MRes Business and Management

The Dissertation is an independent study module in which students will negotiate, plan, manage and execute a programme of research and analysis. In addition, students will develop skills in critical thinking and report writing. Students will complete a research dissertation within their chosen field of study and present part of their research at a student conference.

Making a sound corporate financial decision in an international environment is a complex activity. Poor financial decisions and strategies could affect organisations not maximising shareholder value. This module enables you to understand the international financial system and apply the various international financial strategies available to international corporate managers.

This module focuses on both leadership, and management of change. It will be specifically examining the internal and external factors that impact on organisations and will cover creating effective teams across business areas, locations and cultures. This will involve the use of models of influencing and stakeholder management in a range of situations, how to apply different approaches of culture development, and integrate and align people practices, looking at different approaches to management leadership including skills, behaviours and competencies. Within this the general principles of the psychology of change will be covered. Finally the assessment of current and future organisation capability and readiness for change across a range of stakeholder groups will be taught .

Organisations face a number of challenges and opportunities which they have to respond to through marketing decisions. This module will develop your understanding of the market decisions that organisations face. Through the application of marketing theory, models and tools you will gain an understanding of the importance of the organisational environment and the impact this has for analysis, planning and control in a strategic marketing management context.

Innovation is vitally important for modern enterprises in the development of products and services. Advances in technologies, changing customer behaviours and globalisation are all providing opportunities for new business models. This module explores ways of managing innovation and entrepreneurship and developing and creating new ventures. The module is concerned with the achievement of organisational objectives whilst making efficient use of its resources. This module will examine a wide range business operations management concepts in the production of goods or services, the module will also look critically at the strategic planning process by assessing both the internal and the external environment of an organisation, followed by selecting a number of strategic options, actions and choices to achieve organisational objectives. The module will help develop skills in identifying, formulating and solving business problems through creative and entrepreneurial processes. The ability to recognise the need for and initiate change will be developed through the use of business cases.

This module focuses on best practice Strategic People Management in context and will include a critical overview of the key responsibilities, value added contribution and impact of the key People Profession practices including recruitment and selection, performance management, employment law and relations, talent management, organisational development and learning and development. This module will include an overview of the concept of, and the contemporary issues within strategic HRM and strategic HRD together with the influence and issues brought about by the internal and external context.