Information Technology Management for Business (with Foundation Year)

Employment trends show a growing gap in the market for graduates who are as comfortable in the world of IT as they are in management. This course develops your understanding of business management practice as well as offering you the opportunity to design technology solutions for business. You engage with live projects and real business issues, using an IT-driven approach to problem solving across a range of regional small/medium enterprises.

Course Accreditation/Industry Endorsement

• This course is in the process of receiving accreditation by TechSkills. On successfully completing the course, you receive its Tech Industry Gold credential for technology-related education and training. TechSkills is recognised as a professional statutory and regulatory body for the accreditation of technology degrees in the UK.

Facilities and Specialist Equipment

• New, state-of-the-art business analytics suite to support data analytics, 'big-data', data mining, digital marketing, SEO and other management skills.

• Harvard Business Publishing - international learning resources providing advanced business simulations in areas such as sustainability and digital processes.

• Our Reuters trading room, reacting to live ‘stock-market’ data.

• Software includes Microsoft Power BI, Vensim simulation and VR immersive experience.

• Access to Sage, Refinitiv Workspace and the econometrics software STATA.

Your Student Experience

• You explore core IT and data analytics areas and how to use a range of emerging IT platforms, making links between IT and business management.

• Learn from research-driven academics actively involved in consultancy work.

• Take up opportunities for consultancy experience during the second year of the degree, assisting businesses – from start-ups to established corporations - to solve problems, up-skill and innovate.

• Benefit from masterclasses from industry experts so you learn from their experience and keep at the leading edge in your field.

• Access virtual business-management simulation software that allows you to participate in running a business and experience collaborative working.

Areas of study include;
• Introduction to Management Practice
• Digital Transformation of Business
• Business Data Analysis and Analytics
• Consultancy in Practice (using Systems Approaches)
• IT Risk and Cyber Security
• Digital Economy: AI, VR

Course work; live projects; exams; group and individual project work.