Business and Human Resources Management (with foundation year)

Foundation Year
The foundation year will introduce you to the world of business with a strong focus on management, business communications and marketing in a global context. It creates opportunities for you to develop vital business skills, as well as preparing you for study at undergraduate level. You will put theory, both traditional and contemporary, into practice with real-world scenarios.

Build your understanding of business management with a focus on human resource (HR) practices. This course explores how effective recruitment, motivation and staff retention strategies can contribute to organisational success. This course aims to offer insight into the challenges of managing people at work and how these may be approached in a context of rapid technological change and growing internationalisation.

Why Study This Course

• Practice your skills: develop your business skills through a variety of international case studies, problem-based learning, simulated business and human resources activities in a variety of teaching environments. The simulation suite is equipped with modern technology, from inter-communication, built-in mics, cameras and the use of virtual reality headsets.

• Real-world exposure: benefit from IPD professional networking events and practitioner speakers to build your professional network.2 Previous students visited Jaguar Land Rover, Ironbridge, Warwick Castle, Cadbury’s and Coventry City Council.

• Industry insight and professional network development: learn from experienced staff whose consultancy, training and research links with organisations are deep and wide-ranging.

• Lecturers at the forefront of HR developments: our research-active staff aim to share the latest thinking, new developments and challenges of a changing work environment. Our lecturers focus on new ways of working, diversity management, multicultural teams, identity, HR professionalisation, the organisation of change and the changing nature of management, social network analysis, shared perceptions, organisational psychology and organisational behaviour.

• Career ready: after you graduate, you should be well-prepared to begin your career in HR or to pursue further professional human resource management (HRM) or human resource development (HRD) qualifications. Many graduates go on to programmes such as the Advanced Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) Level 7 or an MA/MSc degree in Human Resource Management, though entry to these is subject to the respective course requirements, application, availability and additional costs.

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