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This module explores leadership, motivation, employee engagement, talent development and organisational culture within a rapidly changing business environment. You will consider how leadership practices must adapt across organisations and cultures and develop a critically informed approach to managing people.

Sustainability is examined as a practical management responsibility. You will explore how businesses contribute to the global Sustainable Development Goals and how sustainability commitments can be governed, implemented, measured and reported. The module also considers the challenge of balancing short-term financial priorities with longer-term organisational and societal needs.

Contemporary cases, research and discussion will help you connect academic ideas with management practice. By the end of the module, you will be better equipped to evaluate organisational impact, question established assumptions and propose responsible solutions to complex leadership and sustainability challenges.

This module develops your ability to analyse complex strategic challenges and turn organisational priorities into workable projects.

You will examine major schools of strategic thought, as well as corporate, business-level, growth, and internationalisation strategies. Rather than applying standard frameworks mechanically, you will evaluate their assumptions, limitations and suitability for different organisational contexts.

The module also connects strategy with project management. You will explore the project life cycle, project teams and the tools used to plan, implement and evaluate organisational change. You will consider how human factors, uncertainty and organisational failure affect strategic outcomes.

By combining strategic analysis, research evidence, and project planning, the module prepares you to evaluate alternatives, make informed decisions, and develop realistic recommendations that reflect organisational priorities, available resources, and wider sustainability considerations.

Culture influences communication, negotiation, workplace relationships, conflict and customer expectations. This module prepares you to make informed decisions within international and culturally diverse environments.

You will critically examine established cultural frameworks, including the work of Hofstede, Minkov and Trompenaars. Rather than using these frameworks to stereotype national cultures, you will evaluate how they can support a more nuanced understanding of intercultural situations.

The module applies this knowledge to international marketing. You will explore how marketing strategies should be adapted for different countries, how cultural conditions influence customer responses and how market-entry barriers can affect international expansion.

You will also consider opportunities created by electronic media and communication technologies. Through scenarios, business cases, and collaborative activities, you will develop the ability to analyse intercultural challenges, formulate international marketing strategies, and communicate culturally sensitive solutions to colleagues, customers, and business partners.

This module develops the financial knowledge and analytical confidence required to assess performance, evaluate opportunities and support business growth.

You will learn to interpret key financial statements and use financial ratios to examine organisational performance. The module also covers the time value of money, risk and return, capital structure, investment fundamentals, and the role of financial markets and institutions.

A strong enterprise focus connects these concepts with the realities of creating and growing a business. You will examine small-business finance, funding strategies, fundraising, expansion and scale-up decisions. Hands-on activities will help you calculate, interpret and present financial evidence.

By the end of the module, you will be better prepared to participate in financial discussions, compare business and funding models, and justify recommendations to managers, investors and other stakeholders.

Research Methods & Entrepreneurship Project

Turn a business idea into a researched, financially informed and professionally presented venture proposal. You will identify an opportunity and a clear value proposition, use primary and secondary market research to test demand, then develop a marketing strategy, operational plan and financial budgets.

A specialist supervisor guides you, but you set the objectives and drive the venture, concluding with a comprehensive business plan and a live, investment-style pitch.

Research Methods & Consulting Project (simulator)

Act as a consultant to a virtual organisation and test your recommendations inside a simulated business environment. You will investigate a complex brief involving a process, structure, product, service or business model, analyse the evidence, then recommend and implement a course of action.

The simulation lets you see how the organisation responds, so both successful and unsuccessful decisions become learning, strengthening your ability to diagnose problems, interpret evidence, work independently and decide under uncertainty.