Business and Management

Build the knowledge and skills you need to analyse, solve problems, and lead teams so you can forge ahead in your career in this incredibly broad and varied field.

While studying at ARU Peterborough, you’ll cover all of the important aspects of business and management, including organisational structures, objectives, and performance, to enable you to add value quickly in a variety of business and managerial roles.

We’ll cover important aspects of business and management, including organisational structures objectives, and performance to enable you to add value quickly in a variety of business and managerial roles. The course will enable you to apply a commercial mind-set to sustainable business practice.

You’ll explore the strategic importance of human resource and people management, as well as contemporary issues such as globalisation, sustainability, entrepreneurship and innovation, social responsibility, diversity, ethics, and risk management.

As well as looking at how businesses operate, our BSc (Hons) Business and Management degree has a strong focus on learning and development. You’ll acquire a comprehensive understanding of the way individuals – as well as organisations – learn, develop, and grow. As part of this we’ll discuss human resource development and performance improvement.

While studying with us, you’ll become adept at using communication and information technology effectively for business. You’ll also become familiar with standards of professional practice in a range of scenarios, for example as an employee advocate, HR practitioner or a consultant. While studying with us, you’ll become adept at using communication and information technology effectively for business. You’ll also become familiar with standards of professional practice in a range of scenarios, for example as an employee advocate, HR practitioner or a consultant.

You’ll find there’s an emphasis on developing important transferable skills. These include complex problem solving, communicating your theories and findings, and applying a range of techniques to the solution of business and management problems.

One of the benefits of studying at ARU Peterborough is the opportunity to build strong networks with local employers, and work on real-world business challenges. Additionally, as all of our undergraduate business students share their first year of study, if you decide that you would like to specialise from Year 2, you can swap onto one of our specialist pathways with no additional costs or modules to take.

As a graduate, you will be ready to apply your knowledge and skills in the workplace.

Year 1: Introduction to Financial Analysis and Management. Digital Business and Principles of Marketing. Global Business Environment and International Strategy. Organisational Behaviour. Introduction to Business Contracts and the Law.
Year 2: Entrepreneurial Practice. Project Management. Ruskin Module. Prototype and Testing. Retail and Services Marketing. Using Business Information in HR Practice. Creative Thinking. Consumer Behaviour.
Year 3: Undergraduate Major Project. Strategic Management. Sustainable Enterprise. Employment Law and Relations. The Reflective and Empathetic Entrepreneur. Marketing Communications

All assessments are designed to allow you to demonstrate your learning, and to make sure you’re developing the abilities and skills you need to complete the course. We’ll assess your knowledge and understanding using a variety of assessment methods, including business plans, marketing evaluations and reflective reports.