Management Honours

This honours degree option consists of the following:

 

3 compulsory papers:

  • Paper 1: Strategic Management
  • Paper 2: Financial Management
  • Paper 8: Research

 

And any 2 papers out of the following:

  • Paper 3: Human Resource Management
  • Paper 4: Strategic Marketing
  • Paper 7: Project Management

 

Paper 1: Strategic Management

The aim of this course is to enable students to think strategically and be aware of the importance of ethical principles, values and responsible corporate citizenship.

 

Topics include:

 

  • Strategy, stakeholders and strategic direction
  • Strategic analysis
  • Strategy development and formulation
  • Strategy implementation control

 

Paper 2: Financial Management

The aim of the course is to enable students to understand and implement financial management strategies to enhance organisational performance.

Topics include:

 

  • Capital structure and the cost of capital
  • Sources of finance
  • Capital budgeting
  • The dividend decision
  • Valuation of organisations
  • Working capital management
  • Mergers and Acquisitions

 

Paper 3: Human Resource Management

The aim of this course is to enable students to initiate and manage organisational change and development.

Topics include:

 

  • The skills, task and role of an organisational consultant
  • Organisational development (OD)
  • Organisational diagnosis
  • Organisational development interventions
  • Learning Organisations
  • Knowledge and intellectual capital

 

Paper 4: Strategic Marketing

The aim of this course is to enable students to solve contemporary topical marketing problems.

 

Topics include:

 

  • International Marketing
  • Consumer Behaviour
  • Brand Management
  • Marketing Research
  • Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
  • B2B Marketing
  • Services Marketing
  • E-Marketing
  • Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC)

 

Paper 7: Project Management

The aim of this course is to familiarise and empower students to lead project teams, and to manage projects in the workplace, using a clearly defined and powerful set of knowledge resources, tools and techniques, while adding value to the overall organisational objectives.

 

Topics include:

 

  • Introduction to Project Management, Knowledge Areas and Process Groups
  • Project, Program and Portfolio Selection
  • Project Leadership, Management and Team Selection
  • Project Scope, Time, Cost and Quality Management
  • Project Stakeholder, Procurement, Communication, Human Resource and Risk Management
  • Project Management Tools and Techniques

 

Paper 8: Research

The aim of the course is to enable students to conduct research independently within a team.

 

Topics include:

 

  • Identify a research project
  • Write a research proposal
  • Conduct a literature review
  • Analyse and explain research results in a meaningful manner
  • Write up the research in the form of a 5000 word research paper

 

 

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