Project 1 - Mergers and acquisitions project - autumn and winter term (1st year)
Your team will take on the role of the acquisition function of a company to develop a tailored growth strategy. It provides practical experience in identifying strategic and financial acquisitions and the issues involved in corporate valuation during the acquisition process.

Project 2 - spring term (1st year)
The Spring Project is a 'live' assessed project with a primary focus, depending on the client's requirements. Students will work in teams and will generally work on projects in the following areas:

  • Creativity project
    You will work on a real issue with businesses based in the North West of England, using the creativity techniques taught during the project. This will give you valuable experience of supporting the creative and innovative aspirations of firms. This project involves teams working on real issues with businesses in the North West and using creativity techniques taught during the project to develop innovative business solutions.
  • Entrepreneurship project
    This involves teams working with a new or developing business, normally local, to develop a feasibility study of a new business venture. The project involves researching markets for new products and services; producing a business plan with projected financial statements and identifying the non-financial resources required to implement the plan.
  • Interdisciplinary project
    This project is designed to synthesise the knowledge and skills you have acquired in individual disciplines and apply an inter-disciplinary approach to the solution of a complex business problem.
  • Marketing project
    Introducing pragmatic aspects of marketing, this involves team work in the analysis of a particular industry, using marketing data to expose trends, projections and forecasts.

Personal project - summer or winter term (2nd year)
During the personal project you will choose which area of business and management you wish to concentrate on. You will work with your faculty supervisor to define the project's objectives, methods and assessment. Assessment is through a 7,500 word report.

Dissertation/Assessed Internship - summer or autumn term (2nd year)
This is an individual report closely supervised by a member of faculty. It may be based on any aspect of business and management. Assessment is through a 15,000 word project.

Strategic Business Development - summer or autumn term (2nd year)
Following lecture inputs, the elective offers a project that gives the students the opportunity to deal with start-up entrepreneurs. The aim of the project is to enhance students' skills in working as a consultant with start-up businesses.

International Business Project - winter term (2nd year)
During this consultancy project your team investigates a particular aspect of your client's overseas strategy. It exposes you to the unstructured, often multi-dimensional international business problems increasingly faced by senior managers. It involves extensive primary research, including international travel, plus a high level of project organisation and client contact. Many projects are with multi-nationals. Recent projects have included market entry strategies, assessing the viability of commercial information services, product support strategies, and determining the location for new operations. It is not unusual for you to find yourself presenting at board level.