Business & Human Resource Management (with Industry Placement)
Wrexham University
UCAS Code: BHIP | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
About this course
Why choose this course?
Our degree in Business & Human Resource Management (HRM) will give you the skills you need to successfully manage organisations and their people in today’s fast-paced, and often challenging business environments and to play a part in influencing strategic business decisions.
You will:
- Apply cutting-edge, contemporary research and theory to your studies.
- Practice some of the core HR/business skills that are transferrable across the wider business sector.
- Develop essential skills in negotiation, listening, persuasion, problem-solving and decision-making.
- Build a foundation for a career in business, with specialist knowledge and skills in HR to make sure ‘employees come first’.
- All our Wrexham-based graduating students will also achieve a Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management from the Chartered Management Institute worth over £1,300 at no extra cost.
You can also study this course with a foundation year BA (Hons) Business and Human Resource Management (with foundation year) UCAS Code: HRMF
Key course features:
- Apply cutting-edge, contemporary research and theory to your studies.
- Participate in lively and dynamic lecture discussions and debates on real-time HRM issues with your lecturers and fellow students.
- Develop essential skills in negotiation, listening, persuasion, problem-solving and decision-making.
- Take part in an optional industrial placement giving you highly sought after industry experience employers are looking for.
- Become a highly effective HR professional who can operate successfully in a range of business environments and sectors.
Modules
What you will study
YEAR 1 (LEVEL 4)
MODULES
Introduction to Management & Business
Introduction to Business Finance & Accounting
Understanding Human Resource Management
Marketing Essentials
Business Communication Skills
Business Analytics
YEAR 2 (LEVEL 5)
MODULES
Managing Corporate Risk and Crime
Digital Business Strategy
Agile Leadership
Professional Behaviours & Valuing People
Organisational Performance & Culture in Practice
Organisational Development
YEAR 3 (INDUSTRY PLACEMENT)
Industry Placement (Core)
YEAR 4 (LEVEL 6)
MODULES
Strategic Management
Employment Law
Managing People in an International Context:
Talent Management in Organisations
Dissertation
The information listed in this section is an overview of the academic content of the programme that will take the form of either core or option modules. Modules are designated as core or option in accordance with professional body requirements and internal academic framework review, so may be subject to change.
Assessment methods
Teaching & Assessment
Students are assessed in a variety of ways over the course of their undergraduate studies. The balance between the different forms of assessment is determined by the different aims and learning outcomes of the core and option modules. Assessment methods include academic essays, presentations, reports, simulation exercises and examinations.
Independent learning is an important aspect of all modules, as it enables students to develop both their subject-specific and key skills. Independent learning is promoted through the feedback given to students, which takes several forms including small group and one-to-one discussions.
TEACHING AND LEARNING
In accordance with sound educational research and current best practice, the BA Business and HRM programme will be delivered through a broad range of learning and teaching strategies. The delivery of the programme and its assessment will reflect the spirit of Wrexham Glyndŵr University’s Learning, Teaching and Assessment Strategy and Active Learning Framework, with particular emphasis on:
- The development of autonomous learners.
- Support flexible learning by providing synchronous and Asynchronous learning
- Provision of learning opportunities that are personally and professionally relevant and quality assured.
- The maintenance of a supportive learning environment.
- The promotion of the scholarship of teaching.
Wrexham Glyndŵr University is committed to supporting our students to maximise their academic potential.
We offer workshops and support sessions in areas such as academic writing, effective note-making and preparing for assignments. Students can book appointments with academic skills tutors dedicated to helping deal with the practicalities of university work. Our student support section has more information on the help available.
In terms of particular needs, the University’s Inclusion Services can provide appropriate guidance and support should any students require reasonable adjustments to be made because of a recognised prevailing disability, medical condition, or specific learning difference.
The Uni
Wrexham (Main Campus)
North Wales Business School
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You don't have to be an accountant if you take this degree, but over half of graduates take a look at the rewards on offer for accountancy trainees and go into the job. Many others go into other parts of the finance industry as advisors or book-keepers, and some go into management or marketing. London is very popular for accountancy graduates going into their first job, but it's also quite common to work in Scotland, with Glasgow a perennial hotbed of Scottish accountancy recruitment. If you want to find a job in finance as an accountancy graduates, recruitment agencies were particularly important last year, so try to get in touch with one as soon as you can to improve your chances.
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