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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