BA (Hons) Business and Management Bachelor's degree at the University of Portsmouth

Topics covered include an overview of accounting and financial reporting, basic numerical techniques for accounting, introduction to trading accounts and profit and loss accounts (income statements), understanding the cost of sales, balance sheets, and current assets and liabilities.

You'll recognise the legal aspects and requirements of companies, recall and define the basic principles of contract formation, and become familiar with the content of commercial and consumer contracts, including the use of exclusion clauses. The module will also enable you to define the law regarding the rights of individual employees.

Develop your understanding of key business management principles and the process of evaluating business ideas.

You'll gain an appreciation for the knowledge and skills required to effectively manage and operate a business. Topics covered include core concepts in business studies, understanding the business environment, different forms of business structures, business strategy and planning, enterprise, innovation, and entrepreneurship. You'll also delve into key principles and practices in human resource management and operations management.

Learn how to practically use key Microsoft applications and demonstrate this knowledge in their studies and future careers. You will also learn of the potential and risks of AI software and how to use it responsibly in the classroom, as well as in assessments.

Topics covered include the history and fundamental importance of economics, the demand and supply model, elasticity and its applications, different market structures such as perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition, and oligopoly. Additionally, you'll explore the circular flow model involving households, firms, the financial sector, governments, and the foreign sector. The module also covers concepts like the business cycle, unemployment, economic growth, inflation, and international trade.

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These include approximation and substitution, estimation and percentages, applications of percentages in financial contexts, ratio and proportion, rules of indices, basic algebra, graphs, and quadratic equations.

You'll nurture your academic, professional, and digital skills, gaining confidence to succeed in your degree and beyond. by exploring global trends and external influences, you'll learn how business functions work together to help organisations navigate today's dynamic business environment. This module will also help kick-start your professional development with certifications in microsoft office, and will introduce you to university study in lectures, seminars, and it labs while working on real-world business problems to apply your learning.

In this module, you'll explore how organisations are structured and how operations, supply chains and people work together to create value. You'll learn about key operations management principles, including capacity planning, resource management and operations improvement, and how these support organisational goals. you'll also develop an understanding of organisational culture, structure and the business environment, alongside core human resource management concepts such as motivation, teamwork, leadership and communication. this will help you see how managing people effectively influences performance, productivity and innovation. Throughout the module, you‚'ll reflect on your own experienc

This module introduces students to the foundational concepts, tools and techniques of business analytics with a specific focus on financial applications. Students will learn how data is collected, processed, analysed, and visualised to support evidence-based decision-making in finance. The module also develops quantitative literacy and practical data skills using industry-relevant software mainly focusing on excel. By studying this module, students will gain valuable, career-ready skills, including proficiency in microsoft excel and widely used analytical methods across business, finance, marketing, and management roles. The module emphasises critical thinking, problem-solving, and the abili

Students will explore the interrelationships between innovation, market insight, marketing management and sales. This module will develop creative innovation skills and generate ideas for new value propositions utilising relevant market insights. these could include ideas for new products, services, or business models. Students will consider the different elements of the 'marketing mix' and will pitch their ideas in a sales negotiation scenario.

You’ll develop your employability by improving your applications, interview and workplace readiness, all while developing core skills in in research, analysis and critical thinking. With personal tutoring and academic activities that focus on intellectual growth, you’ll build the transferable abilities to excel academically and unlock professional opportunities. By reflecting on progress with a self-critical eye, you'll formulate ongoing development plans to help you achieve your full potential.

You’ll analyse how organisational purpose connects with strategy, governance and outcomes, and explore ways to consider stakeholder needs alongside profit. Evaluating concepts like corporate social responsibility and circular economics, you’ll recommend how leaders can account for community and environmental issues. By using real modern cases, you'll assess business models and strengthen critical faculties to balance complex imperatives. By the end of this module you’ll be ready to champion organisational development in an ethical, responsible and sustainable manner.

Develop core skills in financial and non-financial analysis, and learn how to critique everything from financial statements to market reports. You’ll interpret intricate data sets and learn to identify meaningful insights to inform strategy and planning. By blending lectures with seminars and completing coursework focused on real companies, you’ll evaluate data, identify issues and improve decision quality. With regular feedback, you’ll bridge the gap between theory and practice. You'll finish this module ready to tackle problems with an analytical eye.

You'll explore the major factors, issues and forces that shape trade and operations across borders. Using current affairs coverage, you'll participate in discussions to demonstrate your appreciation for the socioeconomic, cultural and institutional contexts that impact the international marketplace. By the end of this module you'll have a crucial perspective on how global businesses navigate complex realities while sustaining success, so that you're ready to enter today's international firms.

Gain hands on experience putting theory into practice, and using product management tools and frameworks to develop your own creative new product idea. With assessments centered on analysing real organisations, you’ll evaluate decisions related to resourcing, positioning and launch - leaving you equipped to prepare watertight business cases for investment. Upon completion, you'll have the strategic vision and product innovation skills to help brands create a portfolio of profitable new products.

Combining world-class research with real entrepreneurial experiences, you’ll develop business ideas within teams, evaluating concepts and building executable models. You'll work together to examine issues in venturing, from opportunity recognition to scaling. With an emphasis on personal employability, you’ll identify your strengths while refining your presentation and networking skills. This module fuels your entrepreneurial spirit and helps you turn ideas into realistic propositions, so that you'll graduate with portfolio pieces to showcase your business knolwedge and experience.

The final assessment artefact on this module is linked to work undertaken by students on the non-credit bearing module Employability and Professional Development.

Digital Commerce is a rapidly growing field, especially with the prevalence of mobile devices. It is essential for national economies, businesses, and consumers. This module is designed to familiarise students with the essential infrastructure, technologies, models, tools, and platforms that underpin digital commerce. You'll also develop the practical skills necessary to develop, promote and manage commercial websites.

Blending theory with real-world case studies, you’ll explore core activities like talent attraction, development, engagement and retention, and understand how to add value through evidence-based practices. With assessments that focus on applying concepts to workplace scenarios, you’ll strengthen your ability to critically evaluate policies, identify issues, and propose relevant solutions that uphold ethics and equality. When you finish this module, you’ll champion employee experience as an HR expert, and be ready to lead and collaborate effectively as a self-managing people leader who drives team and organisational success.

You'll critically analyse external trends alongside theories and practical techniques for enhancing employee skills, engagement and organisational adaptability. By examining real-world cases, you'll understand the role of learning and development activities in shaping HRM practices and explore innovations in areas such as e-learning and data-driven capability building. This module provides crucial context for advancing your HRD expertise.

The module will be delivered by means of lecture, independent work, analysis, group and individual problem solving, case studies and discussion. All the identified skills in the LO's will be developed through seminar activities and will be utilised in tackling the assessments for this module.

You'll analyse real case studies and interpret information with supply chain risk frameworks to evaluate prevention strategies. Working individually and in groups, you'll define risk categories and explore core principles for building resilience. By compiling data on recent risk events, you'll be in a position to comment critically on supply chain practices. You'll enhance your communication, teamwork and critical thinking skills, preparing you to lead efforts in responsible, transparent procurement.

You'll analyse case studies to build practical skills for decision making, planning and control in global networks. Working in a diverse team, you'll review key principles from sourcing to delivery while developing skills like communication, autonomy and adaptability. You'll apply a range of techniques to critically evaluate purchasing issues and present effective solutions. You'll finish this module ready interpret the information, tools and frameworks that support ethical, resilient supply chains.

Discover corporate financial management as you analyse real-life financial issues to refine your career skills. By blending authentic case studies with workshop activities focused on real companies, you’ll evaluate data, identify issues and improve decision quality. With regular feedback, you’ll bridge the gap between theory and practice. You'll explore how digital transformation and new technologies are changing finance in business, so that you graduate ready to excel as an agile financial manager

This module mirrors Financial Management delivered at the University of Portsmouth but is contextualised for Singapore law and GAAP.

Data visualisation and storytelling are techniques that work together to help people understand and engage with complex data. Data visualisation is a visual representation of data that helps people understand it by highlighting trends and outliers. It's key in helping audiences process information, build trust, and connect with the data emotionally. Data storytelling is the art of using data to create a compelling narrative that informs, inspires, and persuades and involves breaking down raw data and incorporating narrative elements. This module will explore the steps necessary to select an appropriate visualisation while considering the data, audience, and objective, and apply Tufte's funda

The module will seek to outline a range of business modelling techniques that allow for improved operational designs under conditions that usually require the allocation of scarce resources using case studies.

Discover another culture as you grow your subject knowledge or refine your foreign language skills at one of our partner universities. You'll enhance your worldliness, self-awareness and cross-cultural communication abilities as you build your international network and meet people from across the world. At the end of the module you’ll evaluate your development and return to Portsmouth prepared to use your new cultural awareness and maturity to thrive in globalised workplaces.

Strategic Management will give you the tools to analyse, develop and implement business strategies. You’ll explore key frameworks, assess real-world strategic challenges and learn how to make informed decisions at both business and corporate levels. Through case studies and practical applications, you’ll develop the skills to identify challenges, evaluate options and recommend strategies that drive success and long-term growth.

Exploring the models and best practices related to ideation, development and launch, you’ll understand the processes that bring ideas to market. Analysing factors from sustainability to globalisation, you’ll tackle the contemporary issues impacting development in the modern landscape. This module will equip you with understanding to give you a cutting edge in the jobs market. With assessments focused on addressing real-world cases, you'll boost your strategic skills to manage initiatives smoothly from vision to rollout, leaving you prepared to champion disruption responsibly across industries ahead.

Use flexible project management tools that meet industry standards, and learn to differentiate between transformative initiatives and business-as-usual processes. By evaluating real-world cases, you’ll analyse the contextual factors and stakeholder dynamics that position certain projects as strategic investments. With an outcome-oriented mindset, you’ll appreciate how disciplined planning, communication and risk mitigation leads teams to mobilise resources for impactful delivery. This module equips you with a versatile project management toolkit and a strategic perspective that is highly valued across sectors.

Digital agility is a key concept for organisations that are undergoing digital transformation. By becoming more digitally agile, organisations improve their adaptability in every area of business, from being able to quickly launch new services to customers, to easily deploying new tools to their hybrid workforce. With customer expectations for digital services soaring, businesses need to provide engaging digital experiences to retain existing customers and attract new ones. The module uses case studies to examine the technological drivers of change, the impact of entrenched company culture, and the role of an influential 'Change Agent' in ensuring project success. It also introduces you to t

Explore how brands, communications and incentives can alter behaviours from sustainability to social justice. With a focus on ethical issues, you'll evaluate tactics to encourage conscious consumption and civic action, and learn to develop hard-hitting campaigns that confront to some of society's most pressing challenges. This module empowers you to pursue purpose as well as profit, and prepares you to use your marketing skills as a force for good.

The module will be delivered by means of lecture, debate, analysis, group and individual problem solving, case studies and discussion and independent work. All the identified skills in the LO's will be developed through seminar activities and will be utilised in tackling the assessments for this module.