BA (Hons) Business Management with Finance Bachelor's degree at Leeds Beckett University

Gain an awareness of the economic environment that modern businesses operate in. This module will give you an understanding of the principle economic perspectives and theories relating to the operation of the global economy. You'll study important worldwide macro-economic issues as you investigate key global markets, economies, and challenges.

Become familiar with key marketing principles and appreciate how contemporary marketing concepts are used by organisations. You'll gain an insight into modern marketing challenges and the consequences for organisations if they fail to become customer orientated. This module will help you develop your skills to analyse business environments and successfully apply appropriate marketing mixes and strategies to achieve organisational goals. You'll learn how to set your organisation apart from others

Examine how managers can understand and use different financial information to make informed decisions. You'll consider how different shareholders can use financial statements as a means of assessing a firm's performance. To solidify your understanding, you'll gather and analyse information from published annual accounts of a Public Limited Company, identifying its financial position and main policies. By the end of the module, you'll be able to effectively use and recommend accounting technique

The bond and evolution of data, analytics, and commercial application has rapidly changed the way in which businesses operate. This includes the way they make money, sell services and products, measure success, invest in sustainable people and business practices and the ethical impact decisions have on society. This module will introduce you to the technical terminology needed to understand and confidently explore business data, analytics, and tools. You'll explore the wider context of business

Get stuck into the people side of business. Studying four main themes, you'll cover: motivation, management, leadership and teams. You'll look at these within the context of culture, political environment, global working and intercultural competence. Not only will you gain a strong understanding of leadership and managing people, but you'll also become a critical thinker able to articulate the skills you can offer future employers.

Examine complex businesses and organisations to determine how its operations and supply chain produce competitive advantage and improve performance. You'll use a range of real-life scenarios along with qualitative and quantitative data to understand, apply and analyse concepts and principles from the field.

Explore the concepts, theories and models of management, foresights, future focus and sustainable development. You'll consider and develop your own understanding of management, conceptual models and behaviours. This module will challenge you to consider your responsibility to think about the future in the work you do and the decisions you make.

Build on your existing knowledge and further explore management accounting concepts and principles. You'll be able to explain and apply cost accounting techniques and solve problems associated with costing principles. Additionally, you'll look at procedures and techniques used for short and long-term decision making and control. Finally, you'll calculate and analyse variances for the purpose of exercising control within an organisation.

Understand the nature of managerial decision making and its complexities including the tensions between ethics and cost effectiveness. You'll explore the role of cognition, perception and motivation in decision making, as well as the negotiation skills essential in effective decision making. You'll engage with both theory and practice as you learn the foundations for making team decisions and reaching a collective agreement.

Understand the structure of business finance and its application to the decision-making processes in organisations. This module aims to give you a general grounding in the role of financial management within a business. We'll examine the theoretical concepts that underpin the modern approaches that businesses take towards finance and look at key financial management decisions. Studying both internal and external sources of business finance, you'll learn how to address financing decisions and rai

Explore the leadership skills and competencies required for managers in a global environment. This module focuses on managerial employability and how you can gain the expertise to get to where you need to be. We'll equip you with competences relating to job search, application and selection, as well as an understanding of your individual 'personal brand'. You'll also develop a strong self-awareness and the confidence to maximise your employability upon graduation.

Explore the importance of ethical business decision-making. On this module, you'll take a case-based approach to enhance your existing knowledge of business operations, gaining a critical insight into building an ethical and sustainable business. You'll look at how the governance of firms should be organised and how to consider stakeholders when developing approaches to the social responsibility of businesses. After studying this module, you'll have the ability to critically identify, appraise a

Critically examine the role of corporate financial decision making in achieving an enterprise's corporate objectives. You'll develop your understanding of financial management theory and how to apply it