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MN-2075
Dadansoddi Strategol (Strategic Analysis)
This module introduces students to techniques, tools and frameworks that will enable them to undertake basic strategic analysis. A brief introduction to different approaches to strategy will then lead to a `step by step¿ approach to analysing the strategic environment of organisations, including external drivers of change, resources, stakeholder management and organisational culture.
Mae'r modiwl hwn yn cyflwyno myfyrwyr i dechnegau, offer a fframweithiau a fydd yn eu galluogi i ymgymryd â dadansoddiad strategol sylfaenol. Bydd cyflwyniad byr i wahanol ddulliau o ymdrin â strategaeth, yn arwain at ddull `cam wrth gam¿ o ddadansoddi amgylchedd strategol sefydliadau, gan gynnwys ysgogwyr allanol o newid, adnoddau, rheolaeth rhanddeiliaid a diwylliant sefydliadol.
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MN-3000TE
Academic and Professional Development
This module will equip the student with the necessary knowledge and transferable skills to support their academic study, professional and career development and future employability.
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MN-3016TE
Innovation Management
Innovation is the lifeblood of the global economy. This module provides an overview of the innovation process in organisations.
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MN-3019
Project Management
This module is intended to provide students with a thorough understanding of the project management process and the ability to undertake management of projects in practice.
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MN-3019T
Project Management
This module is intended to provide students with a thorough understanding of the project management process and the ability to undertake management of projects in practice.
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MN-3019TE
Project Management
This module is intended to provide students with a thorough understanding of the project management process and the ability to undertake management of projects in practice.
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MN-3047TE
Strategic Implementation
This module is an advanced optional strategy module that focuses on the implementation of strategy. The module will begin by an overview of the history of strategy and the basic analytical techniques that result in the identification of strategic options. The main module content will be structured around a number of themes that reflect the challenges faced by contemporary organisations in implementing strategies.
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MN-3055
Rheoli Prosiectau (Project Management)
Bwriad y modiwl hwn yw darparu dealltwriaeth drylwyr i fyfyrwyr o'r broses rheoli prosiectau a'r gallu i ymgymryd â phrosiectau rheoli yn eu gwaith.
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MN-3500TE
Global Business Project
This project-based module enables students to apply their learning from across the curriculum through undertaking a group project in which they utilise appropriate theories and models to critically evaluate global business contexts.
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MN-3516TE
Marketing Ethics
This module will explore a range of ethical issues in marketing theory and practice. Specifically, the module will examine issues concerning the ethics of markets and marketing, ethical marketing and decision-making, ethical consumption and the ethics of consumption, power relationships between producers and consumers, as well as ethical philosophy and frameworks that facilitate the analysis of ethical issues in marketing.
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MN-3521
International Standards
This module provides an overview to the background, development and rationale for international (quality)
standards systems. In addition to the lecture course, students will undertake a range of case study exercises and
practical implementation workshops.
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MN-3573TE
Enterprise and Creativity: Entrepreneurship in Practice
This practical module will help learners to develop their own ideas and pursue personal achievement by developing and delivering a project that will make a difference in their communities by addressing a set `social challenge¿.
The module focuses on the underpinning and fundamental requisites for innovation, new venture creation and successful commercialisation ¿ the entrepreneurial mindset, skills and behaviours of individuals who are seeking to create their own futures and make a difference in their world. It emphasises the importance of developing new ways of thinking and doing; the need for self-reliance and self-belief; the capacity for identifying needs and problems and seeing them as challenges and opportunities; the ability to take action, execute solutions, manage risk and failure and take responsibility for the consequences.
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MN-3579
Managing Crisis in Organisations
Recent years have presented the global economy with a series of shock events, fostering complex challenges for businesses. Such events have included Brexit, the Covid-19 pandemic, war in Europe and the Middle East, and the destructive effects of climate change. The disruption caused by such events has prompted many organisations to increase investment within resilience activity, while also increasing recruitment of those who have specialist knowledge within the area of Business Continuity. It is now said that 93% of businesses have a C-Suite sponsor for resilience (PwC, 2023).
This module was developed to provide students with specialist Business Continuity knowledge and skills, giving students a competitive advantage within the graduate job market. MN-3579 Disaster and Crisis Management uses a combination of lectures and seminars to teach key Business Continuity frameworks, while also allowing students to test these frameworks by taking part in practical business scenarios
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MN-3583TE
Managing and Leading People
Management and Leadership continue to be discussed and sought after, even though we now live in supposedly more democratic times with flatter organisations and empowered employees. It also remains a perennial issue in organization studies, with significant questions concerning how best to understand the theory and development of leadership. Students will explore a range of classical and contemporary approaches to the study of management and leadership and will examine the practical implications of these for strategic leadership and the management of change.
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MN-M074
Leading and Managing Projects
This module is a specialist Project Management module designed for students to apply across a range of industries including health, finance, construction and logistics. The module will provide an in-depth understanding of key Project Management practices in additional to useful frameworks. The module syllabus is aligned to the process areas of PRINCE2 Foundation. This prepares students towards the PRINCE2 Foundation certification, if they wish to pursue this independently upon graduation.
Taught content will be supported by guest lectures from industry professionals where appropriate. This will support students in identifying the practical applications of academic theory.
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MN-MBA02
Navigating Innovation and Change
This module brings the latest insights from the areas of innovation and organisational change management and aims to equip students with the knowledge and tools to navigate key challenges within this space. With a focus on co-creation of value, the module will examine approaches to the realisation of new goods, services and processes. Set against a backdrop of rapid technological, global, social and cultural change, students will examine innovation, organisational culture and change through the multidisciplinary perspectives of management, psychology, economics and sociology.
Successful companies and organisations of all sizes are typically characterised by innovation and the ability to be agile. This is increasingly important in today¿s global marketplace but brings with it challenges to product and service development, as well as change in organisational structures, operations and human behaviour. This module will equip students with the knowledge and skills to engage in the effective development of new products and services delivering value through navigating the innovation lifecycle, open collaboration and developing organisational structures that support rapid and sustainable change.
The module is divided into five key themes:
[1] Key theories of innovation, strategy and core processes
[2] Innovation networks and multidisciplinary approaches
[3] Disruptive forces
[4] People, culture and change
[5] Product and service design agility
Based on this learning, students will develop a business case to successfully navigate and overcome a series of contemporary challenges in the pursuit of new product or service development. This authentic assessment reflects practice across sectors, and allows the full range of learning outcomes to be tested.
The module will develop managerial skills, synergistic thinking, critical evaluation and research skills. Students are required to think beyond the current parameters of business subjects to endorse their work. The module is also highly complementary to strategic and leadership elements of the MBA programme.
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MNXN30
International Soft Landings
This soft landings course is available to the owners and leaders of small firms from outside of the UK who wish to export to, or trade with the UK. The course focuses on creating two key documents ¿ an ambitions plan and an export/trade action plan.
