Please contact Petroc to apply for this course:
Petroc
Old Sticklepath Hill
Barnstaple
EX31 2BQ
Tel: +441271345291
Email: postbox@petroc.ac.uk
PETR1004
Organisational Behaviour
This module considers how organisational behaviour and attitude influences the behaviour of individuals and groups at work. The module will use a range of theories and managerial approaches to analyse and explain human behaviour at work.
PETR1006
Developing Graduate Skills in Business
The module seeks to encourage enthusiasm for life-long learning; and to facilitate productive reflection on previous learning experiences and future plans. The module is designed to enable students to demonstrate that they have all the qualities and transferable skills necessary to produce appropriate academic work and for future employment.
PETR1042
Economics for Business
The module introduces students to the principles of microeconomics and maxroeconomics in a regional national and global context. Students will be expected to analyse the impact of supply and emand, identify a range of market structures and discuss a range of macroexonomic variables that impact upon the UK and global Markets.
PETR1043
Business Accounting
The module introduces students to key aspects of financial management accounting in order to be able to use financial information for decision making purposes. Students will be expected to construct financial statements, analyse the accounting regulatroy process and analyse the financial performance of a business using ratio analysis, budgeting and investment appraisal.
PETR1005
Marketing Fundamentals
The module introduces new marketing students to the fascinating world of modern marketing. It will analyse the major trends and forces impacting marketing and focus on how customer value and engagement is created in the digital and social age.
PETR1007
The Principles of Project Management
This module aims to develop a knowledge of project management. Enabling students to recognise the importance of the discipline in a variety of organisational and functional contexts. Students will develop knowledge of the concepts employed in project management at strategic systems and operational levels, and an appreciation of the knowledge and skills required for successful project management in organisations.
PETR2003
Sustainability In Business
This module will provide students with an introduction into sustainability in a business context. Students will study the concepts of environmental, economic and social sustainability and how this benefits businesses and consumers. The module will make use of case students to highlight how this has been successfully achieved, and also highlight the impacts of businesses not abiding by these principles.
PETR2052
Human Resource Management
This module will provide learners with the principals and theories of human resource management. The module will focus on the employer need for a flexible workforce and the importance of training and staff development.
PETR2006
Conflict Management
This module will help students explore the concept and experience of conflict through theories and their own lived experience. Students will explore a range of approaches for engaging with conflict at an interpersonal, team and organisational level.
PETR2007
Business Improvement Project
This module allows learners to conduct a work based management project to embed and apply the learning from a range of business/management related disciplines. The content of the module will include the key research methods required to undertake a significant work based project.
PETR2054
Corporate Strategy and Risk
This module introduces the theory and practice of strategic planning. It explores the nature of business strategy and policy-making aimed at attaining and sustaining a competitive advantage. The interrelationships between functions and the total value system will be scrutinised. Emphasis is placed on the application of a range of planning models and reflection upon the development of graduate skills in the workplace.
For further information and to apply for this course, please contact the college's admissions team directly using the contact details below.
Completing this course enables you to progress onto these related courses and programmes with the University of Plymouth at level 5 or level 6, as specifically defined by this programme’s progression agreement.
For further information, including the progression from foundation degree form, please visit https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/business-partners/partnerships/academic-partnerships/study-guide/progression-to-honours-degree
Please contact Petroc to apply for this course:
Petroc
Old Sticklepath Hill
Barnstaple
EX31 2BQ
Tel: +441271345291
Email: postbox@petroc.ac.uk
Old Sticklepath Hill
Barnstaple
EX31 2BQ
This course is run at one of our partner colleges. Open days are held at the college and more details of these can be found on the college website. You'll find contact details below, on this page.
You are also very welcome to attend a University of Plymouth open day, to get a flavour of the courses you can progress to from a partner college. There will however be limited information on this specific course and college.
With main campuses in Barnstaple, Tiverton and Brannams, if you decide to study at the combined college, you’ll be able to take advantage of increased resources and the plethora of learning opportunities associated with them.