Business Management with International Management (BSc)

You’ll be taught through a mixture of lectures and small group teaching - classes, seminars, workshops or tutorials. Lectures provide an overview of the module content while classes and workshops give you the opportunity to practice techniques, discuss ideas, apply concepts and consolidate your understanding.

You’ll also benefit from guest presentations by practitioners, enabling you to relate your academic learning to real-world examples.

Our teaching is heavily informed by research; we combine academic rigour with practical relevance, giving you access to up-to-date real-life examples and scenarios and critical business thinking.

How will I be supported?

Learning

Course materials will be provided on Learning Central, our Virtual Learning Environment. You’ll also have access to libraries across our campus which hold over 1.1 million printed books, supplemented by online books, journals, resources and databases.

If English is not your first language, then our Academic English Skills for International Students team offer classes and one-to-one tutorials to support your studies including reading, writing and presentation skills.

Wellbeing

You’ll be assigned a Personal Tutor, who can support you with academic and pastoral matters in a confidential and informal manner. Additional support is available through our Student Life teams, based in the Centre for Student Life. These teams include Advice and Money, Counselling services, Health and Wellbeing, the Student Disability Service including dyslexia support, and Student Visa Support.

Careers and employability

You’ll have access to a dedicated Student Futures team in the Business School, supporting you with careers, placements and global opportunities. Focused on your employability, you can benefit from expert advice on career planning, job searching and applying for jobs. Our team will provide opportunities for you to network with and learn from employers via careers fairs and skills workshops and support you to gain experience via placements, internships and international study and work opportunities. You can explore entrepreneurial ambitions with our Enterprise Team, stand out from the crowd by completing our prestigious Cardiff Award and there is also tailored support for international and underrepresented students.

Community

You’ll become a member of the Cardiff Business School community, making friends and connections that will last beyond your studies. You’ll have the opportunity to participate in programme and school-level events and activities that enhance your learning and broaden your experiences.
 

How will I be assessed?

Our Business Management (BSc) programmes draw on a diverse range of both rigorous and authentic assessment methods, equipping you with the knowledge and skills you need for your future career.

Recognising the way in which real-world businesses operate, our assessment strategy comprises both individual and collaborative assessments. Where appropriate, assessments mirror the activities which would be expected in the workplace; this includes pitches, reports, and presentations.

All modules have formative assessment opportunities, allowing you to get valuable feedback before completing summative assessment pieces. You’ll also receive timely feedback on your summative assessments, either in writing or orally. This feedback will help you understand your achievements and see where there may be opportunities for enhancement in future work.     

What skills will I practise and develop?

The Learning Outcomes for this Programme describe what you will achieve by the end of your programme at Cardiff University and identify the knowledge and skills that you will develop. They will also help you to understand what is expected of you.

On successful completion of your Programme you will be able to:

Knowledge & Understanding:

• Critically analyse the interrelationship between organisations and their social, cultural, political and economic environments, and assess implications for strategy and performance.
• Critically evaluate organisational structures, governance arrangements, processes and cultures across a range of organisational forms.
• Integrate and critically apply key theories and concepts of marketing and strategic management to complex organisational contexts.
• Critically evaluate theories and practices underpinning operations, logistics, and supply chain management.
• Critically appraise internationally varied approaches to management and leadership, incorporating ethics and social responsibility.
• Critically valuate the changing nature of work and employment in the global economy.

Intellectual Skills:

• Analyse and resolve complex international management problems using different theoretical perspectives.
• Construct coherent, evidence-based arguments that synthesise diverse sources to produce balanced and defensible conclusions on business and management issues.
• Apply theoretical knowledge to unfamiliar and complex real-world international management contexts.
• Generate and justify innovative solutions to business challenges using structured and creative problem-solving approaches.

Professional Practical Skills:

• Design and evaluate human resource strategies addressing recruitment, retention, performance management, and workforce diversity.
• Demonstrate intercultural competence by developing inclusive strategies for culturally diverse environments.
• Design, manage and critically evaluate an applied international management project.
• Design and appraise operations and logistics systems for the effective acquisition, production, storage and distribution of products and services.

Transferable/Key Skills:

• Demonstrate reflective practice by critically evaluating personal performance and identifying priorities for continued professional development.
• Communicate complex information, arguments and recommendations effectively in written, oral, and digital formats to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
• Collaborate effectively within diverse teams, demonstrating leadership, negotiation, and teamworking competence.
• Use appropriate digital technologies to discover, analyse, synthesise, acknowledge, and present complex information, concepts, and data.
• Demonstrate originality and intellectual autonomy in the development of creative and innovative responses to identified challenges.
• Critically evaluate and integrate environmental, social and governance considerations into business analysis and decision-making.