International Business and Corporate Social Responsibility

Course Structure

1. [\'Accounting for Managers \\x96 provides an overview of accounting and finance issues. You will look at company accounts from both the shareholder and the company perspectives.\', \'Critical Management in a Global Context \\x96 provides you with a critical understanding of management and organisations in a global context. The module will be informed by critical management and organisation studies.\', "Corporate Social Responsibility \\x96 explores the theory and implications of CSR. You will examine the need for a company to carefully manage its CSR activities on a strategic level. This module also looks at the importance of CSR in terms of a company\'s responsibility to society and the environment.", \'Research Methods \\x96 introduces you to the basic elements of research methodology and the complete range of methods suitable for research in finance, accounting and business. It also aims to help you in defining a research topic and the production of a suitable research proposal for your dissertation.\', \'International Strategic Management, Markets and Resources \\x96 explores the integrative nature of strategic management and examines the contrasting perspectives between competitive positioning and the resource-based view of an organisation. You will also evaluate the impact of the external environment on organisational strategy, behaviour and management.\', \'People Management and Organisation \\x96 provides you with the skills to conduct and critically analyse organisational development, including its consequences on human resources management (HRM). The relevant theoretical principles and models of change management, HRM and organisational behaviour will be considered and applied in a practical management context using case studies and real-life examples.\', \'Work/Community-based Reflective Live Case Study \\x96 introduces you to practical skills for research practice, which are specifically appropriate to projects within a work or community based context.\', \'Globalisation\', \'International Marketing and Ethics\', \'International Finance\', \'International HRM\', \'Corporate Governance\', \'Contemporary Business Model Generation\', \'The Social and Sustainable Face of Marketing\']