You’ll critically review existing entrepreneurship and innovation models and concepts, including process models, and explore ‘patchwork’ and ‘opportunity’ based approaches to entrepreneurship and innovation. During the module you’ll explore how innovation’ comes from a variety of sources, examine the principles of ‘open’ innovation, and recognise the importance of exploiting available networks and of developing an innovative culture. Your ability to analyse and critique ‘entrepreneurial’ business models, both existing and conceptual will be improved through the utilisation of tools such as the Business Model Canvas. You’ll think creatively by proposing innovative solutions to creating and capturing value through the medium of consultancy report and applying some of the theoretical underpinnings of the module.

Finally, the principles of entrepreneurship and innovation are analysed in the context of entrepreneurs, start-up and family businesses from across the globe, in various commercial, public-sector and not- for-profit sectors, emphasising the importance and challenges of ‘social’ and ‘sustainability-led’ innovation.

This module will enable you to develop a thorough knowledge and understanding of the major areas of international intellectual property law including key concepts and principles and such detailed rules as are necessary to illustrate those broad principles as they apply in particular situations. This study will enable you to gain a sound knowledge and understanding of the law relating to information, intellectual property and social media, to suggest solutions to factual problems and apply this knowledge and  understanding to the critical analysis of contemporary business and social issues relating to the law of information, intellectual property and social media. Throughout the module, you’ll discuss, apply and evaluate the law as it operates in business and society, developing a wide range of legal skills including those directly linked to employability and in particular employers producing, using and processing personal data information and those initiating or using social media, patents, trademarks and copyright material.

The module, ‘Analytics Essentials: Transforming Business with Big Data’ offers a comprehensive exploration of cutting-edge advancements in big data analytics and their transformative impact on business operations and strategy. Throughout the course, you’ll delve into key topics such as data mining techniques, machine learning fundamentals, real-time data analytics, and advanced analytics techniques. Emphasis is placed on the practical application of these concepts through case studies highlighting innovative business applications across various industries, including finance, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and telecommunications. Additionally, the module addresses ethical considerations, privacy protection, infrastructure, and future trends in big data analytics. By the end of the module, you’ll have gained a deep understanding of how big data analytics drives innovation and competitive advantage in the evolving landscape of business

International business strategy evaluation and formulation are crucial tasks within all organisations, requiring the analysis of complex information. This module aims to broaden and deepen your understanding of critical and strategic issues and activities in international business. It introduces the tools, theories, and concepts of international business strategy for multinational enterprises (MNEs). Through this module you will develop an understanding of firms’ internal and external environments, critically assessing their strategies and proposing and evaluating strategic options. By learning how to analyse international firm strategy, you will gain insight into how firms strive to achieve and maintain competitive advantage and what distinguishes successful companies. Additionally, this module aims to develop skills in interpreting and analysing complex real-world issues using theoretical perspectives, concepts, models, and data. The emphasis is on using theory to inform practice and address real-world problems.

This module focuses on building leadership skills essential for international and cross-cultural settings. It prepares you to lead diverse global teams by adapting leadership styles to fit various cultural norms and communication methods. The module covers strategies for managing ethical challenges and resolving cross-cultural conflicts, using real-world case studies to develop your cultural intelligence. The goal is to equip you with the soft skills needed to foster collaboration and effectively lead international teams by developing advanced soft skills through coursework, experiential learning, and self-reflection exercises.

The curriculum is structured to build critical capabilities such as leadership, emotional intelligence, and teamwork, essential for effective business navigation. Additionally, the module integrates technology into leadership, teaching you how to use AI in management. You will learn how to demonstrate using AI-powered tools for scheduling, resource allocation, communication, and risk management tasks. You’ll develop strategic plans by applying AI for forecasting, scenario planning, and optimisation, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and ethical standards. You will exhibit teamwork and collaboration skills by actively participating in group projects and simulations, contributing to successful outcomes in a collaborative environment. This module is designed to prepare you as a future leader for the challenges of diverse, culturally varied, and technologydriven business environments. It provides you with the skills and knowledge needed to lead effectively in these dynamic settings, making it an ideal choice for those with a global mindset and a passion for leadership.

This module offers a comprehensive exploration of how organizations can strategically manage technology and innovation to foster competitive advantage and drive market success. You will gain practical skills in problem discovery, identifying technological opportunities, and creating customer-centric solutions. The course emphasizes the development of sustainable strategies for commercializing technology, with key areas of focus including technological disruption, standards battle, platform competition, technology transfer, and market adoption.

You will also build hands-on expertise in intellectual property (IP) management and collaboration strategies, equipping yourself to protect innovations and sustain competitive advantages. Additionally, this module emphasizes leadership in managing cross-functional innovation teams, with a focus on agile leadership and navigating the challenges of sustainable technology and organizational change. Through a combination of key frameworks, real-world case studies, and practical activities, you will develop the skills to analyse and apply strategies for managing innovation in complex, competitive environments. This module ensures that you leave with practical tools for implementing innovation strategies, managing new product development (NPD) processes, and leading technological change in today’s fast-paced industries.

Organisations and managers have to adapt, change and evolve to meet the conflicting, competing and complex business related environmental change factors, whose rate of change is developing at an exponential rate. Irresistible influences from National, International and Global Macro. Micro and Operating environments are shaping and influencing contemporary management theories and practice. Today’s managers must equip themselves with new skills and knowledge in order to interact with and respond to the emerging challenges that change brings and where appropriate take the required corrective action. Business leaders are required to develop higher level management skills, especially critical evaluation and decision making within National, International and Global contexts, when needing to respond effectively to the challenges within these constantly changing operating environments This module provides professional managers with an opportunity to consider reflect and critically appraise a range of current contemporary management issues, including developing International lenses of reference from a theoretical and practical application whilst relating these factors to the art of management. The course content will provide a framework to assess how these issues impact within organisations and how managers are able to react to these issues. The module will develop within students a critical appreciation of the challenges faced by management professionals in developing responses to business environment conditions which are complex, dynamic and diverse. This module engages students with contemporary issues in context with associated links to organisational strategy and management approaches and systems related to information, networks and collaborations as well as organisational learning.

In achieving its overall objectives, the module will encourage students to further develop, engage, evaluate and critique their contemporary understanding with a view to the realities of practice and organisations. Students will consider interactions, theories and frameworks that explain contemporary issues and ground this in organisational and individual contexts. It is widely accepted that such issues are crucial to the viability of organisations across all sectors and contexts and the creation of value (however defined). As a result both the study mode and module content further facilitate the application of, and reflection on, theory and understanding in practice and this is evidenced in the learning outcomes and the associated development of the individual’s understanding.

This major project module allows students to engage in a substantial piece of individual research focussed on a topic relevant to their business degree award and specialist subject area under the supervision and guidance of a member of academic staff. This module requires students to develop their chosen topic into a specific project under the guidance of their supervisor.

Supervisors will discuss with students contemporary research problems and issues based on their research and practice, and students will be required to conduct literature reviews, evaluate and critically appraise a range of information, investigate and adopt suitable theoretical frameworks, research methodologies and methods, and process and analyse data to produce a coherent and justified solution to the problem(s) identified. Throughout the module your supervisor will support you in terms of content and skills development so that you can work semi-autonomously on your individual research project. This is achieved through regular supervisory meetings throughout the year, which will allow for individual discussion of the tasks that will have to be completed in order to develop the project smoothly. Students will receive formative and constructive feedback from their supervisors in order progress their research to a conclusion. Attendance at meetings and engagement with the proposed tasks are essential to successful completion of the project.