Business Management with Entrepreneurship

This module introduces a range of digital tools essential for both academic and professional environments. Core business skills such as management, collaboration and teamwork are central to the module.

You will engage regularly with online platforms to enhance your digital competency, while co-creation tasks offer opportunities for self-reflection and confidence building. Activities include working towards the Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award (iDEA), completing LinkedIn Learning assessments on Microsoft applications and producing collaborative video content.

As digital business becomes increasingly vital, this module equips you with the 21st-century skills needed to succeed in a modern workplace.

This module introduces you to the core functions of business and provides an opportunity to see how they operate in practice. You will gain an understanding of key areas such as people management, accounting, marketing and operations, and how these functions contribute to business success.

The module draws on real-world examples from successful businesses across the Greater Manchester region, including start-ups, family-run firms, large enterprises and multinationals from various sectors. It offers a first insight into what makes businesses thrive and helps you begin to shape your future learning and career journey.

How do we get inside the problems that businesses face, and reach the decisions that will solve them and support the future development of the organisation? This module will introduce you to systems thinking, providing an approach that helps you examine complex problems and develop holistic solutions. You will be encouraged to think creatively, developing the skills you need for creating innovative solutions that will help you with your studies and future career.

In this module you will be introduced to a variety of data analysis methods, which will be practiced on real world data sets. Regular formative assessment will be set for practice, with timely feedback given to aid learning and personal development.

You will have an opportunity to formulate your own research questions before analysing data to draw reasonable conclusions. The module will predominantly utilise real data and include a mixture of computer-based questions, calculations, interpretation and drawing conclusions.

What are the opportunities for business in the future? This module begins by establishing a strong understanding of the business context, including core economic principles and the evolving digital environment. You will explore the role of the digital economy and how it is reshaping industries.

Key global challenges will be examined—such as mass digitisation and Industry 4.0, inclusive growth, food security and the climate emergency—alongside the opportunities they present for businesses to develop responsible and sustainable solutions.

This module is designed to provide you with practical experience of key aspects of business finance. Using a business simulation tool, you will have the opportunity to apply these concepts in a practical context. The module embeds group working skills and the experiential approach provides the opportunity to gain experience of defining, planning and delivering a project.

This module will enable you to plan and carry out appropriate professional development activities to increase your employability and performance. These include self-presentation, professional networking, project planning and implementation, team working, influencing and multimedia communication. You will gain all the necessary experience required to take advantage of global employment opportunities. 

 

Students will be introduced to a variety of methods of analysis to inform decision making which will be practised on real data sets to support a new business venture as part of the Young Enterprise programme. Formative assessment will be set, with timely feedback given to aid learning and personal development.



The decision making techniques introduced in the module can be applied to a wide range of settings, such as interpreting market performance, forecasting growth, make or buy decisions, optimisations of scarce resources, marketing planning etc.

During this module we take a detailed look at various aspects of Project Management through a variety of means such as lectures and practical seminars informed by research and industrial collaborations. We will focus on theoretical approaches, tools and techniques of planning and controlling projects.

We will discuss project management as an important and integral part of a business whether this is product or service based.

The module will introduce you to key issues in marketing and the impact that this has on consumers as well as their behaviour. It draws upon key theories in marketing and consumer behaviour and reflects on the relevance to marketing practice in the digital age.

This module provides hands-on experience inside a real organisation. Working in teams to reflect on future working environments, you will work on a current business problem for one of our partner organisations. You will apply people, project and time management in practice and develop innovative solutions which will support the organisations in their future practice.

This module will enrich your knowledge on how to generate and validate business ideas using a range of creative thinking tools. The primary focus of this module is to enable you develop your own business idea for a target market by exploring models of innovation, using practical business models, live case studies and robust market research. You will have the opportunity to apply your creative skills by designing a feasible business idea, conducting your research and interpreting your findings to justify the viability of the business ideas.

You have the option to do a professional placement year, taking a year in industry to learn in a real-life environment whilst earning a salary and paying no tuition fees.

This is an excellent opportunity to take advantage of and we will help you find out about vacancies and make the right connections with high profile employers through regular events and presentations.

 For more information, please visit the placement and internships page. 

This module equips you with an appreciation and in-depth understanding of the implications of Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability within national and international organisations. This module will also develop your knowledge with respect to the importance of the balance between shareholders, stakeholders and the purpose and values of the organisation. It will explore the roles of social and technological innovation in global ethical organisations in order to prepare you for future employability.

This module offers a unique in-depth knowledge and understanding of the key practical and theoretical aspects of leadership and management in contemporary organisations. There is a focus on specific individual leaders, leadership styles and traits and offers an insight into how leaders operate in an organisational context. The module also explores personal leadership, the development of leadership and how leadership occurs at all levels. Practically the module will invite you to develop your own leadership style and experience, enhancing  employability.

This module enables you to explore your own leadership styles and traits and evaluate how these impact on the management of people.

Employers tell us that they are looking for employees with an entrepreneurial mindset.  Or perhaps you're thinking of setting up your own business.

In this module you have the opportunity to undertake an enterprise project for an internal or external sponsor on a topic of common interest.  Alternatively, you can use this opportunity to undertake in-depth research for your own project, for example, a business plan if you are wanting to start up a company after you graduate. The nature of the project will be negotiated by yourself, the module leader and the sponsoring company. 

This module is designed to provide you with the opportunity to demonstrate your learning from previous years. You will enhance your knowledge and develop techniques to create and bring a business idea to life. We will focus on exploring what is needed to be an entrepreneur and provide an understanding of the business creation process. The primary focus of this module is to enable you to develop a start-up strategy for an identified business idea by exploring models, tools, approaches, live case studies and robust market research.  You will be provided with an opportunity to apply your creative and entrepreneurial skills in planning and designing a business plan for start-up.

This module will provide a detailed understanding of business strategy, so that you acquire an organisation-wide perspective through exploring strategy techniques and processes within the global environment. You will draw together your knowledge from across the programme, and apply this to real world organisational problems, deploying accurately established techniques of analysis and enquiry, some of which are at the forefront of strategic research and practice. The module prepares you for a career in business and management, developing the next generation of managers, and you will work on industry problems drawn from your pathway specialism.

This module provides an engaging opportunity for you to learn how to use contemporary business models to create new business ideas. You will be supported to use various business model tools to create new business idea, evaluate your ideas, reflect on the viability of the ideas and their implications to the new or targeted markets.  You will apply components of the Business Model Canvas (e.g., value proposition, revenue streams, customer segments and customer relationships) to design your individual business idea. We will use a blended learning environment, mixing face-to-face and online learning.

Modern businesses gain valuable insights by applying advanced analytical techniques to large volumes of data. In this module, you will learn a range of established Big Data and analytics methods and explore the value they bring to organisations.

Upon successful completion, you will be able to collect and analyse data to support business decision-making, and apply these techniques within a strategic context—aligning with business goals and enhancing organisational competitive advantage.

Climate change is a fundamental stressor that undermines past development gains and threatens future progress in key areas of human well-being. In the 21st century, the sustainable use of energy is critical, as our reliance on energy for transport, business and heating is both a major driver of climate change and central to its solution. As such, energy and climate change are inextricably linked.

This module provides a multidisciplinary introduction to the key issues surrounding climate change. You will explore the science and policy of climate change, international climate finance, energy policy, business and sustainability, and environmental policy.

This module explores the management and protection of digital information across a range of technologies. It addresses key areas such as data security and cybersecurity risk, data policy in modern digital systems and the strategic dimensions of information security management. You will also examine digital forensics, along with the legal, ethical and professional considerations involved in safeguarding data.

A short internship—whether paid or unpaid—offers valuable real-world experience to help you develop and demonstrate your skills. This module allows you to gain academic credit for work that is relevant to your degree and enhances your employability.

The Business School will support and guide you in finding suitable internship opportunities. These may take place during the summer between Level 4 and Level 5, or at other times, provided the required amount of work-based learning is completed. During term time, you will produce a reflective report to demonstrate what you have learned through your internship experience.

This module provides an introduction to the investment environment, focusing on key financial principles and practices. You will explore the concept of risk and how investors can manage it effectively. The module also covers the time value of money, portfolio management and the relationship between risk and return, equipping you with foundational knowledge for informed investment decision-making.

This module develops your understanding of digital technologies and their role in driving digital transformation. You will explore contemporary issues in the field and assess the current and future impact of digital technologies on businesses.

By the end of the module, you will have a critical awareness of the digital industry and will have considered how technology can be applied to solve real-world business challenges. The module is supported by Launch@Salford, the University’s business incubation centre, providing practical insights and opportunities.