BA (Hons) Business Management (With Foundation Year) Bachelor's degree at Liverpool Hope University

Students will learn the basic principles of Business Management, providing a foundation to progress through the degree. They will explore what a business is, how it interacts with its environment, serves customers, and handles competition.

Understanding the factors that affect management decisions is crucial. Students will study the external environment and how it shapes business strategy.

Students will study organisational activities, rules, roles, and employee responsibilities. They will explore how to design structures that enable clear information flow to achieve goals. Topics such as workplace motivation, organisational culture, and change management will also be covered.

This year will equip students with essential employability skills. Group work will strengthen teamwork abilities, while student-led tutorials will develop skills in interpreting, producing, and presenting information. By the end of the year, students will be able to manage multiple projects within tight deadlines.

Marketing involves strategies that companies use to attract and retain customers. This section covers marketing basics, segmentation, communication, promotion strategies, and the '4Ps' of marketing. It will also examine how organisations use digital technologies to market their services.

Students will be introduced to data from various systems and will learn how to analyse this data to create reports that support management decision-making.

This topic examines economic systems and how markets, demand, and supply affect resource distribution. It also considers how individuals, businesses, governments, and nations make decisions about allocating resources.

Students will learn about enterprise and how different parts of a business connect. They can take part in the Young Enterprise initiative, which simulates real-life challenges in starting and running a business.

Students will examine key areas like Human Resource Management, Finance, and Operations Management. The HRM section will cover recruitment, selection, and performance management. Accounting and Finance will teach essential principles for understanding and analysing company accounts. Students will also explore the complex role of operations management.

To prepare for the year three dissertation or project, students will learn independent research methods, including operationalising a research question, research philosophy, sampling, data collection, analysis, and research ethics.

This topic looks at how geopolitical, economic, social, and technological forces shape work and organisations. It ends with a brief look at the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on professional roles.

Students will assess globalisation's effects on markets and production. They will connect theory to practice across industries, analysing challenges and opportunities for international organisations. The course also discusses contemporary economic models in a global context.

Students will study business ethics and its relevance today, learning ethical principles and theories and applying them to real-world situations, including both normative and descriptive ethics.

This topic covers the basics of employment law and its impact on Human Resource policies, including legislation on discrimination, unconscious bias, workplace diversity, health, safety, and employee well-being.

Students will learn the project management life cycle stages, potential risks, tools, and methodologies. They will apply these concepts to real-world business scenarios.

This section covers macroeconomic concepts, including GDP, its measurement, and limitations, as well as factors affecting long-term economic growth and the role of state policies.

Students learn how organisations plan, monitor, analyse, and assess the actions needed to achieve their goals. The topic covers evaluating current strategies, reviewing internal structures, setting objectives, and analysing competitor actions to achieve sustainable competitive advantage.

This topic examines how businesses can operate without harming the environment, communities, or society. Students explore both the positive and negative effects of business activities on society and the environment.

Building on prior learning in business ethics, entrepreneurship, and business in society, this topic explores the traits of social entrepreneurs, alternative social enterprise models, and the social-solidarity economy. Students examine how social enterprises drive societal change, engage with critical theories and case studies, and evaluate a leading social enterprise to develop analytical skills.

Students develop a critical understanding of globalisation in the context of economic and social development. Key debates include the impact of globalisation on economic growth, poverty, inequality, and the environment.

This topic examines the rapid evolution of work, driven by technological change, particularly AI. Students explore the implications of these changes for employment and organisational adaptation, considering historical, current, and future perspectives.

Students complete an independent research project or dissertation, applying their knowledge and research skills to a chosen organisational topic.