£22,000

£20,000

Year 

Semester 1

Semester 2

Summer

1

ULMS516 Introuction to International Business (24 hours)

ULMS519 Global Corporate Strategy (24 hours)

1

ULMS766 Marketing Management (24 hours)

ULMS548 International Management (30 hours)

1

ULMS554 Research Methos an International Business Projects (part 1) (25 hours)

2

ULMS543 Globalisation, Global-governance an the Global Economy (24 hours)

ULMS554 Research Methos an International Business Project (part 2) (25 hours)

ULMS554 Research Methos an International Business Project (part 3) (30 hours)

2

ULMS767 Managing Finance (27 hours)

Two Optional Moules (choose from the list below):

ULMS517 Business in the Asia-Pacific Region (24 hours)

ULMS526 The Emerging Economies an International Business (24 hours)

ULMS530 Government an Business (24 hours)

ULMS553 Geographies of the Global Economy (24 hours)

Level

M

Creit level

15

Semester

First Semester

Exam:Coursework weighting

90:10

Aims

To introuce key efinitions, concepts, theories an topics in international business;

To provie stuents with an overview of the analytical tools available for analysis of the global business environment;

To provie stuents with an overview of the analytical tools available for an evaluation of the international firm as it operates in the global business environment;

To provie opportunities for the practical application of theories, concepts an analytical frameworks to an international business.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Unerstan key areas of the economics of foreign trae an investment;

(LO2) Unerstan founational efinitions, concepts an theories in international business an communicate these ieas in verbal an written forms;

(LO3) Develop an unerstaning of the activities of multinational firms incluing the economic an business rivers of these activities;

(LO4) Develop an awareness of the global business environment;

(LO5) Critically apply theories an concepts to empirical situations.

(S1) International awareness

(S2) Communication skills

(S3) Team work

(S4) Commercial awareness

(S5) Research skills

(S6) Ethical awareness

Level

M

Creit level

15

Semester

First Semester

Exam:Coursework weighting

50:50

Aims

To give stuents a thorough unerstaning of recent trens in the global economy; the historical, economic, political, social, technological, an cultural processes of globalization; an the institutional architecture of global governance;

To relate theories an concepts to relevant evience, examples, an case-stuies;

To examine the role playe by International Civil Society institutions in global governance, incluing the WTO, the IMF, the Worl Bank an the Unite Nations, as well as regional supranational boies such as the EU;

To examine the impact of the Global Financial Crisis, the growth of the emerging economies, an issues such as financialization, austerity an international economic an financial relations.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Critically evaluate ebates in globalization, global governance an the global economy;

(LO2) Analyse an iscuss relevant trens in the global economy, incluing the impact of the global financial crisis an the growth of the emerging economies;

(LO3) Apply concepts an theories relating to international political economy, globalization, global governance, an the global economy to relevant evience;

(LO4) Unertake etaile analysis of the institutions of global governance.

(S1) Aaptability an inepenent scholarship. Develope through seminar preparation an researching for the report an exam.

(S2) Problem solving skills. Stuents will evelop their problem solving skills by researching for the report.

(S3) Numeracy. Stuents will evelop their numeracy skills through researching for the report an exam.

(S4) Commercial awareness. This is integral to the moule content.

(S5) Communication skills. Stuents will evelop their communication skills through seminar iscussions an presentations.

(S6) Organisational skills. Stuents will evelop their organisation skills by preparing for the report an exam.

(S7) IT skills. Develope through report writing.

(S8) International awareness. This is integral to the moule content.

(S9) Lifelong learning skills. Developing research skills, ability to fin, organise an analyse information an apply theory.

(S10) Ethical awareness. Develope through working with group members.

Level

M

Creit level

15

Semester

First Semester

Exam:Coursework weighting

60:40

Aims

This moule aims to: Provie stuents with an unerstaning of marketing in terms of acaemic principles; Provie stuents with an unerstaning of marketing in terms of practical applications.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) To be expose to current acaemic an practitioner issues in marketing management;

(LO2) To be familiar with the key elements of the extene marketing mix;

(LO3) To be able to evaluate the key components of the marketing environment;

(LO4) To appreciate the business avantages of unerstaning customers: buyer behaviour; marketing research; segmentation; positioning; targeting;

(LO5) To be able to follow contemporary marketing ebates.

(S1) Aaptability

(S2) Problem solving skills

(S3) Commercial awareness

(S4) Teamwork

(S5) Organisational skills

(S6) Communication skills

(S7) IT skills

(S8) International awareness

(S9) Ethical awareness

Level

M

Creit level

15

Semester

First Semester

Exam:Coursework weighting

70:30

Aims

A framework to allow unerstaning of the role of accounting an finance in management an business an of the information provie by accounting an finance to support ecision making by managers;

An unerstaning of the basic principles of accounting an finance;

An unerstaning of the basic techniques of preparation of accounting an finance information;

An unerstaning of the funamentals of financial management an finance;

An unerstaning of the use of accounting an finance information in managerial ecision-making;

An unerstaning of the relationships between accounting an finance an other management isciplines;

To introuce stuents to alternative an traitional forms of finance;

An unerstaning of why initiatives such as crowfuning are growing areas of the new financial lanscape.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Demonstrate an unerstaning of the role of accounting an finance in management an business an of the information provie by accounting an finance to support ecision making by managers;

(LO2) Articulate the basic principles of accounting an finance;

(LO3) Demonstrate an unerstaning of the funamentals of financial accounting systems;

(LO4) Demonstrate an unerstaning of the funamentals of financial management an finance;

(LO5) Unertake basic techniques of preparation of accounting an finance information;

(LO6) Demonstrate an unerstaning of the use of accounting an finance information in managerial ecision-making;

(LO7) Demonstrate an unerstaning of the links between accounting an finance an other managerial activity.

(LO8) Explain why an alternative finance market has become funamental to an entrepreneurial economy.

(S1) Problem solving. Stuents will evelop problem solving skills by practicing problems uring teaching an with aitional homework.

(S2) Numeracy. Stuents will evelop numeracy skills by practicing problems uring teaching an with aitional homework.

(S3) Commercial awareness. Stuents will evelop commercial awareness through intensive iscussion of live case examples uring class.

Level

M

Creit level

15

Semester

Secon Semester

Exam:Coursework weighting

50:50

Aims

To give stuents conceptual frameworks within which to formulate an analyse global strategy;

To give stuents practical experience of formulating strategy;

To give stuents theory an evience regaring the configuration an governance of international operations;

To give stuents conceptual frameworks of the role of institutions in the esign of a global strategy an their impact on ethical conuct in international business.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Explain resource-base an institutional approaches to international strategy.

(LO2) Explain generic forms of growth an iversification.

(LO3) Explain the principal forms of internal organization an governance of multinational enterprises, incluing an unerstaning of the process an management of internationalisation.

(LO4) Explain the main forms of international entry an growth an when each is likely to be the preferre approach.

(LO5) Explain how the nature of global prouction, logistics an istribution have change an why an how firms can evaluate their preferre configuration.

(LO6) Explain how competition evolves in international business an how multinational enterprises can maintain an upgrae their competitive strengths.

(LO7) Explain the nature an form of strategic alliances an when these will be preferre to international mergers an acquisitions.

(LO8) Explain the key role of institutions in the esign of an international strategy to enforce ethical conuct.

(S1) Aaptability. Develope in the reflective appenix to the reports.

(S2) Problem solving skills. Stuents will exercise their problem solving skills through case stuy analysis uring seminars.

(S3) Numeracy. Stuents will unertake simple analysis of numerical ata.

(S4) Commercial awareness. Stuents will evelop their commercial awareness skills through report preparation an writing.

(S5) Teamwork. Stuents will evelop teamwork skills in preparing for the group report an presentation.

(S6) Organisational skills. Stuents will evelop their skills of peraonal organisation through seminar preparation an assesse work.

(S7) Communication skills. Stuents will evelop their communication skills through report preparation an writing an the presentation.

(S8) IT skills. Stuents will evelop their IT skills through report preparation an writing.

(S9) International awareness. Development of this skill is central to the moule.

(S10) Lifelong learning skills. Stuents will evelop their lifelong learning skills through critical reflection, as in the coursework appenix.

(S11) Ethical awareness. Incorporate in lectures an seminar iscussion, as well as an integral element in the report.

(S12) Research skills. Stuents will evelop their research skills through report preparation an writing.

Level

M

Creit level

15

Semester

Secon Semester

Exam:Coursework weighting

50:50

Aims

To unerstan the challenges facing global managers an assess major factors involve in the management of international business activities. To be able to evaluate the key issues involve in effective cross-cultural management an to be able to assess the effectiveness of solutions to issues arising the management of international business activities. To be able to unerstan the strategic importance to the firm of the IHRM function an its various responsibilities. To evelop global competencies an prepare stuents for a successful international career.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Unerstan the key issues involve in the effective management of international business activities

(LO2) Unertake comparative analysis of major issues in cross-cultural management in ifferent countries, inustries an businesses an to be able to unerstan an evaluate the importance of cultural ifferences for effective management of international business activities

(LO3) Analyse an evaluate the finings of the literature on the major factors thought to influence effective management of international business activities

(LO4) Apply the results of analysis an evaluation of the literature to practical issues in the management of international business activities

(S1) Aaptability

(S2) Problem solving skills

(S3) Numeracy

(S4) Commercial awareness

(S5) Teamwork

(S6) Organisational skills

(S7) Communication skills

(S8) IT skills

(S9) Global competence

(S10) Lifelong learning skills

(S11) Ethical awareness

Level

M

Creit level

15

Semester

Secon Semester

Exam:Coursework weighting

0:100

Aims

To give stuents an unerstaning of the key issues in international business an international management in emerging economies. Analysis of this will embrace major management issues in local, regional an global contexts in emerging economies;

To provie the competencies to use the major theories an concepts of international business an international management to gain an unerstaning of the evelopment of the management challenges an opportunities that are eveloping from the rise of the emerging economies;

To give stuents the ability to examine the pathways by which emerging economies may 'catch-up' to avance countries an provie an evaluation of this process in major emerging economies;

To provie an unerstaning of the growing role of emerging economies in evelopments of the global economy arising from the trae an investment activities of these economies.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Unerstan the role of major economic, political, an social evelopments in the increasing internationalisation of business activities in emerging economies;

(LO2) Analyse the impact on the strategies an business operations of foreign firms of institutional istance between avance economies an emerging economies;

(LO3) Analyse the major contributor factors that lea to liability of foreignness an to the aitional costs of oing business in emerging economies;

(LO4) Evaluate, using relevant concepts an theories in international business, ifferent options for managing effectively liability of foreignness an the aitional costs of oing business in emerging economies;

(LO5) Analyse an evaluate the role of emerging economies in the global economy, in particular trae an outwar foreign irect investment from emerging economies;

(LO6) Unerstan the iversity between an within in emerging economies an to be able to assess how this influences effective management of strategies an business operations;

(LO7) Analyse the ‘catch-up’ policies of emerging economies an to evaluate the major links of these policies to the strategies an business operations of foreign firms in emerging economies.

(S1) Aaptability

(S2) Problem Solving Skills

(S3) Numeracy

(S4) Commercial Awareness

(S5) Teamwork

(S6) Organisational Skills

(S7) Communication Skills

(S8) IT Skills

(S9) International Awareness

(S10) Lifelong Learning Skills

(S11) Ethical Awareness

Level

M

Creit level

60

Semester

Summer (June-September)

Exam:Coursework weighting

0:100

Aims

The aim of this moule is to: Support the evelopment of stuents’ business analysis an strategic ecision making skills, an for the stuents to emonstrate the ability to research, analyze an present information coherently to support a recommene course of action; Develop the stuents’ knowlege an unerstaning of how to conuct business research within an acaemic framework; Enable stuents to work together in groups to set up an manage a simulate business of their own esign. In oing so, participants will manage the interaction an relationships with other group members through negotiation, persuasion, influencing an managing conflict.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Demonstrate critical awareness of current research in business an management through inepenent analysis of a relevant business case;

(LO2) Select an apply appropriate moels, frameworks or tools to provie critical analysis of a business case;

(LO3) Research an present convincing an reasone arguments to formulate solutions for strategic action;

(LO4) Analyse ambiguous information an make reasone jugements an recommenations within a ynamic an changing environment.

(S1) Aaptability

(S2) Problem solving skills

(S3) Numeracy

(S4) Commercial awareness

(S5) Teamwork

(S6) Organisational skills

(S7) Communication skills

(S8) International awareness

(S9) Lifelong learning skills

(S10) Ethical awareness

(S11) Leaership

Level

M

Creit level

60

Semester

Secon Semester

Exam:Coursework weighting

0:0

Aims

This moule aims to evelop an in-epth unerstaning within a stuent’s chosen omain of management an business knowlege, an for the stuent to use this knowlege to analyse a management problem or issue. A preparation phase of the moule is inclue to provie the stuents with the skills necessary in problem analysis an research in orer that they can unertake an inepenent research project. Thereafter, inepenent, guie, stuy an research are use to evelop both theoretical an practical critical-thinking skills, an to present their research, analysis an finings.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Demonstrate a critical awareness of the avantages an isavantages of ifferent types of information;

(LO2) Demonstrate awareness of current research an avance scholarship in relation to their chosen topic;

(LO3) Demonstrate critical awareness of current problems an/or new insights in relation to their chosen issertation topic an area of professional practice;

(LO4) Critique the strengths an weaknesses associate with those methoological approaches in relation to their chosen topic area;

(LO5) Plan how they will ientify an collect appropriate an meaningful evience in orer to investigate fully their selecte organisational issue;

(LO6) Plan a large project;

(LO7) Demonstrate critical awareness of current theories, moels, concepts, ieas an writing relate to the management problem;

(LO8) Critically evaluate current research an scholarship;

(LO9) Select an apply appropriate moels an frameworks in orer to analyse the management issues an to formulate solutions, or to test effectively, any hypothesis presente;

(LO10) Evaluate, select, justify an apply appropriate research methos to the chosen area of stuy, in orer to ensure that the evience generate, its analysis an the conclusions rawn from it are vali, reliable an ethical;

(LO11) Research an present convincing an reasone conclusions an recommenations on the evience collecte.

(S1) Aaptability

(S2) Problem solving skills

(S3) Numeracy

(S4) Organisational skills

(S5) Communication skills

(S6) Lifelong learning skills

Level

M

Creit level

15

Semester

Secon Semester

Exam:Coursework weighting

50:50

Aims

This moule aims to give International Business stuents an introuction to issues concerning the interation of business with government.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) An unerstaning of the relationship between government an business;

(LO2) An unerstaning of government regulation of business;

(LO3) An unerstaning of government support for business;

(LO4) An unerstaning of the role of business in the governing process.

(S1) Aaptability

(S2) Problem solving skills

(S3) Organisational skills

(S4) Communication skills

(S5) International awareness

(S6) Lifelong learning skills

(S7) Ethical awareness

Level

M

Creit level

15

Semester

Secon Semester

Exam:Coursework weighting

0:100

Aims

To introuce the key spatial concepts surrouning the global economy;

To evelop an awareness of the spatial imensions of globalisation, trae an multinational firm’s strategies an management systems;

To critique existing conceptual frameworks from both economic geography an international business that focus on the national state as a unit of analysis an thereby highlight the importance of sub-national location, incluing cities;

To unerstan key frameworks such as global commoity chains an prouction networks an how these are manage by firms;

To be aware of ifferent geographical scales of regulation an other formal an informal institutional factors;

To empirically examine a worl city an apply key theoretical concepts from economic geography an international business to increase unerstaning on the role of such cities in globalization processes;

To critically evaluate the spatial aspects of the processes of globalisation an their impacts on the strategy an management systems of firms.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) To gain an unerstaning of the spatial aspects of contemporary global economy;

(LO2) To review an critique existing frameworks in economic geography an international business for analysing the spatial aspects of the global economy;

(LO3) To gain an unerstan of the key role of spatial factors for the strategy an management systems of multinational firms;

(LO4) To gain an unerstaning of the importance of cities in the global economy an to unerstan the role of multinational firms for the evelopment of cities an for the role of cities in the global economy;

(LO5) To apply key concepts from economic geography an international business to an empirical examination of a worl city an unerstan how that city connects to the global economy an the strategies an management systems of multinational firms in that city;

(LO6) To gain an unerstaning of the acaemic ebates surrouning the spatial aspects of the globalisation process for the strategic an management systems of multinational firms.

(S1) International awareness

(S2) Communication skills

(S3) Organisational skills

(S4) Teamwork

(S5) Commercial awareness

(S6) IT skills

(S7) Lifelong learning

(S8) Ethical awareness