Human Resource Management BSc (Hons)

Compulsory

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 introduces students to the fundamental concepts and strategies in marketing. It covers a wide range of topics, including market research, consumer behaviour, branding, product development, pricing, marketing communication and retailing, digital marketing, among others. The module blends theoretical knowledge with practical case examples, preparing students for real-world marketing challenges.

Compulsory

• MG2CCC - Change, Leadership and Creativity

  Companies seeking to successfully ride the wave of the knowledge economy must always consider ideas as the most precious commodity and employees who produce them as sought-after resources. There is increased recognition that the competitive advantage of organisations depends heavily on their ability to capitalise on their employees’ ideas. The value of creativity as a means of enhancing communication, promoting organisational learning, as well as helping the development of new ideas, solutions and alternatives, is therefore of high importance. With constant change becoming the accepted norm, this module also examines how organisations cope with the process and outcomes of change, and how leadership underpins successful change.

• MG2FFF - Critical Perspectives for a Changing World of Management

  The module seeks to introduce students to a critical approach to the study of management and organisations. This will be achieved through an exploration of bureaucratic/post-bureaucratic organisations, new forms of work organisations, new forms of managerial control, resistance and power, new forms of employment, gender and work organisations.

• MG2632 - Diversity Management in Organisations

  This module examines how organisations plan, coordinate and implement a set of management strategies, policies, initiatives such as training and development activities that seek to accommodate diverse sets of social and individual backgrounds, interests, beliefs, values and ways of work in organisations with international, multinational, global and transnational workforces and operations.

• MG2AAA - Employment Relations and Engagement
• 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.

• MG2620 - Research Methods in Business and Management

  This module aims to develop the students' understanding and skills in the application of quantitative and qualitative research methods in business management and interpret data and present coherent and appropriate recommendations that lead to effective business and management decisions.

Compulsory

• MG3XXX - HRM in Context: Resourcing, Performance and Assessment

  This module offers a comprehensive exploration of Human Resource Management (HRM) as a scientific discipline and a framework for analysing how organizations effectively manage their workforce. It delves into the evolution of HRM, its current practices within contemporary organizations, the strategic significance of HRM, and its impact on overall organisational performance

• 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.

Optional

• MG3633 - Contemporary Issues of Entrepreneurship
  The module provides an integrated and critical analysis of entrepreneurship and small business management related theories and frameworks underpinning the practice and policy of entrepreneurship and small business management.
• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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. 

• MG3CCC - Thinking Strategically

  This module aims to enable students to appreciate the many, wide ranging issues and challenges that confront strategic managers, introduce concepts, topics and methodological approaches relevant to the analysis of the strategic position of the organisation and the development and implementation of strategies in complex uncertain environments, including a consideration of major operational implications, and to develop skills of strategic thinking, analysis and argument.