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Principles of Business Management

Fundamentals of Management Accounting and Finance

Human Resources Management

StrategicManagement

Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Marketing Management

Effective Leadership

Enterprise for Managers

e-Business

Business and Management Ethics

Consumer Behaviour

International Management

This module provides learners with an in-depth analysis of contemporary international business activities, allowing them to develop their skills and expertise in prevailing international marketing and communications as well as enhance their understanding of cultural and ethical contexts. At the end of the module, you will be able to:

Organisational Behaviour

The module provides a context for students to appreciate the complexities of managing people and organisations in the 21st century. The content of the module focuses on the challenges of managing individuals, teams, groups and organisations, by examining a variety of issues inherent in modern organisations and, importantly, the skills that managers require to deal with them. At the end of the module, you will be able to:

Employee Relations

The module explores the terrain of employee relations. It examines the historical development of the employee relations contexts within which organisations operate and the continuing diversity of these contexts in the face of the apparent pressures of globalization. The module also considers the implications of employee relations contexts for management and for organisational performance, and assesses whether managements may actively deploy partnership approaches to secure collective employee voice without conflict. At the end of the module, you will be able to:

Global Purchasing and Supply

Global purchasing and supply management has evolved from a transactional buying activity to a strategic business operation. This module will provide students with detailed and higher level knowledge on how to plan and execute an effective procurement strategy that supports corporate goals and wider business objectives. At the end of the module, you will be able to:

Strategic Change

The World is a rapidly changing environment and this change impacts on the way that organisations behave and respond. This module will equip students with the theoretical and advanced practical models and techniques that can help support them, as managers, to bring about effective and positive organisational change via people and processes. At the end of the module, you will be able to:

Enterprise for Managers

This Master’s level module is designed to help students to learn how to run a real business by doing just that: learning the key skills and knowledge needed to set up, run, sustain and develop a viable and successful business in times of constant change. The module equips students with a robust advanced knowledge base and the required skill sets essential to be able to successfully exploit emerging business opportunities and then how to manage the new venture with a long term focus and strategy. At the end of the module, you will be able to:

Human Resource Management in Practice .

This module equips managers in the 21st Century by providing:

Employee Developments

Successful employee development is an essential part of effective human resource management and plays a vital role in assisting organisations to utilise their most important asset, their employees, in order to remain competitive, innovative and responsive. This module focuses on the learning and development of employees in the workplace and the enhancement of their skills, competences and organisational contribution. At the end of the module, you will be able to:

Concepts and strategies of International Marketing Management

It is increasingly difficult for many organisations to restrict their services to domestic markets only. Accordingly, knowledge of international issues is of vital importance to all organisations whether they are actively involved in foreign markets or have foreign competitors in their home market. At the end of the module, you will be able to:

Consumer Behaviour Insights

Establishing close and productive relationships with customers is considered to be key to marketing success, and customer equity has become an important marketing performance indicator. The advent of digital technology and social media have had a major impact on the nature of customer relationships. Today, companies are seeking to engage the customer by creating interactive, participative marketing landscapes. The module provides students with the opportunity to explore theories and leading-edge research findings and apply knowledge by conducting small group discussion and/or activities. The module requires students’ active participation. At the end of the module, you will be able to:

Services and Relationship Marketing

This module develops an understanding of the particular challenges, opportunities and strategies which are encountered by different types of service business. The module has two distinct elements: services marketing and relationship marketing. At the end of the module, you will be able to:

The Travel and Tourism Business

The travel and tourism industry comprises several main sectors including, by means of example, accommodation, visitor attractions, travel distribution, and sub-sectors of transportation including aviation, cruise, land-based transport and transport infrastructure. The module explores the economic and operational characteristics of each sector and sub-sector, and the ways in which they interact in the production of travel and tourism products and services. At the end of the module, you will be able to:

Using Digital Marketing and Social Media to gain competitive advantage gain competitive advantage

This module accordingly introduces students to the core principles of how digital marketing and social media can help organisations to gain a competitive advantage. Information and communication technology is constantly and rapidly changing the way companies interact with consumers. Technological evolution continues apace and marketers are seeking to exploit it in new, creative ways. This module provides a comprehensive framework for understanding the contextual, strategic and operational issues involved in the application of digital transformation to marketing. At the end of the module, you will be able to:

Entrepreneurship in the Tourism, Events and Hospitality Industry

Hospitality and tourism businesses significantly contribute to the European and world economy in terms of job creation, GDP contribution and have significant impact on local communities. The contribution of tourism to Malta’s GDP in 2018 was 12.8%, making tourism one of the top five contributors to the economy. Total tourist expenditure was EUR 2.1 billion, an increase of 8% from 2017. In 2018, there were 3.2 million international arrivals, an 11.0% increase on 2017. Whilst tourism, events and hospitality have been hit by the Covid pandemic, as the world emerges from the pandemic growth in these areas is set to reoccur. At the end of the module, you will be able to:

Digital Marketing and Social Media in Tourism and Events Management

This module accordingly introduces students to the core principles of how digital marketing and social media can help organisations in the arena of Tourism and Events Management to gain a competitive advantage. Information and communication technology is constantly and rapidly changing the way companies interact with consumers. Technological evolution continues apace and marketers are seeking to exploit it in new, creative ways. This module provides a comprehensive framework for understanding the contextual, strategic and operational issues involved in the application of digital transformation to marketing in the area of Tourism and Events Management. At the end of the module, you will be able to:

Managing an Events

This module acquaints learners with current principles and best practices in project management and applying this knowledge to event management and developing the learners’ ability to formulate, plan, manage and evaluate events. Teaching methods will include case studies. At the end of the module, you will be able to:

Transforming Healthcare Management Services

The module explores the current international healthcare agenda, examining the need for constant change and evolution in order to meet the contemporaneous needs of a changing and growing global population. At the end of the module, you will be able to:

Strategic Management in Healthcare settings

Students will explore contemporary issues in international health and social care policies and systems. Socioeconomic and political drivers to variations in health and social care trends, policies and provision will be addressed by comparing high and low income countries and global challenges to health and social care systems will also be addressed. At the end of the module, you will be able to:

DBA Research Design and Philosophy

The module seeks to develop DBA candidates’ systematic and critical knowledge of research methods in business and management studies at a doctoral level and build upon their experience of undertaking research at a Masters level. At the end of the module, you will be able to: