Bachelor of Science (BSc)

BSc Information Technology Management for Business

  • Duration: 3 years
  • Year of entry: 2025
  • UCAS course code: GN51 / Institution code: M20
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Fees and funding

Fees

Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2025 will be £9,535 per annum (subject to Parliamentary approval). Tuition fees for international students will be £33,500 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.

Additional expenses

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme.

Policy on additional costs

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

Scholarships/sponsorships

The  Manchester Bursary  is available to UK students registered on an undergraduate degree course at Alliance MBS who have had a full financial assessment carried out by Student Finance England.

In addition, Alliance MBS will award a range of  Social Responsibility Scholarships  to UK and international/EU students.

These awards are worth £2,000 per year across three years of study. You must achieve AAA at A-level (or equivalent qualification) and be able to demonstrate a significant contribution and commitment to social responsibility.

The School will also award a number of  International Stellar Scholarships  to international students achieving AAA at A-level (or equivalent qualification). Applicants who exceed AAA and/or have supplementary qualifications (such as EPQ) will receive additional consideration.

Additional eligibility criteria apply - please see our  scholarship pages  for full details.

Course unit details:
Integrative Team Project 2

Course unit fact file
Unit code BMAN24650
Credit rating 20
Unit level Level 2
Teaching period(s) Full year
Available as a free choice unit? No

Overview

When an organisation introduces change through an IT project, that change needs to be effectively managed from a technical and a workforce perspective. A technical focus ensures that the change is developed, designed and delivered effectively. The discipline of project management provides the structures, processes and tools to support this. A workforce perspective ensures that the change is embraced, adopted and utilised by the employees who may have to approach their roles differently as a result of the project. This course unit introduces Change Management principles, models and practice. In particular it seeks to demonstrate how people and teams are impacted by organisational transition and how the process of change can be managed. Through the undertaking of a yearlong project, using Project Management principles, the course will integrate the learning outcomes from ITMB second year core course units into the delivery of an industry sponsored team project.

Pre/co-requisites

Unit title Unit code Requirement type Description
Business Analysis BMAN24630 Co-Requisite Compulsory
Digital Transformation BMAN24642 Co-Requisite Compulsory
User Experience Design BMAN24662 Co-Requisite Compulsory
Integrative Team Project 1 BMAN10690 Pre-Requisite Compulsory
The pre-requisites is BMAN10690. Core for BSc ITMB/ITMB with/without IE.

Co-requisite: All ITMB 2nd year Core Units

Aims

The aims of this unit are to apply knowledge and skills gained from requisite units to an organisational issue. In particular, students are expected to draw on knowledge and techniques from the second-year core units of the ITMB programme. 

The course unit aims to:

  • Enable students to work within a business IT team to deliver a systemic solution that meets the needs of business, people and technology. 
  • Demonstrate and practice project planning and management over a year-long project.
  • Put into practice learning from co-requisite course units.

Syllabus

1.    Approaches to problem solving.
2.    Investigation techniques.
3.    Stakeholder Analysis.
4.    Decision making.
5.    Communicating solutions.
6.    Making a business financial case.
7.    Implementing business change.
8.    Change management.
9.    Strategies for managing change.
10.    Leadership styles in managing change.

Teaching and learning methods

Lectures, seminars and showcase

Knowledge and understanding

•    To collect, analyse and interpret business data.
•    To apply, critically, tools and techniques to analyse a business situation.
•    To develop and justify recommendations based on appropriate research.
•    To work collectively to ensure the delivery of a business-focused output.
•    To communicate findings orally and in writing.

Employability skills

Analytical skills
In particular, students will develop their analytical, leadership, and team-building skills, and will cultivate business acumen and the ability to see opportunities within changing business environments which can add value. Students will be tasked to apply a range of capabilities in an integrative manner to deliver quality and value for all project stakeholders.
Other
Importantly, students will develop their communication skill-set and the ability to communicate with confidence to share their knowledge and deliver insights to technical and managerial audiences.

Assessment methods

Formative:
Individual reflective essay plan (1st semester)

Summative:
Two team presentations (40% each)
Individual reflective essay (20%)

Feedback methods

  • Feedback for formative and assessed coursework will be feed-forward.
  • Feedback from employers following each showcase.
  • Informal advice and discussion during the lectures and seminars. 
  • Responses to student emails and questions from course coordinator including feedback provided to a group. 
  • Written and/or verbal comments on assessed or non-assessed coursework. 
  • Generic feedback posted on Blackboard regarding overall performance.

Recommended reading

Managing Change (6th Edition) by Bernard Burnes, 2014, Pearson Publishing

Study hours

Scheduled activity hours
Lectures 20
Seminars 22
Independent study hours
Independent study 158

Teaching staff

Staff member Role
Arijit De Unit coordinator
Kam Ho Chan Unit coordinator

Additional notes

This course was devised in consultation with ITMB students, industry panel and the ITMB working group.

For Academic Year 2024/25

Updated: March 2025

Approved by: March UG Committee

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