BSc Business and Management

Title:

Management Debates: Ways of thinking about business

Code:

MM1F19

Convenor:

MR Mads Emil Wedell-Wedellsborg

Summary:

This module introduces students to key ideas and debates that pertain to the study of business and management. It exposes students to the intellectual foundations on which many well-known management frameworks are built. In doing so it requires students to consider business decisions from different disciplinary perspectives, and to recognise the value of these competing viewpoints.

The module is team taught, with different streams of lectures delivered by academics from different disciplinary backgrounds. Pedagogically, the module adopts a ‘syndicate’ approach, with students assigned to learning groups for the duration of their study.

This module is delivered at the University of Reading and the University of Reading Malaysia.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 20%, Report 20%, Class test 60%

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Title:

Business in Practice: Markets, Marketing and Management

Code:

MM1F20

Convenor:

DR Andrew Hull

Summary:

This module is delivered at the University of Reading and the University of Reading Malaysia 

Assessment Method:

Report 70%, Class test 30%

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Title:

Business in Practice: Accounting for managers

Code:

MM1F27

Convenor:

MS Sue Blackett

Summary:

This module is delivered at the University of Reading and the University of Reading Malaysia

Assessment Method:

Exam 55%, Portfolio 10%, Project 35%

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Title:

Business in Practice: Data analytics

Code:

MM1F28

Convenor:

DR Markos Kyritsis

Summary:

Acquiring, managing, and analysing data is an important business activity that allows organisations to make strategic use of their data assets. Analysing historical data can give companies insight on how to optimise a wide range of functions related to accounting and management. Furthermore, constructing predictive models can facilitate the process of classifying future events and making informed data-driven decisions. This introductory module aims to expose students to key concepts in data analytics by introducing two stages of data analytics (a) descriptive analytics and (b) predictive analytics, as well as visualisation techniques for qualitatively summarising data.

The focus of this module will be less on the underlying mathematical and statistical concepts and more on forming a working knowledge of the methods and assumptions for using statistical methods given certain parameters. Key concepts that will be covered include: types of data; types of distributions (with an emphasis on the normal distribution); analysing the differences between means using parametric and non-parametric tests; regression models; and data visualisation. The workshops will give students experience in using an industry standard programming language, as well as GUI-based tools, thus providing them with the opportunity to choose the most appropriate method for their own future employability needs.

This module is delivered at the University of Reading and the University of Reading Malaysia

Assessment Method:

Report 50%, Class test 50%

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Title:

Developing Professional Excellence

Code:

MM1F29

Convenor:

DR Can Ererdi

Summary:

The module focuses on developing students’ understanding of the graduate and placement recruitment process from the perspective of the candidate as well as the recruiter and the organisations. For that purpose, the module draws on the skills and learning from the first two terms to provide students with an experience of the recruitment process, beginning to end. The module will enable the students to use their learning so far to appreciate the role of recruitment, the context of different organisations (businesses and sectors) and implications for different talent management strategies and needs, the rationale for employing certain process and procedures to secure a high-performing and engaged workforce. 
The students will also be encouraged to reflect on their own careers.  The module offers a combination of practical and applied elements as well as more conceptual and academic aspects. As a result, it enables the students to obtain a broad range of knowledge while allowing them to actively reflect on their career, employability and apply to their immediate experience. 

The Module is designed to be delivered in the summer of part 1, ahead of placement applications. Therefore, it equips the students to make better choices and improved applications, to strengthen the students’ success rate of obtaining successful placements and future jobs upon graduation. 

This module is delivered at University of Reading and University of Reading Malaysia.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Building competitive advantage: Business Strategy and Operations

Code:

MM296

Convenor:

DR Joseph Lane

Summary:

Assessment Method:

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Title:

Managing Work and People: Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources Management

Code:

MM297

Convenor:

DR Rita Fontinha

Summary:

This module examines the main concepts, principles and practices concerning the management of work and people in organisations.  The module is intended to be both intellectually stimulating and practically relevant.

This module is also delivered at the University of Reading Malaysia.

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Title:

Social Responsibility in Action

Code:

MM298

Convenor:

DR Irina Heim

Summary:

Students are expected to draw on knowledge and experience gained during the course, and to apply it to a contemporary management problem or issue related to social purpose of the business and 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. The practical actions are developed in conjunction with specific organisations, and they address a topic that is relevant to Principles for Responsible Management Education’ (PRME). PRME is a United Nations-supported initiative founded in 2007 in support of the Sustainable Development Goals and is governed by the UN and the main business school accreditation bodies. Henley Business School is an advanced signatory to PRME.?

This module is also delivered at University of Reading Malaysia.

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Title:

Understanding Leadership

Code:

MM206

Convenor:

PROF Jean- Anne Stewart

Summary:

This module introduces leadership concepts to those wishing to gain a deeper understanding of leadership models and concepts. There is no prior requirement for leadership knowledge and experience, as this module will introduce core models, along with encouraging discussion on the application of different models to different leadership contexts. 

Assessment Method:

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Title:

Sales and Business Development

Code:

MM2100

Convenor:

MR Fabio Goncalves De Oliveira

Summary:

This module introduces students to sales and in particular the sales process and selling. It adopts a highly practitioner-oriented view of sales. It explains to students the different approaches and sales models, with a specific focus on direct and online sales. 

Students will understand the modern role of sales as a philosophy, culture, process and strategic business development role for companies. Students will understand and assess how sales activities influence the direction and decisions related to marketing, logistics, manufacturing, finance, resource capability and allocation. A customer centric approach to the stages of the sales funnel will be discussed, and marketing activities (digital and traditional acquisition medium channels) to capture and nurture leads, prospects and clients through the modern customer journey. At the same time, the module offers a practical approach to the foundations of individual skills and behaviour required from a salesperson.  

Assessment Method:

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Title:

Founder Dilemmas

Code:

MM2101

Convenor:

PROF Norbert Morawetz

Summary:

This is a dynamic and experiential module aiming to give students a strong understanding of key dilemmas likely to be faced by first time entrepreneurs. The module develops student's entrepreneurial skill and confidence to put plans into action. Students gain understanding of the practice of entrepreneurship as informed by theory, role play and guest lectures. This will include exposure to the experience of successful entrepreneurs. Students are given a solid understanding of the realities of business start-up.

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Title:

Marketing Essentials

Code:

MM218

Convenor:

MR Alex Scher-Smith

Summary:

Marketing Essentials (MM218) is a foundation module in Marketing. It provides students with an overview of Marketing as an academic subject, a key area of corporate activity and a fundamental component of a business strategy. The module discusses and analyses marketing theories, as well as strategic marketing tools and techniques used in the business world. Students are encouraged to engage actively and critically with the theoretical and empirical contents of the module through weekly pre recorded lectures, live interactive sessions with guest speakers and small-group tutorials. Moreover, students are expected to demonstrate an ability to integrate marketing theories, strategic tools and business practice in their coursework and exam papers. 

The module addresses the essential analyses required to develop a marketing strategy, including assessing the competitive arena, customers, market trends and organisational capabilities. The core decisions within marketing strategy are explored, including the selection of opportunities to pursue, target market selection, creating a competitive advantage and brand positioning. The execution of a marketing strategy through the ingredients of the marketing mix is also overviewed. Increasingly leadership teams of businesses are harnessing these marketing analyses and marketing strategy concepts, as they seek to update their corporate strategies, enhance shareholder value and strive to compete successfully in growth markets.

This module is delivered at University of Reading (Whiteknights Campus), and at University of Reading Malaysia.

Assessment Method:

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Title:

Comparative International Management

Code:

MM230

Convenor:

DR Denise Tsang

Summary:

This module focuses on management variations across the globe. It is concerned with national variations in business system, innovation and organisation behaviour, and how these differences influence firm performance.  The module starts with an examination of globalisation before going on to consider topics such as governance, education and industrial relations at the country level; we will look across the  USA, China, Japan and Europe to explore different context, culture and behaviour of business management.

Assessment Method:

Exam 50%, Assignment 30%, Oral 10%, Class test 10%

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Title:

Firms in the Global Economy

Code:

MM231

Convenor:

PROF Davide Castellani

Summary:

This module offers an integrated perspective on the (changing) role of nations and firms in the global economy. It serves as an introduction to international business, including a discussion of the essentials of international economics. By linking the different concepts in international economics and business, this module allows to 'get the big picture' and deal with key questions. What is the global economy? Why do countries trade goods and services? Why (and how) do firms go abroad and sell goods and/or source inputs? What are the economic rationales of different internationalization strategies? What are the consequences of international business activity for the nations, firms and people of the global economy?

Assessment Method:

Exam 70%, Assignment 30%

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Title:

An Introduction to the Management of Information Systems

Code:

MM258

Convenor:

DR Stephen Gulliver

Summary:

This module considers management of business focused Information Systems (IS), and introduces students to the interplay of management, organisational and information technology IS dimensions. It covers enterprise applications and allows students to appreciate the symbiotic relationship between company information infrastructures and business capability. This module is delivered at both University of Reading (Spring) and Beijing Institute of Technology (Autumn). 

Assessment Method:

Assignment 60%, Report 40%

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Title:

Practice of Entrepreneurship

Code:

MM270

Convenor:

DR Lebene Soga

Summary:

This is a dynamic module introducing students to key concepts of business start-up. Students work in a team to identify and develop a new business opportunity, and then seek to test their idea through ‘lean start-up’ experiments. Students will be introduced to key concepts of entrepreneurial management including design thinking, business model creation, entrepreneurial finance and marketing. This is a highly interactive and practical module, with a focus on experiential learning.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 40%, Oral 30%, Class test 30%

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Title:

Business Data Analytics

Code:

MM281

Convenor:

DR Giannis Haralabopoulos

Summary:

Data-driven processes are becoming increasingly popular amongst organisations; quickly replacing qualitative assessments that were until recently based on experience and tacit knowledge. Machine learning is widely used in industry and business applications to provide recommendations, make predictions or extract knowledge. A good understanding of machine learning has, therefore, become a fundamental skill for anyone looking to work with organisation that plan to make strategic use of their data. In this module students will be introduced to key concepts related to machine learning and will become adept at managing and analysing data. Furthermore, students will gain experience with building predictive models that can lead to data-driven solutions. The workshops will provide students with the opportunity to develop programming skills using a state-of-the-art programming language (e.g., Python) and tools (e.g. Keras, Scikit, NLTK). 

Assessment Method:

Report 100%

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Title:

Business Applications Development

Code:

MM282

Convenor:

DR Giannis Haralabopoulos

Summary:

The development of full stack applications is becoming a core requirement for supporting day to day operations across increasingly diverse organisational entities. This is particularly true for digital businesses that primarily have an online presence and may rely heavily on their data-assets to construct solutions for customers and business partners. Entrepreneurs, business analysts, and technology consultants quickly find that a good understanding of web development can help them construct working user-friendly prototypes, as well as develop, manage, and maintain enterprise systems that would otherwise appear fairly incomprehensible. In short, this module introduces fundamentals of databases, development, and interaction design to business students. 

Assessment Method:

Report 100%

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Title:

Business Ethics 1

Code:

MM295

Convenor:

PROF Lucy Newton

Summary:

This module aims to develop students’ awareness and understanding of the ethical issues in business and management. In particular, the ethical issues facing multinationals and global companies will be examined. Businesses do not operate in a vacuum and it is important to consider non-economic issues, such as ethics, to set the management of companies in a broader context. Using a combination of ethical theory and case study analysis, the module aims to enable students to analyse ethical issues that corporate decision-makers face in developing policies concerning a variety of stakeholders. 

Assessment Method:

Assignment 30%, Class test 70%

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Title:

Branding Theory and Practice

Code:

MM299

Convenor:

DR Irute Karanicholas

Summary:

Brands are some of the most valuable assets managed by companies today. Strong brands have a major influence on purchase decisions and help companies achieve sustainable competitive advantage. This module follows on from Marketing Essentials (MM218) and focuses on two key issues within Marketing: Branding and the preparation of a Branding orientated project. This Project provides students with an opportunity to apply concepts and tools acquired in MM218 and MM299 in a creative and challenging team task. Guidance for this task is provided through the term. The lectures explore and discuss theories and business practice related to building and managing strong brands.

Assessment Method:

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Title:

Management Accounting

Code:

AC201

Convenor:

MS Helen Crofts

Summary:

This module introduces the theory and practice of management accounting in relation to organisational decision-making, planning, control and performance evaluation.

This module is delivered at University of Reading and University of Reading Malaysia.

Assessment Method:

Exam 80%, Class test 20%

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Title:

International Corporate Financial Reporting

Code:

AC216

Convenor:

DR Ekililu Salifu

Summary:

This module looks closely at the content and application of a range of international financial reporting standards. The module is designed for students following a range of degree programmes who already have prior knowledge of financial accounting.

This module is delivered at University of Reading and Beijing Institute of Technology.

Assessment Method:

Exam 75%, Assignment 25%

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Title:

Digital Marketing

Code:

AP2EM5

Convenor:

DR Rodrigo Perez Vega

Summary:

The growth of the internet has created new opportunities for organisations to reach and build relationships with their customers. At the same time, many firms struggle with making a successful transition from offline to online marketing. This module provides students with the key tools required to implement a successful digital marketing strategy. This includes understanding search engines, social media, content marketing and the analysis of web analytics data. Students will also build an understanding of the wider social and public policy issues that use of internet technology, including questions of regulation, privacy and use of customer data.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 80%, Class test 20%

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Title:

Banking Law

Code:

LW2BA

Convenor:

DR Folashade Adeyemo

Summary:

Students undertaking this module will cultivate their understanding of banking law in the UK. It will provide students with the opportunity of developing important concepts such as the banker and customer relationship, the duty of banks to maintain confidentiality and other banking law issues arising from transactions.

Assessment Method:

Exam 40%, Assignment 50%, Oral 10%

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Title:

Entrepreneurial Project

Code:

MM302

Convenor:

DR Matteo Borghi

Summary:

Every new company faces a range of digital challenges. This module helps entrepreneurs to learn from the playbook of digital start-ups. Digital start-ups often operate in hyper-competitive winner-takes-it-all markets from inception. To succeed in this environment, they need to leverage digital technologies to shape novel business models, market their products and services and develop monetization strategies until they find product-market-fit, and achieve a scalable method of customer acquisition, typically by targeting global markets from the outset.

The module discusses how digital entrepreneurial ventures take advantage of the tensions and opportunities arising from current technological change. It then explores the approaches, methods and strategies employed by entrepreneurial, digital companies in validating and developing products, gaining market and customer traction, competing for scale in hyper-competitive markets as well as in monetizing their product, service and data offerings. It explores entrepreneurial marketing methods used by digital entrepreneurs including approaches to customer development. Finally, it also discusses data-driven decision making processes.

Assessment Method:

Project 40%, Report 60%

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Title:

Strategy and International Business

Code:

MM303

Convenor:

DR Quyen Nguyen

Summary:

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Institutions and Emerging Firms

Code:

MM308

Convenor:

DR Denise Tsang

Summary:

As the global economic dominance shifts away from the USA and Europe, an understanding of firms originating from emerging economies is essential. This module aims to introduce frameworks that allow description and understanding of national institutions and competitive dynamics related to emerging economies such as China, Russia, Brazil, India and South Africa. It aims to explore the features of emerging economies firms, their continuities and changes, as well as the associated opportunities and risks in relation to their business operation. The module aims to provide students with an understanding of how managers can address challenges of different national institutions in product markets, labour markets and financial markets in the face of competition.

Assessment Method:

Exam 70%, Assignment 15%, Oral 15%

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Title:

Business Evolution

Code:

MM309

Convenor:

PROF Peter Scott

Summary:

This module examines time-dependent phenomena in business & management and explains how evolutionary processes can lead to radically different outcomes to those predicted by neoclassical economics. The module looks at various time-dependent business phenomena and their impacts on firm survival, growth, domination, or extinction. A combination of theoretical models, case-studies, and statistical data are used to explain the models and their explanatory and predictive value. 

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Title:

Information systems and digital business

Code:

MM3101

Convenor:

PROF Keiichi Nakata

Summary:

Information systems are the means by which people and organisations, utilising technologies, gather, process, store, use and disseminate information. Digital business makes effective use of information systems to enable organisations to create value throughout the value chain. This module covers key concepts, theories, techniques, and issues in developing information systems solutions for digital business. It emphasises the importance of aligning business and IT strategies through an understanding of the structure and function of information processed by IT systems from both business and technical perspectives. 

This module is delivered at University of Reading, and University of Reading Malaysia. 

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Managing Service Operations

Code:

MM3102

Convenor:

MR Nigel Spinks

Summary:

This module covers key concepts and theories within the area of service operations management. It is designed to introduce students to the particular challenges facing service organisations in an era where services contribute more to gross domestic product (GDP) than manufacturing. This module is designed to provide the theoretical and practical grounding for those students wanting to work within service organisations or service business units within manufacturing organisations.  

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

The Dark Side of Marketing

Code:

MM3104

Convenor:

DR Irute Karanicholas

Summary:

The module considers exactly what it says – the dark side of marketing. Marketing is often presented as a solution to business problems. But marketing can itself cause problems for consumers. This module focuses on exploring the conflicting, controversial and moral challenges facing marketing in specific contexts. We will be discussing the non-traditional and unspoken yet critical topics of marketing practice. Our focus areas are those having a global impact and that touch upon pretty much every individual on the planet.?It is an integrative module that combines marketing with other science subjects (eg., nutrition, law and others). This module will explore marketing and its effects on consumers’ physical and mental well-being and alleged exploitation of vulnerable consumers. This module is critical, applied and contemporary. It looks at current issues and asks how you can use your marketing skills to help resolve some practical consumer and societal problems, and how marketing should be transparent, honest and true. We will explore ways to make consumer lives truly better, easier and happier. 

This is NOT a traditional or foundational marketing module but one that will challenge the very way you view and think about marketing. In this module we will explore marketing that you perhaps didn’t know existed.  

The key underlying principle of the module is to consider the dark side of marketing, including conflicting and controversial marketing, and to question or challenge whether certain marketing practices are moral by asking whether companies are truly considering the best interest of consumers and making their lives better. And how can you, as a future marketer, make marketing a more respected profession, for the benefit of those who work in marketing roles, and, ultimately, for consumers and society as a whole? 

Assessment Method:

Set exercise 30%, Project 70%

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Title:

Cross Cultural Marketing

Code:

MM3105

Convenor:

DR Melisa Mete

Summary:

Cross cultural marketing is essential given the profound impact that globalisation has had on both companies and consumers. This module follows on from Marketing Essentials (MM218) and introduces students to cross-cultural marketing based on the recognition of diversity in different markets of the world and local and global consumers, and local and global marketing practices due to cultural influences. This module has a group project and an examination. The group project provides students with an opportunity to apply concepts and tools acquired in MM218 and MM3105 in a creative and challenging team task to address a cross-cultural marketing issue and provide suggestions. Guidance for this task will be provided through the term. Similarly, the group project will enable students to prepare for the exam. The lectures explore and discuss theories and marketing practices related to cross-cultural marketing. 

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Title:

Advances in Digital Marketing

Code:

MM322

Convenor:

DR Rodrigo Perez Vega

Summary:

In today's fast-paced business world, having a solid understanding of digital marketing is crucial to achieving success. As more and more consumers turn to online channels to research and make purchasing decisions, it's important for businesses of all sizes to have a strong online presence and effective digital marketing strategies. That's where our advanced digital marketing module comes in! 

In this module, you'll explore the latest digital marketing trends and gain practical experience using a range of skills to consult organisations on the most appropriate digital marketing approaches. From understanding the digital opportunity and digital media for business purposes to creating compelling content and optimising paid search campaigns, you'll learn the tools and techniques that will help you drive results and achieve business goals. 

Through hands-on practice with digital platforms, you'll gain real-world experience implementing marketing strategies that work. Plus, you'll delve into advanced digital tracking, conversion rate optimisation, and AI-enabled technologies to give you a competitive edge in the job market. 

Assessment Method:

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Title:

New Directions in Business and Corporate Social Responsibility

Code:

MM334

Convenor:

DR Irene Garnelo-Gomez

Summary:

There is growing recognition of the role business and market-based solutions can play in tackling complex ‘wicked’ global sustainable development challenges, including reducing poverty, protecting vulnerable ecosystems, and facing up to global climate change. Concurrently, barely a day goes by without media reports of corporate misbehaviour and scandal. This module examines the role of business in society and the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

Assessment Method:

Assignment 70%, Oral 30%

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Title:

International Marketing

Code:

MM335

Convenor:

DR Gaye Bebek

Summary:

Most organisations out-grow their domestic markets and are faced with challenges in opening export opportunities and spreading their operations internationally. In an increasingly digital era, trading across geographic and political borders is ever more commonplace. While these options provide growth for organisations, they also present significant hurdles. This module discusses the reasons for operating outside the domestic market, explores the analyses necessary before selecting entry strategies and deciding on an international?marketing strategy, and considers the implications for marketing operations of organisations trading across cultures. 

?This module is also delivered at University of Reading Malaysia. 

Assessment Method:

Assignment 60%, Oral 40%

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Title:

Our Relationship with Technology

Code:

MM337

Convenor:

DR Lebene Soga

Summary:

In a fast-moving world in which information technology can be described as ubiquitous, we are often tempted to take for granted or perhaps not critically consider the impact information technology (and of course digital technologies) bring to our social and organisational lives. In this module, we will take a critical look at the relationship information technology has with the social world and by consequence, the organisation and our own individual selves. What do we mean by ‘information’ and ‘technology’ in the idea of ‘information technology’ anyway? This module will challenge our ideas about what information technology is or what it does to the social world and the lively debates in the classroom will drive us to conduct some empirical research to help us gain understanding.  

Organisations are looking for individuals who can critically consider contemporary issues, conduct research and design solutions to solve them. This module fills this gap by taking aim at some of the recent challenges that modern technologies pose to organisations and society as a whole. We will thus critically analyse issues concerning information and decision making, surveillance and management control, technology and modern day work in the gig economy, among others. Drawing on some philosophical and leading-edge theories, we will explore whether technology is in control of the human or the whether the human is in control of technology or whether the issues at stake are a bit more complex than we all think. The student taking this module is one who is curious, willing to challenge existing thought, and is able to work independently.  

Assessment Method:

Set exercise 30%, Class test 70%

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Title:

Strategic Human Resource Management

Code:

MM339

Convenor:

DR Chul Chung

Summary:

This is an advanced module in Strategic Human Resource Management, which examines how companies manage people at work, and appraises the relationships between strategy, HRM and performance.

Assessment Method:

Exam 70%, Assignment 30%

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Title:

International Human Resource Management

Code:

MM340

Convenor:

DR Rita Fontinha

Summary:

This module examines how practices of managing human resources could be different across countries and explores companies’ approaches to managing their human resources in an international business context.

Assessment Method:

Exam 70%, Assignment 30%

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Title:

Marketing Communications

Code:

MM341

Convenor:

DR Katrin Scherschel

Summary:

An organisation can have the best product or service, however, if consumers are unaware of it, it will not be successful. That is where marketing communications comes in. Marketing communications is the tool to reach and engage the intended audience. In this module you will learn how marketing communications works. We discuss underlying theories and apply these across traditional and digital marketing communications. Topics include advertising, direct marketing, sales promotion, and other aspects of the marketing communication mix. You will learn how to design, manage, and assess marketing communication efforts to best reach and engage the intended audience.   

Assessment Method:

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Title:

Optimising Marketing Performance

Code:

MM342

Convenor:

DR Irute Karanicholas

Summary:

In today's competitive business landscape, measuring and optimising marketing performance has become more crucial than ever. As reported by numerous industry experts and scholars, the pressure to optimise the impact of marketing activities is at an all-time high. Marketing professionals in senior roles, including Marketing Manager, Marketing Director, and CMO, are expected to have the ability to quantify their performance effectively and improve the outcomes of marketing activity. 

Unfortunately, many marketers find it challenging to prove their worth due to several reasons. To overcome this hurdle and optimise marketing performance, it's crucial that marketers acquire the necessary skills and knowledge. 

This module is designed to equip individuals that will be working in marketing roles with the essentials of measuring marketing performance. By taking this course, learners will gain practical insights and techniques to demonstrate the effectiveness of their marketing activities and optimise them, helping them justify their value in their organisation. 

Assessment Method:

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Title:

Management Project

Code:

MM357

Convenor:

DR Joseph Lane

Summary:

This module allows students to engage in guided, independent study over two terms in their final year. The objective is to produce a long piece of written research (a ‘Project’), which engages in-depth with a chosen topic in business and management.

Assessment Method:

Project 100%

Disclaimer:

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Title:

Business Ethics for International Management

Code:

MM359B

Convenor:

DR Adeyinka Adewale

Summary:

This module aims to develop students’ awareness and a refined critical understanding of the key approaches and theories of ethics and the understanding of key issues, and dimensions which reflect relationships in business and in society. It’s practically applied to relations involving business and broader stakeholders in international business and management contexts with a focus on ethical complexities in international management.  

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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Title:

Social Enterprise

Code:

MM379

Convenor:

DR Amal Ahmadi

Summary:

This is an interactive and practical module aiming to give students a comprehensive introduction to the social enterprise sector. 

Assessment Method:

Assignment 60%, Oral 40%

Disclaimer:

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Title:

Intellectual Property Management

Code:

MM382

Convenor:

DR Marrisa Joseph

Summary:

There are many goods and services that are the products of intellectual creations; from copyright in the latest blockbuster film, to patents in new technology and in trademarks of our favourite brands. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) can significantly contribute to the market value of enterprises, and they can have an important role in driving creativity and innovation in organisations. This module engages in a detailed analysis of how the management of IPR can be exploited for entrepreneurial opportunities and utilised in a commercial strategy. Furthermore, it will explore the importance of IPR in maintaining competitive advantage in the wider business contexts of marketing, strategy and entrepreneurship.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 65%, Class test 35%

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Title:

Leading in the 21st Century - Leadership Challenges and Practices

Code:

MM387

Convenor:

DR Amal Ahmadi

Summary:

This is an interactive and practical module aiming to give students a comprehensive overview of leadership. The module introduces key concepts and theories of leadership, and explores their practical application in organisational contexts.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 70%, Oral 30%

Disclaimer:

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Title:

Corporate Strategy

Code:

MM393

Convenor:

DR Katiuscia Lavoratori

Summary:

This module turns attention from companies with a single primary line of business to the strategies of multi-business firms, termed corporate strategy. Corporate strategy is concerned with the scope of the firm, requiring policy choices over the selection of industries and markets in which to compete. It includes choices over diversification, vertical integration, acquisitions, and the allocation of resources among different businesses. Creating advantage at the corporate level requires differentiating from competitors rather than mimicking them, making corporate decisions in an integrated manner, and recognizing the trade-offs in organizational choices arising from the fact that multi-business firms can add value to their underlying businesses in many ways. 

MM393 follows on from the Part 2 Module MM276 which focused on business (competitive) strategy. MM393 introduces frameworks, concepts, tools and techniques for corporate strategic management that build from this preceding module.

Assessment Method:

Exam 60%, Assignment 40%

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Title:

Project Management

Code:

MM396

Convenor:

MR Nigel Spinks

Summary:

Projects have become an important mode of organising work in many organisations and industries in response to the need to develop and deliver complex one-off goods and services and to manage change initiatives. This module is designed to provide the theoretical and practical grounding for those working in and leading projects. The assignment includes project-based group activities to develop critical understanding of tools and techniques in practice.

Assessment Method:

Exam 70%, Oral 15%, Project 15%

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Title:

Management in Media Industries

Code:

MM397

Convenor:

MRS Anna De Amicis

Summary:

This module engages in a detailed analysis of the media industry. Fundamental economic questions are considered, along with the strategic choices facing media organisations. Students are introduced to the key challenges facing firms within the industry and are invited to consider the role of media organisations in shaping contemporary society. 

Assessment Method:

Set exercise 30%, Report 70%

Disclaimer:

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Title:

Technology Advisory Practices

Code:

MM398

Convenor:

DR Nicholas Silburn

Summary:

This module develops the students’ ability to address complex business problems involving the use of technology by investigating as teams the challenges,issues or opportunities an organisation is facing and formulating appropriate recommendations. As a part of the module students will have the opportunity of working closely with a group of peers to apply technology advisory practices to a contemporary business case. Module participants will have the opportunity to develop a range of business and academic skills in a number of different areas relevant to advisory practices.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 50%, Oral 20%, Report 30%

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Title:

Digital Entrepreneurship

Code:

MM399

Convenor:

DR Matteo Borghi

Summary:

Digital enterprises face a range of challenges that differentiate them from non-digital start-ups. They often operate in hyper-competitive winner-takes-it-all markets from inception. To succeed in this environment, they need to leverage digital technologies to shape novel business models, market their products and services and develop monetization strategies until they find product-market-fit, and achieve a scalable method of customer acquisition, typically by targeting global markets from the outset.

The module discusses how digital entrepreneurial ventures take advantage of the tensions and opportunities arising from current technological change. It then explores the approaches, methods and strategies employed by entrepreneurial, digital companies in validating and developing products, gaining market and customer traction, competing for scale in hyper-competitive markets as well as in monetizing their product, service and data offerings. It explores entrepreneurial marketing methods used by digital entrepreneurs including approaches to customer development. Finally, it also discusses data-driven decision making processes.

Assessment Method:

Oral 30%, Class test 70%

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Title:

Advanced Management Accounting

Code:

AC302

Convenor:

MR Edward Tew

Summary:

This module builds on the concepts and techniques of management accounting introduced in AC201 and AC220. Management accounting may be seen as a way of providing information in three main areas: costing, decision-making, and planning and control. The emphasis of this module will mainly be on the last two areas (i.e., decision making and planning and control). In reality, however, it is often difficult to separate any one area from the other two. For example, standard costing provides costing information which is then used as a tool for planning and control.

?This module is also delivered at University of Reading Malaysia. 

Assessment Method:

Exam 70%, Assignment 30%

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Title:

Advanced International Financial Reporting

Code:

AC312

Convenor:

DR Lei Tao

Summary:

This module looks closely at a number of international financial reporting standards and at the preparation of consolidated financial statements. It also undertakes a critical appraisal of some current and/or theoretical issues in financial reporting. The module is designed for students who have a significant prior knowledge of financial reporting. 

This module is delivered at the University of Reading UK, University of Reading Malaysia and the Beijing Institute of technology.

Assessment Method:

Exam 80%, Assignment 20%

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Title:

Private Equity and Venture Capital

Code:

IC309

Convenor:

DR Keith Arundale

Summary:

The objective of the Private Equity and Venture Capital module, which is delivered at the ICMA Centre, is to develop students’ appreciation of the practical aspects of investing by private equity and venture capital firms, understanding the dynamics between the venture capital investor and the entrepreneur, and also the practicalities of raising PE&VC funds from institutional investors. The focus of the module is on venture capital and high-growth ventures from the viewpoints of both the entrepreneur or management team and of the investing institution (general partner), although private equity as a whole is covered (including management buyout transactions) as well as the relationship between the private equity or venture capital firm and its own investors (limited partner institutions). This is a highly practical module; extensive use will be made of case studies and a group project in addition to guest seminars from invited experienced practitioners and entrepreneurs.

Assessment Method:

Exam 60%, Assignment 40%

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Title:

Company Law

Code:

LW3CO

Convenor:

DR Folashade Adeyemo

Summary:

This module aims to introduce students to the fundamental principles of company law in England and Wales, exploring key areas relating to the formation, structure, operation and activities of companies, and examining the regulation of companies. Students will engage deeply with case law, legislation and legal reform, and will consider the law from a range of perspectives including business needs and pressures, theoretical bases for corporate regulation, and policy considerations.

Assessment Method:

Exam 70%, Assignment 30%

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Title:

Commercial Law

Code:

LW3COM

Convenor:

MRS Elizabeth Conaghan

Summary:

This module aims to introduce module members to some of the fundamental principles of commercial law through a critical examination of, and engagement with, relevant case law, legislation, business practice, academic work, historical influences, economic drivers and public policy.  It focuses primarily on the study of the law surrounding contracts for the sale of goods although module members will also be introduced to the concept and law of agency. The module builds on module members' knowledge of contract law and it aims to equip students with a critical appreciation of some of the central themes and pillars of commercial law. The focus is on the law relevant to commercial transactions in England and Wales, although comparative and transnational perspectives will be drawn upon from time to time.

Assessment Method:

Exam 70%, Assignment 30%

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Title:

Intellectual Property Law

Code:

LW3IP

Convenor:

DR Basak Bak

Summary:

This module explores the field of intellectual property law.

Assessment Method:

Exam 100%

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Title:

Fairness

Code:

PP3FAI

Convenor:

DR Charlotte Newey

Summary:

This module addresses the concept of fairness and its relation to other moral concepts and considerations.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

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