BSc (HONS) MANAGEMENT

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1 BSc (HONS) MANAGEMENT WITH COMPLIANCE Original Thinking Applied

2 01 BSc (Hons) Management with Compliance A new part-time degree for compliance and anti-money laundering professionals is now available from Manchester Business School in collaboration with the School of Law at The University of Manchester. Manchester Business School provides world-class business and management education and is an international, progressive School delivering and applying original business thinking and teaching. Developed in partnership with the International Compliance Association (ICA), this unique course will enable you to build upon your existing professional qualifications and knowledge in this specialist area, while developing your management knowledge and practical skills. Key features Learn from internationally acclaimed teaching staff Study part-time over two years to fit around work and personal commitments Workshops and examinations delivered at weekends Taught via blended learning a combination of self study led by tailored study guides, e-learning and face-to-face weekend workshops. Key benefits Internationally recognised academic qualification demonstrating excellence in your subject area Enhances knowledge of core management transferable skills Broadened capabilities and potential for career progression Workshops provide the opportunity to network with academics and fellow professionals. THIS UNIQUE COURSE WILL ENABLE YOU TO BUILD UPON YOUR EXISTING PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND KNOWLEDGE IN THIS SPECIALIST AREA.

3 02 Course Units You will study the following compulsory course units over the two years Marketing Management (15 credits) This unit deals with the role of marketing, how it fits into the management of an organisation and how it interacts with other functions within an organisation. The course consists of ten topics: Manchester Business School provides world Introduction to Marketing class business and management education Market Research and is an international, progressive School Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning delivering and applying original business Product and Branding Decisions thinking and teaching. Services Marketing Marketing Communications Developed in partnership with Central Law Business-to-Business Marketing Training International, this unique course Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction will enable you to build upon your existing Relationship Marketing professional qualifications and knowledge Putting it all Together with a Marketing Plan. in this specialist area, while developing your management knowledge and practical skills. Strategic Management (15 credits) This unit is concerned with the goals and direction of companies: their strategic priorities and how they can achieve them. It analyses strategy according to the external opportunities and challenges facing a company and according to its internal resources. Key features It will include contributions from stakeholder Learn from internationally acclaimed theory and complexity theory and cover issues teaching staff such as globalisation, sustainability, innovation, Study part-time over two years to fit around digital technology, business transformation work and personal commitments and corporate social responsibility. Workshops and examinations delivered at weekends The course will cover four main topics: Taught via blended learning a combination of self study led by tailored study guides, The factors shaping the contemporary e-learning and face-to-face weekend business environment workshops. The resources and capabilities of organisations The alignment of organisations with their external environment The implementation of strategic change. People Management and Organisations (15 credits) People Management and Organisations introduces a range of concepts and frameworks that have been developed for understanding individual and group behaviour in organisations and which can be used to help analyse and respond to organisational and management problems. Key benefits Internationally recognised academic The course will consist of ten topics: qualification demonstrating excellence in your subject area Understanding Organisational Behaviour Enhances knowledge of core management Individuals and Organisations transferable skills Motivation and Commitment Broadened capabilities and potential for Groups and Teams career progression Leadership and Management Workshops provide the opportunity Power and Conflict in Organisations to network with academics and fellow Perspectives on Work Organisation and Job professionals. Design Structures of Organisations Organisational Culture Managing Organisational Change. Management Information Systems (15 credits) This unit aims to foster an understanding of Information Communication Technologies (ICT), the processes of technical innovation, how these processes and technologies are shaped, and how they impact on individuals, organisations and markets. The study is interdisciplinary and draws on literature from business and management, information systems and social science. The course has three themes: K ey concepts of information systems and the challenges entailed in developing, implementing and adopting information systems. This ranges from in-house, bespoke systems to off-the-shelf packages. The changing nature of work for an ICT professional. This will link to changing business models and markets within the ICT industry. The impact of information systems on organisations and working life, including the uptake of digital technology into domestic spheres.

4 03 Course Units You will study the following compulsory course units over the two years Accounting (15 credits) This unit covers aspects of both financial and management accounting. Financial accounting deals with understanding the content and usefulness of financial reports published by companies. This includes the basic principles of financial accounts preparation and how to read and analyse financial statements for decision Manchester making purposes. Business Management School provides accounting worldclass deals business with how and important management business education decisions and are made; is an international, i.e. how to price progressive products and School services, delivering how capital and investment applying decisions original business are made, how thinking budgets are and constructed teaching. and how performance is measured and controlled. Developed in partnership with Central Law Training The course International, will cover: this unique course will Financial enable you accounting to build - upon including your examination existing professional the format qualifications and layout and of the knowledge main in financial this specialist statements area, while (balance developing sheet, income your management statement, cash knowledge flow statement) and practical and skills. how they link together Management accounting - including an overview of various costing methods Creative accounting; analysing the quality of financial statements and detecting red flags; performance measurement and strategic management accounting. Finance (15 credits) The Finance unit covers topics in the areas of corporate finance and international finance. It introduces concepts of modern finance theory, including aspects of capital budgeting, and the use of present value and real options methods to evaluate investment decisions. It also covers theories related to firm transactions in foreign markets, including foreign exchange risk. The course will cover: Introduction to modern finance theory and practice - The time value of money - Investment decision rules - Basic capital budgeting - Valuing stocks and bonds Capital markets and the pricing of risk - The cost of capital - Capital market efficiency and investor behaviour Firm capital structure - Firm capital structure in a perfect market - The effect of debt and taxes on the capital structure of the firm - Firm payout policy Firm short- and long-term financing - Equity and debt financing - The payout policy and firm value International finance. Law, Regulation and Risk (30 credits) This unit provides an overview of the key techniques and principles that underpin effective regulation and compliance management. The course unit aims to provide a sound knowledge of the theories and practices that link regulation and public policy, Key features the characteristics of financial markets and Learn products from internationally and an analysis acclaimed of regulatory systems teaching and staff governance. The course unit has three Study separate part-time but over inter-linked two years topics. fit around work and personal commitments Regulatory Workshops Law and examinations delivered at This weekends examines legal frameworks and law making Taught and via identifies blended learning the core primary a combination legislation of self study impacting led by tailored on organisations study guides, in the e-learning financial services and face-to-face sector. Regulatory weekend models workshops. and the powers and responsibilities of regulatory agencies are evaluated. This unit will cover: A historical overview of regulation of financial markets and services The law making process and current legal framework in financial services The primary legislation governing financial markets. Self regulation: The role and powers of the regulatory agencies Rules v Principles based regulation international regulatory models The European Dimension. Principles of Regulation The key objectives and purposes of the regulatory systems are analysed and evaluated. The course will cover: Systemic risk Investor protection Regulatory issues. Key benefits Risk Management in the Financial Internationally recognised academic Services Sector qualification demonstrating excellence in The nature, types, measurement and your subject area quantification of risk are evaluated. Risk Enhances knowledge of core management management frameworks are evaluated. transferable skills This unit will cover: Broadened capabilities and potential for The nature and principles of career progression Risk Management Workshops provide the opportunity Sources of risk in the financial to network with academics and fellow services industry professionals. The evaluation and relative costs of control and acceptance of risk Measurement and quantification of risk Rules v Principles based regulation international regulatory models Risk Management frameworks.

5 04 Essential Facts BSc (Hons) Management with Compliance How is the course taught? The course is taught via blended learning. Study hours are hours per course unit. What is the method of assessment? Assessment is based on a combination of coursework assignments and examinations. Where are the workshops and examinations held? Each 15-credit course unit includes a weekendlong workshop taught by Manchester Business School academics. There will be eight weekend workshops and four examination days in total over the two years. These are delivered in four regional study centres; London, Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man (subject to sufficient numbers). Who should apply? If you wish to continue to develop your professional skills in your core discipline and enhance your management skills, this course is for you. It will advantage practitioners from compliance, anti money laundering, risk and fraud prevention. Typically, individuals from the following job roles would benefit: money laundering prevention and reporting, compliance, risk, fraud prevention, law, accountancy, regulation, audit, law enforcement and investigation. Admissions requirements This is a prestigious course demanding demonstrable competence. Applicants will need to possess: i) An ICA Diploma in either Anti Money Laundering, Compliance or Financial Crime Prevention and ii) A second ICA Diploma as above or a equivalent Diploma level qualification in a financial services discipline and iii) 3 years work experience in a relevant field. All students are expected to have a good level of written and spoken English. Fees See website for latest tuition fees. If you are self-funding, payment can be made by instalments. When does the course start? Each intake begins in September. When is the application deadline? The deadline for applications for each intake is 30th June. Manchester Business School Manchester Business School is part of The University of Manchester, which has a rich academic heritage and can lay claim to 25 Nobel Laureates amongst its current and former staff and students. The School has 40,000 alumni based in over 160 countries, many of whom hold senior positions in industry, government and the arts. Manchester Business School believes that to be the best, you have to learn from the best. We therefore attract some of the world s most influential business leaders, and have strong partnerships with CEOs and representatives from a wide variety of global businesses. International Compliance Association The International Compliance Association, is a professional awarding body with a global membership. Since it was founded in 2001, thousands of individuals have completed ICA s diploma and certificate programmes all over the world. The ICA helps business, regulatory authorities, government agencies and clients promote best practice through education dialogue, information exchange and detailed resource materials. MBS and ICA Collaboration Manchester Business School has worked with the ICA for many years under a quality assured educational partnership. All ICA programmes are offered in association with Manchester Business School and many thousands of students have graduated over the years in compliance, anti money laundering and financial crime prevention. Developed in partnership

6 For further information about this course including the application form and course timetable visit go.mbs.ac.uk/manwcomp Phone: +44(0) Original Thinking Applied