
Core modules in this year are: Strategic Management Topics you'll cover on this module include: the academic field of strategic management the strategic management decision process strategic analysis of the external environment, internal resources and competences business level strategy corporate level strategy international strategy generating and selecting strategic options methods of growth managing change and reviewing past strategies Business Improvement and Creativity Topics you'll cover on this module include: change management performance measurement operational improvement Lean and Six Sigma process management employee engagement embedding and sustaining change and improvement programmes creativity in terms of organisational climate and techniques Critical Leadership: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives Topics you'll cover on this module include: leader vs. leadership and the leader vs. manager debate traditional leadership theories, traits, functions, styles leadership and followership models implicit leadership and the romance of leadership negative leadership gender and intercultural leadership leadership competencies and leader selection training development and the assessment of leaders Critical Thinking and Research Skills for Leadership and Management Topics you'll cover on this module include: thinking and critical thinking the nature of research philosophical foundations of research – choice of perspective methodologies and methods accessing and reviewing literature as part of a student research project using appropriate sources, including the library, internet and search engines research planning and management ethics and awareness of the wider environment research design – producing a proposal data collection and analysis – qualitative and quantitative methods writing up research