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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