Business Management with Human Resource Management and Placement Year BSc(Hons)

International equivalencies

We can help you meet our English language or academic entry requirements.

Course structure

Your first year will introduce you to the different aspects of business. You will develop a sound knowledge of key business functions and how they work together, as well as an appreciation of factors including customer and market requirements, competition, sustainability and economic, political and technological change. 

This course will give you the opportunity to develop confidence and expertise in analysis, business communication, team working, and transferable skills in preparing briefs, plans and reports, presenting, budgeting and evaluation. In your second year, you will have the opportunity to specialise in what you are most interested through option modules, or by choosing to specialise in Marketing, Economics, Human Resource Management or Finance.  

In your third year, our dedicated placements office will support you with your work placement. Your placement will give you work and life experience, significantly adding to your CV. Many students return to university for their final year with firm job offers. 

During your final year, you will study three compulsory modules, including a project based on your placement, before choosing from a wide range of finance and business option modules.

Making sure that what you learn with us is relevant, up to date and what employers are looking for is our priority, so courses are reviewed and enhanced on an ongoing basis. If you apply to us, you’ll be told about any new developments through our applicant portal.

Accreditations 

This course is accredited by the Chartered Management Institute, the only chartered professional body dedicated to promoting the highest standards in management and leadership. All students successfully completing a four-year Business Management award will be eligible to receive the Chartered Management Institute’s Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management.

Ian Myson from the CMI talks about the current demands from employers for today’s graduate workforce.  

Year 1

First year modules will equip you with a broad understanding of the most important areas of business management.

Modules

• Business Economics
• Principles of Marketing
• Organisational Behaviour and HRM
• Financial Knowledge and Skills for Business
• Business Project
• Developing Academic and Employability Skills

Year 2

In your second year you have the opportunity to specialise in what interests you the most.

Modules

• International Business Analysis
• Managing Systems
• Business Law
• Operations and Process Management
• Working Across Cultures

Options*

• Environmental Sustainability
• Creativity in Enterprise
• Design and Innovation
• Purchasing and Supply
• Working in the Voluntary Sector
• Personal Financial Planning
• Gamification

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Placement year

The paid work placement year is a vital part of the course.

Your year in industry will significantly enhance your CV and prepare you for your final year. You may even secure a job offer.

Placement companies on our business courses have included American Express, BMW, Bosch, Channel 4, Disney, Electronic Arts, Hewlett Packard, Home Office, IBM, Ipsos Mori, ITV, lastminute.com, Microsoft and Rolls Royce Motor Cars.

Read more about our placements

Final year

In your final year you will have the opportunity to develop a specialism by selecting from a broad range of business and human resource management options.

Modules

• Managing and Developing People
• Business Strategy
• Placement project

Human resource management options*

• Understanding Employee Relations
• Employee Selection and Development
• Researching Contemporary Issues in HRM
• Understanding Organisational Behaviour
• Leadership in Action
• Human Resource Management and Organisational Change

Business options*

• Entrepreneurship: New Business Planning
• Small Business and Entrepreneurship
• Social Enterprise: New Business Planning
• Emerging Financial Markets
• Game Theory In Economics, Finance and Business
• Political Economy in Europe
• Financial and Capital Markets
• Globalisation and International Markets

• Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
• Behavioural Economics
• Current Issues in Finance
• International Finance
• Financial Management
• Managing the E-Enterprise Innovations in E-Business and Mobile Commerce
• Law Of International Trade
• Consumer Law and Practice
• Employment Law
• Essentials of Employment Law
• Family Law
• Intellectual Property Law
• Retail Marketing and Distribution 1 and 2
• Marketing Communications 1 and 2
• Marketing Planning and Strategy
• Consumer Psychology
• Social Marketing
• Business Values, Responsibility And Trust
• Public Relations: Principles and Practice
• Contemporary Issues in Marketing
• Marketing Across Cultures
• Purchasing and E-Procurement
• Supply Chain Management
• Project and Event Management
• Current Issues in Strategic Management

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Staff profile

Location

Campus where this course is taught

Accommodation

Maps

Accommodation

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