Component
MA Public Opinion and Political Behaviour
MSc Management options

Year 1, Component 06

BE488-7-SP or BE495-7-SP or BE467-7-SP or BE497-7-SP
BE467-7-SP
Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility
(20 CREDITS)

Explore issues ranging from environmental disasters to corporate greed and from executive pay to ethical bottled water. You discover the relationship between management and corporations on the one hand, and society and nature on the other, engaging in debates around ecological sustainability, governance and corporate ethics and responsibility.

BE488-7-SP
Operations and Supply Chain Management
(20 CREDITS)

Operations management is how organisations create and deliver goods and services. And since the production of goods and/or services is the reason why organisations exist, it is clear that the effective and efficient management of operations is a central concern for all managers, regardless of the size or sector location of their organisation. Managers should be able to create and maintain the necessary conditions for productive work, often in a climate of resource constraints and increasingly in a global context. This module will also introduce supply chain management – that is, the management of the relationships and flows between different operations processes, both 'locally' and at regional and global scales. The Operations and Supply Chain Management module aims to engage the students in a critical evaluation of the various models of operations and supply chain management and an analysis of the range of processes, skills and competencies required for the successful management of both.

BE495-7-SP
Social Economy Management: Theories and Perspectives
(20 CREDITS)
BE497-7-SP
Artificial Intelligence (AI): Global Ethics and Innovation
(20 CREDITS)

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