BSc (Hons)

Business with International Management

BSc (Hons)

Business with Financial Management

BSc (Hons)

Business with Human Resource Management

Northumbria University Business School is accredited by Association to Advanced Collegiate Schools of Business.

ASUCCESS STORY

“BMS is one of the best

international partnersfor our university”

Professor Jon ReastPro Vice-Chancellor (International)

Northumbria University, UK1

Northumbria is a research-rich, business-focused, professional university with a global reputation for academic excellence. It is based in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne, which is regularly voted as the best place for students in the UK. Northumbria is among the top ten in the UK for the number of graduates entering professional employment.

Northumbria University and BMS celebrate 16 years of partnership.

Northumbria University Business School known as Newcastle Business School is a part of an elite group of business schools worldwide with accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in Business and Accounting – the first in Europe to gain the double accreditation. The accreditation brings Newcastle Business School within the top 5% of the Business School in the world.

Northumbria University and BMS partnership has provided high quality British Degrees in Sri Lanka for the last sixteen years. Northumbria - BMS partnership has contributed to the development of graduates in the fields of Business, Human Resource Management, Banking and Finance, Biotechnology as well as Biomedical Science. BMS is further engaged with leading companies to develop internship and employment opportunities for its students.

BSc (Hons) Business Degree (Final Year) programme is an innovative undergraduate internal degree programme which builds upon your prior study as a progression towards the Degree. The programme is delivered over 12 months commencing with an induction in Sri Lanka by Northumbria University academics to introduce students to the learning resources, tutors, modules and assessment. Students are required to complete four modules and a research dissertation supported by academic tutors from the university.

British Degree in Sri Lanka

BSc (Hons) Business with International Management

BSc (Hons) Business with Financial Management

BSc (Hons) Business with Human Resource Management

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Module Synopsis

International Business and Innovation

This module aims to provide you with insights into some key considerations that international

businesses need to be aware of. Creating and appropriating value from international business

strategy, and aligning with innovation for competitive advantage, are topical aspects that you

will engage with in this module.

Contemporary Issues in International Business

This module aims to provide you with insights into contemporary issues and an ability to

evaluate and critique business responses to them. Businesses work in a dynamic environment

ever more so when working across the globe. The challenges and the nature of issues that

they face are quite heterogeneous. This module provides a perspective on these and builds

your ability to evaluate and suggest responses to address them.

BSc (Hons) Business with International Management

Course Structure

Semester�1

Semester�2

Contemporary�Issues�in�International�Business�20�credits

Sustainable�Strategies�20�credits

International�Business�and�Innovation�20�credits�

Critical�Organisational�Analysis20�credits

Dissertation�

40�credits

Sustainable Strategies

This module will provide you with a perspective on core strategy from the vantage of an

organisation and the ability to analyse, formulate and critique business strategies. You will be

able to understand and reflect on the scope and limitations of tools and techniques deployed

to inform business strategies and their sustainability premises. It will, as a bolt on, impart an

emphasis for stepping back and looking at strategies from a macro level sustainability

perspective at the forefront of policy and business concerns.

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Critical Organisational Analysis

The module provides a comprehensive guide to Organisation Theory, and offers practical

guidance for the application of theoretical perspectives to organising practices. It offers an

introduction to main theoretical perspectives dominant in Organisation Theory, i.e. modern,

symbolic and contemporary perspectives. It highlights the implications of contrasting

theoretical perspectives in practice, and further explores the latest development in organising

practices. Through challenging conventional understanding of organisation and management,

the module enables you to critically approach ‘organisation’ as a field of theory and practice,

and to construct your own knowledge and understanding of ‘management’. It helps you to

situate yourself within this field as critical thinkers, and as capable and reflective practitioners.

As such the module contributes to your enhanced employability, and informed employment

decision making.

Dissertation

The dissertation module aims to equip you with the necessary intellectual and practical skills

for undertaking an individual student-led, ethical investigation into an applied business

(or the named degree) problem or issue. In addition, the dissertation aims to equip you with

key transferable, employability skills, including: time management, project management,

communication (written and verbal), negotiation, persuasion and influence, discovery,

initiative, creativity and innovation in problem-solving, and analysis.

RESEARCH

RICHLEARNING

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Student group research sessions

is a place toLive, Learnand Belong

BMS

Dinali He�arachchi @ BMS Gradua�on

BSc (Hons) Business with Financial Management

Course Structure

Semester�1

Semester�2

Sustainable�Strategies�20�credits

Critical�Organisational�Analysis20�credits

Dissertation�

40�credits

International�Finance�and�Responsible�Financial�Management��-�20�credits

Contemporary�Corporate��Reporting20�credits�

Module Synopsis

This module is designed for business students to develop a non-technical understanding of

the key aspects of corporate financial theory and practice. The module covers the core aspects

of raising capital and determining financing, though to investing capital in major corporate

decisions, and finally returning value to shareholders. Specifically you will study in the module:

Sustainable Value Management, Stock Market Efficiency, Capital Asset Pricing Model, Portfolio

Theory, International Cost of Capital, Capital Structure Decisions, Dividend Policy, Corporate

Valuation and International Merger & Acquisition activity. The module has a focus on business

responsibility of all of those areas, concentrating on professional codes of conduct in areas

such as the banking industry, accounting and similar finance areas, and the types of dilemmas

that graduates could face in professional practice. This module will develop you as a critical

and reflective practitioner. In the module, you will become more aware of the issues that

responsible businesses face when attempting to implement financial concepts and theories

into practice.

International Finance and Responsible Financial Management

Contemporary Corporate Reporting

You will learn how to read and critically interpret both the financial information and narrative

content of company reports. To do this, you will study the theory and context of corporate

reporting, including ethical issues, and the international framework for reporting, as well as

practical techniques such as ratio analysis. Building on the calculation of ratios, you will

use them to help you analyse a company’s performance by selecting appropriate comparators

and considering the figures in the context of a company’s industry and its business strategy.

You will also consider the role of integrated reporting and sustainability reporting. The aim of

this module is to equip you with the ability to comprehensively understand corporate reports,

including financial statements. You will learn to analyse the performance of a company and

critically evaluate the quality of the information given in its corporate reports, from an end

user’s perspective. This is essential for many business roles, and not limited to roles in finance.

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Sustainable Strategies

This module will provide you with a perspective on core strategy from the vantage of an

organisation and the ability to analyse, formulate and critique business strategies. You will be

able to understand and reflect on the scope and limitations of tools and techniques deployed

to inform business strategies and their sustainability premises. It will, as a bolt on, impart an

emphasis for stepping back and looking at strategies from a macro level sustainability

perspective at the forefront of policy and business concerns.

Critical Organisational Analysis

The module provides a comprehensive guide to Organisation Theory, and offers practical

guidance for the application of theoretical perspectives to organising practices. It offers an

introduction to main theoretical perspectives dominant in Organisation Theory, i.e. modern,

symbolic and contemporary perspectives. It highlights the implications of contrasting

theoretical perspectives in practice, and further explores the latest development in organising

practices. Through challenging conventional understanding of organisation and management,

the module enables you to critically approach ‘organisation’ as a field of theory and practice,

and to construct your own knowledge and understanding of ‘management’.

Dissertation

The dissertation module aims to equip you with the necessary intellectual and practical skills

for undertaking an individual student-led, ethical investigation into an applied business

(or the named degree) problem or issue. In addition, the dissertation aims to equip you with

key transferable, employability skills, including: time management, project management,

communication (written and verbal), negotiation, persuasion and influence, discovery, initiative,

creativity and innovation in problem-solving, and analysis.

is a place toenjoy andembrace learning

BMS

Ashenka Hemaratne @ BMS Gradua�on

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BSc (Hons) Business with Human Resource Management

Course Structure

Module Synopsis

HR Resourcing and Development

The module aims to provide you with the critical knowledge and understanding of the key

strategic HRM/HRD aspects required in the modern workplace. It also aims to provide you

with a strong awareness relating to how strategic HRM/HRD contributes to the interests of

stakeholders and adds value to the business. It offers an insight into the modern day

management of people in the workplace and the importance of effective resourcing activities

such as recruitment and selection, and diversity. Additionally it showcases challenges for

potential managers by researching areas such as managing absence and dealing with

redundancy. The development of people at work can be an exciting and rewarding area. This

module explores both organisational and personal development concepts and practices

relating to workplace development.

Semester�1

Semester�2 Dissertation�

40�credits

HR�Resourcing�and�Development�20�credits�

Sustainable�Strategies�20�credits

Diversity�in�the�workplace�20�credits�

Critical�Organisational�Analysis20�credits

Diversity in the workplace

This module allows you to study and research some of the most contemporary management

areas. It aims to capture your reflections on such areas whilst also requiring you to consider

innovative solutions that will enhance workplaces. On completion of the module, you will be both

knowledgeable and confident about the topic of diversity in the workplace and well equipped

to add value to current and future employment.

This module will provide you with a perspective on core strategy from the vantage of an

organisation and the ability to analyse, formulate and critique business strategies. You will be

able to understand and reflect on the scope and limitations of tools and techniques deployed

to inform business strategies and their sustainability premises. It will, as a bolt on, impart an

emphasis for stepping back and looking at strategies from a macro level sustainability

perspective at the forefront of policy and business concerns.

Sustainable Strategies

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Critical Organisational Analysis

The module provides a comprehensive guide to Organisation Theory, and offers practical

guidance for the application of theoretical perspectives to organising practices. It offers an

introduction to main theoretical perspectives dominant in Organisation Theory, i.e. modern,

symbolic and contemporary perspectives. It highlights the implications of contrasting

theoretical perspectives in practice, and further explores the latest development in organising

practices.

Dissertation

The dissertation module aims to equip you with the necessary intellectual and practical skills

for undertaking an individual student-led, ethical investigation into an applied business

(or the named degree) problem or issue. In addition, the dissertation aims to equip you with

key transferable, employability skills, including: time management, project management,

communication (written and verbal), negotiation, persuasion and influence, discovery,

initiative, creativity and innovation in problem-solving, and analysis.

Dr Leslie Tickner and Mr Callum Swain of Northumbria University Academics conduct regular group teaching sessions with students during induction lectures at BMS.

INTERACTIVE

GROUPDISCUSSIONS

Through challenging conventional understanding of organisation and management, the

module enables you to critically approach ‘organisation’ as a field of theory and practice,

and to construct your own knowledge and understanding of ‘management’. It helps you to

situate yourself within this field as critical thinkers, and as capable and reflective practitioners.

As such the module contributes to your enhanced employability, and informed employment

decision making.

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