Teaching and assessment for Accounting, Management and Strategy MSc

This module will give you the independent research and evaluation skills necessary to analyse a complex issue or problem within the areas of accounting, finance or management and to define conduct and report on a substantial piece of empirical research in the area.

This module is designed to help you learn about modern research techniques and the important ideas and concepts that these build on.

The material is designed to help you when you work on your own research, whether this is a summer dissertation or a full PhD thesis.

Students will develop their academic English while working with material from their core business modules.

This is an English support module for international business students.

You will study important themes in corporate governance, such as the nature and importance of corporate governance in both a national and international context.

As well as recent changes in governance applying to major UK and international companies, and the need for ethical business behaviour.

Operations Management and Change covers the strategic planning, design, execution, and improvement of an organisation's processes and activities. Learn how to optimise resources, processes, and systems to achieve business goals and adapt to change.

You will learn to build upon your existing marketing skills and work in groups to solve real examples, this module allows you, by using simulations, to understand the outcomes of your marketing solutions and then adapt them to try again to get better results.

For any aspiring global business leader, understanding international business strategy is essential, this module will help develop your skills in assessing strategic decisions made by international firms, and by using the analytical tools used by successful managers worldwide.

Organisations must effectively manage customer experiences to ensure a long-term relationship. These unique bonds are difficult for competitors to replicate. To succeed, organisations are employing experience design principles to enhance customer loyalty. This module equips you with practical skills for managing customer experiences and designing sustainable service prototypes.

Embark on a transformative journey in human resource (HR) management strategies designed to propel your international HR career. This module equips you with practical skills aligned with global business strategies to ensure success in the HR field.

Managing People and Organisations explores effective leadership, teamwork, communication, and decision-making within diverse workplaces. You will learn about motivation, conflict resolution, ethics, and organisational culture. This will help you better understand your colleagues in the workplace regardless of your career path.

You will learn how to interpret financial statements helping you to decide as to whether to buy, hold, or sell a particular firm’s stock. You will also learn how to set up an in-depth analysis of the firms strategic capabilities, financial and operating performance.

This module is suitable for those who have studied accounting before and wish to further their understanding of contemporary issues in accounting in an international setting. 

The module provides an understanding of how an organisation implements marketing strategy and pinpoints the principles of analysis, planning, and implementation for strategic marketing activities.

It will give you the tools and skills required to analyse marketing problems and make informed decisions that can enhance an organisation’s competitive advantage.

Major trends in strategic management and management accounting are explained and evaluated in order to better understand management challenges.

A case study in the automotive industry will be used to exemplify how businesses adapt to their external environment by integrating the ‘three meshed gears’ of marketing, engineering, and finance.

This module offers a beginner-friendly approach to quantitative methods, teaching you the fundamental concepts and skills needed for statistical estimation and interpretation.

It focuses on using statistics in business or finance research, cultivating statistical thinking, conducting relevant tests, and introducing the SPSS software.

This module provides an understanding of theories and concepts and essential skills for estimating and interpreting economic models. You will learn to apply techniques to finance problems by translating theoretical models, analysing data, and interpreting results. 

Discover the power of human resource management in a global business context. Explore cultural management, change, and corporate social responsibility. Develop inclusive people management practices for sustainable and diverse workplaces. Unlock the people management skills to thrive in a global business landscape.

The module will critically explain the relationship between a business, its stakeholders, and society.

You will work with some of the issues business's face, such as responsibility, accountability, transparency, sustainability and diversity.

You will also examine the challenges involved in addressing and resolving these issues.

You will learn mainstream and critical accounting/management theories, traditional and contemporary organisational practices and discuss issues involved in social and environmental reporting and accountability. You will explore the social responsibility of organisations to wider society, including government, individuals, and groups.