International Business BSc (Hons)

Compulsory

• MG1606 - Introduction to Accounting and Financial Management

  The module introduces students to the essential concepts of accounting and financial management. As the foundation of all other accounting modules, you will study how financial information is prepared, communicated and used. You will develop skills in critically evaluating and appreciating the importance of the accounting and finance function within organisations particularly in connection with business decision-making.

  Students will learn how to: prepare a set of essential financial statements for a business, prepare information for business planning - such as budgets, prepare information for decision-making using techniques such as cost, volume, profit analysis and investment appraisal techniques.

• MG1604 - International Business Environment

  Developing students’ understanding of the basic economic concepts and principles that apply to the international business environment with emphasis on European business, and developing analytical and conceptual skills in economic and business environment for them to be able to respond to problems associated with modern international business environment.

• MG1601 - Introduction to Management Enquiry

  This module introduces students to fundamentals of business and management with the focus on a number of key concepts. This includes subjects such as understanding organisational planning with a focus on the foundations of decision, organisational structure and design and managing human resources, leadership, trust, and managing communication, information and operations.

• MG1AAA - Digital Technology and AI for Business and Management

  This module’s primary aim is to broaden students’ knowledge and skills in the use of IT and statistics in managing and analysing data for business to improve the quality of decision-making in a dynamic business environment.

• MG1603 - Organisational Behaviour and Analysis

  This module introduces students to the study of organisations. It outlines key sociological and psychological perspectives used to analyse organisations and occupational groups. Students encounter core topics including organisational design, bureaucracy and contingency theory. Theory and practice are linked via seminars, case study discussions and reflections on students’ experience of organisations.

• MG1605 - Principles and Practice of Marketing

  This module focuses on developing an understanding of concepts of marketing, marketing mix principles and practices. It also aims to develop students’ awareness of skills needed and ethical issues in marketing.

Compulsory

• MG2633 - Economics for Business and Management

  This module seeks to provide students with the analytical means to examine and assess the industry sector context in which firms make corporate decisions. In particular, this module provides students with an understanding of theories of markets and firms as the basis for evaluating strategic shifts in the international business and regulatory environment.

• MG2625 - Entrepreneurship and Marketing in Business

  This module aims to help students develop an appreciation of the key characteristics of Entrepreneurship and Business ventures and addresses the theoretical and practical issues of marketing communications in a global context.

• MG2EEE - Global Business Strategies in Emerging Economies

  This module will enable students to appreciate the wide-ranging issues associated with the development of multinational corporations (MNCs) operating in emerging markets both from the point of view of foreign-based MNCs; indigenous firms; and host country governments. Students will be introduced to core concepts, topics and methodological approaches relevant to the analysis of the operations of international business within emerging markets. It will develop the skill of combining theoretical and macro-level analysis with detailed empirical analysis of international business in a series of industrial sectors across selected emerging market contexts.

• MG2BBB - International Human Resource Management

  The aim of this module is to introduce students to issues, debates, and controversies relating to the field of human resource management (HRM). The module intends to develop students’ awareness of people management issues within and outside the workplace. The people management issues are set against the background of national and international issues that affect HRM policies and practices.

• MG2635 - International Relations

  This module aims to acquaint students with the core concepts, processes, and issues of international relations. It examines the international society, international political economy in terms of classical and contemporary theories. The module additionally examines new issues in international relations.

• MG2617 - Quantitative Methods in Business and Management

  This module enables you to become familiar with statistical techniques and concepts used in Business and Management, which are used frequently to understand real-world scenarios. As well as preparing you for the final year project, the skills developed in this module are transferable for use in everyday life. Students of this module will be introduced to the concepts of probabilities, random variables, descriptive statistics, and hypothesis testing. Strong emphasis will be given to practical applications to "real-world" issues. For example, you will learn: how to effectively present and communicate your findings using graphical methods and summary statistics, how to select appropriate statistical techniques, to answer business research questions.

Compulsory

• MG3635 - International Business Strategy

  This module provides students with knowledge of the economic and managerial underpinnings as well as managerial and business implications of global strategies. It discusses theories, concepts, and cutting-edge developments in the field of international business strategy and relates them to real-world firm behaviour. By doing so, it enables students to evaluate and use these tools to diagnose and solve problems relating to international business operations. It also fosters students’ awareness of challenges associated with international business strategy in particular countries and regions.

• MG3638 - Globalisation, Trade and Investment

  This module aims to foster an understanding of the drivers of globalisation, that is, world trade and investment and their impact on global economy. This to include, but not restricted to, international trade theories (classical and modern) and their relevance in modern day globalised world, international trade in goods and services, protectionism, balance of payments statistics of a nation and its various components, exchange rates and international capital markets.

Optional

• MG3625 - Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation

  This module focuses on theories and practices related to the entrepreneurial and innovation process within established organisations. In particular, it emphasises intrapreneurship and managing innovation in organisations, and the processes, structures and culture pertinent to the successful discovery, evaluation and implementation of entrepreneurial and innovation opportunities in established organisations.

• MG3DDD - Ethics, Sustainability and the Future of Business

  The module aims to provide students with the opportunity to gain critical understanding of theories and contemporary approaches to:

  • business ethics, corporate social responsibility and governance in the age of globalisation, and
  • the challenges of sustainable development and business responses to it.
• MG3628 - Entrepreneurship and Small Business Ventures

  This module is aimed at exposing students to various approaches to new (small) venture creation. It is intended to help students develop entrepreneurial mindset and thinking and/or create potential business. It highlights various aspects of small venture creation, including generating new ideas and identifying business opportunities and assessing their viability to be pursued, considering resource requirements and competition.

• MG3637 - HR Services and Analytics

  Through a review of theories and models, this module explores different HR strategies and functions available to contemporary organisations, the ways that these are evolving and the contribution that effective and efficient HR services make to organisational performance. It provides a good foundation for applying select analytical methods and artificial intelligence to support HR processes. It will also review organisational design and change management and how these support organisational performance. Finally, it elucidates important contextual factors in the effective delivery of HR services.

• MG3631 - Innovation and Knowledge Management

  This module is designed to give students an understanding of the role of knowledge assets as a key to corporate success and particularly in relation to innovation. It examines how organisations create, utilise and exploit knowledge in the globalising knowledge-based economy, and the wider social and economic factors affecting knowledge creation and transfer.

• MG3630 - International Marketing

  The module addresses critical understanding and ability in assessing the effectiveness of international marketing. It targets principles and issues that drive markets world-wide.  Students develop insight and investigative ability concerning cross-national and cross-cultural business contexts.

• MG3640 - International Strategic Innovation Management

  This module aims to introduce students to a range of models, theoretical perspectives and interpretations of the management of technological innovation in national and international firms, and to develop understanding and critical thought on the above through an analysis of relevant contemporary substantive debates and issues in technology management such as international technology outsourcing and alliances.

• MG3654 - Issues and Controversies in Business and Management Project

  This module helps students to conduct critical appraisals of issues and controversies involving contemporary organisations and of managerial and strategic responses to these challenges. It also provides focused support in appropriate research methods and in the effective communication of research findings in oral presentations, small group discussions and an extended written report. Students are encouraged to draw upon and to synthesise previous learning in business, management and related disciplines and to reflect on prior work experience and current team-working. They also explore more advanced management and organisational theory, and associated research evidence, to obtain fresh insights into the issues under discussion.