The aim of this module is to understand the nature and purpose of business activity, describe the structure of business, understand the business objectives of the various stakeholders, understand the environment within which business operates and the services available to assist, define and describe the functional activities within an organisation and understand the importance of their interdependence and apply business theory and concepts to practical business problems.

The aim of this module is to understand the concepts of relationship between leisure, recreation travel and tourism, able to define and describe tourist typologies in relation to the supply and demand of tourism, appreciate the characteristics and interrelationships between the component parts of the tourism transport system, identify and appreciate the significance of the roles played by the intermediaries within the tourism system and their operational characteristics and to understand the different administrative organisations for the development of tourism within the public sector.

The aim of this module is to understand the basic principles of both financial accounting and management accounting and their applications, acquire the knowledge and techniques which will assist students in the performance of both financial and management accountancy functions in industry and commerce and to acquire the basic skills necessary for the pursuit of a recognised accountancy qualification.

The aim of this module is to equip students to use written english competently, accurately and appropriately in a variety of business communication scenarios, present a variety of data unambiguously in both written and graphical form, bearing in mind the fundamental importance of neatness, clarity and accuracy, understand the principles of business communication, and be able to use the most suitable medium in given situations, appreciate what are the most common barriers to successful communication and how they can be overcome, draft all the usual forms of business correspondence from given data and to Understand and appreciate current developments in communications technology and the effect that they have on business.

Topics include Process of Communication, Principles of Effective Communication, Written Communication, Oral and Verbal Communication, Communicating with Customers, Technology and Communications, Visual Communications and Communications in Organisations.