BA Business Management and The Human Resource

Programme overview

Entry requirements

• GCSE English Language: minimum grade B/6.
  - GCSE Mathematics: minimum grade B/5.
  - A Level: typically AAB (excluding General Studies, Critical Thinking and Extended Project Qualification).
• When English is not the first language, students will need to provide evidence of English language ability through qualifications such as TOEFL (score of 92 overall, with no less than 21 in listening, 21 in reading, 23 in speaking and 22 in writing) and IELTS (score of 6.5 overall, with no less than 6 in listening, speaking, reading or writing), all in accordance with standard Business School entry requirements and policy.

Programme specification

Programme Aims (PA)

Our graduates will be able to:

1. Analyse complex Management and HRM issues to articulate how cultural, legal, political and global influences impact upon policies and practice.
2. Have an understanding of the economic and social consequences of HRM policies and practices.
3. Account for the impact of different employer strategies on HRM policy and Management practice.
4. Identify key legal issues raised by a scenario and to analyse the position of specific actors from a legal perspective.
5. Identify, describe and critically appraise important theories, models and prescriptions within the field of Management and HRM research and practice.
6. Have the intellectual and ethical skills required to comprehend and analyse strategic Management activity and its implications.
7. Have an understanding of the range of methods and analytical techniques available to Management researchers and HRM practitioners, and the intellectual, ethical and research skills to apply these techniques to address applied research issues.
8. Have the skills, knowledge and competencies to build a career in the management of people, through achievement of the knowledge requirements for Associate level membership of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
9. Have broad capabilities in the key business functions of marketing and finance and an applied understanding of their role in the strategic management of organisations.

Learning Outcomes

Our students will be able to:

1. Engage critically with current issues, research and scholarship in the field of Management and HRM (PA 1-9)
2. Demonstrate the analytical, critical thinking and intellectual skills required to solve Management and HRM (PA 1-9)
3. Execute and present a piece of high-quality independent research on an HRM or general Management topic (PA 7)
4. Manipulate and interpret data using both quantitative and qualitative methods (PA 7)
5. Articulate how global and cultural influences impact on local employment practices (PA 1, 2, 3, 4)
6. Deliver professional quality presentations on HRM issues using appropriate technologies (PA 8)
7. Produce professional-quality business reports and documents (PA 8)
8. Work effectively as part of a team (PA 8)
9. Be a reflective and ethical practitioner in HRM, continuously and critically developing their HR skills (PA 8)

Year 1

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Compulsory Modules

Students will be required to study the following 100 credits of compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
LUBS1036	Introduction to Finance	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS1081	Personal Tutorials for HRM	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS1125	Economic Institutions (Labour)	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS1585	Economic Institutions (Industry)	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS1755	Business and Society (Combined)	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS1850	Organisational Behaviour	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional Modules

Students will be required to study 10 credits of optional modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
LUBS1225	Accounting for Managers	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS1890	Starting Your Own Business	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS1940	Economics for Management	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Discovery Modules

Students may study 10 credits of discovery modules. If students do NOT want to study discovery modules, all of their discovery credit allowance can be used to study a further module from the Optional list instead, to make up a total of 120 credits for the year.

Students will be required to pass 100 Year 1 credits in order to progress to Year 2.

Year 2

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Compulsory Modules

Students will be required to study the following 80 credits of compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
LUBS2060	Contemporary Industrial Relations	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP
LUBS2580	Contemporary Human Resource Management	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
LUBS2810	Business and the Legal Environment	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
LUBS2885	HRM Research Practice and personal tutorials	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP
LUBS2895	Organisational Behaviour in Practice	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP

Optional Modules

Students will be required to study 20 credits of optional modules which can be taken from the Optional modules list and/or from up to TWO of the Pathways.

Optional

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
LUBS2000	Management, Work and Organisations	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2020	From Study to Work	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2022	Experiencing the World of Work	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS2095	Understanding Data in the Social Sciences	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2590	Labour Economics	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2850	Marketing	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Ethics and Sustainability Pathway

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
IDEA2000	Leadership Ethics	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2970	Corporate Social Responsibility	10	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Finance Pathway

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
LUBS2206	Corporate Financial Management	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Enterprise & Innovation Pathway 

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
LUBS2028	Leading and Managing Small Businesses	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2045	Entrepreneurship in Theory and Practice	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS2065	Managing Innovation in Business	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Discovery Modules

Students may study a maximum of 20 credits of discovery modules. If students do NOT want to study discovery modules, all or part of their discovery credit allowance can be used to study further modules from the Optional list and/or from up to TWO of the Pathways instead, to make up a total of 120 credits for the year.

Students will be required to pass 100 Year 2 credits including all Pass for Progression (PFP) modules in order to progress to Year 3.

Year 3

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Compulsory Modules

Students will be required to study the following 100 credits of compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
LUBS3070	Strategic Management	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
LUBS3311	Human Resource Management Dissertation	40	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
LUBS3855	Strategic Human Resource Management	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP
LUBS3915	Employment Law	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Optional Modules

Students will be required to study 10 credits of optional modules which can be taken from the Optional modules list and/or from a Pathway.

Optional

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
LUBS3001	Gender and Equality at Work in Comparative Perspective	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LUBS3002	Diversity Management	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3095	Global Perspectives on HRM and Employment Relations	20
LUBS3185	People Analytics: Strategy and Practice	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3850	Contemporary Management Consulting	20	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Ethics and Sustainability Pathway

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
IDEA3000	Ethics of Artificial Intelligence	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LUBS3003	Business Ethics	20	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LUBS3098	Sustainable Business Futures: Policy and Practice	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Finance Pathway

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
LUBS3140	Behavioural Finance	10	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Enterprise & Innovation Pathway

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
LUBS3306	Critical Perspective in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship	20	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Discovery Modules

Students may study 10 credits of discovery modules. If students do NOT want to study discovery modules, all of their discovery credit allowance can be used to study a further module from the Optional list and/or from up to TWO Pathways instead, to make up a total of 120 credits for the year.

Students will be required to pass 100 Year 3 credits including all Pass for Progression (PFP) modules in order to be eligible for the award of an Honours Degree.

Last updated: 30/04/2025 16:07:50

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