BA (Hons) Business and Management

Course Feature
Class Description
This single honors Business and Management award provides an experience which will enable the student to proceed to a career in business as it develops in contemporary society
Course overview
The overarching aim of the Business and Management program is to support students to acquire and develop the knowledge, skills and behaviors necessary to work effectively, confidently and responsibly within a wide range of business organizations and corporate functions. It provides students with an excellent grounding in all aspects of business and management, incorporating knowledge from a range of disciplines such as accounting, economics, finance, HRM, marketing and sustainability. These disciplines and philosophies have been combined together within the degree to provide students with a broad and coherent program that provides an advanced general education for business. While providing students with a background in all areas of business, the program is designed to enable students to specialize in particular areas in order to tailor their studies to reflect their personal and future career interests. The program also offers students to extend their period of study by one year by either undertaking a work placement or overseas study opportunity.
Modules Studied
Year 1 Modules (Level 4)
Financial Decision Making
Understanding Business
Global Business and Finance
Academic Development and Professional Practice
An Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Enterprise
Introduction to Work and Organizations
Principles of Marketing
Personal Tutoring and Enhancement
Year 2 Modules (Level 5)
Business and Finance Essentials
Performance Measurement in Organizations
Contemporary Management
Business Research and Analytics
Business and Sustainability
Human Resource Management in the Workplace
Business Law
International Marketing
Personal Tutoring and Enhancement
Year 3 Modules (Level 6)
Strategy and Management Dissertation
Global Strategic Management
Global Contemporary Business Issues
Managing Change and Innovation
Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics
Creative Management and Marketing
Globalization and International HRM
Personal Tutoring and Enhancement
Why choose this course
The overarching aim of the Business and Management programme is to support students to acquire and develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours necessary to work effectively, confidently and responsibly within a wide range of business organisations and corporate functions. It provides students with an excellent grounding in all aspects of business and management, incorporating knowledge from a range of disciplines such as accounting, economics, finance, HRM, marketing and sustainability. These disciplines and philosophies have been combined together within the degree to provide students with a broad and coherent programme that provides an advanced general education for business. While providing students with a background in all areas of business, the programme is designed to enable students to specialise in particular areas in order to tailor their studies to reflect their personal and future career interests. The programme also offers students to extend their period of study by one year by either undertaking a work placement or overseas study opportunity.