BSc (Hons) International Business course preparation

Suggested reading

You will be given lots of information about which textbooks to read and introduced to the University Library, as well as the many ebooks we have for you to access, when you begin your studies in September.

Useful websites

Depending on your areas of interest, you might want to visit:

• personneltoday.com – if you are interested in the management of people
• marketingmagazine.co.uk – if you are interested in marketing
• fastcompany.com – all about the latest in management and start-ups

Things to do over summer

Although we don’t recommend any particular pre-reading before you arrive, if you want something to keep your mind ticking over in the summer period, we recommend that you try reading one of the following interesting reads that should stimulate and challenge you:

• The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (2014) by Clayton M Christensen
  If you want to know how new business ideas destroy the old, this is a great place to start and gives you a really good understanding of innovation.
• Whoops!: Why everyone owes everyone and no one can pay (2010) by John Lancaster
  A very funny but accurate account of the global financial meltdown.
• Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (2009) by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
  We say – This book will force you to look at common things in a new light, nice bite-sized chapters for you to explore.

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