Business Management

All organisations need people with strong business skills. At the end of your course, you’ll be equipped with the skills they need – a business professional with a global mind-set, confident, able to lead teams, managing operations, develop strategies, aware of key sustainability challenges and making leadership decisions.
You will learn how to spot opportunities, adapt to change, assess impact on stakeholders, and understand when and how to take risks. You’ll gain a broad understanding of the business world, together with fundamental skills like team-working and problem-solving.

Later, you’ll have the opportunity to specialise in areas that interest you most.

In your second year you have the opportunity to study units in Management, Human Resource Management and Marketing.

Examples of current modules-

Year 1 Modules:
Global Concerns in Sustainable Development
Innovation and Creativity Skills for Business
Accounting and FinTech for Managers
Understanding the Customer Experience
Managing People in a Contemporary Economy
Digital Awareness & Professional Development
Introduction to Human Resource Management
Introduction to Technology and Big Data

The core units that you will take at level 5 are below.

Business Operations Management
Work Based Learning: Procedures, Policy and Practice
Employability Skills and Managing Your Digital Footprint
Social Innovation through Entrepreneurship
Investigating Responsible Enterprise in a Global Context
Principles of Strategic Management

Possible options are:
Marketing Communications
Sales & Marketing
Management Studies in Context
Managing with a Legal Framework
Performance and Reward
Managing Across Cultural Boundaries

Level 4
90% Assignment
10% Examination

Level 5
85% Assignment
15% Examination