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Year one – Postgraduate Certificate in Business and Payroll Management

Module Title

Credits

Developing Skills for Business Leadership:

  • Employ reflective and PDP processes to identify, evaluate and record the use of professional skills and plan further development

  • Identify, plan, deliver and evaluate self directed learning and development projects to address identified areas of academic, work and/or personal objective

15

Managing the Dynamic Organisation:

  • Critically evaluate the theoretical perspectives on behavioural processes within organisations

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the wider implications of management decisions and behaviour on organisations, teams and individuals

  • Apply knowledge of organisational theory to their personal development and practice

15

Management of Working Relationships with HMRC:

  • Demonstrate critical awareness of the impact of changing legislation upon employers

  • Recommend strategic action towards compliance issues

  • Critically analyse the management requirements when dealing with a HMRC audit

15

Critical Issues in Compensation and Benefits:

  • Critically evaluate the strategy related to HMRC/social security regulations

  • Identify, research and evaluate the impact on the business of different benefit packages

  • Systematically evaluate pension options, their impact and implementation

15

Year two Diploma - Postgraduate Diploma in Business and Payroll Management

Module Title

Credits

Leading Managing and Developing People in the Workplace:

  • Review and critically evaluate contemporary research and debates on the relationship between the links between people management and leadership practices and positive organisational outcomes

  • Assess their role as a professional/leader/manager with a view to adding value to the organisation

15

Improving Financial Performance:

  • To critically analyse the financially related performance metrics of the organisation

  • To critically analyse financially related information with the aim of supporting the financially measured improvements

15

Management of Acquisition, Merger and Disposal of a Business:

  • Critically review the implications of acquisitions or disposals on the payroll environment

  • Recommend a strategic proposal to deal with a changed business situation

  • Systematically review contractual and statutory obligations for the employer where a disposal or -acquisition occurs

15

Management of Global and International Employment:

  • Critically evaluate, design and implement a strategic reward structure for overseas employees

  • Systematically assess an appropriate method to pay and record overseas assignees earnings

  • Critically evaluate a strategic approach to employment of staff from overseas within the UK

15

Year three Masters - MSc in Business and Payroll Management

Module Title

Credits

Methodology and Research Skills:

  • Understand and critically evaluate literature

  • Formulate appropriate research aims and objectives and devise a rigorous programme of research -appropriate to the level of study

  • Understand and apply a range of analytical techniques

15

Strategic Competition and Sustainability:

  • Exhibit awareness and understanding of the latest received critical methodological and theoretical literature relating to the strategy process in different types of organisations

  • Recognise and demonstrate an understanding of: the key elements within an organisations’ intra, micro and macro environments which impact directly on its strategic direction setting activities

  • Demonstrate an ability to use appropriate methods and approaches to analyse and synthesise information about complex organisations in dynamically competitive situations; critically evaluate and select from a number of strategic options and provide recommendation(s) for implementation or other courses of action

15

Dissertation:

This will be where you research and discuss your chosen masterly topic

45