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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Stoke-on-Trent Campus
Full Time
Sep 2026
4 Year
Whether you want to work for a multinational company or launch your own start-up, you’ll find lots of exciting opportunities in the business world. Our business management degree will equip you with the skills, knowledge, experience and connections to achieve your ambitions in a wide range of sectors.You’ll explore everything from a real-world perspective, with live industry briefs and the chance to create your own consultancy to work with existing companies. The course also includes business simulations, where you’ll make financial decisions and experience key areas such as operations, marketing and HR.And to help give you the edge with employers, we offer double accreditation. It means you’ll get a leadership and management qualification from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) as well as your degree.We offer some other amazing opportunities too, including an international study exchange. We have partner universities in places such as Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Malaysia.Then there’s the Staffordshire EDGE programme – an extra award designed to support you with your career journey. And we’ll introduce you to our entrepreneurs in residence, who can give you an invaluable insight into what makes a business idea a success.Our staff also bring a wealth of business experience and research expertise. Some have run their own businesses, worked as change managers or brand managers, and been involved in corporate investment and global banking.All of our business courses will equip you with a diverse skillset in leadership and management and the latest knowledge of how business operates in the real world. You will graduate with a creative approach to problem-solving, be able to interpret and use financial data, have teamworking and persuasive communication skills, and show confidence in managing time, projects and resources.On successful completion of study, we will issue the following award: BSc (Hons) Business Management
Academic Agility and Entrepreneurial Thinking bridges academic study with industry-focused enterprise development. This module empowers students to harness academic practice and digital literacy skills, transforming them into actionable strategies for innovative business solutions. Through a blend of interactive lectures, practical workshops, and creative assessments, students are equipped to excel in both scholarly and professional environments.
You will learn about the key and contemporary issues associated with managing people in the workplace. Calling upon literature and research from across the fields of Human Resource Management, Organisational Behaviour and Employment Relations, you will learn the issues affecting the motivation and engagement of employees in the modern workplace.
This module will draw on interdisciplinary theory and research from the field of management. Specific attention will be given to the study of organisations as social systems; the dynamics of change and survival in organisations; and the relationships between organisations and their environments. Other topics covered will include enhancing personal and organisational effectiveness, improving decision-making skills, and resolving conflicts in the workplace.
All those who work for, or deal with businesses need to understand accounting. This module aims to look at the nature of accounting, exploring the main concepts underpinning management accounting. The main branches of cost accounting and decision making as well as cost minimisation and revenue maximisation are explored using a blend of theory and practice. Also, how to use the metrics for ascertaining business performance and explore the different types of KPIs that help you understand the performance of your organisation or department. The module is aimed at giving you the skills and tools to measure the success of an organisation.
Where do you envisage yourself in the future? The module will introduce the vast, ever changing, booming tourism and events industry on a global scale. In this module you will gain knowledge and understanding of the Tourism and Events industries as a whole, giving you the opportunity to see how extensive the industry is and its impactful contribution on a global social, economic and environmental scale. Think big your journey starts here!
Marketing plays an important role in developing relationships between customers and organisations. This module will develop your knowledge and understanding of the role of marketing and key principles. This module will equip you with the knowledge to adapt to continuously changing consumer behaviour and reflect on how these principles link to your organisation.
You will build on the skills you have learnt in your first year and focus on decision-making techniques such as multi-stage cost allocation, marginal and absorption costing, activity-based costing and variance analysis.
This module introduces students to theories and practices involved in the management of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in varying contexts, including legislative, societal, and organisational considerations. We focus on key contemporary debates of inequality including gender, race, disability, age, migrant status, social class, and sexual identity both conceptually and in terms of workplace interventions. It further encourages inter-disciplinary thinking by engaging with scholarship in the areas of management studies, organisation theory, social science, feminist theory, critical race theory, post-colonial theory, and queer theory to extend the current understanding of key business issues and broader societal and cultural trends.
This module offers you a comprehensive understanding of operations management models, theories, principles, and practices with the ability to analyse and apply the appropriate tools and techniques to solve operations challenges and achieve continuous improvement. The module also includes a thorough review of operations strategy and equips students with the skills to manage future trends in manufacturing and services sectors. This professional knowledge and competence are one of the most sought-after assets in the industry.
How would you like to develop the commercial knowledge, vision, management and leadership skills to establish innovative strategies, programmes, and relationships to enhance business growth and revenue in a sustainable way?An understanding of sustainability, business ethics and corporate social responsibility (CSR) is increasingly attracting the attention of graduate employers.This module equips you with the knowledge and skills to apply these concepts to everyday business management practice.
Placement Year
Authentic leadership brings together the concept of authenticity with positive psychology. You will learn how to make confident and effective leadership interventions and to be aware of the impact of these interventions in wider organisational settings. You will explore the theory and process of leadership and explore your own preferred style.
In the first part of the module, you will learn about research, research process and differences between quantitative and qualitative research. In the second part of the module, you will develop collaborative consultancy/management project with an organisation of your choice to identify an area of research beneficial to both you and the organisation. You will be involved in real-time problem solving, develop a set of recommendations based on your research findings and present those findings to the organisation.
Data is of great importance of modern organisations. This module will explore the role and importance of information and data within organisations, tools and techniques for analysing and interpreting the data for the purposes of decision making, and tools and techniques for data presentation and visualisation. In addition, the module will cover the concepts and principles in business statistics.
In this module, you will explore the dynamics of organisational change and how firms can leverage innovative business models to compete in a changing world. The business environment is dynamic in nature and business managers are faced with a multitude of challenges which require them to continually adapt and change in an effective manner. You will learn the skills and practical tools for planning and managing organisational transformations which could include turnarounds, cultural changes and strategic shifts.
In this module you will consider the strategic position, choices, actions and its impact on multinationals performance.
Full time annual fee would be 16750, Student would pay 1850 in their year of placement/sandwich
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