to key concepts and issues in quality management.
Students will be encouraged to critically analyse and evaluate concepts and techniques within specific organizational contexts through topical, real life examples. Particular emphasis will be placed on different perspectives of quality and why it is crucial to organisational success.
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MAN-20057 |
Corporate Social Responsibility |
EP |
M
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7.5 |
15 |
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The aim of the module is to provide critical understanding about the changing relationship between business and society in the context of globalisation. This course provides a broad introduction to and an opportunity to deliberate upon some of the ethical challenges which firms encounter, and to examine the theoretical frameworks available in order to resolve or discuss these challenges. |
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MAN-20065 |
Business Management - Study Abroad III |
EP |
C
|
7.5 |
15 |
|
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This is a module that is automatically allocated to the records our Keele level II students who are going to Study Abroad at a partner University for a semester of their second year and cannot be selected by any other level II students. |
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MAN-20066 |
Business Management - Study Abroad IV |
EP |
C
|
7.5 |
15 |
|
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This is a module that is automatically allocated to the records our Keele level II students who are going to Study Abroad at a partner University for a semester of their second year and cannot be selected by any other level II students. |
Business Management Dual Honours - Level 3 Modules
| Semester 1 |
C/O |
TYP |
ECTS | CATS |
|
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MAN-30036 |
Leading, Change and Entrepreneurship |
EP |
C
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7.5 |
15 |
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Even though leadership is probably one of the most used words, the concept of leadership itself has been subjected to decades of discussion and research with little agreement about what we are actually discussing. Leadership is seen as closely aligned to entrepreneurship and many governments in the developed West as elsewhere have articulated the need for increased entrepreneurial activity as a salvation to economic ills.
Entrepreneurship in the UK, advanced not least by the British government and other agencies, encourages enterprise and innovation. For example, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) claims to:
`Promote enterprise, innovation and increased productivity $ú in particular by encouraging successful business start-ups, and by increasing the capacity of business including SME&©s to grow, to invest, to develop skills, to adopt best practice$ö [it is] UK policy to promote enterprise$öand is seen to be of key importance in terms of employment, and wealth creation, and poverty alleviation.&©&©(DTI Website, www.dti.gov.uk/).
This is especially the case with respect to target groups (e.g women) or geographical regions, who are depicted as representing a hitherto largely $ùuntapped&© resource for future economic growth and development.
The OECD claims that the growth and presence of entrepreneurs in SMEs is increasingly important to the global economy. Similarly, in the United States, `the concept of micro-enterprise has been widely praised in the public and private sectors as, one of the hottest anti-poverty strategies&© . Agreement seems to be limited to the fact that we are talking about something important. While the concept of leading might suggest that someone is doing the leading, the concept of leadership has been constructed over the years to encompass a much wider meaning: leadership may be considered as the process of influencing the activities of an organized group in its efforts toward goal setting and goal achievement, or the the $ùmanagement of meaning&©. The necessity for creativity and entrepreneurship on the part of leaders has been thoroughly documented in much mainstream literature.
In this module, we reflect upon leadership and entrepreneurship in the light of contemporary developments and competing perspectives. Module material is supplemented by guest speakers from business and industry and students are encouraged to develop critical research and analytical skills to examine the relevance and application of leadership theory to practical workplace scenarios. |
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MAN-30040 |
Identity, Culture & Organisation |
EP |
M
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7.5 |
15 |
|
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In seeking to understand the workings of contemporary institutions, it is vital to grasp the deeply complex webs of relations taking place daily beneath the tropes of culture and identity. This module will help student learners to get a firm grasp of the strengths and limits of managerial intervention. The possibilities for colonisation, on the one part, and resistance, on the other, are extensive. For example, whenever managers try to play a heightened role today in both configuring and constraining relations of identity, this creates new issues over democracy and personhood. However, an appreciation of the multiplicities that beset identity, alongside greater insight into the folds within organisational work more generally, also helps suggest why culture change usually proves so difficult to pull off.
The module is structured around weekly discussion. This is based on key studies that capture the lived reality of working in organisations. These readings also help students understand what is accomplished over time without formal intervention. For instance, much day-to-day organisation is created without any managerial input or direction.
The first line of discussion opens up the main perspectives that co-exist about culture. The point is not to set one approach above the other, but to grasp how the analytics of each perspective capture different aspects of culture. The issue is not whether one understanding of culture, say, is more pure or more real. It is to ask what work culture does; and, further, to see what kinds of relations are made possible by different aspects. For example, can large corporations sustain claims about their being a family?
The second line of discussion develops these ideas in ways that highlight the everyday creation and reproduction of identities. Thinking about the issues here will help students understand how power gets materialised, circulated and sustained. For instance, power may be exercised less through formal channels of authority and more through the making and negating of identity. The question to ask is: How do identities count? To whom are identities made visible? And, especially, when?
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MAN-30048 |
Business Strategy |
C |
M
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7.5 |
15 |
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Strategy is commonly considered to be at the very pinnacle of management topics because well-founded strategies give purpose, focus and structure to all other business activity. By contrast, a weak strategy not only fails an organisation's staff, customers and investors but also threatens the suppliers, communities and regions in which the organisation conducts its business.
Yet in today's rapidly evolving world of opportunities there is no golden rule or theory for a successful business, institutional or industry strategy. Given this challenge, the module offers students the opportunity to learn from the strategic successes and failures of well known private firms and public institutions.
As students gain detailed understandings of strategy, they are helped to develop sophisticated analytical thinking, confidence and work-relevant transferabe skills in this most important subject. |
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MAN-30056 |
Comparative Business Cultures |
EP |
C
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7.5 |
15 |
|
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Much of the literature on business culture presents and promotes standardised approaches to do business in the globalised world. This course aims at opening up this unhelpful and homogenised view of business culture by focusing on difference and diversity of business cultures across the world. The module offers a sophisticated introduction to theoretical perspectives on Management in the context of globalisation. |
| Semester 1-2 |
C/O |
TYP |
ECTS | CATS |
|
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ENL-90003 |
Academic English for Business Students (Part 1) |
EA |
C
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7.5 |
15 |
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Drawing on business-related themes, these sessions will help students to develop and refine the specific writing, reading and verbal communication skills they need to succeed in their studies. Through a series of workshops, lectures, assignments, online and practical tasks and projects, students will improve their ability to:
• extract key information from academic texts
• summarise, paraphrase and synthesise information from a variety of sources
• identify authorial stance, interpret data and read critically
• cite sources appropriately and write a bibliography
• write in an accepted academic style
• engage in academic discussion
• prepare and deliver academic presentations
|
|
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ENL-90004 |
Academic English for Business Students ( 2) |
EA |
C
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7.5 |
15 |
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Drawing on academic business themes and materials, these sessions will provide opportunities for students to further develop their writing, reading and verbal communication skills. Through a series of lectures, workshops, assignments, on-line and practical tasks, students will improve their ability to:
• Summarise, paraphrase and synthesise information from a variety of sources
• Cite sources accurately and write a bibliography
• Gather, interpret and report on data
• Identify authorial stance and read critically
• Write in an appropriate academic style
• Engage in academic discussion
• Prepare and deliver academic presentations
|
| Semester 2 |
C/O |
TYP |
ECTS | CATS |
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ENL-90005 |
Advanced Business English Communication |
EA |
C
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7.5 |
15 |
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In this highly competitive climate you need something to set you apart from others. This module will provide you with the specialist language and professional communication skills you will require if you wish to pursue a career in business.
This highly practical module will build upon and complement your existing language skills by working on themes such as negotiating strategies and presenting visual information. Revision of essential grammatical structures and functional areas of language as well as building a subject-specific bank of key words will provide you with the confidence to engage fluently and competently in a variety of business contexts.
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HRM-30032 |
Strategic Human Resource Management |
EP |
C
|
7.5 |
15 |
|
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This module offers students a critical overview of the nature of contemporary HRM. It will familiarise students with new methods and ideas of work organisation and the management of labour. It examines the impact of these developments on the employment relationship, and seeks explanations though an analysis of global economic pressures. The module covers concepts and issues that also have relevance for other management related disciplines and practices such as logistics, operations and marketing. |
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MAN-30042 |
Ethnography - ISP |
EP |
C
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7.5 |
15 |
|
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This module provides students undertaking the Business Management single and dual honours programmes with the opportunity to undertake ethnography for their independent study project.
Ethnographic modes of study involve the researcher participating in the daily lives of those they seek to research; it is an immersive form of research that involves direct and sustained contact with those we seek to research. Ethnographic writing is marked out by its in-depth descriptions of settings and events as they happy in local context. This introduction to ethnography has two primary aims.
Firstly, the module seeks to provide a broad introductory framework for understanding ethnographic techniques of investigation. Ethnography as a research practice is contextualized in the wider debates surrounding the conduct of social science research in general. In particular the course focuses upon organizational ethnographies, and a variety of ethnographic accounts are debated, explored and critiqued.
Secondly, the module seeks to provide an introduction to the practice of conducting ethnography; course members will be required to undertake their own ethnographic enquires and present these to other course members. Key debates surrounding the practice of ethnography will be critically engaged with. |
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MAN-30047 |
Contemporary Issues in Management |
C |
C
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7.5 |
15 |
|
|
This module seeks to strengthen student knowledge of management and organisations. It emphasises a critical approach and students' active participation. Students will have to draw on and reflect upon their experiences of organisations and share them with the rest of the class by formal presentation and group discussions.
The module builds upon knowledge and insights gained from organisational theory and sociological approaches to human behaviour to focus on, and provide an opportunity for in depth study of, three key debates unfolding in Management Theory. This will involve the study of key texts and ideas but also require students to reflect on their own experience either at school or work/part time work in the light of illuminations and challenges highlighted by these key debates. |
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MAN-30055 |
International Business Strategies |
EP |
M
|
7.5 |
15 |
|
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This module complements the core Business Strategy module, highlighting the implications for organisations of internationalisation and globalisation.
The module is delivered in a highly interactive $ùworkshop&© format, in which students are encouraged to share understanding through group-based contemporary case studies. The role and importance of aspects such as culture and ethics are thus highlighted and addressed from both academic and practical perspectives.
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MAN-30059 |
New Business Plan - ISP |
EP |
C
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7.5 |
15 |
|
|
In this module, students will gain first hand experience of initiating, setting up and managing a new business venture. The module is ultimately designed to improve student employability and to widen career choice. Emphasis is placed upon the development of business skills, occupational awareness of new venture start up, self employment and the small business sector.
In teams, students will endeavour to discuss, plan and share ideas about managing an enterprise effectively within relevant legislation and regulations, involving the development of systems and procedures for operating the enterprise and their implementation in practice. Individually, students shall identify and evaluate their own skill development and learning in relation to set criteria
In addition to formal lectures and seminars facilitated by academic members of staff, advice and support will be available from external business advisors.
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MAN-30062 |
Management, Organisation and Media |
EP |
C
|
7.5 |
15 |
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Television, You Tube and other visual media are growing in significance. So far, very few Management Schools have been able to offer students an insight into how these technologies work, and in turn, how they help to form our ideas of the world around us. Drawing on the latest research in this field, this module shows students both how and why media matters. By the end of this module, students will have a good understanding of how visual media influences our collective and individual perspectives of organizing, managing and other employment-related activities. By developing a critical awareness of key issues that affect audience reception, students acquire a set of highly transferable communication and creative skills that will enhance their employability in a number of different organizational contexts from the creative industries to consumer research and public relations. |
Business Management Minor - Level 1 Modules
| Semester 1 |
C/O |
TYP |
ECTS | CATS |
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ECO-10025 |
The British and Global Economy |
EP |
M
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7.5 |
15 |
|
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The British and Global Economy studies the major economic questions we face and how they can be addressed by governments and citizens. |
|
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LAW-10027 |
Business Law |
EA |
M
|
7.5 |
15 |
|
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The module aims to develop an understanding of the legal framework that informs contemporary business practice (organisation and transactions). The module focuses on key cases and legal principles in contract law and on central issues in corporate governance as reflected in the Companies Act 2006. It is designed as an introduction to the legal issues and legal skills which are important in a business context, and provides an interesting opportunity to explore a core area in contemporary professional services markets.
This module uses a combination of lectures and tutorials, formative and summative assessment to develop a range of transferable abilities and skills: reflective, critical and analytic abilities, essay writing, problem solving and legal research skills. |
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MAN-10015 |
Accounting Principles |
EP |
M
|
7.5 |
15 |
|
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This module introduces students to the fundamental concepts and key techniques of accounting. Students will develop a knowledge and understanding of the basic principles of accounting, providing them with key transferable employability skills. The module syllabus includes income statements, balance sheets and budgeting. It is delivered through weekly lectures and student-centred tutorials.. |
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MAN-10018 |
Management in Context |
C |
M
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7.5 |
15 |
|
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The market place for goods and services has become increasingly dynamic and competitive. Rather than static models of what it means to be a manager we need individuals who can think critically about managing and organizations and what work means for those who are employed in organizations. Management in Context provides the first step in developing such an understanding of management by locating managers within a wider historical, economic, political and sociological context. |
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MAN-10020 |
Markets and Hierarchies |
EP |
M
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7.5 |
15 |
|
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Markets and Hierarchies studies the economic context in which organisations operate. The module describes and analyses the behaviour of the different economic agents which participate in product, labour and capital markets and the way in which their behaviour impacts on the structure and operations of businesses and other organisations. |
| Semester 1-2 |
C/O |
TYP |
ECTS | CATS |
|
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ENL-90003 |
Academic English for Business Students (Part 1) |
EA |
C
|
7.5 |
15 |
|
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Drawing on business-related themes, these sessions will help students to develop and refine the specific writing, reading and verbal communication skills they need to succeed in their studies. Through a series of workshops, lectures, assignments, online and practical tasks and projects, students will improve their ability to:
• extract key information from academic texts
• summarise, paraphrase and synthesise information from a variety of sources
• identify authorial stance, interpret data and read critically
• cite sources appropriately and write a bibliography
• write in an accepted academic style
• engage in academic discussion
• prepare and deliver academic presentations
|
| Semester 2 |
C/O |
TYP |
ECTS | CATS |
|
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ECO-10023 |
Quantitative Methods |
EP |
M
|
7.5 |
15 |
|
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This module is designed especially to cater for the needs of students taking the Principal Economics, Principal Finance or Accounting and Finance Single Honours programme, and is structured to assist them in understanding the technical and quantitative aspects of the subject. No prior knowledge, above basic school maths, is assumed.
The module will introduce and develop students&© understanding of a range of statistical and mathematical methods and techniques. These include basic descriptive statistics (measures of central tendency and dispersion), correlation and interdependence, bivariate regression, linear algebra and functions, solving linear simultaneous equations, basic calculus including the notion of the margin and differentiation, maxima and minima. |
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HRM-10007 |
Foundations of Human Resource Management |
O |
M
|
7.5 |
15 |
|
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This introductory module allows students to test their wish to study HRM in years 2 and 3. For those who do not continue, it will offer a grounding in the elements of HRM a key function of business and management. For those who do continue, the module indicates the areas of future study, and outlines key thinking in HRM. It addresses individual and collective issues, and lays the groundwork for the understanding of the key theoretical bases, which will underpin the future study. |
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HRM-10007 |
Foundations of Human Resource Management |
EP |
M
|
7.5 |
15 |
|
|
This introductory module allows students to test their wish to study HRM in years 2 and 3. For those who do not continue, it will offer a grounding in the elements of HRM a key function of business and management. For those who do continue, the module indicates the areas of future study, and outlines key thinking in HRM. It addresses individual and collective issues, and lays the groundwork for the understanding of the key theoretical bases, which will underpin the future study. |
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MAN-10016 |
Financial and Management Accounting |
EP |
M
|
7.5 |
15 |
|
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The module builds on foundational knowledge acquired in a prior module entitled 'Accounting Principles'. It develops knowledge in financial and management accounting which will facilitate student progression through a professionally accredited undergraduate programme in accounting and finance or an accounting pathway. The module includes the development of skills in the preparation and analysis of key financial statements and the development of problem solving skills in management accounting. Students who are awarded a degree in the areas of accounting and finance will have acquired skills relevant to developing a successful career in accounting, finance or financial management. |
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MAN-10017 |
Globalisation |
O |
C
|
7.5 |
15 |
|
|
This module will introduce first year students to a rounded, critical appreciation of the globalisation debate. It considers the arguments relating to economic, social, political, technological and cultural processes of globalisation and critically explores the roles that global organisations play in promoting or resisting globalisation. The module will discuss what globalisation is, how we might understand and explain it, when it began, how it has occurred, and what social, political, economic, cultural and technological impact it has had on individuals and societies. The module will be taught by blending formal and informal methods of communication, aiming to create a learning environment for students to express their views, reflections and insights through diverse analytical and creative modes of communication. |
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MAN-10017 |
Globalisation |
EP |
C
|
7.5 |
15 |
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This module will introduce first year students to a rounded, critical appreciation of the globalisation debate. It considers the arguments relating to economic, social, political, technological and cultural processes of globalisation and critically explores the roles that global organisations play in promoting or resisting globalisation. The module will discuss what globalisation is, how we might understand and explain it, when it began, how it has occurred, and what social, political, economic, cultural and technological impact it has had on individuals and societies. The module will be taught by blending formal and informal methods of communication, aiming to create a learning environment for students to express their views, reflections and insights through diverse analytical and creative modes of communication. |
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MAN-10019 |
Marketing Principles |
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M
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7.5 |
15 |
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This course seeks to introduce and develop a general understanding of the key concepts, tools and theories of relevance to marketers today. Marketing has become recognised as a vital ingredient of business in many different sectors. The contexts in which marketing will be considered in this module will range from consumer marketing through to services marketing, business-to-marketing, social marketing and not-for-profit marketing.
The module will start by examining the history and philosophy of the marketing concept and the basic principles of marketing management and strategy. It will consider aspects of buyer behaviour, marketing research and the marketing mix, extending to the services marketing mix. The increasing sensitivity of consumers to ethical issues also leads to the consideration of the social impact of marketing, and ethical approaches to marketing. |
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MAN-10019 |
Marketing Principles |
EP |
M
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7.5 |
15 |
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This course seeks to introduce and develop a general understanding of the key concepts, tools and theories of relevance to marketers today. Marketing has become recognised as a vital ingredient of business in many different sectors. The contexts in which marketing will be considered in this module will range from consumer marketing through to services marketing, business-to-marketing, social marketing and not-for-profit marketing.
The module will start by examining the history and philosophy of the marketing concept and the basic principles of marketing management and strategy. It will consider aspects of buyer behaviour, marketing research and the marketing mix, extending to the services marketing mix. The increasing sensitivity of consumers to ethical issues also leads to the consideration of the social impact of marketing, and ethical approaches to marketing. |
Business Management Minor - Level 2 Modules
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MAN-20050 |
Social Theory at Work |
EP |
M
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7.5 |
15 |
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This module approaches organisation from a sociological, rather than a psychological or economic perspective. As a subject, sociology is concerned primarily with the conduct of society, how things work and what relations are created both at the institutional level and at the level of everyday interaction. Sociologists love to question how society is organised and structured through its institutions. And they go on to ask how we, as organisational participants as well as employees at work, are organised by, and disciplined through, the institutions that we create collectively in our everyday practices.
In trying to understand how institutions work, Social Theory at Work pays close attention to how people express themselves in terms of their social relations. Rather than study the behaviour of individuals per se, what is examined is how we affect each other interactively, either through action or accounts. Interest extends to the more familiar forms of organisation, such as family, class, community and group, as well as to more formal networks, such as partnerships, cohorts, professions, business associations and other forms of strategic alliance.
The module focuses on how institutions help create, reproduce and regulate order and following that, how power is exercised, distributed and resisted. The module seeks to examine these issues through covering debates over social theory at work.
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MAN-20055 |
Organisational Behaviour |
C |
M
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7.5 |
15 |
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This module introduces the fundamental concepts, theories and approaches to the study of human behaviour in organizations. The course analyses classical theory including the Taylorist and Human Relations approaches to Organisational Behaviour, and then describes more recent trends such as labour process and post structuralist analysis. Key topics such as motivation, politics, leadership and gender and organisations are addressed. As a theory driven course organisational behaviour also considers how the relationship between the organization and its environment affects organizational culture and its members. Throughout the emphasis is firmly upon the human dimension of the organization and the organizing process, drawing on a wide range of social science research.
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MAN-20063 |
Business Management - Study Abroad I |
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C
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7.5 |
15 |
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This is a module that is automatically allocated to the records our Keele level II students who are going to Study Abroad at a partner University for a semester of their second year and cannot be selected by any other level II students. |
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MAN-20064 |
Business Management - Study Abroad II |
EP |
C
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7.5 |
15 |
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This is a module that is automatically allocated to the records our Keele level II students who are going to Study Abroad at a partner University for a semester of their second year and cannot be selected by any other level II students. |
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ENL-90003 |
Academic English for Business Students (Part 1) |
EA |
C
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7.5 |
15 |
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Drawing on business-related themes, these sessions will help students to develop and refine the specific writing, reading and verbal communication skills they need to succeed in their studies. Through a series of workshops, lectures, assignments, online and practical tasks and projects, students will improve their ability to:
• extract key information from academic texts
• summarise, paraphrase and synthesise information from a variety of sources
• identify authorial stance, interpret data and read critically
• cite sources appropriately and write a bibliography
• write in an accepted academic style
• engage in academic discussion
• prepare and deliver academic presentations
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ENL-90004 |
Academic English for Business Students ( 2) |
EA |
C
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7.5 |
15 |
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Drawing on academic business themes and materials, these sessions will provide opportunities for students to further develop their writing, reading and verbal communication skills. Through a series of lectures, workshops, assignments, on-line and practical tasks, students will improve their ability to:
• Summarise, paraphrase and synthesise information from a variety of sources
• Cite sources accurately and write a bibliography
• Gather, interpret and report on data
• Identify authorial stance and read critically
• Write in an appropriate academic style
• Engage in academic discussion
• Prepare and deliver academic presentations
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MAN-20053 |
Operations and Quality Management |
C |
M
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7.5 |
15 |
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This module will introduce students to key concepts and issues in quality management.
Students will be encouraged to critically analyse and evaluate concepts and techniques within specific organizational contexts through topical, real life examples. Particular emphasis will be placed on different perspectives of quality and why it is crucial to organisational success.
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MAN-20065 |
Business Management - Study Abroad III |
EP |
C
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7.5 |
15 |
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This is a module that is automatically allocated to the records our Keele level II students who are going to Study Abroad at a partner University for a semester of their second year and cannot be selected by any other level II students. |
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MAN-20066 |
Business Management - Study Abroad IV |
EP |
C
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7.5 |
15 |
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This is a module that is automatically allocated to the records our Keele level II students who are going to Study Abroad at a partner University for a semester of their second year and cannot be selected by any other level II students. |
Business Management Minor - Level 3 Modules
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MAN-30036 |
Leading, Change and Entrepreneurship |
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C
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7.5 |
15 |
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Even though leadership is probably one of the most used words, the concept of leadership itself has been subjected to decades of discussion and research with little agreement about what we are actually discussing. Leadership is seen as closely aligned to entrepreneurship and many governments in the developed West as elsewhere have articulated the need for increased entrepreneurial activity as a salvation to economic ills.
Entrepreneurship in the UK, advanced not least by the British government and other agencies, encourages enterprise and innovation. For example, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) claims to:
`Promote enterprise, innovation and increased productivity $ú in particular by encouraging successful business start-ups, and by increasing the capacity of business including SME&©s to grow, to invest, to develop skills, to adopt best practice$ö [it is] UK policy to promote enterprise$öand is seen to be of key importance in terms of employment, and wealth creation, and poverty alleviation.&©&©(DTI Website, www.dti.gov.uk/).
This is especially the case with respect to target groups (e.g women) or geographical regions, who are depicted as representing a hitherto largely $ùuntapped&© resource for future economic growth and development.
The OECD claims that the growth and presence of entrepreneurs in SMEs is increasingly important to the global economy. Similarly, in the United States, `the concept of micro-enterprise has been widely praised in the public and private sectors as, one of the hottest anti-poverty strategies&© . Agreement seems to be limited to the fact that we are talking about something important. While the concept of leading might suggest that someone is doing the leading, the concept of leadership has been constructed over the years to encompass a much wider meaning: leadership may be considered as the process of influencing the activities of an organized group in its efforts toward goal setting and goal achievement, or the the $ùmanagement of meaning&©. The necessity for creativity and entrepreneurship on the part of leaders has been thoroughly documented in much mainstream literature.
In this module, we reflect upon leadership and entrepreneurship in the light of contemporary developments and competing perspectives. Module material is supplemented by guest speakers from business and industry and students are encouraged to develop critical research and analytical skills to examine the relevance and application of leadership theory to practical workplace scenarios. |
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MAN-30040 |
Identity, Culture & Organisation |
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M
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7.5 |
15 |
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In seeking to understand the workings of contemporary institutions, it is vital to grasp the deeply complex webs of relations taking place daily beneath the tropes of culture and identity. This module will help student learners to get a firm grasp of the strengths and limits of managerial intervention. The possibilities for colonisation, on the one part, and resistance, on the other, are extensive. For example, whenever managers try to play a heightened role today in both configuring and constraining relations of identity, this creates new issues over democracy and personhood. However, an appreciation of the multiplicities that beset identity, alongside greater insight into the folds within organisational work more generally, also helps suggest why culture change usually proves so difficult to pull off.
The module is structured around weekly discussion. This is based on key studies that capture the lived reality of working in organisations. These readings also help students understand what is accomplished over time without formal intervention. For instance, much day-to-day organisation is created without any managerial input or direction.
The first line of discussion opens up the main perspectives that co-exist about culture. The point is not to set one approach above the other, but to grasp how the analytics of each perspective capture different aspects of culture. The issue is not whether one understanding of culture, say, is more pure or more real. It is to ask what work culture does; and, further, to see what kinds of relations are made possible by different aspects. For example, can large corporations sustain claims about their being a family?
The second line of discussion develops these ideas in ways that highlight the everyday creation and reproduction of identities. Thinking about the issues here will help students understand how power gets materialised, circulated and sustained. For instance, power may be exercised less through formal channels of authority and more through the making and negating of identity. The question to ask is: How do identities count? To whom are identities made visible? And, especially, when?
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ENL-90003 |
Academic English for Business Students (Part 1) |
EA |
C
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7.5 |
15 |
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Drawing on business-related themes, these sessions will help students to develop and refine the specific writing, reading and verbal communication skills they need to succeed in their studies. Through a series of workshops, lectures, assignments, online and practical tasks and projects, students will improve their ability to:
• extract key information from academic texts
• summarise, paraphrase and synthesise information from a variety of sources
• identify authorial stance, interpret data and read critically
• cite sources appropriately and write a bibliography
• write in an accepted academic style
• engage in academic discussion
• prepare and deliver academic presentations
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ENL-90004 |
Academic English for Business Students ( 2) |
EA |
C
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7.5 |
15 |
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Drawing on academic business themes and materials, these sessions will provide opportunities for students to further develop their writing, reading and verbal communication skills. Through a series of lectures, workshops, assignments, on-line and practical tasks, students will improve their ability to:
• Summarise, paraphrase and synthesise information from a variety of sources
• Cite sources accurately and write a bibliography
• Gather, interpret and report on data
• Identify authorial stance and read critically
• Write in an appropriate academic style
• Engage in academic discussion
• Prepare and deliver academic presentations
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ENL-90005 |
Advanced Business English Communication |
EA |
C
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7.5 |
15 |
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In this highly competitive climate you need something to set you apart from others. This module will provide you with the specialist language and professional communication skills you will require if you wish to pursue a career in business.
This highly practical module will build upon and complement your existing language skills by working on themes such as negotiating strategies and presenting visual information. Revision of essential grammatical structures and functional areas of language as well as building a subject-specific bank of key words will provide you with the confidence to engage fluently and competently in a variety of business contexts.
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HRM-30032 |
Strategic Human Resource Management |
EP |
C
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7.5 |
15 |
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This module offers students a critical overview of the nature of contemporary HRM. It will familiarise students with new methods and ideas of work organisation and the management of labour. It examines the impact of these developments on the employment relationship, and seeks explanations though an analysis of global economic pressures. The module covers concepts and issues that also have relevance for other management related disciplines and practices such as logistics, operations and marketing. |
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MAN-30055 |
International Business Strategies |
EP |
M
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7.5 |
15 |
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This module complements the core Business Strategy module, highlighting the implications for organisations of internationalisation and globalisation.
The module is delivered in a highly interactive $ùworkshop&© format, in which students are encouraged to share understanding through group-based contemporary case studies. The role and importance of aspects such as culture and ethics are thus highlighted and addressed from both academic and practical perspectives.
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