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BRID3318
Strategic and Human Resource Management

This module supports students in making sense of the behaviour of the organisations in which they will work. It examines the nature and significance of strategic management, introducing theories, methods and tools which can assist strategic thinking, planning and implementation. It also provides students with an overview of key elements of human resources management within the food supply chain.

BRID3319
Honours Project

This module will allow the student to investigate, in depth, a topic of their choice and apply the findings to a practical situation: normally to their work-based-learning business. It will normally integrate with their work-based-learning module It will use applied research skills, investigation, critical appraisal and justification.

BRID3321
Agricultural Business Management

This module deals with a number of topics which are essential in making overall policy decisions for an agricultural business. It examines subsidies, business structure, financial control, taxation and succession. Students will have the experience of completing tasks such as succession plans for an agricultural business

BRID3322
Sustainable Food Supply Chain Management

This module is designed to address how primary food producers can respond to the pressures for change in our current food supply system, particularly with regard to the challenges of climate change and related issues of food security and sustainability. It will examine contemporary food supply chains from ‘farm to fork’, the roles, interests and priorities of participants and the management issues they face. It will then evaluate the challenges that climate change, sustainability and food security pose to existing food supply chains and the options, opportunities and obstacles for primary food producers in the creation and management of more sustainable food supply chains which are efficient, effective, secure and affordable.

BRID3334
Business Analysis and Development

Analysing the performance of a farm business is a complex process for which many farmers use a consultant. This module enables the student to analyse the business, and to prepare a plan for the business for the next 5 years. This is a practical module using accounts from farms in the region and providing feedback to those farmers