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International Management and Modern Languages Unit Catalogue
ESML0005: French politics & society 1A: Introduction
à la politique et à la société françaises
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
To introduce students to the study of French politics and society from the 1930s
to1945.
Content:
A chronological survey of France since the 1930s which examines issues including:
the decline of rural France; politics in the inter-war period; the Popular Front;
the Second World War, Occupation and Resistance. Seminars provide a forum for
discussion and consolidation of lectures as well as providing study skills session
for note taking and writing historical commentaries.
ESML0006: French politics & society 1B: Introduction
à la politique et à la société françaises
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Pre ESML0005
Aims & learning objectives:
By the end of this semester students should have a solid background in 20th
Century France, understand some of the key aspects of French politics and society,
and have acquired essential analytical and writing skills in French.
Content:
Post-war expansion; decolonization; changes in French society since 1945; the
coming of the Fifth Republic; May 1968; and the victory of the Left in 1981
together with contemporary French politics and society. Seminars provide a forum
for discussion and consolidation of the lectures as well as providing study
skills sessions for argumentative essay writing.
ESML0011: French politics & society 2A: Les années
Mitterrand
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0006
Aims & learning objectives:
To build on and develop understanding of key structures and institutions of
French political life, introduced in Year 1. To evaluate elements of change
and continuity in the 1980s and 1990s using the framework of the Mitterrand
presidency. To encourage students to take notes and extract relevant information
from written and audio-visual material in French; to discuss topical political,
social and economic issues in French in seminars; to build up a student 'log'
over the course of the term, comprising lecture and seminar notes, and notes
from preparatory and background reading, which will be of use in revision for
the examination.
Content:
(a) Lectures: Introduction - les grands evenements; film François Mitterrand,
une vie a l'epreuve du pouvoir; Approches de la culture politique en France;
la construction de la Nation a travers la culture - les grands travaux; Pouvoir
Presidentiel et elections legislatives 1981-1995; l'evolution des themes politiques
pendant les deux septennats; l'immigration; la France et l'Europe; Mitterrand
et l'economie. (b) Seminars: François Mitterrand, l'homme et son image;
l'apres-Mitterrand; les elections presidentielles de 1995; le chomage et l'exclusion;
la position; la position de la France a la fin des annees Mitterrand.
ESML0015: French national option F1: La France et l'Europe
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0011
Aims & learning objectives:
To examine the relations between France and the wider European area (including
the former USSR) in the post-war world, with specific emphasis on developments
since the late 1980s. The general focus will be the broad field of international
relations which will be narrowed down to three specific and inter-related areas:
economic and commercial interests; foreign policy and diplomacy; military policy
and security. The unit will examine the tensions which have always existed in
French policy towards Europe between a nationalist and an internationalist impulsion.
In the three areas noted above, protectionism, individualism and national independence
have constantly vied with liberalism, international cooperation and alliance
solidarity. These dichotomies go beyond the traditional right/left divide in
French politics and have always run as a deep fissure within both the broad
left and the broad right. At the same time, since the end of the 1980s, France
has been faced with a new dichotomy; whether to prioritise the deepening of
the Community of 12 (the Maastricht process) or, on the contrary, to pursue
the old Gaullist vision of a broader Europe "from the Atlantic to the Urals".
Particular emphasis will be placed throughout the course on the complex but
crucial role played by Franco-German relations.
Content:
Four hours will be devoted to each of the following: 1. The historical background
to France's relations with Europe. 2. France and the EEC (1958-85). 3. French
foreign and defence policy (1958-89). 4. France, the Single Market and Maastricht.
5. French European security policy since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Taught
in French.
ESML0016: French national option F2: La France urbaine
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0011
Aims & learning objectives:
To study the importance of urban life in contemporary debate on social issues
and French national identity, using authentic French material (including film
and video); to use a variety of disciplinary sources to explore urban life in
France, especially urban sociology, anthropology, political sociology and policy
studies; to examine cultural representations of French urban life. The unit
aims to give students a deeper understanding of social issues in France today;
to develop reading, listening and discussion skills in the French language.
Content:
Approaches to urban studies; urban policy; "la banlieue'"; politics and towns;
the "new towns" policy; violence and urban life; media representations of urban
life; case studies. Taught in French.
ESML0017: French national option F3: La femme en France
au vingtième siècle
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW33 ES67
Requisites: Pre ESML0011
Aims & learning objectives:
To introduce students to various aspects of feminist thought and to situate
some of the main debates within feminism. Through a series of theme-based seminars,
to analyse women's involvement in events of the 20th century in France, notably
the two World Wars and the suffragist and feminist movements. The 20th Century
has brought significant social change and this course will seek to evaluate
the extent to which these changes were gendered . By the end of the course students
should have gained a better understanding of gender issues within contemporary
French society. (Note: the second year option on Women in France is not a pre-requisite,
although students who attended that option will find that this is an opportunity
to pursue their interests).
Content:
The first couple of weeks will be devoted to exploring a range of feminist ideas.
Then we will move into discussions based on student presentations around a series
of themes related to women's lives. These might include: women and war; suffragism,
feminism and women's activism; women and violence; politics and power; representations
of women; women in ethnic minorities. Taught in French.
ESML0027: French national option F11: La persuasion
et la propagande
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0011
Aims & learning objectives:
To examine the respective roles of persuasion and propaganda in French society
today, parallels being drawn also with other countries. Where does persuasion
end and propaganda begin? How do today's politicians market themselves to the
electorate? Have the techniques changed over the years?
Content:
After initial work on the definitions of the evolution of persuasion and propaganda,
students pass onto investigations of particular areas of debate, events or political
parties in a contemporary context. Their findings are presented as seminar contributions.
Taught in French.
ESML0028: French national option F12:
Environement, societe, devellopement
Credits: 6
ESML0029: French national option F13: Culture et identité
dans la France contemporaine
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0011
Aims & learning objectives:
This unit will examine the relationship between identity and culture at times
of social and political change. It will explore the way in which the identities
of different social groups are expressed within the economic, political and
cultural contexts of contemporary France. The aim is to examine elements of
the French identity taking into account students' own experience of France and
its diversity. The unit will pay particular attention to the construction of
identities through cultural forms such as museums, language, literature, music,
film and the media.
Content:
Introductory lectures will familiarize students with various theoretical approaches
to the study of both culture and identity. Students will then examine the social
and cultural frameworks for thinking about the question of what it means to
be French. Seminars and case studies will examine themes such as heritage, memory,
migrations, nation, tradition and popular culture. Taught in French.
ESML0034: German politics & society 1A: Deutschland
und Österreich 1918-1939
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
We will trace the most important political, social and economic developments
in inter-war Germany and Austria. At the same time, students will get practice
in German comprehension, speaking and writing. Students should learn to follow
straightforward lectures in German and take notes from them; understand vocabulary
and concepts relevant to the history of the period; make short oral presentations
in German and facilitate seminar discussion as part of a panel.
Content:
i) Weimarer Republik (1918-1933) a. Deutschland zwischen Krieg and Diktatur
b. Die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung in der Weimarer Republik c. Der Aufstieg
der NSDAP ii) Das Drittes Reich (1933-1945) a. Ein Überblick über
die wichtigsten Entwicklungen zwischen 1933 und 1945 b. Umgestaltung von Staat
und Gesellschaft im nationalsozialistischen Deutschland iii) Die Erste Republik
Österreich a. Gründung und Festigung der Republic (1918 - 1926) b. Der
Weg in die Krise c. Bürgerkrieg und autoritärer Städndestaat.
Taught in German.
ESML0035: German politics & society 1B: Von der doppelten
Staatsgründung bis zum Mauerbau
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Pre ESML0034
Aims & learning objectives:
To convey in German the most significant political and social developments from
1945 to 1963; to give students practice in understanding lectures in German
and taking notes, to introduce relevant vocabulary and concepts, and to assist
students in discussing and writing on the above issues in German.
Content:
i) Westdeutschland: Adenauer-Ara (1945-1963) a. Die Politik des Allinerten (1945-1949)
b. Das Grundgesetz c. Konrad Adenauer und 'Kanzlerdemokratie' d. Die Entwicklung
der westdeutschen Gesellschaft in den 50er jahren ii) Ostdeutschland: vom Aufbau
zum Mauerbau (1945-1961) a. Vorgeschichte and Gründung der DDR b. Der Volksaufstand
vom 17 Juni 1953 c. Entwicklungen in der DDR 1953-1961. Taught in German.
ESML0042: German politics & society 2A: Geteiltes Deutschland
1961-1989
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0035
Aims & learning objectives:
To study relations between the two German states from the Hallstein-Doktrin,
through Brandt's Ostpolitik to the collapse of the GDR and unification; to analyse
the main features of the economic and social system of each of the two German
states; to build on the vocabulary and concepts previously acquired and to assist
students in discussing and writing on the above issues at an advanced level
of German.
Content:
i) DDR: vom Mauerbau bis zur deutschen Einigung a) Aspekte der DDR-Identitat
(Politische Kultur, Alltag und Stasi) b) BRD und DDR: ein kritischer Systemvergleich
c) Frauen und Soziale Sicherheit d) Das Jahr der Wende ii) BRD: vom Mauerbau
bis zur deutschen Einigung a) Deutsch-deutsche Beziehungen b) 1968 und die Folgen
c) Kohl-Ara (1982-1989)
ESML0043: German pols & soc 2B opt 1: Lebensumbruche
und Integrationsprozesse in Deutschland seit der Wende
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0042
Aims & learning objectives:
The aim of this unit is to explore how German society, state, politics and economy
have evolved since the collapse of the GDR and German unification, with emphasis
on the new Bundeslander. The learning objectives are to develop an awareness
and understanding amongst students of the key issues relating to the process
of German Unification and to enable them to articulate this in both spoken and
written German.
Content:
Subjects for close study include the formal process of unification; social,
political and economic change in the new Bundeslander, the different
experiences and mentalities in eastern and western Germany and the persistence
of die Mauer im Kopf, GDR nostalgia; the lasting effects of the activities
of the GDR's state security (Stasi and Vergangenheitsbewaltigung);
the transformations experienced by various social categories (e.g. youth, women,
the elderly, foreigners) in the wake of unification. Taught in German.
ESML0044: German politics & society 2B, option 2: Berlin
von der geteilten stadt zur neun haupstadt
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0042
Aims & learning objectives:
To examine the social and political experience of life in both halves of Berlin
between 1945 and 1989, as a microcosm of the effects of the division of Germany
on its population. To take full account of the changes which have taken place
in the city since the collapse of the GDR and which have brought about its reinstatement
as the capital of Germany.
Content:
Subjects for close study include: everyday life in both halves of the city during
the Cold War; propagandist portrayals of life in the 'other' half of the city;
the changes brought about by détente in the 1970s and 1980s; the unification
process and resistance to it in East Berlin; the physical reconstruction of
Berlin since 1989; problematic aspects of Berlin's transition to capital city;
the 'Mauer im Kopf' as a continuing phenomenon of the 1990s. Taught in German.
ESML0045: German politics & society 2B, option 3: Popmusik
und jugenkultur
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0042
Aims & learning objectives:
The aim of this unit is to explore how German popular music reflects and responded
to political and social developments in Germany over the last four decades.
Popular music and popular culture are introduced as the object of academic analysis
and a mirror of contemporary German (youth) culture.
Content:
The study of German politics and history from the perspective of the manifold
protest movements provides the basis for the analysis of the lyrics of popular
music from Heintje to Die Prinzen and Pur. We will conclude
with the analysis of the Berlin-centred Techno-Movement as a phenomenon
expressing the Zeitgeist of the 1990s.
ESML0046: German politics & society 2B, option 4: Die
Frau in der deutschen Gesellschaft
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0042
Aims & learning objectives:
The course aims at encouraging awareness of gender as a social variable which
must be taken into account just as we take account of class, race, geography
and generation when examining the social and political life of Germany. It will
examine how gender differences and attitudes towards gender roles affect the
roles and representations of women in German society today. The purpose of this
unit is to enable students to express themselves both in written and spoken
German on issues relating to gender in the political and social structures of
German society, to acquire relevant concepts and to demonstrate a basic understanding
of the academic treatment in Germany of the issues involved.
Content:
The course will examine the changes which 'Frauenbilder' and the 'Frauenrolle'
have undergone and highlight certain aspects of woman's role in society today.
In this context, it will look at the specific experience of women in contemporary
Germany, focusing on questions of rights, legislation, equal opportunities on
the one hand, and on the representation of women in economic, social, cultural
and political structures on the other. Taught in German.
ESML0051: German national option G2: Deutsche Schriftsteller
im Exil
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0038
Aims & learning objectives:
To consider the effects of exile on the life and work of selected German writers
who emigrated during the period of fascist rule in Germany; to analyse the reception
of those writers in their countries of exile and in the divided Germany of the
1950s and 1960s,to enable students to evaluate the contribution of émigré
writers to twentieth-century German culture.
Content:
Students are asked to purchase the following texts (available in paperback):
Stefan Heym, Der Fall Glasenapp; Anna Seghers, Der Ausflug der Toten
Mädchen; Lion Feuchtwanger, Moskau 1937. Students are also asked to
view the following films, copies of which will be made available on video: Hangmen
also Die (dir. Fritz Lang); The Seventh Cross (dir. Fred Zinnemann).
Taught in German.
ESML0052: German national option G3: Umbau 21: Bundesrepublik
Deutschland am anfang des 21. Jahrhunderts
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 CW25 OT25
Requisites: Pre ESML0042
Aims & learning objectives:
The aim of the unit is to explore the challenges unifed Germany has to confront
after the Kohl era and at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Processes
like the collapse of communism, German unification, economic globalisation,
etc., necessitate a fundamental rethinking of Germany's established political
practices and institutions.
Content:
The option will analyse the major challenges to (a) Germany's political system,
(b) Germany's economic system, (c) Germany's social system, and (d) Germany's
role in Europe and international politics. We will discuss possible paths of
societal modernisation and the strategies used by the political leadership.
Taught in German.
ESML0053: German national option G4: Kultur und Politik
in der ehemaligen DDR
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
Students must have taken either ESML0038, or ESML0042. Aims & learning objectives:
This unit will examine the development of literature and film in the political
context of the GDR to provide an overview of the development of literature and
film in the political context of the GDR and to assess the distinctive qualities
of the GDR culture. It will take full account of the way in which perspectives
on GDR culture have changed since German unification. Through the close study
of a number of key texts and films it will identify some major thematic concerns
of the period following the rejection of socialist realism as a cultural doctrine.
Content:
Lectures will provide an overview of the key events in the GDR's cultural history
and highlight problems involved in dealing with GDR culture from today's perspective.
Seminars will focus on representative literary texts and films of the period
between 1961 and 1989, including works by Christa Wolf, Günter de Bruyn,
Volker Braun, Frank Beyer and Konrad Wolf.
ESML0056: German national option G6: Mensch - Natur
- Technik
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
Students must have taken either ESML0038, or ESML0042. Aims & learning objectives:
To introduce students to the debate on technology and social modernisation in
contemporary German culture and to explore the role of literature and film in
posing practical and ethical questions about man's relationship with the natural
environment. The main part of the course will consist of seminar presentations
and discussion of texts and films.
Content:
Texts: Wilhelm Raalse, Pfisters Mühle, Max Frisch, Homo Faber;
Jurij Koch, Der Kirschbaum; Carl Amery, Der Untergang der Stadt Passau;
Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Der Untergang der Titanic; Christa Wolf, Störfall.
Films: Veit Harlan, Die goldene Stadt; Werner Herzog, Aguirre.
Taught in German.
ESML0058: German national option G8: Gender und transformatsionzprozesse
in Deutschland
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0042
Aims & learning objectives:
To permit a systematic study of significant processes of social change in contemporary
Germany which have become intensified by Germanys unification process, European
integration and the pressures of the global market. The unit will examine primarily
the impact of processes of social transition and transformation on the identity,
social position and opportunities of women both as citizens affected by institutional
and structural reform and as agents of change. Selected areas will be analysed
chiefly through the prism of gender, but other dimensions will also be explored.
An examination of both old and new challenges to traditional gender role attributions
and a study of gender as a social variable and a social determinant provides
the chief analytical framework in which issues such as the withdrawal of the
welfare state, economic and political reform, changing patterns of employment,
technological advance, mobility of labour and patterns of migration will be
discussed.
Content:
A comparative analysis of the goals, achievements and limitations of the women's
movement as a social movement in the old Federal Republic with women's position
in the former GDR will provide the background against which current debates
about reform and redefinition within the women's movement in Germany will be
examined. In the light of this historical perspective and of more recent developments
in the new Federal states opportunities and perspectives for women's political
participation and the development of strategies for social and institutional
reform will be examined. The unit will cover topics such as: The first German
women's movement, its goals, achievements and objectives; women in Nazi Germany
and in the post war period of reconstruction and consolidation; impact, opportunities
and perspectives of the new women's movement in the 1960's; a comparision with
the position of women in the GDR; the 'Wende' and Germany's unification process;
the period of transition and transformation since 1990; counting the cost and
identifying perspectives and strategies for the future. Taught in German.
ESML0059: German national option G9: Die Massenmedien
in Deutschland
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX67 CW33
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
to develop an understanding of the principles of mass communication and an awareness
of the common features of European mass media and peculiarities to the German
system; to develop an appreciation of the implications of technological advances
in this field, particularly vis-à-vis the perspective of global communications.
Content:
theory of communication and mass communication; structure and character of the
media; historical developments in the German media (pre-1945; FRG; GDR); legal
aspects of the media environment; media ethics; funding and inter-media competition;
new media - from Btx to the Internet in one generation; media as a political
tool; the impact of German unification on the media of both former German states.
Taught in German.
ESML0115: French economic & industrial environment
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW50 ES50
Requisites: Co ESML0120
Aims & learning objectives:
to introduce students to the economic contexts in which firms in France operate,
to analyse the causes of economic growth and industrial development in the post-war
period and to introduce students to the language of the French business environment.
Content:
economic growth and development in the post-war period (1945-1973); recession
and structural changes in the 1970s; economic performance and public policies
in the 1980s and 1990s; industrial policy: concentration, nationalisation, privatisation,
small firms; foreign trade in goods and services. Classes are conducted in French.
ESML0116: French written communication A
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW40 PR40 EX20
Requisites: Co ESML0117
Aims & learning objectives:
To heighten student awareness of linguistic difficulties encountered in written
communication; to promote proficiency in the comprehension and production of
texts in French with reference to subject covered in the core and interface
units; to introduce students to the techniques of summarisation, abstraction
of argumentation and comparative text analysis.
Content:
Materials used in the course are drawn from across a range of socio-economic
and legal texts drawn from the French press, with reference also to English
press material, and from other sources. Exploitation of these texts is aimed
at increasing student awareness of presentational differences of the same material,
soundness and elaboration of arguments etc., and the application of these lessons
to written communication in general. Specific exercises include: summarisation;
translation: points and pitfalls; comparative text analysis: language, style,
presentation; elaboration of argumentation; elements of grammar.
ESML0117: French aural comprehension/oral communication
1A
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX25 PR50 CW25
Requisites: Co ESML0116, Co ESML0125
Aims & learning objectives:
to develop receptive (aural) and communicative (oral) skills in the French language
so that by the beginning of the second year these skills can be applied to a
business context.
Content:
Audio-visual exercises are used to exploit topical news items of a social, economic,
political and cultural nature recorded from satellite television broadcasts.
Exercises are designed initially to give students maximum exposure to spoken
French in a variety of registers with a view to improving both comprehension
skills and the ability to select and organise key points from the AV material
used. Subsequently, exercises are aimed at improving student ability to present
ideas orally in French to other members of the student group. A variety of exercises
are employed: summarisation and role-play strategies, speed tests and fictional
reconstructions from television images without sound. Classes with a French
native speaker supplement these exercises by developing student skills in oral
communication in French.
ESML0118: German business environment 1
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 1
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
This unit aims to introduce students to key concepts of the German economic
environment. In the second half it will focus on aspects of the integration
of the former East into the economy of the West.
Content:
The unit first concentrates on the period of post-war economic reconstruction,
in particular on aspects of the 'economic miracle' and the social market economy.
Then the emphasis will shift towards the reconstruction of the economy in East
Germany following unification. Special emphasis will be on the role of the 'Treuhand',
the question of private property, ecological 'Altlasten'. Finally we will discuss
the impact of processes of economic globalisation on the German economy.
ESML0119: German written & spoken communication 1
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 1
Assessment: PR40 CW40 OT20
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
The unit pursues a dual aim. 1. To improve students' communicative and listening
skills (oral/aural) and to expand their vocabulary so that they are able to
express themselves clearly in everyday as well as in business contexts as appropriate;
to enable students to formulate their own ideas and to interact effectively
in German and to adjust flexibly to various situations by using a suitable register.
2. To refresh and consolidate students' knowledge and understanding of grammatical
structures. Increasingly students should be in a position to apply the acquired
skills to the production of coherent and fluent written composition; to introduce
students to a variety of German texts dealing with appropriate contemporary
issues.
Content:
1. Classes may consist of free discussions with the entire group, interactive
exercises (e.g. role play, small-group discussions, one-to-one exchange of basis
for discussion and assessment whilst improving awareness of contemporary life
in the German-speaking world. 2. In respect of i. the consolidation of German
language structures this unit focuses on the various classes of words, their
declension and their function within the phrase/sentence, ii. written communication
a variety of linguistic skills are developed by means of translation into and
from German and guided composition in German.
ESML0120: French legal environment
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 1
Assessment: ES80 OT20
Requisites: Co ESML0115
Aims & learning objectives:
to introduce students to the underlying principles of French law, to outline
the legal framework within which firms in France operate in specific domains
and to introduce students to French legal terminology
Content:
introduction to the French legal system; company law; droit des obligations
(contracts and tort); consumer protection legislation; labour law; competition
law. Classes are conducted in French.
ESML0121: French written communication B
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW40 PR40 EX20
Requisites: Co ESML0122
Aims & learning objectives:
To continue and advance student awareness of linguistic difficulties encountered
in written communication in unit Written Communication A, promoting further
proficiency in the comprehension and production of texts in French with reference
to subjects covered in the core and interface units; to introduce students to
the techniques of summarisation, abstraction of argumentation and comparative
text analysis.
Content:
Materials used in the course are drawn from across a range of socio-economic
and legal texts drawn from the French press, with reference also to English
press material, and from other sources. Exploitation of these texts is aimed
at increasing student awareness of presentational differences of the same material,
soundness and elaboration of arguments etc., and the application of these lessons
to written communication in general. Specific exercises include: summarisation;
translation: further points and pitfalls; comparative text analysis: language,
style, presentation; elaboration of argumentation; further elements of grammar
ESML0122: French aural comprehension/oral communication
1B
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX25 PR50 CW25
Requisites: Pre ESML0117, Co ESML0121
Aims & learning objectives:
to develop receptive (aural) and communicative (oral) skills in the French language
so that by the beginning of the second year these skills can be applied to a
business context.
Content:
Audio-visual exercises are used to exploit topical news items of a social, economic,
political and cultural nature recorded from satellite television broadcasts.
Exercises are designed initially to give students maximum exposure to spoken
French in a variety of registers with a view to improving both comprehension
skills and the ability to select and organise key points from the AV material
used. Subsequently, exercises are aimed at improving student ability to present
ideas orally in French to other members of the student group. A variety of exercises
are employed: summarisation and role-play strategies, speed tests and fictional
reconstructions from television images without sound. Classes with a French
native speaker supplement these exercises by developing student skills in oral
communication in French.
ESML0123: German business environment 2
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 1
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0118
Aims & learning objectives:
to provide students with an introduction to the structure of the German economy
and the organisation of major economic interest groups; to introduce students
to the legal system in the Federal Republic of Germany which governs the relationship
between the state and its citizens with particular emphasis on the implications
of the constitutional framework on the organisation of business; to familiarise
students with relevant language and concepts, to assist students in writing
in German about the relevant areas.
Content:
i. The German economy a) the structure of the German economy b) interest groups
within the German economy ii. The German legal environment a) the constitutional
framework of business b) aspects of change in the legal environment of German
business
ESML0124: German written & spoken communication 2
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX30 CW20 PR20 OR30
Requisites: Pre ESML0119
Aims & learning objectives:
The unit builds on German Written Communication 1, pursuing the same dual aim.
1. To improve students' communicative and listening skills (oral/aural) and
to expand their vocabulary so that they are able to express themselves clearly
in everyday as well as in business contexts as appropriate; to enable students
to formulate their own ideas and to interact effectively in German and to adjust
flexibly to various situations by using a suitable register. 2. To refresh and
consolidate students' knowledge and understanding of grammatical structures.
Increasingly students should be in a position to apply the acquired skills to
the production of coherent and fluent written composition; to introduce students
to a variety of German texts dealing with appropriate contemporary issues.
Content:
1. Classes may consist of free discussions with the entire group, interactive
exercises (e.g. role play, small-group discussions, one-to-one exchange of ideas).
Austrian and German video material and newspaper articles form the basis for
discussion and assessment whilst improving awareness of contemporary life in
the German-speaking world. 2. In respect of i. the consolidation of German language
structures, this unit focuses on complex grammar points and German syntax; ii.
written communication a variety of linguistic skills are developed by means
of translation into and from German and guided composition in German.
ESML0125: French written communication in the business
context A
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX60 CW40
Requisites: Pre ESML0121, Co ESML0117
Aims & learning objectives:
To develop more advanced skills in contemporary written communication with regard
to the business dimension of written communication in order to prepare students
for industrial placements in a French company during their year abroad.
Content:
Materials used in the course are drawn from across a range of socio-economic
and legal texts drawn from the French press, with reference also to English
press material, and European Community and other documents. Exploitation of
these texts is aimed at increasing student awareness of presentational differences
of the same material, soundness and elaboration of arguments etc. Students are
instructed in the drafting of commercial correspondence in addition to work
on CVs and accompanying documentation. Specific exercises include: Commercial
correspondence: terminology and its application; language, style, development/elaboration
of argumentation; specific grammatical problems.
ESML0126: French aural comprehension/oral communication
in the business context 2A
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: PR50 CW50
Requisites: Pre ESML0121, Pre ESML0122
Aims & learning objectives:
to develop receptive (aural) and communicative (oral) skills in business contexts.
Content:
Students are given specific assignments aimed at improving aural comprehension
of spoken language, based on video and audio material relevant to the world
of business and to the European business environment in particular. Oral and
interpersonal communication skills are practised in various situations commonly
experienced in the world of business, especially telephone skills, job interview
techniques and presentation exercises. Classes are conducted in French.
ESML0127: German language in the business context A
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment:
Requisites: Pre ESML0124
Aims & learning objectives:
The unit pursues a dual aim. 1. To improve students' communicative and listening
skills and to expand their vocabulary, especially in economic, business and
professional contexts. To enable them to converse accurately, fluently and in
an appropriate register. 2. To develop more advanced skills in contemporary
written communication with specific reference to material used in the core and
interface courses; to focus on the business dimension of written communication
in order to prepare students for industrial placements in a German company during
their third year abroad. The unit will familiarise students with written communication
tasks appropriate to the world of business and management in Germany.
Content:
1. Classes may consist of aural comprehension exercises by using videos of current
(business) affairs, usually taped from German/Austrian television. This may
include summarisation, answering of questions and discussion of the topics presented
to them. Also office skills simulations, such as answering the telephone, form
a part of these classes. There are also free discussions which involve either
a larger group or smaller sub-groups. 2. Written communication materials consist
primarily of socio-political and business texts. Exploitation of these texts
is aimed at familiarising students with specific issues from the German business
context. Specific exercises include: comparative/text analysis, acquisition
of business terminology, business communication: correspondence, reports, CVs,
surveys, statistics, summarisations.
ESML0128: French written communication in the business
context B
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW40 EX60
Requisites: Pre ESML0125, Co ESML0129
Aims & learning objectives:
To develop more advanced skills in contemporary written communication with regard
to techniques of summarisation, abstraction of argumentation and comparative
text analysis and with reference to the subjects covered in the core and interface
courses whilst maintaining a focus on the business dimension of written communication.
Content:
Materials used in the course are drawn from across a range of socio-economic
and legal texts drawn from the French press, with reference also to English
press material, and European Community and other documents. Exploitation of
these texts is aimed at increasing student awareness of presentational differences
of the same material, soundness and elaboration of arguments etc., and the application
of these lessons to written communication in general. Specific exercises include:
Terminology and its application; summarisation; textual analysis: language,
style, development/elaboration of argumentation; specific grammatical problems.
ESML0129: French aural comprehension/oral communication
in the business context 2B
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX40 OR40 PR10 CW10
Requisites: Pre ESML0126, Co ESML0128
Aims & learning objectives:
to develop receptive (aural) and communicative (oral) skills in business contexts.
Content:
Students are given specific assignments aimed at improving aural comprehension
of spoken language, based on video and audio material relevant to the world
of business and to the European business environment in particular. Oral and
interpersonal communication skills are practised in various situations commonly
experienced in the world of business, especially telephone skills, job interview
techniques and presentation exercises. Classes are conducted in French.
ESML0131: German language in the business context B
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX CW
Requisites: Pre ESML0127
Aims & learning objectives:
The unit pursues a dual aim: 1. To build on the oral and aural German skills
acquired in German Language in the Business Context A. The purpose of the unit
is to enable students to improve their communicative and listening skills and
to expand their vocabulary, especially in economic, business and professional
contexts. The unit will improve accurate conversation skills at a more advanced
level of German and improve both fluency and awareness of appropriate language
registers for the business context. 2. To build on the skills and written language
proficiency achieved in German Language in the Business Context A. The purpose
of the unit is for students to develop more advanced skills in contemporary
German written communication with specific reference to both the national and
the European business environment. Students will be familiarised with more complex
written communication tasks appropriate to the world of business and management.
The unit will introduce students to more academic texts on business issues in
the German context.
Content:
1. Classes will consist of aural comprehension exercises by using videos of
current (business) affairs, usually taped from German/Austrian television. This
may include summarisation, answering questions and discussion of topics presented
to them. Students will practice office and negotiating skills as well as free
discussions which involve either a larger group or smaller sub-groups. 2. Written
communication materials consist primarily of socio-political and business texts.
Exploitation of these texts is aimed at aiding students' understanding of German
national and European perspectives of issues in the business world as well as
the acquisition of relevant terminology and language registers. Specific exercises
include: writing reports, summarisations and essays on a business or economic
topic; consolidation and expansion of business terminology, problem-solving
in the business environment.
ESML0133: French written & oral communication in the
international business context A
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Pre ESML0128, Pre ESML0129
Aims & learning objectives:
To enhance French written and oral skills within the international business
context.
Content:
All classes focus on material and topics relevant to the international business
context. Materials used in the unit are drawn from across a variety of registers
(e.g. business, political, advertising etc.) found in French-language publications,
but with reference also to English material, as well as European Union material
and corporate communications. Students are encouraged to use materials and experience
from their placement year in business. Exploitation of these texts and materials
is aimed at increasing presentational skills within a framework of sound and
well-elaborated argumentation. In addition to written communication skills,
classes with the lector stimulate the development of oral communication skills.
Exercises in written communication classes include: transposition of English
texts into appropriate registers for a given context, e.g. report writing, professional
advice etc.; commentary in French of the linguistic and situational features
of texts; elaboration of arguments etc.; specific grammatical problems. Exercises
in oral communication (language) classes include: presentations (individual
and group) on prepared topics; development of interpersonal skills required
in meetings and negotiations; reports in French on business and political items
from French audio-visual material; specific grammatical, phonetic or other linguistic
problems.
ESML0135: German written & oral communication in the
international business context 1
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites: Pre ESML0131
Aims & learning objectives:
The aim of this unit is keep up the level of linguistic fluency achieved during
the year abroad. Special attention is paid to oral presentation and discussion
skills, to methods of comparative text analysis, techniques of summarisation,
abstraction of argumentation, commentary, specialised translation etc. Students
are encouraged to follow economic trends in Germany through regular reading
of relevant newspapers.
Content:
Classes focus on material and topics relevant to the international business
context. The emphasis will be on issues of European economic integration and
problems related to the globalisation of economic processes. Certain linguistic
excercises will also make use of English texts as a further source of information.
ESML0136: French international marketing communications
B
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 CW40
Requisites: Pre UNIV0028, Ex MANG0063
Aims & learning objectives:
To develop students' understanding of the applications of the principles of
marketing from their Second Year and ally it to their own experience on placement,
passing on to the international context. It also aims to place the marketing
function within social and organisational networks of communication.
Content:
The unit builds on unit French International Marketing Communications A by examining
the application of theory to specific products & campaigns in case study, in
addition to theory & practice in other applications of the Marketing Communications
mix.
ESML0137: French written & oral communication in the
international business context B
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW40 EX30 OR30
Requisites: Pre ESML0133
Aims & learning objectives:
To enhance French written and oral skills within the international business
context.
Content:
Building on unit Written Communication in the International Business Context
A, all classes continue to focus on material and topics relevant to the international
business context. Materials used in the unit are drawn from across a variety
of registers (e.g. business, political, advertising etc.) found in French-language
publications, but with reference also to English material, as well as European
Union material and corporate communications. Students are encouraged to use
materials and experience from their placement year in business. Exploitation
of these texts and materials is aimed at increasing presentational skills within
a framework of sound and well-elaborated argumentation. In addition to written
communication skills, classes with the lector stimulate the development of oral
communication skills. Exercises in written communication classes include: transposition
of English texts into appropriate registers for a given context, e.g. report
writing, professional advice etc.; commentary in French of the linguistic and
situational features of texts; elaboration of arguments etc.; specific grammatical
problems. Exercises in oral communication (language) classes include: presentations
(individual and group) on prepared topics; development of interpersonal skills
required in meetings and negotiations; reports in French on business and political
items from French audio-visual material; specific grammatical, phonetic or other
linguistic problems.
ESML0139: German international marketing communications
B
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 CW40
Requisites: Pre UNIV0027, Ex MANG0063
Aims & learning objectives:
To develop students' understanding of the principles of marketing from their
Second Year and to ally it to their own experience on placement, passing on
to the international context. It also aims to place the marketing function within
social and organisational networks of communication.
Content:
The unit builds on Marketing Communications A by examining the application of
theory to specific products and campaigns in case study in addition to theory
and practice in other applications of the marketing communications mix.
ESML0140: German written & oral communication in the
international business context 2
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX30 OR30 CW40
Requisites: Pre ESML0135
Aims & learning objectives:
The aim of this unit is keep up the level of linguistic fluency achieved during
the year abroad and to further develop the writing and oral skills practised
in the post-abroad language workshop.
Content:
As in the preceding unit, classes focus on material and topics relevant to the
international business context.
ESML0271: French politics & society 2B, option 1: Regional
policy in the Fifth Republic
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0011
Aims & learning objectives:
To build on the experience of Politics & Society by applying the expertise gained
so far to an analysis of Regional Policy in the Fifth Republic.
Content:
This option will examine the progress towards decentralisation brought about
during the Fifth Republic, and specifically since 1981, against a background
of historic centralisation of both government and administration in France.
It will also explore the potential for a French contribution to the regional
debate at a European level. Taught in French.
ESML0272: French politics & society 2B, option 2: 'Capitale
et province'
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0011
Aims & learning objectives:
To build on the experience of Politics & Society by applying the expertise gained
so far to an analysis of 'Capitale et province'.
Content:
This option will examine the French experience of regional and provincial identities,
and of 'Paris et le désert français' from social, political, cultural
and linguistic perspectives. The emphasis will be on ways in which difference
is asserted in the face of modern tendencies towards sameness and globalization,
with analysis of a wide range of historical and modern texts and visual material.
Taught in French.
ESML0273: French politics & society 2B, option 3: The
role & position of women in French society
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0011
Aims & learning objectives:
To build on the experience of Politics & Society by applying the expertise gained
so far to the role and position of women in French society.
Content:
This unit will examine the role and position of women in French society. The
course will analyse women's rights in terms of legislation (divorce, abortion,
the notion of equality) and explore women's involvement in the labour market,
politics and government. Taught in French.
ESML0274: French politics & society 2B, option 4: French
local politics
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0011
Aims & learning objectives:
To build on the experience of Politics & Society by applying the expertise gained
so far to French local politics.
Content:
The focus of the course will be the analysis of political behaviour in the local/regional
context. Particular attention will be paid to the sociological and cultural
factors that shape patterns of electoral behaviour. Taught in French.
ESML0275: French politics & society 2B, option 5: Rural
society in contemporary France
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0011
Aims & learning objectives:
To build on the experience of Politics & Society by applying the expertise gained
so far to Rural society in contemporary France.
Content:
The focus of the course will be the development of French rural society. It
will examine the recent history of the countryside and how rural communities
have adapted to the pressures of social and economic change. Taught in French.
ESML0276: French politics & society 2B, option 6: The
experience of women during the Second World War
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0011
Aims & learning objectives:
To build on the experience of Politics & Society by applying the expertise gained
so far to the experience of women during the Second World War.
Content:
This unit will explore the experience of women during the Second World War,
the Occupation and Liberation. It will examine the ways in which French women
developed strategies for survival and how some were drawn towards collaboration
or resistance. It will analyse the importance of the Liberation and its impact
on women's lives. Taught in French.
ESML0277: French politics & society 2B, option 7: La
France: une société au pluriel
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0011
Aims & learning objectives:
To build on the experience of Politics & Society by applying the expertise gained
so far to La France: une societé au pluriel.
Content:
Changing social structures in France; social reproduction and mobility; the
nature and effects of the French educational system; the social backgrounds
of political, administrative and business elites; case-studies of persisting
social disadvantage in France. Taught in French.
ESML0278: French politics & society 2B, option 8: Political
communication from party & individual
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0011
Aims & learning objectives:
To build on the experience of Politics & Society by applying the expertise gained
so far to an analysis of political communication from party and individual.
Content:
This option will examine the increasing use of political communication in the
Fifth Republic, tracing how the development of mass communication has led to
the increasing 'sophistication' of presentation of the political message. It
will also provide students with the tools to analyse political communication
within the French context. Taught in French.
ESML0279: French politics & society 2B, option 9: France
coming to terms with the German occupation of 1940-44
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0011
Aims & learning objectives:
To build on the experience of Politics & Society by applying the expertise gained
so far to an analysis of France coming to terms with the German Occupation of
1940-1944 some fifty years on.
Content:
This option will examine the ways in which France has come to terms with the
Occupation of 1940-1944, by taking post-war events and individuals connected
with the Occupation (e.g. Paul Touvier, Renéé Bousque, François
Mitterrand, Maurice Papon) and investigating reactions to those events and individuals.
Taught in French.
ESML0298: French politics & society 2B: option 10: La
France dans le monde
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0011
Aims & learning objectives:
To build on the students' knowledge of French politics by analysing the main
features of French foreign policy in the principal areas of the world where
significant French influence still prevails.
Content:
This option will examine two main issues. First, the foreign policy-making process
in Fifth Republic France. Second, the evolution of French diplomacy with regard
to the key issues and regions of the post-war world: NATO and the Atlantic system,
European integration, Africa, the Arab world, the Pacific. The student group
will have the chance of broad coverage or of concentration on a restricted number
of regions.
ESML0373: French politics & society 2B, option 11: Political
scandals in France
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0011
Aims & learning objectives:
To build on the experience of Politics and Society by applying the expertise
gained so far to an analysis of Political Scandals in France.
Content:
This option will focus on the numerous scandals that are one of the most prominent
features of French politics, how they emerge, how they develop and how they
are resolved. Scandals offer a unique means of looking at the inner workings
of an entire political system. The course will concentrate on specific case
studies, such as the "affair" of the Rainbow Warrior, the "scandal" of the avions
renifleurs, le carrefour du développement, and the Bernard Tapie
affair.
ESML0388: French national option F7: Les partis politiques
en France
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0011
Aims & learning objectives:
To study the role played by political parties within the democratic process
in France, their history, development, organisation, strategies and programmes
since the turn of the century, and to examine what role they play today in French
politics in the light of the Fifth Republic's avowed goal of putting an end
to partisan divisions. To offer students the opportunity to develop their research
skills and to gain a better understanding of the way the French political system
works as a whole.
Content:
The major topics surveyed will be the following: the partisan system before
1958, the bipolarisation after 1958, the organisation of parties, the funding
of political parties, and the emergence of new political forces.
ESML0405: Perspectives on Europe - France
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX67 CW33
Requisites: Pre MANG0082
Aims and Learning Objectives: This unit builds on European Business Environment,
to develop students' understanding of differing national perspectives of EU
member states with respect to business, social and political interests. In addition,
it considers how national economic interests shape the bargaining agenda between
states within the EU as well as of those attempting to negotiate accession to
the EU (e.g Central and Eastern European Countries - CEECs).
Content:
The unit will address issues: EU membership, background and key data, from the
point of view of both France AND Germany, perspectives on Europe - the EU as
perceived by nations (and their business communitites) such as Germany, Italy
and CEECs; the Europeanisation of economic policy making; social policy, political
objectives and "bargaining" - setting the agenda.
ESML0406: Perspectives on Europe - Germany
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX67 CW33
Requisites: Pre MANG0082
Aims and Learning Objectives: This unit builds on European Business Environment,
to develop students' understanding of differing national perspectives of EU
member states with respect to business, social and political interests. In addition,
it considers how national economic interests shape the bargaiing agenda between
states within the EU as well as of those attempting to negotiate accession to
the EU (e.g. Central and Eastern European Countries - CEECs).
Content:
The unit will address issues: EU membership, background and key data, from the
point of view of both Germany AND France, perspectives on Europe - the EU as
perceived by nations (and their business communities) such as Germany, Italy
and CEECs; the Europeanisation of economic policy making; social policy, political
objectives and "bargaining" - setting the agenda.
ESML0423: German national option G10: Territorium und
Nation. Die 'deutsche Frage' seit 1945
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX67 CW33
Requisites: Pre ESML0042
Aims & learning objectives:
The unit will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the origins,
development, and future of the 'German Question'. Building on students' knowledge
of post-war German history, this will be done by systematically analysing the
links between the two concepts of territory and nation and how they are affected,
or were affected by, German domestic and foreign policy and the relationship
between the two German states and their neighbours in the context of the Cold
War, the collapse of the East Bloc, and the democratisation of the former socialist
countries in Central and Eastern Europe.
Content:
Topics of lectures and seminars will include the relationship between East and
West German, Ostpolitik, German minorities in Central and Eastern Europe,
the integration of refugess, expellees, and Aussiedler in the Federal
Republic, and the political influence of expellee organisations on German foreign
policy. The unit is taught in German.
ESML0429: French national option F15: Décisions
et leadership
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX67 CW33
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
To deepen students' understanding of decision-making and leadership processes
in organisational and political life; to enhance their practical competencies
in these matters; to explore methods by which individual and collective decisions
are made in a range of settings.
Content:
The unit analyses decision-making and leadership at three levels: organisations,
the French national polity, and the international arena (especially the EU).
Drawing on a range of theoretical approaches, it identifies the social and personal
characteristics of key decision-makers, explores contextual and procedural aspects,
and outlines models of strategy formulation and policy making in majoritarian
and non-majoritarian settings. Case studies are drawn mainly from France, supported
by international comparisons and contrasts. The unit is taught in French.
ESML0453: Spanish business environment 1
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 1
Assessment: ES100
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
To introduce students to the Spanish Economic Environment, to analyse the causes
of economic development since the civil War, and to introduce students to the
language of the Spanish business environment. On completion of the Unit students
will have gained an understanding of these.
Content:
The unit first concentrates on the stages in the Spanish economy since the Civil
War: autarchy 1939-1958; stabilisation 1959-1974; the transition 1975-85 and
alignment with Europe 1986-96. It then moves on to consider the primary sector
(agriculture, fisheries), industry (including energy), and the service sector
(tourism and finance).
ESML0454: Spanish business environment 2
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 1
Assessment: ES100
Requisites: Pre ESML0453
Aims & learning objectives:
To provide students with an introduction to the structure of the Spanish economy
and the organisation of the major economic interest groups; to introduce students
to the legal system in Spain which governs the relationship between the state
and its citizens with particular emphasis on the implications of the constitutional
framework on the organisation of business; to familirise students with relevant
language and concepts; to assist students writing in Spanish about the relevant
areas. On completion of the Unit students will have gained an understanding
of these areas relevant to their learning outcomes.
Content:
i. The Spanish Economy a) structure b) interest groups within the Spanish economy
ii) The Spanish legal environment a) the constitutional framework of business
b) aspects of change in the legal environment of Spanish business
ESML0455: Spanish politics & society: introduction to
Spanish politics & society 1A
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
To introduce students to the study of Spanish politics and society from the
1930s to 1945. On completion of the Unit students shall have a better appreciation
of the forces which have shaped Spanish politics and society during the 20th
century.
Content:
A chronological survey of Spain since the 1930s which examines issues including:
the decline of democracy; Franco and the Spanish Civil War; immediate post-war
developments. Seminars provide a forum for discussion and consolidation of lectures
as well as providing study skills session for note taking and writing historical
commentaries.
ESML0456: Spanish politics & society: introduction to
Spanish politics & society 1B
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 1
Assessment: ES100
Requisites: Pre ESML0455
Aims & learning objectives:
To build upon the political, social and other issues raised in Semester One
and take them to the near present. By the end of this semester students should
have a solid background in 20th Century Spain, understand some of the key aspects
of Spanish politics and society, and have acquired essential analytical and
writing skills in Spanish.
Content:
Post-war expansion; decolonization; changes in Spanish society since 1945; from
Franco to monarchy; Spain and the EC; together with contemporary Spanish politics
and society. Seminars provide a forum for discussion and consolidation of the
lectures as well as providing study skills sessions for argumentative essay
writing.
ESML0457: Spanish written & oral communication A
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW40 PR40 OT20
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
The unit pursues a dual aim. 1. To improve students' communicative and listening
skills (oral/aural) and to expand their vocabulary so that they are able to
express themselves clearly in everyday as well as in business contexts as appropriate;
to enable students to formulate their own ideas and to interact effectively
in Spanish and to adjust flexibly to various situations by using a suitable
register. 2. To refresh and consolidate students' knowledge and understanding
of grammatical structures. On completion of the Unit students should be in a
position to apply the acquired skills to the production of coherent and fluent
written composition and have been introduced to a variety of Spanish texts dealing
with appropriate contemproary issues.
Content:
1. Classes may consist of free discussions with the entire group, interactive
exercises (e.g. role play, small-group discussions, one-to-one exchange of basis
for discussion and assessment whilst improving awareness of contemporary life
in the Spanish-speaking world. 2. In respect of i. the consolidation of Spanish
language structures this unit focuses on the various classes of words, their
declension and their function within the phrase/sentence, ii. written communication
a variety of linguistic skills are developed by means of translation into and
from Spanish and guided composition in Spanish.
ESML0458: Spanish written & oral communication B
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX30 CW20 PR20 OR30
Requisites: Pre ESML0457
Aims & learning objectives:
The unit builds on Spanish Written & Oral Communication I, pursuing the same
dual aim. 1. To improve students' communicative and listening skills (oral/aural)
and to expand their vocabulary so that they are able to express themselves clearly
in everyday as well as in business contexts as appropriate; to enable students
to formulate their own ideas and to interact effectively in Spanish and to adjust
flexibly to various situations by using a suitable register. 2. To refresh and
consolidate students' knowledge and understanding of grammatical structures.
On completionof the Unit students should be in a position to apply the acquired
skills to the production of coherent and fluent written composition having been
introduced to a variety of Spanish texts dealing with appropriate contemproary
issues.
Content:
1. Classes may consist of free discussions with the entire group, interactive
exercises (e.g. role play, small-group discussions, one-to-one exchange of ideas).
Spanish and Latin-American video material and newspaper articles form the basis
for discussion and assessment whilst improving awareness of contemporary life
in the Spanish-speaking world. 2. In respect of i. the consolidation of Spanish
language structures this unit focuses on complex grammar points and Spanish
syntax; ii. written communication a variety of linguistic skills are developed
by means of translation into and from Spanish and guided composition in Spanish.
ESML0459: Spanish written & oral communication in the
business context A
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW50 PR20 OR30
Requisites: Pre ESML0458
Aims & learning objectives:
The unit pursues a dual aim. 1. To improve students' communicative and listening
skills and to expand their vocabulary, especially in economic, business and
professional contexts. To enable them to converse accurately, fluently and in
an appropriate register. 2. To develop more advanced skills in contemporary
written communication with specific reference to material used in the core and
interface courses; to focus on the business dimension of written communication
in order to prepare students for industrial placements in a Spanish company/business
school during their third year abroad. On completion of the unit students will
be familiar with written communication tasks appropriate to the world of business
and management in Spain and able to apply them accordingly.
Content:
1. Classes may consist of aural comprehension exercises by using videos of current
(business) affairs, usually taped from Spanish/Latin American television. This
may include summarisation, answering of questions and discussion of the topics
presented to them. Also office skills simulations, such as answering the telephone,
form a part of these classes. There are also free discussions which involve
either a larger group or smaller sub-groups. 2. Written communication materials
consist primarily of socio-political and business texts. Exploitation of these
texts is aimed at familiarising students with specific issues from the Spanish
business context.Specific exercises include: comparative/text analysis, acquisition
of business terminology, business communication: correspondence, reports, CVs,
surveys, statistics, summarisations.
ESML0460: Spanish written & oral communication in the
business context B
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX30 OR30 PR20 CW20
Requisites: Pre ESML0459
Aims & learning objectives:
The unit pursues a dual aim: 1. To build on the oral and aural Spanish skills
acquired in Spanish Written and Oral Communication in the Business Context A.
The purpose of the unit is to enable students to improve their communicative
and listening skills and to expand their vocabulary, especially in economic,
business and professional contexts. The unit will improve accurate conversation
skills at a more advanced level of Spanish and improve both fluency and awareness
of appropriate language registers for the business context. 2. To build on the
skills and written language proficiency achieved in Spanish Language in the
Business Context A. The purpose of the unit is for students to develop more
advanced skills in contemporary Spanish written communication with specific
reference to both the national and the European business environment. On completion
of this Unit students will be familiar with more complex written communication
tasks appropriate to the world of business and management and shall also have
an appreciation of more academic texts on business issues in the Spanish context.
Content:
1. Classes will consist of aural comprehension exercises by using videos of
current (business) affairs, usually taped from Spanish/Latin American television.
This may include summarisation, answering questions and discussion of topics
presented to them. Students will practice office and negotiating skills as well
as free discussions which involve either a larger group or smaller sub-groups.
2. Written communication materials consist primarily of socio-political and
business texts. Exploitation of these texts is aimed at aiding students' understanding
of Spanish national and European perspectives of issues in the business world
as well as the acquisition of relevant terminology and language registers. Specific
exercises include: writing reports, summarisations and essays on a business
or economic topic; consolidation and expansion of business terminology, problem-solving
in the business environment.
ESML0461: Multiple perspectives on Europe - Spain
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX60 CW40
Requisites: Pre ESML0466
Aims & learning objectives:
The unit builds on Comparative Employee Relations and aims to develop students'
understanding of differing national persepctives of EU states with respect to
business, social and political interests. In addition, it considers how national
economic interests shape the bargaining agenda between states within the EU
as well as those attempting to negotiate accession to the EU(eg Central and
East European states or CEECs). On completion of the Unit students should be
in a position to understand the differing agendas operating within member states
under the above headings, together with their impact on Spain.
Content:
The Unit will address issues such as :EU Membership, background and key data,
from the point of view of Spain, Germany, France and Italy; perspectives on
Europe - the EU as perceived by the nations (and their business communites)
already cited together with CEECs; the Europeanisation of economic policy making;
social policy; political objectives and "bargaining": setting the agenda.
ESML0463: Spanish international marketing communications
B
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 CW40
Requisites: Pre UNIV0051
Aims & learning objectives:
To develop students' understanding of the principles of marketing from their
Second Year and to ally it to their own experience on placement, passing on
to the international context. It also aims to place the marketing function within
social and organisational networks of communication.
Content:
The unit builds on unit Marketing Communications A by examining the application
of theory to specific products and campaigns in case study in addition to theory
and practice in other applications of the marketing communications mix. On completion
of the Unit students shall have an understanding of the interrelation between
legal and other external forces with regard to marketing and communication in
relation to advertising, as well as more general issues of international marketing.
ESML0464: Spanish written & oral communication in the
international business context A
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Students must have undertaken their IMML placement year in order to take this
unit. Aims & learning objectives:
The aim of this unit is keep up the level of linguistic fluency achieved during
the year abroad. Special attention is paid to oral presentation and discussion
skills, to methods of comparative text analysis, techniques of summarisation,
abstraction of argumentation, commentary, specialised translation etc. Students
are encouraged to follow economic trends in Spain/Latin America through regular
reading of relevant newspapers. On completion of the Unit students shall have
maintained the communicative skills acquired hitherto on the programme and have
knowledge of their more specific application.
Content:
Classes focus on material and topics relevant to the international business
context. The emphasis will be on issues of European economic integration and
problems related to the globalisation of economic processes. Certain linguistic
exercises will also make use of English texts as a further source of information.
ESML0465: Spanish written & oral communication in the
international business context B
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW40 EX30 OR30
Requisites: Pre ESML0464
Aims & learning objectives:
The aim of this unit is keep up the level of linguistic fluency achieved during
the year abroad. Special attention is paid to oral presentation and discussion
skills, to methods of comparative text analysis, techniques of summarisation,
abstraction of argumentation, commentary, specialised translation etc. Students
are encouraged to follow economic trends in Spain/Latin America through regular
reading of relevant newspapers.
Content:
Classes focus on material and topics relevant to the international business
context. The emphasis will be on issues of European economic integration and
problems related to the globalisation of economic processes. Certain linguistic
excercises will also make use of English texts as a further source of information.
On completion of the Unit students shall have maintained the communicative skills
acquired hitherto on the programme and enhanced them further by knowledge and
practice of their more specific application.
ESML0466: Comparative employee relations (Spanish)
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 2
Assessment:
Requisites:
ESML0467: Spanish politics & society (Advanced) 2A
Semester 1
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 2
Assessment:
Requisites:
MANG0008: Introduction to the financial management of
the organisation
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX50 CW50
Requisites: Co MANG0004
Students should already have taken MANG0004 or MANG0077. Aims & learning
objectives:
Students will understand how accounting and financial management serves the
purpose of developing and operating a business. They will acquire a broad knowledge
of the different dimensions of financial management and accounting which they
may study in depth in later years of the course and an introductory working
knowledge of basic tools of financial analysis and practice.
Content:
(a) Financial planning and control; The financial dimension of businesses and
other organisations; Investing in assets to yield a return - including the use
of spreadsheets to calculate investment value and conduct sensitivity tests;
Financing asset acquisition and an introduction to the cost of capital; Estimating
costs for planned activities - fixed and variable costs; direct and indirect
costs; basic elements of product cost; Preparation of cash budgets - including
spreadsheet modelling and sensitivity tests; Annual budgeting, profit planning,
liquidity control and longer term financial projections; Preparation of budgets
and projected Profit and Loss Accounts and Balance Sheets; Controlling operations
and cost control. (b) Reporting results in financial terms; Reporting performance
and financial results to higher levels in the organisation - cost centre reports,
profit centre reports, investment centre reports; Reporting the results to shareholders
and other outside parties - preparation of final accounts, structure and interpretation
of final accounts, underlying concepts (going concern, prudence, materiality,
etc.); Measures of performance in the financial press - share prices, earnings
per share, p/e ratios, assessing the quality of earnings announcements, etc.;
Outline of the role of company law, the accounting profession and Accounting
Standards in controlling the content of published information; Outline of complications
created by going international/ global for investment analysis, financing the
business, financial control and financial reporting.
MANG0009: Company finance
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 CW50
Requisites: Pre MANG0008
Aims & learning objectives:
Students will develop a knowledge of the different forms of finance that a company
may use, how to compare their costs, and consider issues such a desirable capital
structure, dividend policy, working capital management and approaches to acquisitions
and mergers.
Content:
General principles of valuation for businesses and securities Source of finance
and their costs Managing working capital and liquidity The corporate group cost
of capital (WACC and the dividend growth, CAPM, and Arbitrage pricing models)
The required rates of return for non-quoted companies, corporate divisions and
individual projects The theory of capital structure and its relation to the
cost of capital Dividend policy Short, intermediate and long term financing
Mergers, acquisitions and corporate growth
MANG0010: Company law
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX60 ES40
Requisites:
Students should have already taken MANG0007 or MANG0078 Aims & learning objectives:
To equip students with a fundamental knowledge of the ways in which business
enterprises function both internally and the impact on outsiders. Students will
be able to consider the relevant factors in forming and operating different
types of business. They will be able to read and understand company documents
and identify their implications for directors, officers, shareholders and creditors..
Content:
The concept of agency in the context of commercial enterprises. Formation and
functioning of businesses (partnerships and companies); liability of the business,
directors or partners, and officers, internally and towards outsiders as well
as the rights of owners of a business in different circumstances. Different
regimes and rules governing operation; winding-up and insolvency, and the principles
involved in controls on mergers and take-overs. The non-statutory controls imposed
by the Stock Exchange and other bodies in a number of areas including in the
area of insider dealing.
MANG0014: IT & its business context
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX60 CW25 OT15
Requisites:
Students should already have taken MANG0004 or MANG0077 Aims & learning objectives:
In the last few years, the role of computers in business has changed radically:
1. Computers must now be seen in the context of Information Technology (IT)
which, as well as computers, includes software, telecommunications, robotics
and smart products. 2. IT is a strategic resource with the potential to affect
competitive advantage. IT can transform industries and products; it can be a
key element in determining the success of an organisation. 3. As a strategic
resource, IT is no longer solely the concern of specialist computer departments.
Managing IT well is a core competence and an important part of the task of general
managers. 4. Organisations have created new roles for managers to be interfaces
between IT and the business. They combine a general technical competence with
knowledge of the business. This course addresses these issues and aims to provide
students with the IT-related knowledge needed for careers as general
or functional managers in an information-based age.
Content:
Following from the aims and learning objectives, the course is divided into
two components: Part I considers why IT is strategic and how it can affect the
competitive environment, taking stock of the opportunities and problems it provides.
It consists of lectures, discussion and case studies. The objective is to investigate
the business impact of IS. For example: in what ways are IS strategic? what
business benefits can IS bring? how does IS transform management processes and
organisational relationships? how can organisations evaluate IS? how should
IS, which transform organisations and extend across functions, levels and locations,
be implemented? Part II examines a variety of technologies available to the
manager and examines how they have been used in organisations. A number of problem-oriented
case studies will be given to project groups to examine and discuss. The results
may then be presented in class, and are open for debate.
MANG0015: Market analysis
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX60 PR40
Requisites:
Students taking this unit should also have taken MANG0007 or MANG0081. DBA students
must take MANG0016 as well, if they choose this unit. Aims & learning objectives:
To show how quantitative and qualitative data collection and analyses help marketers
to understand the nature and scope of their target markets. Students will be
able plan and conduct their own market research programmes after this course.
Content:
This course is concerned with all aspects of obtaining sound data for the purposes
of market analysis. The course starts by examining what support the marketing
decision maker needs in market analysis. This is followed by how effective research
can be planned and from this point a framework for forthcoming techniques is
set. Secondary data location and analysis is covered as is qualitative research,
but the main emphasis in techniques is towards quantitative means to measure
and analyse markets.
MANG0017: Operations management
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 CW50
Requisites:
Students should also have taken MATH0095 or MANG0077. Aims & learning objectives:
This course focuses on the processes involved in efficiently and effectively
transforming inputs (i.e. labour, capital, materials, etc.) into useful outputs
(i.e. goods and services) and how superior operations performance can be a contributor
to corporate success. The course places approximately equal emphasis on service
and manufacturing operations. Using material from a variety of industries and
situations, the operational and strategic issues in managing the transformation
process are explored. Topics covered include: an understanding of transformation
processes and the inherent tradeoffs involved in process choice; capacity and
aggregate planning; job design and workforce management; inventory management;
quality management and control; supply chain management; world-class manufacturing;
the inter-relationships between operations and other functional business areas
as a means of achieving competitive advantage. At the conclusion of the course,
the student will have a general appreciation of the operational function and
the critical decisions in the area that can contribute to corporate success.
Content:
Process analysis; capacity planning; inventory management; production planning
and control; quality management; supply management.
MANG0018: Processing, reporting & auditing financial
information
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Pre MANG0008
Aims & learning objectives:
Students will gain a thorough grounding in processing financial data and preparing
final accounts and a general understanding of what is involved in the audit
of those accounts. This is an essential course for those contemplating a possible
career in some dimension of accountancy.
Content:
The nature of financial data, purposes of financial information systems - manual
and computerised systems Single and double entry recording systems and basic
ledgers kept by businesses The accruals principle applied to the treatment of
various types of costs, revenues, assets and liabilities The depreciation concept
Trial balancing Preparation of Manufacturing Accounts, Profit and Loss Accounts,
Balance Sheets, Funds and Cash Flow Statements Direct experience of using an
established financial accounting package including inputting data, types of
outputs available and the production of accounting statements Basic distinctions
between the accounts of sole traders, partnerships and companies Preparation
of final accounts from incomplete records Introduction to published accounts
The purpose and basis of the audit process; the audit trail and types of audit
evidence Developing audit evidence; consideration of the concepts of materiality
and audit risk Evaluation of internal controls
MANG0019: Product costing & cost analysis
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 CW50
Requisites: Pre MANG0008
Aims & learning objectives:
Students will gain a thorough understanding and practical experience in constructing
cost accounting statements and interpreting them. This is a fundamental course
for anyone wishing to understand how costs are constructed for decision purposes
Content:
Review of the nature of product costs and process costs Costing terminology
and identifying cost behaviour Historical based cost accounting systems for
Job and Process costing (FIFO, LIFO and weighted average) Job and process costing
- establishing standard cost systems Absorption and variable costing systems
(including differential income effects) Overhead allocation including activity
based allocations Costing for joint products, by-products, wastage, rework and
scrap Cost-volume-profit analysis and relevant costs for decision purposes Relevant
costs where resources are constrained: single and multiple constraints and mathematical
programming solutions by graph and computer package Stock control models and
the influence of JIT in supply and manufacturing Costing for JIT systems Costing
for service industries Costing for major projects and project financial control
MANG0028: Emerging patterns of thought belief & action
Semester 1
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 2
Assessment: CW60 ES40
Requisites:
Student should have already taken MANG0005, MANG0083 or MANG0070 Aims & learning
objectives:
To invite students to understand, engage with and evaluate sources which suggest
that the dominant paradigm or world view of Western civilisation is undergoing
a major transformation, with associated changes in social values and practices.
Content:
A series of focused explorations looking at: notions of paradigms and change;
the Gaia hypothesis; ecological thinking; economics and new economics; systems
thinking; gender and diversity; spirituality; the self; and other associated
issues.
MANG0035: Aspects of Japanese business
Semester 1
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX80 CW20
Requisites:
Students should already have taken MANG0005, or MANG0083 or MANG0070 Aims
& learning objectives:
The aim of this course is to critically examine and to provide an understanding
of the nature of Japanese business organization. After completing the unit the
student should be able to: identify the political, economic and social forces
underpinning the emergence of Japanese business forms; understand the relationships
between business, the state and trade unions in contemporary Japan; describe
the human resource management practices characteristic of Japanese business;
explain the internationalization of Japanese business; assess the transferability
of Japanese business practice to alien environments.
Content:
The political economy of Japan; Japan's institutional environment; Japanese
production systems; Organization and power in Japanese organizations; Cross-national
transfer of Japanese production and management practices; Industrial relations
in Japan and Japanese subsidiaries in the West.
MANG0036: Consumer research
Semester 1
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 ES40
Requisites:
Students must have taken a unit in Marketing: MANG0016, MANG0073 or MANG0081.
Aims & learning objectives:
To develop a critical evaluation of the range of consumer research techniques.
The student should be able appreciate the value of consumer research in marketing
decision making, to be able to judge other person's research efforts, and be
able to plan their own research programmes.
Content:
There is a strong emphasis on the rationales for conducting consumer research,
for qualitative and quantitative methods and for particular techniques. There
are no statistics on this course though an appreciation of statistical methods
would be necessary to fully appreciate many of the themes developed. There are
set readings for each lecture session. Students are expected to have prepared
for each lecture by reading the set article, preparing notes and developing
issues to debate in class. Each student will be expected to make a presentation
and lead a debate in class at least once throughout the course.
MANG0037: Cost management
Semester 1
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 CW50
Requisites:
Students should already have taken MANG0008 or MANG0070 Aims & learning objectives:
To acquaint students with topical issues in cost management and cost reduction
and provide practical insights. The course will be heavily based upon analyses
of case studies which address these issues and develop students' abilities to
critique the practical design of cost management and management accounting systems.
This course links cost management directly to central strategic issues in managing
the organisation.
Content:
Issues will be selected each year depending upon current issues of concern,
but the following selection illustrates the nature of the material addressed:
A review of activity based costing - where it has and has not strategic significance;
The role accounting can play in quality control and removing waste; Implications
of changing technology (e.g. flexible manufacturing) and changing organisational
forms (e.g. inter-organisational supply chain relationships and other organisational
networking) for cost accounting and management; Target costing and kaizen costing
and its relationship to strategic analysis; The theory of constraints and continual
improvement - implications for accounting; The nature of strategic management
accounting; Whether there is a given best cost management system or whether
there are appropriate contexts for the different recent developments; Implementation
problems in introducing new cost management systems.
MANG0039: Employment law
Semester 1
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 OT40
Requisites:
Students should already have taken MANG0007 or MANG0078 Aims & learning objectives:
This unit is designed to give students a comprehensive and realistic insight
into the legal framework of the employer/employee relationship and its impact
on the parties directly involved in the wider social context.
Content:
Legal framework; principles of contract law; implied terms and duties in the
contract of employment; safety at work; discrimination; duties of ex-employees;
termination of contract of employment; redundancy; unfair dismissal.
MANG0040: European integration studies 1
Semester 1
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites:
Students should have taken MANG0006 or MANG0070, or equivalent Economics
unit. IMML students must take MANG0059 in the next semester if they take this
unit. Aims & learning objectives:
To provide a basic grounding in the theory, politics and economics of European
integration. Students will complete the course with a sound knowledge of European
Union institutions and key economic policies.
Content:
Subjects covered will be: integration theory; EU political institutions, their
legitimacy and their accountability; the EU decision-making process; EC finances
and funds; the single market and Europe's lost competitiveness; competition
policy; the EU, world trade and developing countries; regional policy; economic
and monetary union; the enlargement of the EU, the EEA and Central and Eastern
Europe. Lectures will be supplemented by case study discussions, tutorial sessions
and a revision workshop.
MANG0044: Organisational change & design
Semester 1
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX70 ES30
Requisites:
Students should have taken MANG0005, MANG0083 or MANG0070 Aims & learning
objectives:
To provide students with a critical appreciation of the ideas of management
gurus and how these set and guide the practice of change. This popular view
is contrasted with more academic approaches and developed through a consideration
of the (re)design of organisational forms suitable for an age that increasingly
requires organizations to be global and innovative.
Content:
Topics will be drawn from the following: Fashions and fads - the history of
ideas in change management; The role of business gurus in defining the practice
of change; Orders and types of change - 1st, 2nd and reframing; The politics
of organizational change; Organizational design and contingency theory; Organizational
forms for the future - innovative and global.
MANG0045: Pay & rewards
Semester 1
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 CW40
Requisites:
Students should have taken MANG0029, or MANG0031, or MANG0070 or MANG0083.
If the unit runs in semester 2, MSc students must have taken MANG0169. Aims
& learning objectives:
The course will enable the student to provide informed advice on the major aspects
of pay, rewards and performance management, based on a sound understanding of
the relevant theories and research evidence.
Content:
The role of reward strategy in an organisation. Economic, sociological and psychological
theories which have influenced pay policies and practices. Concepts of reward
structure, reward system and reward levels. Different perceptions of fairness
which influence employees' satisfaction with their rewards. Government pay policies.
Top people's pay. Objectives and limitations of job evaluation. Performance-related
pay in principle and in practice. Knowledge-based, skill-based and competence-based
rewards. Pay discrimination and equal pay. Employee benefits.
MANG0048: Strategic analysis
Semester 1
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 ES40
Requisites:
Students must have taken MANG0034 or, MANG0070 or MANG0081 in order to study
this unit. DBA students must choose MANG0065 as well, if they choose this unit.
Aims & learning objectives:
An understanding of how strategists proactively shape the mission, objectives
and strategies of their organisations within prevailing environmental and organisational
constraints. Exposure to the theoretical insights and methodological approaches
available to interpret and develop the competitive strategic position of the
enterprise under complexity and uncertainty. Students are expected to contribute
actively to class discussions and through careful preparation to become proficient
at analysing specific situations using appropriate conceptual models allied
to pragmatic, well-reasoned judgements with respect to the content of strategies
and feasibility of implementation.
Content:
Topics include: the nature of corporate objectives and mission statements; analysing
operating performance; the competitive market/industry environment; sources
of rivalry; the value chain; assessing opportunities and threats; the development
and application of core competencies; strategies in growth, maturity and in
declining sectors; managing ambiguity and complexity in the multi-firm (global)
corporate environment. Case studies are used to explore and interpret issues.
MANG0050: Supply management
Semester 1
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 CW40
Requisites:
Students should have taken MANG0006 or MANG0070. Aims & learning objectives:
To develop in the student a broad understanding of the principles, concepts
and approaches employed in the management of supply between industrial, commercial,
and governmental organisations. To differentiate between operational and strategic
approaches to management of supply To provide the student with a practical framework,
built from research and experience, for understanding and analysing the development
of supply management.
Content:
Introduction to supply management and the concepts of purchasing, procurement,
supply, value flow and inter-firm relationships. Sourcing strategies and their
implications for corporate strategies. Information systems in supply management.
The concept of inter-organisational relationships. Supply chain management.
Negotiation as a technique and management challenge. Lean principles and the
concept of value flow. Outsourcing and the management of associated relationships.
Government procurement: regulated markets. Logistics.
MANG0050: Supply management
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 CW40
Requisites:
Students should have taken MANG0006 or MANG0070, or MANG0169. Aims
& learning objectives:
To develop in the student a broad understanding of the principles, concepts
and approaches employed in the management of supply between industrial, commercial,
and governmental organisations. To differentiate between operational and strategic
approaches to management of supply To provide the student with a practical framework,
built from research and experience, for understanding and analysing the development
of supply management.
Content:
Introduction to supply management and the concepts of purchasing, procurement,
supply, value flow and inter-firm relationships. Sourcing strategies and their
implications for corporate strategies. Information systems in supply management.
The concept of inter-organisational relationships. Supply chain management.
Negotiation as a technique and management challenge. Lean principles and the
concept of value flow. Outsourcing and the management of associated relationships
Government procurement: regulated markets. Logistics.
MANG0051: Technology management
Semester 1
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 ES40
Requisites:
Students should have taken MANG0006 or MANG0070. Aims & learning objectives:
This unit is concerned with the management of technology and technological innovation
from the firm's perspective. The aim is to introduce students to some of the
managerial issues raised by the creation, adoption and diffusion of technology
over time. The objectives are firstly, to provide an appreciation of the need
to manage technology beyond any R & D department and secondly, to develop an
understanding of alternative approaches to the acquisition, organisation and
exploitation of technology and the factors influencing the relative success
of these in different environments.
Content:
The course examines patterns of technological change, how technology affects
competition, the impact of technology on individual firms' competitive advantage
and the development of strategies and managerial methods to meet the challenges
of the increasingly technology-driven environment. Topics include patterns of
R & D, technical trajectories, sources of product and process innovation and
the innovation environment. Developing a strategic approach to technology. Technology
as a company asset and technical auditing. Technology forecasting and foresight.
The relationship between technological change, industry structure and competitive
advantage. Factors influencing success in technological innovation.. Different
technology strategies and decisions concerning R&D, innovation and the commercialisation
of new products/ processes. The protection of industrial and intellectual property.
The diffusion of technology by contract, acquisition, imitation and manpower
flows.
MANG0053: Advanced supply management
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 CW40
Requisites: Pre MANG0050
Aims & learning objectives:
To develop in the student an advanced understanding of the principles, concepts
and approaches employed in the management of supply between industrial, commercial,
and governmental organisations. To develop strategic and innovative approaches
to management of supply To provide the student with a practical framework, built
from research and experience, for understanding and analysing the development
of strategic supply management.
Content:
Recap on previous study in Supply Management. Further exploration of sourcing
strategies and their implications for corporate strategies. Strategies based
upon information systems in supply management. The concept of inter-organisational
relationships: trust, power and dependencies. Inter-organisational networking.
Further depth on lean principles and the concept of value flow. Outsourcing
and the management of relational competence. Government procurement: regulated
markets. Logistics.
MANG0054: Business strategies & human resource management
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 CW40
Requisites:
Students should have taken MANG0029, or MANG0031, or MANG0070 or MANG0080,
or MANG0169. Aims & learning objectives:
The course will enable to the student to study Human Resource Management at
an advanced level especially by critically examining contemporary theory and
practice on the link between HRM and business strategies. The student will appreciate
the effect of different types of HRM strategies on firm performance and locate
these within the context of the role of the state and trade union organisation,
membership and strategy. The student will be able to evaluate the strategies
and policies of a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors
and be equipped to debate these issues with senior HR and Personnel executives.
The key topics covered include HRM: Rhetoric and Reality; Strategy, structure
and devolution/decentralisation; the pursuit of flexibility in its various forms;
the resource view of strategy; the distinction between high commitment management
and the matching models of HRM; cost leadership models and the fragmentation
of the firm; management style in the context of trade union behaviour and the
role of the state in the UK and Europe. Examples will be taken from numerous
countries.
MANG0055: Corporate governance & regulation
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites:
Students should have taken MANG0008 or MANG0070. Aims & learning objectives:
The course will acquaint students with a range of issues which come under the
broad heading of governance and regulation of corporate practices. This will
include the nature of the company and responsibilities of its principal officers,
concerns about the state of corporate governance and the special regulatory
issues associated with public control over utilities. The latter part of the
course will recognise the growing phenomenon of globalisation and the need for
regulation by international accounting standards
Content:
Issues selected each year from: The nature of the corporation and the position
of shareholders, chairmen, CEOs, executive directors and non-executive directors;
The nature of corporate governance and development of a conceptual framework
for governance - including the relationship between governance and management;
Examples of crises in governance; Governance as exercised in different countries;
Whistle-blowing as a means of governance; The place of top executive compensation
schemes in corporate governance considerations; Regulation of MNCs and cross-border
transfer pricing; The regulation of public utilities; International standard
setting in accounting and relationship to national standards; Financial reporting
in the European Union; Comparative accounting practices in selected countries.
Financial statement analysis using accounts of different countries
MANG0058: Ecological thinking & action in management
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW60 ES40
Requisites:
Students should have taken MANG0005 or MANG0070 or MANG0080, or MANG0169.
Aims & learning objectives:
The aim of this unit is to explore global trends in social, political, environmental
and ethical thinking and explore their implications for the role of business
and the practice of management.
Content:
A series of focused explorations looking at: the changing context of business;
globalisation, sustainable development; management of natural resources; system
dynamics; ecological thinking and practices in management; developments in economic
and social indicators; and other associated issues.
MANG0059: European integration studies 2
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES100
Requisites: Pre MANG0040
IMML students must take this unit if they have taken MANG0040 in the previous
semester. Aims & learning objectives:
To provide an advanced knowledge of the impact of European policies on individuals,
managements and work organisations in the European Union. Students will complete
the course unit with a detailed knowledge of social, environmental and sectoral
impacts of integration and how business interests can influence the EU decision-making
process.
Content:
Subjects covered will be: Social and employment policy issues and the firm;
EU environment policy and its impact upon business and communities; the harmonisation
of company law; sectoral impacts of the single market and business strategies;
lobbying the EU; transport policy and trans-European networks; implementation
of EC law; the future direction of the EU. Lectures will be supplemented by
case study discussions, a decision-making game, and tutorial sessions.
MANG0062: International business law
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 ES40
Requisites: Pre MANG0010, Pre MANG0024, Pre MANG0078
Students must have taken one of the above units in order to study this unit.
Aims & learning objectives:
To put international trade contracts in their proper framework - in terms of
the contracts and their enforcement and enforceability, and in the wider context
of how businesses function in the international commercial field. Students will
consider the different regimes which are relevant to making agreements in an
international context, the problems which can arise and how to deal with them.
Common contract terms and business relationships are examined so that students
understand the principles which can facilitate or hinder international contracts.
Content:
Legal 'families' and their characteristics. Codified commercial law. Treaties
and conventions. ICC and other private regimes. Principles of international
trade and common principles of law on commercial agents; business forms; business
liability. Commercial contracts; insurance; international banking; carriage;
patents, arbitration, dispute resolution and enforcement. European Union law
- competition, free movement.
MANG0067: Treasury management
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites:
Pre MANG0008 or MANG0070, or MANG0170. Aims & learning objectives:
To show how a large company manages sources of capital, relations with financial
markets and shareholders and balances needs for finance with internationally
spread organisations.
Content:
Issues selected from: Reviewing sources of finance and their costs International
and domestic aspects of cash management Sources of Return and risk Value at
Risk Analysis Portfolio risk management Foreign exchange markets and foreign
exchange rate risks Exposure management:hedging, swaps, options, interest rate
risk, etc. Complications in investment appraisal in undertaking direct investment
abroad International financing Foreign exchange markets and foreign exchange
rate risks Exposure management: hedging, swaps, options, interest rate risk,
etc. Complications in investment appraisal in undertaking direct investment
abroad International financing
MANG0070: Business economics
Semester 1
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX60 CW40
Requisites:
Aims and Learning Objectives: To use the basic tools of economics to introduce
students to the nature of the variety of competitive environments within which
business firms have to operate. At the end of the unit students should be able
to identify the cost and revenue curves of the firm, understand how the concept
of elasticity is useful and identify the fundamental characteristics of the
various forms of market structure. They should be able to apply their knowledge
to the real world and make predictions about the likely outcome of various market
interactions.
MANG0077: Quantitative methods & personal computing
Semester 1
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX50 CW30 OT20
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
To introduce the student to quantitative methods used in business situations.
Content:
Using a spreadsheet; collection and presentation of data; descriptive statistics;
correlation and regression; index numbers; time series; elementary probability;
decision trees.
MANG0078: National business environment of UK 1 - legal
aspects
Semester 1
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX60 ES40
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
To provide a framework within which students can appreciate the interrelationships
and interdependencies of core management disciplines. To introduce students
to the fundamental legal concepts which affect businesses and the ways in which
they function.
Content:
The course will examine different areas of the law and the different types of
action which may be brought. In the area of property and contracts, the formulation
of contracts, their validity, contents and enforceability will be examined.
Performance of a contract and ways of resolving disputes are considered.
MANG0079: National business environment of UK 2
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX50 ES30 OT20
Requisites: Pre MANG0078
Aims & learning objectives:
This course aims to develop students understanding of the economic and industrial
environment of the UK since World War II. Students will apply what they learn
as they analyse current events.
Content:
Topics will include: the UK economy as a whole, including GDP, demand management
and development; monetary, credit and fiscal policies; foreign trade and the
balance of payments; labour and unemployment.
MANG0080: Organizations & individuals
Semester 1
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX40 ES40
Requisites: Pre MANG0079, Co MANG0083
Aims & learning objectives:
To develop students' understanding of behaviour in organizations through the
introduction of key concepts, embedded in the relationship between individual
and organization.
Content:
Introduction to organization theory and organization behaviour, including: history
of organization theorising and perspectives on management, assumptions about
human nature, individuals and perception, attitudes and values, learning, motivation
and psychological contracts, organizational citizenship, ethics and social responsibility.
MANG0081: Principles of marketing
Semester 1
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 CW50
Requisites: Pre MANG0079, Ex MANG0016
Aims & learning objectives:
1. To provide an introduction to the concepts of marketing. 2. To understand
the principles and practice of marketing management. 3. To introduce students
to a variety of issues facing marketing today.
Content:
Marketing involves identifying and satisfying customer needs and wants. It is
concerned with providing appropriate products, services and sometimes, ideas,
at the right place and price, promoted in ways which are motivating to current
and future customers. Marketing activities take place in the context of the
market and of competition. The course is concerned with the above activities
and includes: consumer and buyer behaviour; market segmentation, targetting
and positioning; market research; product policy and new product development;
advertising and promotion; marketing channels and pricing.
MANG0082: European business environment 1: European
integration & legal structure
Semester 1
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX100
Requisites: Pre MANG0079
Aims & learning objectives:
To understand the structure, objectives and policy of the European Union and
its legal foundations with respect to business
Content:
The content will cover: European integration and unity in the 1940s and 50s;
The Treaty Base and legal structure; Business organisations; Business contracts;
Impact of EU legislation on contracts; EU institutions and decision-making;
Trade and competition - Customs union and CAP; Single European Market and future
developments; EU social and regional policies; Policy on widening and deepening
the Union.
MANG0083: Organizations & people
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 CW50
Requisites: Pre MANG0079, Co MANG0080
Aims & learning objectives:
To further develop students' understand of behaviour in organizatoins, through
the introduction of key concepts underpinning the relationship between individual-group-organization
in the context of international business.
Content:
Introduction to group process, 12 Angry Men/group decision making, evaluating
group performance and diagnosing group problems, developing effective groups,
leadership and followership , power and politics, organizational culture, national
culture, international management and organization.
MANG0085: The internationalisation of business 1
Semester 1
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 CW35 OT10
Requisites: Pre UNIV0009, Pre UNIV0010, Pre UNIV0011, Pre UNIV0012, Pre UNIV0013,
Pre UNIV0014
Students must have undertaken one of the above units i.e. IMML placement year
in order to study this unit. Aims & learning objectives:
The course aims to introduce and assess the forms, motivations and processes
of establishing and developing a multinational enterprise. It will explain the
magnitude and significance of international business, both in manufacturing
and service industries and discuss the terminology used. The students should
be able: to understand and assess the options available to companies undergoing
the internationalisation process; to analyse the different issues that arise
and problems that need to be addressed when establishing and operating subsidiaries
and affiliates across national boundaries; to identify and explain actual examples
using theories introduced in the course.
Content:
The theories of international business, including internalisation, the eclectic
theory and other theories of the multinational enterprise. The motivations for
multinational operation - economic globalisation, competitive rivalry, resource
or market seeking. The different forms of multinational operation, including
contractual forms, equity arrangements, joint ventures, etc. but with a particular
focus on foreign direct investment. An assessment of the advantages and disadvantages
of each. The strategic options for establishing a global network of subsidiaries.
The risks of international operations - political, economic and financial risk.
The course will use case studies (industry and company-based) and students'
class presentations to illustrate and explain the theories of international
business. The motivations for multinational operation - economic globalisation,
competitive rivalry, resource or market seeking. The different forms of multinational
operation, including contractual forms, equity arrangements, joint ventures,
etc. An assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of each. The financing
of international operations - international trade finance, international equity
markets, capital markets, foreign exchange issues. The risks of international
operations - political, economic and financial risk. The methods of mitigating
risks. The course will draw heavily on examples and will use the case studies
(industry and company-based) and students' class presentations to illustrate
and explain the theories of international business.
MANG0094: Economics of incentives
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 ES30 OT20
Requisites:
This course is intended for those who have MANG0012 or ECOI0010 and ECOI0045.
Others with ECOI0044, MANG0006 and placement experience should undertake preparatory
reading. Aims & learning objectives:
This course uses economics to investigate the incentives generated by a range
of contractual relationships. Students will link economic ideas to their own
experiences in the workplace, and they will develop their written and oral communication
skills.
Content:
Incentives are an integral part of many areas in economics, and so the topics
examined in the course come from a range of economic disciplines. The course
examines the application of principal-agent models to labour markets, capital
markets, insurance markets, and corporate governance issues. Some of the topics
addressed in the course will be: The use of pay systems to influence the behaviour
of managerial and non-managerial employees; transaction costs as the reason
for the existence of contracts; the importance of institutional structures as
a response to transaction costs; and moral hazard and adverse selection.
MANG0096: Environmental management in organizations
Semester 1
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 CW40
Requisites: Pre MANG0005, Pre MANG0083, Pre MANG0070
Students should have taken one of the above units. The pre-requisite units represent
the minimum level of experience a student should have to undertake this unit.
It is very desirable that you should have also undertaken more advanced units
in the study of organizational behaviour, for example, MANG0011 or MANG0033.
Aims & learning objectives:
Industry has been blamed for massive degradation to the natural environment.
Is this fair? What are appropriate organizational responses? What are the realities
behind the green rhetoric? This course will critically examine these, and related
questions.
Content:
The risk society and industry. Ethics the new, green, ethical manager? Listening
to stakeholders. Self-regulation and forcing compliance. Corporate exemplars.
Resistance and backlash. Some futures.
MANG0098: Business information systems
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX60 CW30 OT10
Requisites: Pre MANG0070
Aims and Learning Objectives: Information Technology (IT) is rapidly achieving
ubiquity in the workplace. All areas of the business community are achieving
expansion in IT and investing huge sums of money in this area. Within this changing
environment, several key trends have defined a new role for computers: a) New
forms and applications of IT are constantly emerging. One of the most important
developments in recent years has been the fact that IT has become a strategic
resource with the potential to affect competitive advantage: it transforms industries
and products and it can be a key element in determining the success or failure
of an organisation. b) Computers have become decentralised within the workplace:
PCs sit on managers' desks, not in the IT Department. The strategic nature of
technology also means that managing and using IT has become a core competence
for modern organisations and is therefore an important part of the task of general
and functional managers. Organisations have created new roles for managers who
can act as interfaces between IT and the business, combining a general technical
knowledge with knowledge of business. This course addresses the above issues,
and, in particular, aims to equip students with IT skills for the workplace.
Content:
The first part of the course considers why IT is strategic and how it can affect
the competitive environment, taking stock of the opportunities and problems
it provides. It consists of lectures, discussion, and case studies. The objective
is to investigate the business impact of IS. For example: in what ways can IS
be strategic? What business benefits can IS bring? How does IS transform management
processes and organizational relationships? How can organizations evaluate IS?
The second part of the course introduces students to the Internet and electronic
commerce (e-commerce) and gives them practical experience with Web-site development.
MANG0102: Financial management and reporting performance
- European perspectives
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX100
Requisites: Pre ESML0130
Aims and Learning Objectives: The purpose is to build on first year accounting
and finance knowledge and skills to achieve a balanced understanding of financial
management in a European context.
Content:
The investment decision, including European comparisons. Risk and cost of capital.
Capital structure decision and dividend policy, including European comparisons.
Working capital management. Corporate governance and internal control, including
European comparisons. Reporting results and performance. Accounting principles,
standards and harmonisation issues - European and global.
MANG0203: Organizational leadership
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
Pre MANG0001 or MANG0080 Aims & learning objectives:
This course is about leadership in organizations. It aims to take a critical
approach to some of the vast literatures of leadership, considering a systemic
view which locates leadership in the context of organization and organizing.
By the end of the unit, students should have developed an understanding of self-awareness,
assumptions and values against which behaviour of others is routinely evaluated
together with an appreciation of how 'things are made to happen' by influencing
and 'leading' people.
Content:
Leadership is often described as the most widely studied and least understood
concept in the social sciences. With this backdrop, the course aims to make
some sense of what is undoubtedly assumed to be the most important element in
organizational life - the exercise of influence by which 'things are made to
happen'. Students will be encouraged to reflect on the assumptions they make
about leadership - the person(ality), the position, the process, the performance
- as well as to consider their own self-awareness, assumptions and values against
which they evaluate others' influence. Drawing on contemporary business illustrations
as well as literature and metaphors, this unit will explore the complications
involved in becoming, being, confronting and evaluating leadership in an organization.
MANG0209 Investment banking
Credits: 5
MANG0211 Advanced corporate finance
Credits: 5
UNIV0002: French comparative employee relations
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX100
Requisites: Pre MANG0079
Aims & learning objectives:
To introduce students to comparative frameworks for analysing employment relations
in Western European countries: to give students a basic understanding of employment
relations in Western European countries, with particular emphasis on France
and Britain. After successfully completing this course, students should be able
to apply theories of employment relations to specific cases, understand and
explain differences between national employment relations systems.
Content:
The course will include lectures on managing the employment relationship, trade
unions, industrial conflict, the State and the law, theories of employment relations,
comparative frameworks; and explaining 'societal' difference.
UNIV0003: German comparative employee relations
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Pre MANG0079
Aims & learning objectives:
a) To describe and analyse the changing features of employee relations in the
UK. This introduction to the subject provides the basis for comparative work
later in the course. b) To introduce students to the specific legal, institutional
and cultural dimensions of industrial relations in Germany. Comparisons with
the UK will serve to highlight the main characteristics of the German situation
and to sensitise students to the reasons behind the complex pattern of relations
existing between the "social partners" as represented by state, unions, employers
and employees.
Content:
Employee relations: an introduction; Trade Unions; Employers and Managers; Industrial
Conflict; State and the Law.
UNIV0007: The internationalisation of business 2 - French
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX70 PR15 OT15
Requisites: Pre MANG0085, Ex MANG0060
Aims & learning objectives:
The course will build on the ideas introduced in unit 1 (MANG0085) concerning
foreign direct investment (FDI) and the multinational enterprise. It will discuss
these in the European and, particularly French, context. Through case studies
and simulation, the course will demonstrate and analyse examples of international
business. It will analyse inward and outward FDI as it affect France.
Content:
Geographic and industry studies illustrating theories of international business,
the motivations and different forms of multinational operation and the risks
involved. Foreign direct investment in the European Union and countries potentially
included in enlargement - intra-EU and from outside the region. Assessments,
motivations and the options available. France and international business; internationalisation
of French companies; FDI in France; French FDI abroad; French international
business in the wider Europe. International business simulation - an all day
role play seminar concerning decisions and developments in a European industry.
b) foreign direct investment in the European Union - intra-EU and from outside
the region. Assessments, motivations and the options available. France and International
Business; Internationalisation of French companies; FDI in France; French FDI
abroad; French international business in the wider Europe International Business
simulation - an all day role play seminar concerning decisions and developments
in a European industry.
UNIV0008: The internationalisation of business 2 - German
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX70 PR15 OT15
Requisites: Pre MANG0085, Ex MANG0060
Aims & learning objectives:
The course will build on the ideas introduced in unit 1 (MANG0085) concerning
foreign direct investment and the multinational enterprise. It will discuss
these in the European and, particularly German, context. It will analyse inward
and outward foreign direct investment as it affects Germany. Through case studies
and simulation, the course will demonstrate and analyse examples of international
business.
Content:
Geographic and industry studies illustrating theories of international business,
the motivations and different forms of multinational operation and the risks
involved. Foreign direct investment in the European Union and countries potentially
included - intra-EU and from outside the region. Assessments, motivations and
the options available. Germany and international business; internationalisation
of German companies; FDI in German; German FDI abroad; the evolution of German
business within Central and Eastern Europe. International business simulation
- an all day role play seminar concerning decisions and developments in a European
industry. b) foreign direct investment in the European Union - intra-EU and
from outside the region. Assessments, motivations and the options available.
Germany and the internationalisation of business; Internationalisation of German
companies FDI in Germany; German FDI abroad; The evolution of German business
with/in Central and Eastern Europe International Business simulation - an all
day role play seminar concerning decisions and developments in a European industry.
UNIV0009: Year abroad in France - work placement
Academic Year
Credits: 60
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES100
Requisites: Pre UNIV0004
Aims & learning objectives:
* to promote the development of high-level language skills in French
* to acquire in-depth personal experience of the French culture
* to gain professional experience
Content:
Working in a role in an approved organization which will involve a challenging
range of tasks, giving an opportunity to put management studies into practice,
while also developing language skills to near fluency.
UNIV0010: Year abroad in Germany - work placement
Academic Year
Credits: 60
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES100
Requisites: Pre UNIV0006
Aims & learning objectives:
* to promote the development of high-level language skills in German
* to acquire in-depth personal experience of the German culture
* to gain professional experience
Content:
Working in a role in an approved organization which will involve a challenging
range of tasks, giving an opportunity to put management studies into practice,
while also developing language skills to near fluency.
UNIV0011: Year abroad in France - academic exchange
Academic Year
Credits: 60
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment:
Requisites: Pre UNIV0004
Aims & learning objectives:
* to promote the development of high-level language skills in French
* to acquire in-depth personal experience of the French culture
* to gain academic experience in a French/Quebecois business school
Content:
To carry out an agreed programme of work at a French/Quebecois business school.
The nature, scope and assessment of this work is to be agreed by the institutions
involved in the exchange arrangements.
UNIV0012: Year abroad in Germany - academic exchange
Academic Year
Credits: 60
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment:
Requisites: Pre UNIV0006
Aims & learning objectives:
* to promote the development of high-level language skills in German
* to acquire in-depth personal experience of the German culture
* to gain academic experience in a German business school
Content:
To carry out an agreed programme of work at a German business school. The nature,
scope and assessment of this work is to be agreed by the institutions involved
in the exchange arrangements.
UNIV0013: Year abroad in France - academic exchange
& work placement
Academic Year
Credits: 60
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment:
Requisites: Pre UNIV0004
Aims & learning objectives:
* to promote the development of high-level language skills in France
* to acquire in-depth personal experience of the French culture
* to gain professional experience
Content:
To carry out an agreed programme of work at a French business school. The nature,
scope and assessment of this work is to be agreed by the institutions involved
in the exchange arrangements.
UNIV0014: Year abroad in Germany - academic exchange
& work placement
Academic Year
Credits: 60
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 2
Assessment:
Requisites: Pre UNIV0006
Aims & learning objectives:
* to promote the development of high-level language skills in Germany
* to acquire in-depth personal experience of the German culture
* to gain professional experience
Content:
To carry out an agreed programme of work at a German business school. The nature,
scope and assessment of this work is to be agreed by the institutions involved
in the exchange arrangements.
UNIV0027: German international marketing communications
A
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites: Pre UNIV0010, Pre UNIV0012, Pre UNIV0014
Aims & learning objectives:
To develop students' understanding of the principles of marketing from their
Second Year and to ally it to their own experience on placement, passing on
to the international context. It also aims to place the marketing function within
social and organisational networks of communication.
Content:
The unit is in two parts. The first (in English over six weeks) provides an
introduction to the general principles of international marketing (structural,
legal etc.). The second (in German) examines marketing as part of the communications
process. i. The International Marketing Environment: Economic, social, political
and legal constraints Regional markets Globalisation versus internationalisation
ii. Marketing Communications: The communications process; persuasion and propaganda
Cultural influences, universals and their effects.
UNIV0028: French international marketing communications
A
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic: IMML - 50% MANG 50% ESML
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites: Pre UNIV0009, Pre UNIV0011, Pre UNIV0013
Aims & learning objectives:
To develop students' understanding of the applications of the principles of
marketing from their Second Year and ally it to their own experience on placement,
passing on to the international context. It also aims to place the marketing
function within social and organisational networks of communication.
Content:
The unit is in two parts. The first (in English over six weeks) provides for
an introduction to the general principles of international marketing (structural,
legal etc). The second (in French) examines marketing as part of the communications
process. i. The International Marketing Environment: Economic, social, political
and legal constraints Regional markets Globalisation versus internationalisation
ii. Marketing Communications: The communications process; persuasion and propaganda
Cultural influences, universals and their effects.
UNIV0047: Year abroad in Spain - work placement
Academic Year
Credits: 60
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES100
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
* to promote the development of high-level language skills in Spanish
* to acquire in-depth personal experience of the Spanish culture
* to gain professional experience.
Content:
Working in a role in an approved organization which will involve a challenging
range of tasks, giving an opportunity to put management studies into practice,
while also developing language skills to near fluency.
UNIV0048: Year abroad in Spain - academic exchange
Academic Year
Credits: 60
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 2
Assessment:
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
* to promote the development of high-level language skills in Spanish
* to acquire in-depth personal experience of the Spanish culture
* to gain academic experience in a Spanish/Latin-American business school.
Content:
To carry out an agreed programme of work at a Spanish/Latin American business
school. The nature, scope and assessment of this work is to be agreed by the
institutions involved in the exchange arrangements.
UNIV0049: Year abroad in Spain - academic exchange &
work placement
Academic Year
Credits: 60
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 2
Assessment:
Requisites:
Aims & learning objectives:
* to promote the development of high-level language skills in Spain
* to acquire in-depth personal experience of the Spanish culture
* to gain professional experience.
Content:
To carry out an agreed programme of work at a Spanish/Latin-American business
school. The nature, scope and assessment of this work is to be agreed by the
institutions involved in the exchange arrangements.
UNIV0050: The internationalisation of business 2 (Spanish)
Semester 2
Credits: 5
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 3
Assessment:
Requisites: Pre MANG0085
UNIV0051: Spanish international marketing communications
A
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites: Pre MANG0081
Aims & learning objectives:
To develop students' understanding of the principles of marketing from their
Second Year and to ally it to their own experience on placement, passing on
to the international context, placing the marketing function within social and
organisational networks of communication. On completion of the Unit students
shall be more aware of the interrelation between marketing and communication
in relation to advertising and cultural contexts in particular.
Content:
The unit is in two parts. The first (in English over six weeks) provides an
introduction to the general principles of international marketing (structural,
legal etc). The second (in Spanish) examines marketing as part of the communications
process. i. The International Marketing Environment: Economic, social, political
and legal constraints Regional markets Globalisation versus internationalisation
ii. Marketing Communications: The communications process; persuasion and propaganda
Cultural influences, universals and their effects.
XXXX0017: Spanish politics & society (Advanced) 2B -
options - to be announced
Semester 2
Credits: 3
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 2
Assessment:
Requisites:
The pseudo unit indicates that the Department will be offering a choice of Spanish
Politics & Society 2B options in 2001/02.
XXXX0018: Spanish national options - to be announced
Semester 1
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 3
Assessment:
Requisites:
XXXX0018: Spanish national options - to be announced
Semester 2
Credits: 6
Contact:
Topic:
Level: Level 3
Assessment:
Requisites: