UNIT CATALOGUE

ESML0005: French politics & society 1A: Introduction à la politique et à la société françaises

Semester 1
Credits: 3
Topic: French
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
Topic: French
Level: Level 1
Assessment: ES100
Requisites:
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 (advanced) 2A

Semester 1
Credits: 3
Topic: French
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX67 CW33
Requisites:
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 2
Credits: 6
Topic: French
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
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 1
Credits: 6
Topic: French
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
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 2
Credits: 6
Topic: French
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW33 ES67
Requisites:
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
Topic: French
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To examine the respective rôles 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: Environnement, société, développement

Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: French
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: Environmental issues regularly appear in the news and increasing numbers of people currently attach great importance to them. However, the issues themselves are rarely clear-cut; they are subject to competing interpretations and to conflicts of interest, indicating a need for critical distance in the treatment of the subject. Within a context of open-ended evaluation, the aim of this course is to explore environmental issues in terms of their political, social and economic dimensions and to assess their importance. Most of the work will concentrate on discussing developments in France today, but as by their very nature environmental questions go beyond national boundaries, the course will take the international dimension into account.
Content: The major themes to be surveyed are: (1) the ideas behind environmentalism and political ecology; (2) green politics in France today; (3) environmental policy-making in France and the EU; (4) the environment, business behaviour and green consumerism; (5) the impact of environmentalism on French society today. Students have the opportunity to focus on a suitable mix of themes which particularly interest them. Taught in French.

ESML0029: French national option F13: Culture et identité dans la France contemporaine

Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: French
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
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 Osterreich 1918-1939

Semester 1
Credits: 3
Topic: German
Level: Level 1
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To trace the most important political, social and economic developments in inter-war Germany and Austria. At the same time to provide practice in German comprehension, speaking and writing. Students should learn to follow lectures in straightforward 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; write short essays in German on topics arising out of their seminar presentation.
Content: i. Weimar (1918-1933)
a) Revolution, Friedensvertrag und Weimarer Verfassung
b) Bruning und das Ende von Weimar
ii Drittes Reich (1933-1945)
a) Propaganda
b) Holocaust
iii Osterreich
a) Entstehung der Republik
b) Burgerkrieg

ESML0035: German politics & society 1B

Semester 2
Credits: 3
Topic: German
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX67 CW33
Requisites:
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) Besatzung und Entnazifizierung
b) Das Grundgesetz
c) Kanzlerdemokratie und Westintegration
d) Das Parteiensystem
ii) Ostdeutschland: vom Aufbau zum Mauerbau (1945-1961)
a) Allgemeine politische Entwicklungen im ersten Nachkriegsjahrzehnt
b) Wirtschaftliche Startbedingungen und Aufbau des Sozialismus
c) Die SED und der staatliche Aufbau der DDR
d) Der Bau der Berliner Mauer

ESML0042: German politics & society 2A

Semester 1
Credits: 3
Topic: German
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX67 CW33
Requisites:
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: Geteiltes Deutschland: 1961-1989
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 politics & society 2B, option 1: Das wiedervereinigte Deutschland

Semester 2
Credits: 3
Topic: German
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To convey in German the most significant economic, political and social developments since unification, to give students practice in preparing and giving seminar presentations and to improve further their writing skills in German.
Content: a) Mentalitatsunterschiede in Ost und West
b) Das Parteiensystem und "DDR-Nostalgie"
c) Vergangenheitsbewaltigung: Stasi und Folgen
d) Die Jugend im vereinigten Deutschland

ESML0044: German politics & society 2B, option 2: Berlin seit dem Kriegsende

Semester 2
Credits: 3
Topic: German
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
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 impact of the crises of 1953 and 1961 on both parts 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.

ESML0045: German politics & society 2B, option 3: Neue Soziale Bewegungen in der BRD

Semester 2
Credits: 3
Topic: German
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: This aim of this unit is to study political subcultures in Germany and to explore post-war German politics and history from the perspective of the manifold protest movements. Students are introduced to the thinking and writing of leading representatives of these movements as well as to sociological texts trying to explain the social movement phenomenon.
Content: The unit covers the culture of political protest in Germany from the beginning of the two German states up to the present days of unified Germany. Particular emphasis will be placed on the protest of the 1980s (peace movement, environmental movement), the civil rights movement in the former GDR, and expressions of political discontent in the early 1990s.

ESML0046: German politics & society 2B, option 4: Die Frau in der deutschen Gesellschaft

Semester 2
Credits: 3
Topic: German
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
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.

ESML0047: German politics & society 2B, option 5: Der Deutsche Sozialstaat

Semester 2
Credits: 3
Topic: German
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: The aim of this unit is to explore the social impact of processes of economic globalisation on unified Germany. Students are made familiar with the historical evolution of the 'Modell Deutschland' and its transformation in the 1990s.
Content: In its first half the unit covers the evolution of the German welfare system and the emergence of the so-called 'nivellierte Mittelstandsgesellschaft'. In the second half we will concentrate on the management of new phenomena like mass-unemployment, 'neue Armut', economic competition from newly industrialising countries, drastic cuts in the social welfare provision etc.

ESML0050: German national option G1: Political culture in divided & unified Germany & Austria

Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX67 ES33
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: This unit considers, first, the main factors which influenced the political culture and identity of the three German-speaking states (Federal republic, GDR and Austria) as they emerged after the military defeat of National Socialism; secondly, the tensions which later developed in these political cultures and the currents of unrest and opposition to which they gave rise. Thirdly, discussion will focus on the legacy of the past in the political culture of Germany and Austria in the 90s.
Content: Topics for discussion are the concept of political culture; the problem of defining German and Austrian identity; confrontation with the NS past in Germany and Austria in the aftermath of WW2; Austria as the 'first victim' of National Socialism; opposition in the GDR and the collapse of the East German state; terrorism in the Federal Republic as a reaction to the dominant political culture; Germanys past in the present following unification; Austrian identity in the 90s. Taught in German.

ESML0052: German national option G3: Risiko Deutschland?

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 CW25 OT25
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: The aim of the unit is to explore the position of the new Germany in the context of European and international politics. Against the background of the post-war European order, students are made familiar with three important national and international debates. These are centred around Germany's search for a national identity, Germany's position as an economic giant with structural problems and around the question of Germany's (military) contribution to the solution of international conflicts.
Content: The option will cover the following main topics: Geschichte: Deutsche Teilung und europäische Integration von 1945 bis 1989. Identität: Nation und Nationalismus im vereinigten Deutschland. Wirtsschaft: Weltwirtschaftsmacht und Standortdebatte.. Politik: Deutschlands Beitrag zur internationalen Sicherheit. Taught in German.

ESML0053: German national option G4: Kultur und Politik in der ehemaligen DDR

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX67 CW33
Requisites:
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.

ESML0057: German national option G7: Okoland Deutschland

Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES50 CW25 OT25
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: The aim of the unit is to overcome the narrow understanding of ecological politics in Germany as the effort to protect the countryside and its wildlife. Instead, the social, cultural and political implications of the green issue are explored. Rather than focusing exclusively on the German Green Party, their environmental demands or any other political programme of ecological reform (all of this will, of course, be touched upon), the module tries to understand ecological politics and its evolution as a phenomenon of general cultural modernisation. Students are introduced to the ecological issue as a driving force of Germany's current development and a central issue in the thinking of social theorists and political scientists in Germany.
Content: We will start out by trying to conceptualise the meaning and cultural significance of nature and of the ecological crisis. We will then explore various concepts of social, cultural and political modernisation and finally analyse the practical impact of the ecological issue on political culture and the social and economic development of contemporary Germany. Taught in German.

ESML0058: German national option G8: Frauen und Gender in Deutschland

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX67 CW33
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To permit a deeper and more systematic study of women in Germany than was possible in the second year option (which is not a prerequisite). Whereas the second year option focused on images and attitudes which affect the lives of women, this option will assess the significance of the changes in the role and situation of women in German society since the Second World War, from historical, socio-political, economic and psychological perspectives. It will examine the challenges to women's traditional roles within the institutions of marriage and family brought about first by socio-economic factors in both post-war German states, then by the impact of the women's movement, and the ways the resultant changes have increased the presence of women in the cultural, social and political domain as well as their prospects on the employment market. The complex impact of German unification on the situation of women, especially in the ex-GDR, will provide the focus for the discussion of contemporary German society and the prospects for women in the years ahead.
Content: An introduction to different strands of feminist thought and analysis and a discussion of gender as a social determinant will provide the background to a more in-depth study of major areas of empirical research into women's role, position and opportunities in German society both past and present. The unit will cover the following topics: origins, development and impact of the new women's movement in Germany; women in the labour market and the German economy; the changing institutions of marriage and the family in German society and reforms in the legal system affecting women; changes in the political culture of Germany through the greater representation of women in politics and major organisations in the economy; the women's movement and its impact on other social movements in Germany (the ecological movement, the New Right and the legacy of National Socialism); current theoretical positions in psychoanalysis dealing with the impact of socialisation on women's identity and on gender-based definitions and attributes; young women in Germany today: expectations and perspectives. Taught in German.

ESML0059: German national option G9: Die Massenmedien in Deutschland

Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES67 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; funding and inter-media competition; new media - from Btx to the Internet in one generation; Spin Doctors and Soundbites: media as a political tool; the impact of German unification on the media of both former German states; advertising.

ESML0115: French economic & industrial environment

Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: French
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW50 ES50
Requisites:
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
Topic: French
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
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
Topic: French
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX50 CW50
Requisites:
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
Topic: German
Level: Level 1
Assessment: ES66.6 CW33.3
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
Topic: German
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
Topic: French
Level: Level 1
Assessment: ES80 OT20
Requisites:
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
Topic: French
Level: Level 1
Assessment:
Requisites:
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
Topic: French
Level: Level 1
Assessment:
Requisites:
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
Topic: German
Level: Level 1
Assessment: ES66 CW33
Requisites:
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
Topic: German
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX30 CW20 PR20 OR30
Requisites:
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
Topic: French
Level: Level 2
Assessment:
Requisites:
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
Topic: French
Level: Level 2
Assessment:
Requisites:
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
Topic: German
Level: Level 2
Assessment:
Requisites:
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
Topic: French
Level: Level 2
Assessment:
Requisites:
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
Topic: French
Level: Level 2
Assessment:
Requisites:
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.

ESML0130: German comparative employee relations B

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX40 ES60
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To convey in German the most significant developments in relations between management and institutions representing worker interests (trade unions and works councils) and to give students practice in preparing and giving seminar presentations in German and to improve their writing skills in German.
Content: Industrielle Beziehungen in Deutschland
a) Die Entwicklung der Gewerkschaften
b) Gewerkschaften und Betriebsr?te
c) Die Zukunft der Tarifautonomie
d) Betriebliche Interessenvertretung im vereinigten Deutschland

ESML0131: German language in the business context B

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 2
Assessment:
Requisites:
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
Topic: French
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
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
Topic: German
Level: Level 3
Assessment: CW100
Requisites:
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
Topic: French
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
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
Topic: French
Level: Level 3
Assessment:
Requisites:
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.

ESML0138: Le management interculturel

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: French
Level: Level 3
Assessment:
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: to develop insights into the cultural specificity of management practices through comparisons between the case of France and other leading industrial nations;
to enhance awareness of the cultural dimensions of managing in the international workplace;
to provide an opportunity for students to integrate their knowledge of corporate, nation-specific and international management practices by drawing on prior study within the degree as well as on their work experience abroad;
to develop research skills, oral presentation skills and report writing skills in French;
to develop their teamwork skills, by working in groups.
Content: The focus will be on business practices in France, whose distinctiveness (or otherwise) will be explored by cross-national comparisons.
Introductory lectures review issues to do with national business cultures, particularly the question of whether particular management styles or practices are nation-specific. They also review corporate culture issues in relation to national culture, with reference to core management disciplines such as business policy, organisational behaviour and human resources management within major companies.
The second phase of the course is student-led, with group exposés leading to seminar discussions. The subject of group exposés and groups dissertations is decided jointly by the students and course lecturers in line with the major themes of the course. Guidance is given on the development and presentation of both exposés and written projects, as well as feedback on exposées.

ESML0139: German international marketing communications B

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
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
Topic: German
Level: Level 3
Assessment:
Requisites:
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
Topic: French
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
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
Topic: French
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
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
Topic: French
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
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
Topic: French
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
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
Topic: French
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
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
Topic: French
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
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
Topic: French
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
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
Topic: French
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
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
Topic: French
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
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, René 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
Topic: French
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES67 CW33
Requisites:
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.

ESML0299: French comparative employee relations B

Semester 2
Credits: 6
Topic: French
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To develop knowledge of the legislative and contractual framework for employment relations in these countries; to familiarise students with key concepts in employment relations and key vocabulary in French; to use authentic French-language documents produced by public agencies, employers and trade unions. After successfully completing the course, students should be able to write in French on an aspect of employmeent relations in France and to discuss in French contemporary issues of employment relations.
Content: Trade unions, employers' associations in France; the role of the State; representative institutions in the workplace; trends in collective bargaining; training, qualifications and work organization.

MANG0006: Business economics

Semester 2
Credits: 5
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: The course aims to develop students' understanding of the operation of markets, especially product markets, in theory and practice, and knowledge of the economic determinants of firms' competitive behaviour and performance within them. After taking this course, students will be able to understand the main features of competitive structure, firm behaviour and industrial performance and the inter-relationship between them, and apply this knowledge to investigate competitive conditions and behaviour in actual markets.
Content: The market structure-conduct-performance model; market demand, the characteristics of goods and market segmentation; supply and changing cost conditions; industrial concentration, barriers to entry and exit and other aspects of structure; price behaviour under conditions of competition and cooperation; the determinants of performance and import of government competition policy.

MANG0008: Introduction to the financial management of the organisation

Semester 2
Credits: 5
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX50 CW50
Requisites:
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.

MANG0028: Emerging patterns of thought belief & action

Semester 1
Credits: 5
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES50 CW50
Requisites:
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
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX80 CW20
Requisites:
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.

MANG0035: Aspects of Japanese business

Semester 2
Credits: 5
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX80 CW20
Requisites:
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
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 ES40
Requisites: Pre MANG0016
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
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 CW50
Requisites:
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.

MANG0038: Depth psychology of organisations

Semester 1
Credits: 5
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 ES40
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To introduce the concepts and theories of depth psychology and develop the students' understanding of organizational processes by using these concepts and theories.
Content: Core concepts and theories of depth psychology: desire, repression and the unconscious, narcissism, symbolism and sublimation. Mental personality. Interpretation and the use of psychoanalytic interpretations on cultural phenomena. The analysis of jokes, stories and myths. Leaders and followers, the personality of leaders and transference. Organizational and individual pathologies, authoritarianism and organizational decay. Gender construction in organizations.

MANG0039: Employment law

Semester 1
Credits: 5
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 OT40
Requisites:
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.

MANG0041: Financial reporting & accounting standards

Semester 1
Credits: 5
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites: Pre MANG0025
Aims & Learning Objectives: To introduce and discuss topical issues in corporate financial reporting and to ensure that students understand a number of key accounting standards, the reasons they were adopted in favour of possible alternative treatments and their implications for reporting and auditing practice.
Content: The nature of standards and the standard setting process. Substance over form - FRS 4 and 5. The measurement of profit and capital maintenance: historical cost, current cost accounting and their relationship to economic profit. FRS3. Accounting for corporate groups - mergers and acquisitions, balance sheets and profit and loss accounts FRS2, 6 and 7. Goodwill and intangible assets SSAP22 plus current debate. Special problems: a selection from research and development (SSAP13), deferred tax (SSAP15), investment properties (SSAP19), leases and hire purchase (SSAP21), pensions (SSAP24), foreign currency (SSAP20).
Note: The Accounting Standards mentioned are those currently applied at the time this syllabus was prepared. The course will keep up-to-date and address any subsequent standards issued on these topics.

MANG0042: Managing conflict

Semester 1
Credits: 5
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 ES40
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: The course examines the sources, characteristics and possible methods of managing conflict. Although the main focus will be on conflict within the employment relationship other arenas will also be examined. Particular attention will be given to negotiating and bargaining processes and conflict resolution processes involving third parties.
Content:
How and why does conflict emerge? Its forms, features and dynamics.
Negotiating and Bargaining: concepts and models
Preparing for Negotiations: practical issues
Negotiating in practice: skills and techniques
Models of practice: analysis and re-evaluation
Negotiating in action: a practical case
Third Party Intervention: background and issues
Role of ACAS: institutions and practices
Third Party intervention in practice: skills and techniques
Third Parties: problems and issues

MANG0043: Operational research

Semester 1
Credits: 5
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 CW40
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: The objective of this course is to provide an understanding and appreciation of how quantitative, analytical models can both inform managers and assist decision-making. The emphasis is on the practical application of a variety of model-building techniques.
Content: Approximately half of the course is devoted to models for optimal resource allocation e.g. linear programming, goal programming, integer programming and dynamic programming. The other half deals with decision analysis, queuing models and computer simulation.

MANG0044: Organisational change & design

Semester 1
Credits: 5
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 ES40
Requisites:
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.

MANG0046: Product policy

Semester 1
Credits: 5
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 CW40
Requisites: Pre MANG0034
Aims & Learning Objectives: Decisions about the product offering are central to a firm's marketing activities and ultimately its long term survival and economic prosperity. This course is concerned with theories, concepts and statistical techniques which can be used to analyse product policies. It starts by exploring subjects which relate to the various stages in the new product development (NPD) process and those which represent important issues that have emerged from research on NPD. The unit also recognising that NPD is an important managerial activity which interfaces with organisational, and brand and portfolio management activities. Case studies will explore and develop issues, including the application of various analytical models and techniques. In addition, coursework of a market research nature will involve the collection and analysis of quantitative data for the purposes of new product development decision-making. Themes include: the new product development process, exploring the what constitutes a successful new product development process, idea generating and screening decisions, concept testing and conjoint modelling and pre-test and test market models; issues in brand management including brand extensions as a launch strategy, the challenges posed by the rise of retailers' own-label products to manufacturers, portfolio management and the product deletion decision.
Students should be able to:
1. Understand the importance and risks associated with the new product development process.
2. Critically evaluate the strengths and weaknesses associated with various empirical techniques used in the development of new products.
3. Develop a critical understanding of the theory, concepts and techniques of product policy.

MANG0048: Strategic analysis

Semester 1
Credits: 5
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 ES40
Requisites: Pre MANG0016
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 decline; managing ambiguity and complexity in the multi-firm (global) corporate environment. Case studies are used to explore and interpret issues.

MANG0049: Strategic marketing

Semester 1
Credits: 5
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 ES40
Requisites: Pre MANG0016
Aims & Learning Objectives: An applied and thematic approach to forming and implementing effective marketing strategies for the business enterprise. The unit aims to help students interpret competitive market positions and explore how they can be sustained via product and market-oriented initiatives under conditions of environmental uncertainty and competitive threat. Students are expected to contribute actively to class discussions and through careful preparation become proficient at analysing specific situations using appropriate conceptual models allied to pragmatic, well-reasoned judgements.
Content: Topics include: the meaning of marketing strategy and generic strategies (and the form of the latter); interfaces with shorter term marketing activities and longer term corporate strategies; external trend analysis; strategies through the life cycle; product/service innovation strategies; the strategic significance of brands and reputation; portfolio development; international strategies; issues in planning & implementing strategies. Case examples are used to explore and interpret issues.

MANG0050: Supply management

Semester 1
Credits: 5
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 CW40
Requisites:
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
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 CW40
Requisites:
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
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 ES40
Requisites:
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
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
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 CW40
Requisites:
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
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites:
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

MANG0057: Depth psychology of the consumer

Semester 2
Credits: 5
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 ES40
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To develop the students' understanding of contemporary consumerism and of the behaviour of different groups of consumers organizational by using the concepts and theories from depth psychology.
Content: A summary of core concepts and theories of depth psychology. Material culture and interpretation. Classical social theories of consumption, status, fashion and display. The concept of consumer choice. Gifts and communicative qualities of material objects. Adolescence and life-style consumption. The Diderot effect. Hedonism and aesthetic orientation to consumption. The influences of social class. Postmodern theories of consumption and mass media. Advertising, images and simulacra.

MANG0058: Ecological thinking & action in management

Semester 2
Credits: 5
Level: Level 3
Assessment: RP80 OR20
Requisites: Pre MANG0028
Aims & Learning Objectives: The aim of this unit is to provide students with an opportunity to research in depth a topic chosen by them in consultation in staff. Topics should be related to the key areas covered in Emerging Patterns of Thought, Action and Belief (MANG0028).

MANG0059: European integration studies 2

Semester 2
Credits: 5
Level: Level 3
Assessment: ES100
Requisites: Pre MANG0040
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
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 ES40
Requisites: Pre MANG0010, Pre MANG0024
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.

MANG0064: Managing change

Semester 2
Credits: 5
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 CW40
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: To introduce students to the theory and practice of change management in organizations ranging from diagnosis to intervention, and from thinking frameworks to frameworks for action.
Content: Topics will be drawn from the following:
Perspectives on the organizational situation; issue and problem diagnosis; Analysing the change situation - interpretation, explanation and feedback; the action learning framework; The basic tools and techniques of the change manager; The nature of the change process - models, theories and philosophies of change; Managing change - approaches and methods; Cultural change - concepts and practices; Leading change - strategies and styles.

MANG0066: Strategic management

Semester 2
Credits: 5
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX60 ES40
Requisites: Pre MANG0048
Aims & Learning Objectives: To provide an understanding of how strategy is developed within organisations, of the processes involved, and of the structure and control systems exercised by organisations in its implementation.
To examine how the concepts of strategy formulation and organisation development interplay.
Students are expected to contribute to class discussion through the preparation of case studies in order to develop their understanding of complex situations.
Content: Processes of company diagnosis and recognition; formulation of objectives and value systems; processes of agenda building, scenario development and strategic decision making; processes of organisational change in strategic direction.

MANG0067: Treasury management

Semester 2
Credits: 5
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites:
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
Special sources of finance: convertibles and warrants and capital structure re-visited, leasing, export finance
Balancing financing needs and sources
Relations with external parties
Bankruptcy prediction and avoidance
Mergers and acquisitions
International and domestic aspects of cash 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

MANG0077: Quantitative methods for business decisions

Semester 1
Credits: 5
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX100
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: UK business environment 1 - legal aspects

Semester 1
Credits: 5
Level: Level 1
Assessment: CW100
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: UK business environment 2

Semester 2
Credits: 5
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX50 ES50
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: This course aims to develop students' understanding of the economic and industrial environment of the UK since World War II.
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; economic relationships including concentration, nationalisation and privatisation, small and medium sized enterprises; labour and unemployment.

MANG0080: Organizations & individuals

Semester 1
Credits: 5
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES60 OR40
Requisites:
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
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX60 CW40
Requisites:
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
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
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
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 CW50
Requisites:
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.

MANG0084: Financial management & IT & management

Semester 2
Credits: 5
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 CW30 OT20
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: This course combines two areas of study. The first aims to give students an idea of the major decision variables which the financial managers of a company need to consider in attaining the overall objective of the firm which is to maximise shareholders' wealth. The second aims to equip students with IT management skills for the workplace and to deal with management issues associated with IT, including an appreciation of the business value and opportunities stemming from new technology.
Content: The first six weeks will examine: firms' objectives and wealth maximisation; the investment decision as generator of future wealth; the treatment of risk, the management of working capital and methods of financing. The second six weeks will examine: IT and corporate strategy; IT-induced transformation; evaluation of IT investments; project development and management; and the implementation of technology.

MANG0085: Europe & international business management 1

Semester 1
Credits: 5
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX40 CW45 OR15
Requisites:
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 behavioural approach to internationalisation, 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. 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.

SOCS0148: Prices & markets

Semester 1
Credits: 5
Topic: Economics
Level: Level 1
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: This course aims to provide an understanding of the theory of price determination in different market structures, and the influence of the macro economy on the business environment. The unit aims to develop students' understanding of the forces determining supply and demand for the individual firm in both product and factor markets. The effects of taxes and the role of government in markets will be discussed.
Content: The subject matter of economics. The macro economic environment: circular flow of income including role of government and foreign trade. Specialisation and exchange. Markets, prices and allocation. Non-market allocation; role of government. Household behaviour. Business behaviour; production and costs; market structure - perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition. Demand for factors ; wage determination; investment.

UNIV0002: French comparative employee relations A

Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: French
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
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 A

Semester 1
Credits: 6
Topic: German
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES100
Requisites:
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.

UNIV0004: European business environment 2: Financial & national perspective of France

Semester 2
Credits: 5
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 CW50
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: Building on European Business Environment - European Integration and Legal Structure - to understand selected national perspectives of the Member States with respect to their business interests and be aware of comparative financial issues
Content: The content will cover: European Monetary Union; the "Franc fort"; the French banking system; the importance of cross-border trade; Accounting in Europe; global harmonisation of financial reporting; foreign exchange; practical issues in convergence and a common currency; capital markets and universal banking.

UNIV0006: European business environment 2: Financial & national perspective of Germany

Semester 2
Credits: 5
Level: Level 2
Assessment: EX50 CW50
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: Building on European Business Environment - European Integration and Legal Structure - to understand selected national perspectives of the Member States with respect to their business interests and be aware of comparative financial issues
Content: The content will cover: European Monetary Union; Federalism in Germany: a model for Europe; new perspectives from German integration; the single currency and the D.Mark; the importance of cross-border trade; Accounting in Europe; global harmonisation of financial reporting; foreign exchange; practical issues in convergence and a common currency; capital markets and universal banking

UNIV0007: Europe & international business management 2 - French

Semester 2
Credits: 5
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX70 PR15 OT15
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: The course will build on the ideas introduced in unit 1 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.
a) foreign direct investment in Central and Eastern Europe, looking at the different countries, levels of FDI, and examples. Discussion of motivations and risks of operating in this area.
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: Europe & international business management 2 - German

Semester 2
Credits: 5
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX70 PR15 OT15
Requisites:
Aims & Learning Objectives: The course will build on the ideas introduced in unit 1 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.
a) foreign direct investment in Central and Eastern Europe, looking at the different countries, levels of FDI, and examples. Discussion of motivations and risks of operating in this area.
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
Topic: French
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES100
Requisites:
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
Topic: German
Level: Level 2
Assessment: ES100
Requisites:
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
Topic: French
Level: Level 2
Assessment:
Requisites:
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
Topic: German
Level: Level 2
Assessment:
Requisites:
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
Topic: French
Level: Level 2
Assessment:
Requisites:
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
Topic: German
Level: Level 2
Assessment:
Requisites:
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
Topic: German
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
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
Topic: French
Level: Level 3
Assessment: EX100
Requisites:
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.


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