This module develops evidence based leadership and people management capabilities grounded in organisational theory, focusing on how leaders mobilise team resources to achieve business outcomes and how systematic improvements in people management can strengthen organisational performance. It addresses leading a diverse workforce, self leadership, perception pitfalls, decision making, conflict resolution, emotional intelligence, performance improvement, and team structure. By the end of the module, learners are expected to demonstrate a critical and contextualised understanding of leadership and management issues, apply scholarly thinking to research problems related to delegation and the use of team resources, manage interdisciplinary human resource challenges in pursuit of organisational goals, and propose self directed, original solutions aligned with business strategy and leadership decision making.

This module examines how organisations and the individuals within them can address ethical issues and dilemmas at both collective and personal levels, recognising that ethical complexity and expectations of responsible corporate conduct have increased in modern management. It develops practical skills in ethical decision making, including the psychological aspects of business ethics and ethics in the global marketplace, with a focus on how leaders can make ethical decisions, manage workplace ethical issues effectively, and foster ethical practice across different organisational contexts. By the end of the module, learners are expected to critically assess cross cultural similarities and differences in corporate social responsibility and business ethics, apply knowledge of diverse business demographics to make sound ethical decisions, analyse the implications of social and ethical issues in business settings, identify and solve ethical business problems, and implement key theories relating to personal, organisational, and societal ethics and values.

This module develops advanced negotiating capability for managers by combining knowledge of negotiation models with the ability to select appropriate strategies and apply practical tactics to achieve desired outcomes. The module strengthens negotiation skills through discussion based scenario modelling, case studies, and structured reflection and feedback, while also examining negotiated conflict resolution at both interpersonal and organisational levels to help learners develop an effective professional and personal negotiation style. By the end of the module, learners are expected to synthesise and contextualise key negotiation issues, select fitting negotiation strategies for specific situations, apply a professional and scholarly approach to negotiation theories and case studies, manage interdisciplinary issues linked to running a business and handling negotiations, demonstrate self direction and originality in assessing and proposing negotiation strategies, and show readiness to take leadership decisions related to business negotiations.

This module applies economic principles to managerial decision making and analysis of the business environment. It covers demand and supply, elasticity, market structures, pricing decisions and the behaviour of firms, together with selected topics in macroeconomics such as output, inflation, unemployment and economic policy. Students learn to interpret economic data and indicators, assess the impact of changes in the external environment and use economic reasoning to inform strategic and operational choices. The module provides a foundation for understanding competitive dynamics and the broader context in which organisations operate.

This module explores how organisations identify and measure consumer needs and wants, select target markets, design offerings, and determine effective pricing, promotion, and distribution, emphasising the integration of organisational objectives and resources with marketplace needs and opportunities. It develops the ability to apply core marketing concepts and analytical tools to decisions such as segmentation and targeting, branding, pricing, distribution, and promotion, with an emphasis on creating and delivering value to customers and stakeholders. By the end of the module, learners are expected to critically analyse the major functions that comprise marketing in organisations, assess market potential, and classify and analyse customer segments in order to develop an effective marketing strategy.

This module builds a broad, adaptable repertoire of communication skills for business, professional, and social contexts, focusing on the communication capabilities required for leadership across a wide range of industries. It examines different modes of communication such as writing, speaking, and calling, alongside professional presence, and compares how communication expectations shift across informational, persuasive, and relational contexts. By the end of the module, learners are expected to create contextualised discussions of key communication issues, apply a professional and scholarly approach to defining effective managerial communication, manage interdisciplinary aspects of communication practice, demonstrate self direction and originality in developing communication skills, and show readiness to take leadership decisions related to effective managerial communication.

This module develops the concepts and skills needed to ensure that operations contribute to a firm’s competitive position, with a focus on understanding the processes underlying product development and manufacturing as well as service creation and delivery. The module examines how technology can be used to drive operational advantage through business process automation and value proposition analysis, covering topics such as process analysis, cross functional and cross firm integration, product development, information technology, and technology and operations strategy, including how technology supports product development across lifecycle phases. By the end of the module, learners are expected to evaluate how technology savvy human capital drives technology adoption, develop a phased methodology for embedding technology solutions aligned with business priorities, and assess contemporary operations, manufacturing approaches, and supply chain management activities as part of organisational strategy.

This module focuses on how leaders use team resources effectively to achieve business outcomes and how systematic improvements in people management strategies can generate stronger results than isolated attempts to raise individual performance. It develops practical managerial and leadership competencies related to delegation, management strategy, and constructive engagement with people across an organisation. By the end of the module, learners are expected to produce contextualised discussions of leadership and management strategy issues, apply scholarly thinking to research problems linked to delegation and team resource use, manage interdisciplinary challenges when assessing and deploying human resources, demonstrate self direction and originality in leadership solutions, and show readiness to take leadership decisions related to business leadership and strategy.

This module develops specialised and multidisciplinary capabilities to generate creative solutions to business problems by strengthening learners’ ability to lead processes that stimulate and manage creativity in organisations. It engages with both theoretical frameworks and practical methods for designing, implementing, and evaluating creativity focused processes in real work situations, preparing learners to lead creative projects, people, and ventures while keeping initiatives on track. By the end of the module, learners are expected to create contextualised discussions of creativity and innovation issues, apply a professional and scholarly approach to relevant research problems, manage interdisciplinary aspects of evaluating templates and plans for cultivating creativity, demonstrate self direction and originality in solutions, and be prepared to take leadership decisions related to creativity and innovation.

This module examines supply chain management in a global and increasingly digital business environment, focusing on the analysis, management, and improvement of supply chain processes and their adaptation to electronic business. It addresses key areas such as inventory and information management, distribution and transportation, global operations, supplier management, product variety, and electronic supply chains, introducing contemporary concepts such as build to order, collaborative forecasting, delayed differentiation, cross docking, global outsourcing, and efficient consumer response. By the end of the module, learners are expected to use computer based supply chain optimisation tools, analyse and improve supply chain processes, apply qualitative and quantitative methods to decision making in unfamiliar contexts, evaluate current supply chain trends for specific markets or industries, apply current theories through case and problem based learning, and align supply chain management with corporate goals and strategies.

This module develops the analytical skills needed to support data informed managerial decisions. It introduces key concepts in business statistics, data visualisation and predictive analysis, and the use of spreadsheet and other analytical tools for modelling business problems. Topics may include descriptive analysis, sampling, regression, forecasting and optimisation models, with an emphasis on interpretation rather than technical derivation. Students learn to frame problems, select appropriate methods, interpret results and communicate insights clearly to decision makers. The module prepares students to engage critically with data in other modules and in the workplace.

This module develops the ability to interpret and analyse financial statements for decision making in areas such as credit and security analysis, lending, and investment, emphasising financial reporting from the perspective of statement users. It equips learners to interpret disclosures, compare companies financially, understand cash flow, and evaluate basic profitability and risk analysis issues. By the end of the module, learners are expected to critically analyse a business’s finances, understand and evaluate major valuation models, interpret assets and liabilities reported on a balance sheet, develop sufficient understanding of relevant concepts and recording procedures, and critically compare companies using cash flow, profitability, and risk analysis concepts.

This module examines the practice of identifying, starting, and growing mission driven for profit and non-profit ventures, focusing on how social enterprises create both economic and social value across areas such as poverty alleviation, energy, health, and sustainability. Using case studies, lectures, and discussions, it develops strategic and opportunity oriented thinking about problem and opportunity assessment, resource acquisition, and social and financial returns, while critically assessing social and organisational models that affect diverse populations worldwide. By the end of the module, learners are expected to create critical, contextualised discussions of issues shaping social enterprise formation and decision making, manage interdisciplinary issues involved in assessing social enterprise and entrepreneurship conditions, cultivate management habits suited to working with social issues, and be prepared to take leadership decisions related to social entrepreneurship.

This module is a practice based consultancy capstone in which learners deepen and apply programme learning by working in cohorts on a real, contemporary business consultancy problem linked to their specialisation, typically proposed by a cooperating organisation, culminating in a comprehensive solution proposal. It provides an opportunity to produce substantial scholarly and actionable research that is presented directly to organisational stakeholders, while strengthening teamwork, leadership, critical analysis under uncertainty, reflective practice on individual and cohort performance, and professional communication to both technical and non technical audiences.