• To provide the student with the basis for understanding how organisations operate effectively and effeciently.
• To enable the student to explore the different functions of management and the underlying theories.
• To enable the student to explore the various functions and activities of business organisations.

At the end of the module the student will have the ability to:

• Apply the main concepts necessary for effective management
• Appreciate the Social responsibilities of management and ethical practices
• Develop effective planning and control systems
• Understand the major activities of the organisation and their effective co-ordination
• Produce effective policies for effective organisation
• Develop awareness of the diffrerent perspectives of leadership
• Understand the human aspects of management
• Implement policies for job design and motivation 

Syllabus:

• Introduction to Management and Organizations.
  • Definition of Management
  • Defintion of Organisations
  • Different forms of Organisations
• Approaches to Management
  • Historical Background of Management
  • Scientific Management
  • General Administrative Theorists
  • Quantitative Approach
  • Systems Approach
  • Human Relations Approach
• Organisational Cultureand Ethical Practice
  • Organisational Culture and the Environment
  • Social Responsibility and Managerial Ethics
• Planning
  • Decision-Making
  • The Decision-Making Process
  • Purpose of Planning
  • Strategic Management
  • The Strategic Management Process
  • Planning Tools and Techniques - Environment scanning, SWOT Analysis
• Organising.
  • Organisational Structure
  • Organisational Design - Functions, Product, Matrix
  • Span of Control
  • Delegation and Empowerment
• Managerial Communication
  • Understanding Managerial Communication
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Organisational Communication
• Leading
  • Motivating Employees
  • Theories of Motivation
  • Leadership
  • Leadership Theories
• Controlling
  • Foundations of Control
  • The importance of control
  • The Control Process
  • Types of Control
• Organisastional Functions
• Human Resource Management.
  • The Human Resource Management Process
  • Recruitment and Selection
  • Employee Training
  • Compensation and Benefits
  • Career Development
• Operations Management
  • Techniques for Effective Operations Management
• Marketing
  • Concepts of Marketing
  • Effective Marketing
• Information Technology
  • Impact of IT on the organisation
  • Process for implementing IT for Decision Making and effective Management
• Office Administration
  • Office Design

• To understand the theoretical concepts underpinning economic performance and decision making
• To develop an analytical awareness of organisaitonal performance within an economy  

At the end of the module the student will have the ability to:

• Analyse supply and demand relationships
• Develop a framework for understanding micro / macro economics
• Understand how economic forces influence and impact upon business decision making
• Understand the theoretical bases for International Trade and Globalisation

Syllabus:

• Introduction to Economics
• Supply and demand
• Government intervention in the market
• Profit maximisation under perfect competition and monopoly
• Profit maximisation under imperfect competition
• Alternative theories of the firm
• The theory of the distribution of income
• Redistribution of incomes
• Markets, Efficiency and the Public Interest
• Applied microeconomics
• The national economy
• Unemployment and inflation
• The open economy
• Short-run macroeconomic equilibrium
• Money and interest rates
• Fiscal and monetary policy
• Aggregate supply, unemployment and inflation
• Long-term economic growth and supply-side policies
• International trade
• The balance of payments and exchange rates
• Global and regional interdependence
• Economic problems of developing countries 

To provide the student with the skills to apply Information Technology into Business processess and organisations.

At the end of the module the student will have the ability to:

• Understand the elements of computer systems, including hardware, and software
• Design the most appropriate combination of hardware and software for administrative and information systems
• Evaluate and critically analyze software to meet organisational needs
• Understand the process of systems analysis and design
• Design database systems to meet the requirements of a Management Information System
• Understand the concepts of Networking, the Intranet and the Internet
• Develop appropriate security systems
• Discuss the impact of new Technology on staffing and organisational change

Syllabus:

Information Technology, the Internet, and Organisations today

• Application Software
  • Word Processing
  • Spreadsheets
  • Database Software
  • Speciality Software
  • Systems Software
• Hardware
  • Microchips, CPU's. Main components of a Computer System
  • The System Unit
  • Secondary Storage
  • Peripheral Devices
• Input & Output
  • Input Hardware
  • Output Hardware
• Networks & Communications
  • The Digital Age
  • The Practical Uses of Communications
  • The Conduits of Communications
  • Networking Devices and Media
  • Computer and Network Protocols
  • The OSI Model
  • Client / Server Systems
  • Privacy, and Data Security
  • Threats to Computers & Communications Systems
  • Safeguarding Computers & Communications
• Information Systems
  • Managing Files: Basic Concepts
  • Database Management Systems
  • Database Models
  • Databases & the New Economy: E-Commerce, Data Mining, & B2B Systems
• The Internet
  • Web, and Electronic Commerce
  • Multimedia, Web Authoring, and More
• Systems Analysis and Design
• Programming and Languages
• Information Technology - the future

• To enable the student to understand the need and importance of accounting systems, procedures and practice.
• To enable the student to appreciate the need for accounting data for management decision making.

At the end of the module the student will have the ability to:

• Understand the requirements for maintaing proper and correct records of financial transactions
• Produce financial information to satisfy the financial informational requirements of users internally and externally of the organisation through the preparation of income statements / profit & loss accounts, balance sheet and cash flow statements.
• Analyse and interprete financial statements.
• Review the different forms and sources of finance.
• Evaluate financial accounting software.

• Basic accounting principles
  • The Accounting system and application of accounting principles
  • The role of accountants
  • The nominal ledger
  • The memorandum sales and purchase ledger and control accounts.
  • Income and expense accounts, the income statement and the Balance Sheet
  • Day books and journals
• End of period adjustments
  • V.A.T and V.A.T returns
  • Accruals and prepayments
  • Depreciation
  • Bad debts and provision
  • Cash control and bank reconciliation
• Preparation of Financial Statements
  • Accounts for sole traders
  • Accounts for Partnerships,
  • Accounts for Limited companies.
  • The form and content of published financial reports.
  • Cash flow statement and FRS3
• Interpretation of Financial Statements
  • Ratio Analysis
  • Cash Flow and Working Capital
• Introduction to Company finance
  • The issues of shares, payment of dividends
  • Conversion from unlimited to limited liability
  • Other sources of finance
• Computerised Accounts
  • Introduction to computerised systems and SAGE
  • The sales ledger and credit control and the purchase ledger
  • Establishing the computerised system
  • The chart of accounts
  • Basic audit trails and controls

• To enable the student to analyze and solve business related legal issues
• To understand clearly the importance business law as it relates to business practices and business decisions

At the end of the module the student will have the ability to:

• Review contractual relationships and advise management on its legality and enforcement
• Determine the legal implications of business decisions
• Ensure that all business practices with customers, employees operate within the regulatory and legal framework

Syllabus:

• The English Legal System
  • The English Legal System and Business Litigation
• Contract Law
  • Making the contract
  • Reality of consent
  • Contractual terms
  • Contracts in restraint of trade and restrictive practices
  • Discharge of contract
  • Remedies and limitation of actions
• Sale of Goods
  • The sale of goods
  • Contracts for the supply of goods and services
  • Supply of goods on credit
• Employment Law
  • Employment
• Company Law
  • Company law in the study of business
• Agency and Negligence
  • Agency in companies and partnerships - the common law
  • Negligence - generally and the business application

• To enable the student to develop appropriate skills in the application of statistical methods
• To provide the basis for statistical analysis and interpretation

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the module the student will have the ability to:

• Apply and use statistical techniques for determining relationships between data
• Describe data and their relationships
• Interpret the results of data collection and statistical analysis
• Understand and apply probability analysis and their distributions

Syllabus:

• Data Presentation and Collection
  • Frequency distribution and tables
  • Histograms
  • Frequency polygons and curve
  • Cumulative Frequency
  • Bar charts, Pie charts, Lorenze curve
• Central Location and Dispersion
  • Measures of central location
  • Normal and skewed distributions
  • Dispersion
  • Coefficient of variation
• Regression and Correlation
  • Regression analysis
  • Correlation
  • Multiple Regression
• Time and Series Forecasting
  • Time series analysis
  • Moving average
  • Seasonal variations
  • Forecasting and exponential smoothing
• Probability
  • Probability calculations
  • Conditional probability
  • Decision Trees
  • Expected value
• Probability Distributions
  • Normal Distribution
  • Binomial Distribution
  • Poisson Distribution
• Sampling and Tests of Hypotheses
  • Types and distribution of samples
  • Central Limit Theorem
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Tests of Hypotheses
• Index Numbers
  • Weighted agreegate index numbers
  • Laspeyres price and quantity index
  • Paasche price and quantity index
  • The Retail Price Index
• Time Value of Money
  • Simple and Compound interest
  • Present value
  • Investment appraisal
  • Depreciation
  • Annuities
• Linear Programming and Break-even Analysis
  • Maximisation
  • Minimisation
  • Break even analysis