C3S Business School, Barcelona

BA (Hons) In Business Management

Level 4

• Academic Writing and Research Skills
• Business Operations
• Communication in Business
• Finance and Accounting
• Leading and Managing Teams
• Operating in a Global Context

Level 5

• Principles and Concepts of Strategy
• The Management of Human Resources
• Marketing for Managers
• Business Law for Managers
• Management Accounting and Decision Making
• Business Start-up; Conception to Market

BMT409 Strategic Management

Outline

To succeed in the future, managers must develop the resources and capabilities needed to gain and sustain advantage in competitive markets. How organizations attempt to develop such a competitive advantage constitutes the essence of their strategy.

Indicative content

• Introduction to strategic management: What is strategy; strategic analysis; classical and emergent schools; strategic thinking; levels of strategy.
• Strategy context. The competitive advantage of a firm: Defining the business environment. Industry analysis: turbulence and dynamics. Porter’s five forces; new dynamics in the 21st century.
• Business level strategy: Sources of competitive advantage: Competitive stance, business level strategy, corporate level strategy; generic strategies; hybrid strategy; value chains.
• Beyond competition: The nature of competition; co-operation; co-opetition; strategic alliances and joint ventures; mergers and acquisitions.
• Strategy in the public sector: Public-private partnership as a strategic tool of public sector management

BMT403 Managing Change

Outline

You’ll combine theory and practice to examine organizational change and transformation in times of uncertainty.

Indicative content

• Analyzing change contexts and drivers: The changing context: globalization, technology, and changing market dynamics; change management and sustainability
• Theories of change and approaches to change management: Models of change and change management; trans-formational change and organizations; Critical discourse in change management.
• Human resources issues in change management: Participative change; managing psychological contracts, social identity, stakeholder positioning, and dynamics in times of radical change; voice, dialogue, and rethinking resistances in radical change; Culture, habits, and unlearning.
• Change in context: (this will change each year and will form the basis of the guest lectures)
• Leading and managing change: Transactional and transformational leadership; a competency framework for transformational leadership; values and value-based systems in transformational change

BMT422 Operations Management & Business Redesign

BMT404 Innovating for Growth

Outline

Undertake some practical research in response to a current business need of a real company and produce a suitable management report with recommendations.

Indicative content

• Analyzing a problem: Using different analysis techniques such as data flow diagrams, entity relationship modeling, and process mapping, examine problems to better understand the current position of the business.
• Innovation and innovation techniques: Using different creativity and innovation tools to help find solutions to business problems
• Innovation for global growth (IGG): Work with multiple organizations – public, private, and third sector, on a challenge they currently face. This will provide a scoping opportunity for the problem and a chance to test possible solutions. Before this event discussions on professional behavior and communication will take place.
• Developing and presenting the solution: Take the solutions identified during IGG and further investigate their suitability. Develop one or more solutions to provide an implementation plan for the organization.

BMT401 Contemporary Issues

Outline

Contemporary accounting, business, and management issues and to gain an in-depth understanding of current thinking

Indicative content

• Business and management: Contemporary issues in general management
• Human resource management: Contemporary issues in human resource management, organization theory and structure
• Marketing: Contemporary issues in marketing
• Accounting and finance: Contemporary issues in accounting and finance.

BMT406 International Business & Management

Outline

This module provides a framework for the study of the challenges of managing complex international business environments.

Indicative content

• Introduction: The theoretical background: Globalization and international business; Analysis of international external business environment; political factors; economic factors; social factors; technological factors and implications for international managers; International trade theories and practices.
• International Business Strategies: Strategy and international business; Country evaluation and selection; Export and Import strategies; Direct investments and collaborative strategies.
• International and cross-cultural management: International Dimensions of Culture: Understanding various dimensions of culture; Hofstede’s (1980) National Culture Approach and Trompenaar's (1993) Cultural Dimensions. Implications for International Managers. Managing employee relations in multiple contexts
• Managing in international contexts: Culture and Negotiations: Understanding the relationship between culture and negotiations; how to reconcile possible conflicts regarding differences in culture and negotiations.
• Contemporary issues in managing international business: Managing international work assignments, Understanding the implications of CSR on MNE decision making.

The objective of our program, BA (Hons) in Business Management is to give students a strong foundation for pursuing careers in various organizations. This qualification prepares learners to be ‘business ready,’ fostering confidence, independent thinking, and a comprehensive understanding of business and management, along with the ability to quickly adapt to change.

Graduates of BA (Hons) in Business Management are offered roles such as Marketing Manager, Sales Manager, Operations Analyst, General Manager, Business Process and Design Analyst, Procurement Manager, Business Development Manager, and International Sales Manager, among other positions.

At C3S Business School, we do not simply educate; we make you employable.

Through a varied curriculum, our programs introduce students to the world of international business. Small class sizes allow for a more tailored approach, and our programs being taught in English empower students to communicate across boundaries.

We offer the most modern and blended curriculum. We strike a balance between classroom face-to-face instruction and a state-of-the-art e-learning platform. Our dynamic and participatory teaching techniques for a hands-on business education that develops entrepreneurial thinking are reaffirmed by case studies.

Our faculty members are not only innovative thinkers and experienced educators but are also change-makers in their fields of expertise. Our day-to-day operations are managed by highly competent and dedicated academic and administrative staff who make sure that the students have everything they need.

Program Duration: Three academic years

Teaching Methodology

On-Campus

• Classroom Lectures
• Consistent Seminars and Workshops
• Hands-on Experimental Learning
• In-depth Collaborative Debate and Discussion

Off-Campus

• Access to Google Classrooms
• Virtual Classroom Lectures
• Online Study Materials and Resources
• Dedicated QA Session
• Virtual Debate and Discussion