BSc (Hons) Management with Year in Industry Bachelor's degree at SOAS University of London

This module focuses on theories and activities relating to the firm. The module covers a range of leading research works that seek to explain the firm's characteristics, behaviour and competitiveness. In terms of activities, the module covers the decisions over the scope of the firm's activities, including vertical integration (vertical scope) and diversification (product scope).

This module focuses on the evolution of modern organisations from a historical, cultural, economic and managerial perspectives, exploring key phenomena and transformations. The module covers the development of industrial capitalism in the context of modernity and rationality, the transition to post-industrial society, and the development of knowledge and information economy. In these contexts, it examines the notion of bureaucracy, the transition to flexible organisational forms, and work and em

This module provides an introduction to the theory and practice of financial and management accounting in different national settings and organisational contexts. It introduces students to the concepts and principles of financial and management accounting. The course also provides students with an understanding of financial and accounting techniques, conventions and practice.

This module provides students with an appreciation of the principles of marketing, including the main concepts and scope of marketing, the importance of the marketing environment, the marketing mix and the impact of marketing on competitive advantage. At the end of this module students will have an understanding of the strategic functions of marketing and an appreciation of how marketing strategies may be utilised by firms.

This module provides an introduction to the use of quantitative and analytical techniques in management research. It deals with the formulation of research hypothesis and the application of statistical methods to test hypotheses. The course covers, basic probability theory, hypothesis testing, bivariate analysis, linear regression, multiple linear regression, autocorrelation and heteroskedasticity, non-linear regression and regression models for binary and qualitative data. The course includes p

Organisational behaviour is a discipline that seeks to better understand the effects of individual groups and structures on behaviour within organisations. This course is specially designed module to introduce management students to the principles and theories underpinning the discipline of organisational behaviour. In doing so it examines how organisations are created, designed and how they fulfil their objectives.

The module explores a number of contemporary issues such as environmental management and climate change, technological 'disruption', and political economy and the way it shapes and informs the relationship between business and society.

The Business Law module provides a basic overview of key principles of business law from a common-law perspective and not only equips students with a good understanding of these principles in its own right but also provides a useful foundation for those students who choose, after completing their BSc, to go on to take a law-related Masters programme.

This module examines the business environment and market potential through the distinctive lens of emerging markets - economies characterized by rapid transformation, profound contrasts, and unique structural conditions including rapid economic growth, a burgeoning middle class, significant urbanization, resource abundance, and young demographic profiles. Moving beyond standard models, this module first explores the universal frameworks, challenges, and opportunities inherent to emerging markets

Business across borders offers both challenges and opportunities. This module provides a framework for analysing decisions made by firms in an international context. While the foundations of the course are concepts developed in economics, they will be combined with (and challenged by) insights from strategy, international finance, marketing, human resource management, and other areas. The final aim of the course is to provide you with a critical understanding of whether and to what extent the wa

International marketing plays a key role in constructing and communicating the value of an idea, experience, brand or product to the markets and wider audience in wider global contexts. The aim of this module is to provide a theoretically driven set of themes and cases which will provide a foundation for understanding the role international marketing plays in business and society. The module uses case studies to strengthen the subject matter and instil knowledge, intellectual, practical and tran

The module builds on the quantitative and regression analysis from Year 1 and provides an opportunity to develop and practice these quantitative skills. The skills learned include probability analysis, time-series analysis, the ability to analyse risk with sensitivity analysis, testing data series for patterns, forecasting sales and other variables, causality analysis, even studies and the use of decision trees.

Ethics - and the concept of corporate social responsibility - have become of increasing importance in global business. This module introduces students to contemporary issues in the relationship between business and ethics. In the modern world, there is a range of views on how business should relate to society and how managers' decisions can relate to ethical concerns. And the issues have become more complex as businesses have intensified their international reach, engaging with societies that ma

This module explores with how firms compete in their marketplace, for example, in the market for mobile phones. It analyses how the degree of competition (e.g. perfect competition; oligopoly; monopoly; and natural monopoly) affects firm performance and social welfare. The use price and non-price strategies is considered, and students are introduced to game as a method for understanding strategic interaction between firms. The module also explores how firms are organised, the resources needed for

This module addresses issues relating to the financing of private and public companies. Corporate Finance links accounting to financing by evaluating both the asset and liabilities sides of the balance sheet. In line with this, this module starts with a gentle examination of the four fundamental decisions of a financial manager - capital structure, investing, liquidity and dividend decisions. A detailed examination of each of the decisions follows with emphasis on sources of finance, the evaluat

This module provides understanding of FinTech and its application in accountancy and audit. Through the vast number of case studies and theories, students will be able to grasp the main points of FinTech and its impact on today's accounting and finance function.

This undergraduate module on Project Management equips students with a foundational understanding of essential techniques and methodologies pivotal in modern project management settings. The curriculum is designed to cover the five key phases of