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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Bay Campus 1
Full Time
Sep 2027
4 Year
The BSc Business Management degree at Swansea University is the most established programme within the School of Management, known for producing highly skilled and commercial thinking business managers. Graduates have gone on to work for the world’s biggest brands including Shell UK, Marks & Spencer, Bloomberg and Tata. It delivers a range of expert teaching across marketing, operations management, finance, accounting, strategy and human resource management, as well as specialist optional modules. If you aim to excel at the highest level global business management practice, this course is for you.As a Business Management graduate from Swansea, you will find yourself in a great position to secure rewarding employment at any business. Whether you target Shell UK, Marks & Spencer, Bloomberg or Tata, this degree makes you a strong candidate for any potential employer. Your next step could lie in any of these roles: Business Development Manager, Analyst or Researcher, Entrepreneur, HR Business Partner and Management Consultant.
The aim of this module is to introduce students to the fundamentals of financial and management accounting. Accounting is of critical importance in support of all business activities so this course is designed to introduce the basic concepts on which accounting is based, providing students with a toolkit that enables a better understanding of the performance of businesses and the decisions and problems they face.
This level 1 module provides students with an introduction to the study of the organisation and management of people. It considers the historical development of people management and critically evaluates principal theoretical approaches to the management of people in organisations. A consideration of the importance of the organisational context is given. The module also discusses key concepts, theories and research related to organising and leading people in organisations and their implications for management practice. In doing so, this module provides the foundations of the study of organisational behaviour and human resource management at level 2.
This module provides an introduction to the concept and practice of marketing. On completion of this module students should be able to: understand basic marketing terminology and concepts; understand and apply major theories underpinning marketing; analyse case studies and identify appropriate marketing actions; identify the linkages within integrated marketing activities; and understand the role of consumer behaviour in marketing decision making.
This module is designed to introduce students to contemporary issues encountered by operations managers and directors of public and private organisations as well as the theoretical conceptualisations that underlie the framing of said issues. On completion of this module students should be able to: Critically evaluate the development and role of the operations management function in the business; Discuss and analyse the differences between service and manufacturing operations; Critically determine how to manage and improve processes; Identify and evaluate the role of quality management in firm performance; Discuss and demonstrate a critical awareness of current new developments in operations management (such as lean/Japanese management and sustainability).
This module introduces students to key issues within the global context for organisation. Developing an understanding of how organisation is shaped by global contexts and how organisation shapes global contexts enables students to better understand external forces upon organisations and organising. On completion of this module students should be able to: Identify how people shape understandings of organisation; Discuss the nature of local communities and the unique challenges faced; Show broad understandings of political economy; Analyse relationships between global political and economic contexts and local understandings of business, work and organisation.
This module introduces students to techniques, tools and frameworks that will enable them to undertake basic strategic analysis. A brief introduction to different approaches to strategy will then lead to a 'step by step' approach to analysing the strategic environment of organisations, including external drivers of change, resources, stakeholder management and organisational culture.
This module provides a rigorous understanding of basic micro-and macro-economic principles by combining theory and application to contemporary issues, such that students have a sound basis for progression to understand the context for business/finance actions in the wider economy. On completion of the module, students will: i) Explain and apply macroeconomic theory; ii) Describe the measurement and use of national income, and demonstrate how monetary and fiscal policies may influence national income and employment; iii) Explain and apply microeconomic theory and concepts, derive market demand and supply schedules, and analyze changes in market price; iv) Explain theories of perfect and imperfect competition, appraise the case for free-market economics, and recount the sources and implications of market failure.
The placement will start in June-August and completes one calendar year later (or thereabouts). Students must complete a minimum of 40 full time (at least 35 hour) weeks on placement with the company (up to two holiday weeks may be counted against this total). On completion of the module, students will: appreciate the demands of the modern work place; be able to translate academic theory into action; be able to start building a network of industrial contacts.
This module serves as the capstone course for the BSc Business Management programme. The module allows students to undertake in-depth and applied research on an academic or practical topic of their choosing. On completion of the module, students will be able to: Critically evaluate business practice within theoretical frameworks; Apply strategic decision making in a variety of organizational contexts; Analyze organizational and cultural structures; Evaluate strategic theory / models; Identify and justify a management project; Identify and select sources of data and information; Conduct research using sources; Analyze data and options to support decision making; Communicate information to support decision making; Make conclusions and recommendations that achieve the project aim; Show and review the results of the project.
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