BU2520 Strategic Management and Accounting

This module introduces strategy and the use of accounting information by managers in organisations.

The first part to the module is directed at exploring career development, examining influences on employment, employability, career choice and career development. Key trends in employee management in a range of workplace are also examined with the overall aim being to engender confidence and awareness of the challenges associated with career development in the contemporary workplace.

The second part examines the significance of human resource management (HRM) in organisations. You will gain an understanding of the main concepts and models that underpin HRM, as well as a critical assessment of the relationship between theory and practice in HRM in contemporary workplaces.