BA (Hons) Leadership and Management

SOUD3030
Leadership and Management Concepts

This module provides an overview of the role of leadership and management within organisations and the differences between the two concepts. The relationship to a range of processes at individual, team, organisational and national levels will be explored; adopting multiple perspectives, and highlighting key leadership skills including communication.

SOUD3032
Corporate Strategy in Action

This module draws from concepts of strategy in order to analyse real-world concepts, important for leadership and management decision making. It will explore both the theories and models of strategy, utilising the analytical tools of PESTLE and SWOT and their significance in supporting a business corporate strategy.

SOUD3036
Global Health Protection

The module introduces students to key aspects of Health Protection in order to be able to analyse and plan for threats to the health of people on a Global, National and Local Level.

SOUD3037
Effective Leadership in Education

This module will enable students to broaden their knowledge of leadership and management in the further education sector, exploring the wider professional practice of the leader or manager at a contemporary college, providing an opportunity to review current theory in educational leadership and relate this to practice.

SOUD3040
Contemporary Human Resource Management

The module develops your knowledge of current issues within HRM from an academic perspective. Critically considering how HRM can support organisations in achieving their strategic objectives in a rapidly evolving 21st century business landscape.

SOUD3042
People, Planet and Profit: Ethical Leadership

The module develops student knowledge of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the ethics of leadership. Using a range of theory, discussion scenarios and case studies the module allows students to analyse and critically evaluate organisational responses to changing environmental and social norms.

SOUD3080
Extended Professional Practice

This extended professional practice module is focused on the workplace environment, and enables students to make use of reflective practice to experience and critically analyse workplace environments to explore real life leadership and management issues in a deep systematic way

SOUD3038
Marketing Planning and Stakeholder Management

This module is about understanding the role of marketing in researching, anticipating and satisfying the customers expectations in a profitable manner. Knowing the organisations, current market position and planning for widening markets to increase the longevity of the business. It also looks deeper into the need for effective stakeholder management.

SOUD3041
Delivering Change

The module develops student knowledge of change delivery practice. Using a range of theories and change management tools the module allows students to explore and critically evaluate the challenge of managing the change process, and building employee change resilience.

SOUD3043
Current Issues in Leadership & Management

This module explores the many issues faced in modern leadership & management, and will identify many of the issues facing modern business management in operating in this post-recessional environment. By its nature the content of the module will change each year, as issues change, new understandings emerge and different perspectives apply. The module will debate current issues critically, analytically and theoretically, whilst considering implications for practice.

SOUD3078
Professional Practice

This module is focused on the workplace environment and enables students to make use of reflective practice to experience and critically analyse workplace environments to explore real life leadership and management issues.

SOUD3079
Managing Service Innovation

This module will enable students to explore the relationship between the management in service organisations, the service characteristics and the wider organisational characteristics during the innovation and development process. Students will take a central role in leading seminar discussions with focus on emerging innovation developments.

SOUD3072
Operational Decision Making

Operational performance is imperative for continued success of organisations. This module looks at a range of management approaches to support effective decision making to ensure employee engagement and provide a motivational environment thus maximising effort

SOUD3080
Extended Professional Practice

This extended professional practice module is focused on the workplace environment, and enables students to make use of reflective practice to experience and critically analyse workplace environments to explore real life leadership and management issues in a deep systematic way

SOUD3034
Digital Innovation

Successful organisations are investigated to understand how their visionary approach, embedding innovation, e-business practices, satisfies changing markets and ensures future sustainability and success.

SOUD3078
Professional Practice

This module is focused on the workplace environment and enables students to make use of reflective practice to experience and critically analyse workplace environments to explore real life leadership and management issues.