Special Executive Masters Programme in Business Administration in London 2024

This module provides the most critical information about the study course and assignment submission.

• Navigating the MSBM Study Portal

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• Course Structure and Guidelines

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• Interacting with Lectures/Learning Components

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• Harvard Referencing Style Guide

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• How to Summarise - Assignment Guide

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• Summarising, Paraphrasing, Quotation for your Assignment

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• Official Title Pages - SEMP

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The Leadership and Organizational Behavior module is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of leadership and the principles of organizational behaviour. This module will explore the various leadership styles, traits, and behaviours that are necessary for effective leadership in modern organizations.
Students will learn how to analyze and evaluate organizational structures and culture and the impact of these factors on employee motivation, job satisfaction, and performance. They will also examine team building dynamics and the importance of communication, conflict resolution, and decision-making in achieving organizational objectives.

• A Review of Organizational Theories

   

• Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

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• Organizational Change, Behaviour & Culture

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• Organization System Thinking and Structure

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• QUIZ - LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOUR

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This course aims to introduce learners to current debates, theories, and practices in the field of International Business.

• International Business Environment

   

• Managing International Trade

   

• Strategic Approach To International Business

   

• International Business Operations

   

• Organisational Structures In International Business

   

• QUIZ-International Business Management

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On completion of this unit, learners will have gained knowledge and understanding relating to planning the usage and management of a business organization’s financial resources.  Learners will understand the importance of attaining business objectives and maximizing shareholder return. Learners will gain a working knowledge of business strategy design and the production of comprehensive business plans.

• Understanding cost system and its classification

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• Concepts and Tools of Cost Accounting

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• CASE STUDY - Activity based costing in Xu Ji Electric Co. Ltd

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• Understanding the Concept and Classification of Sources of Funds

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• CASE STUDY - Global Fund Raising Strategies

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• Understanding The Financial Performance Analysis

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• CASE STUDY - Financial Analysis Reporting

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• Understanding the Financial Ratios and its Various Types

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• Understanding The Budgetary Concepts and Approaches

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• CASE STUDY - How Maritz Accomplished a 40% IT Budget Reduction

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• Understanding the Working Capital Management

  This lecture explore the cycle to convert your capital and generate profits. 

• Understanding the Investment Appraisal Techniques

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• QUIZ - Strategic Financial Management

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To provide learners with the competence to proffer solutions to problems arising in relation to leadership, management, and development of human resources within the organizational contexts. Learners will be enabled to appraise the effectiveness of organizational strategies, processes, and practices in efficient and effective leadership and management, also the contribution of HRM/HRD practitioners to organizational change.

• Research Philosophies and Principles

   

• VIDEO - Overview of the Research Onion

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• Selecting a Research Topic

   

• Searching and Reviewing Literature

   

• VIDEO - How to write a Literature Review

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• Developing conceptual Framework

   

• PDF - How to create a Conceptual Framework

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• Research Strategy and Design

   

• Research Methods I

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• Research Methods II

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• PDF - How Observation is Used As a Research Method

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• Research Methods: Data Analysis

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• Research Proposal and Writing Up

   

• Research Ethics

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• QUIZ - Advanced Business Research Methods

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This unit aims to develop learners’ understanding of how the effective strategic management of human resources supports achieving organizational objectives in different contexts. Learners will evaluate the contribution of strategic human resource management and the application of leadership and management theory for organizational benefit.

• VIDEO - Human Resource Management Today - An Overview

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• Understanding the role of human resource management

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• Role of Human Resource Management Strategy in an Organisation

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• Contributions of HRM

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• Business Dynamics Concerning The Human Resource Strategy

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• Case Study - Real-time, authentic employee voice feedback

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• Determining Human Resource Requirements

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• Fundamentals Of Human Resource Plan

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• Legal And Ethical Requirements Of Human Resource Policies

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• Human Resource Management And Organisational Strategy, Structure And Culture

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• Effective Monitoring Of Human Resource Management Activities

     

• People Development and Human Resource Management

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• Case Study - Answering the Phone (Training and Development)

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• Developing Human Resource Management, Recruitment and Selection

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• Case Study: Solution for Recruiting Hard-to-Fill Positions

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• Employee Retention Concepts, Tools and Strategies

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• Organisational Theory Underpinning Human Resource Management

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• Leadership Practices In An Organisational Context

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• Strategic Leadership And Organisational Development

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• Exploring Purpose Of Leadership And Evaluating Human Resource Strategy

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• QUIZ - Strategic Human Resource Management

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The aim of this unit is to develop learners’ understanding of the concepts, methods and technical aspects of strategic marketing and the challenges associated with marketing in today’s business environment, including how a strategy combines product development, promotion, distribution, pricing, relationship management, and other elements.

• Fundamental Concepts in Marketing

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• Understanding The Marketing Mix

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• Understanding the Extended Marketing Mix

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• Understanding External and Internal Environment for designing a market plan

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• CASE STUDY - How Starbucks is using pricing strategy for profit maximization

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• Marketing planning and strategy

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• Strategising for Marketing Operations

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• Marketing Function Interrelationships and Entrepreneurial Marketing

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• The Strategic Marketing Process

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• CASE STUDY - MasterCard Global Targeted Content Marketing

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• Strategic Positioning In the Business Environment

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• Segmenting And Targeting Strategies

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• Fundamentals of Branding

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• CASE STUDY - Starbucks's Misunderstandings In Australia

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• Branding Decisions and Strategies

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• RESEARCH - Market entry strategies of passenger carmakers

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• Understanding Brand Identity Personality And Positioning

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• Concepts in Digital Branding

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• QUIZ - Strategic Marketing

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