Business and Management

Our School of Business and Management has a fresh and intellectually challenging approach to management research and education. Studying Business and Management at Royal Holloway means that you will learn from internationally renowned experts who will share their research and experience so that you gain current and relevant management skills and knowledge. The valuable context that this degree will give you, combined with the interpersonal and transferable skills, will lead to excellent management career prospects.

You will build on your skills and abilities in all the key areas of management, including strategy, international business, marketing and consumption as well as accounting. Our balanced approach to research and teaching guarantees high quality teaching from subject leaders, cutting edge materials and intellectually challenging debates. You will receive individual attention and flexibility to acquire, if desired, expertise within a specialist field.

This course will allow you to develop a creative approach to problem solving that produces effective management results along with how to provide direction, assess progress, and adapt your approach to changing circumstances.

• Excellent career prospects in management, by examining real life case studies with input from business stakeholders.

• Ability to specialise in core subject areas, such as: marketing, human resources, international business, sustainability, accounting, IT and entrepreneurship.

Course Modules

Core Modules

Year 1

• Professional Skills

• Quantitative Skills and Ideas for Decision Making

• Foundations for Enterprise Internationalisation

• Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance

• Foundations for Sustainable Business

• People and Organisations

• Fundamentals of Digital Enterprise

• Principles of Marketing

Year 2

• Collaboration and Communication in Business

• The Global Economy

• Responsible Business and Management

• Data Visualisation and Analytics

Year 3

• Leading and Leadership in Organisations

• Business and Management Impact Project I

• Business and Management Impact Project II

• Business Negotiation Skills in Context

• Management Consulting

• Marketing and Entrepreneurial Skills

• Professional Practice: Skills and Careers

Optional Modules

Below is a taster of some of the exciting optional modules that students on the course could choose from during this academic year. Please be aware these do change over time, and optional modules may be withdrawn or new ones added.

Year 2

Autumn term - you will choose one of the following:

• Financial Reporting and Analysis

• Business, Politics and Corporate Governance

• Project Management

• Introduction to Entrepreneurship

• Work and Employment Relations

• Intercultural Management and Communication

• Consumer Behaviour

• Business Law for Accounting and Finance

• Operations Management

• Career Management in a Changing World

• Management and the Arts

• Organisations and Accountability

• Business Information System for Accounting and Finance

• Financial Literacy and Personal Financial Planning

• Management, Music and Creativity

• Strategic Management

• Management Accounting

• Creativity and Problem Solving

• Managing Organisational Change

• Marketing Research

• Digital Innovation and Circular Economy

• Entrepreneurship Origins and Development

• Human Resource Management

• Multinational Enterprise

• Digital Marketing and Customer Experience

Year 3

• Responsible Entrepreneurship and Innovation

• Organisational Ethics and Decision Making

• Accountability and Sustainability

• Strategic Finance

• Business Simulation

• Social Media, Networks and Business

• Corporate Entrepreneurship

• Clusters, Small Business and Entrepreneurship

• Current Issues in the Global Workplace

• Motivation and Performance

• Asia Pacific Business

• Business in International Comparative Perspective

• Contemporary Issues in Marketing

• Strategic Brand Management

• Organisations and Accountability

• Marketing, People and the Planet

• International Financial Accounting

• Strategic Management Accounting

• Business Data Analytics

• Business Process Applications

• Leading and Leadership in Organisations

• Innovation, Strategy and the Corporation

• New Venture Creation

• International Human Resource Management

• Wellbeing at Work

• Emerging Markets

• European Business

• Advertising and Promotions in the Digital Age

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Your course will be assessed by a combination of examinations and in-course assignments in the form of essays or presentations. Your understanding of the key management subjects will be achieved by the following learning methods:

• Lectures introduce the key subject areas, themes and frameworks through a larger teaching group format

• Group work will provide you with the opportunity to meet and learn to work with other people. This is important for your development when considering a management role in your future career.

• Case-studies will be integrated throughout your course. This will reflect the reality of decision-making and problem-solving activities in today’s business environment

• Independent Learning is a key skill that will benefit you in the workplace and life in general, as well as study. You will need to conduct your own research to find out more about the subject areas you are interested in.

• Seminars and Workshops are an opportunity to explore the themes raised in lectures in more detail. Seminars are comprised of small interactive groups, with discussion between staff and students.

• Formal examinations take place in May/June.