Business Analysis Report (874N1)

45 credits, Level 7 (Masters)

All year

On this module, you’ll develop tools to research and write a study of your own design in the form of a business analysis report.

The study includes:

• an appraisal of corporate financial performance
• interfirm comparison and trend analysis
• reference to market forecasts and corporate valuation.

You’ll build analytical skills and apply them to theoretical models. Through this, you’ll practice in financial appraisal and corporate management strategy.

In preparation, you’ll use relevant theories and published findings to evaluate the performance and valuation of competitive firms. You can also examine the competitive performance and valuation of your own organisation.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 450 hours of work. This breaks down into about 6 hours of contact time and about 444 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2026/27. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.