BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Why chooses this course?

● Learn in a small class, through lectures, seminars and workshops, plus group projects, research
exercises, presentations and case study analyses
● Study essential aspects of business management including marketing, financial and
management accounting, human resource management and project management, with options
in e-Business and international operations
● Develop an entrepreneurial understanding of organisations and practical skills to make you
attractive to employers in a wide range of organisations, or prepares you to start your own
business
● Gain from the opportunity to work on a final year dissertation, undertaking research in your
chosen area
● Explore career opportunities with an option placement (sandwich) year
● Benefit from a degree which gives you access to careers in general management roles, plus
more specialist opportunities in human resources, e-Business, operations or project
management; prepares you to start your own business; or can take you into further
postgraduate/professional study

Unit Information – What Will I Learn?

Year 1

● Foundations of Business Communication

● Intercultural Competence in Business
● Law for Business Managers
● Financial Accounting for Business
● Principles of Marketing
● Foundations of Business Management

Year 2

● Human Resource Management and Psychology

● Entrepreneurship and Leadership of Business Ventures
● Business Research Methods
● Economics of International Business Management
● Marketing Planning
● Sustainable Business Management
Year 3

● Strategy and Change Management

● Specialist Project (Business Management)
● Digital Business Management
● International Business Management
● Management and Administration of Operations
 The units offered are designed to encourage you to become independent and analytical learners
and to adopt a holistic but inter-related perspective to the study of Business and Management.

The placement unit should facilitate a deeper understanding of the business and an opportunity
to hone your perspective.

You are encouraged from the outset to put business into a variety of organisational and operating
situations and to be aware of the changing nature of the management functions within which
business operates.

How will I be assessed?

The course uses a range of appropriate assessment types to ensure the validity and fairness of
assessment. Formative assessment is used to provide feedback to you and support your
progress while diagnostic assessment is used to assess students’ current knowledge or skills.
Summative assessment for most units includes a combination of coursework, presentations,
tests, or examination.

Most units include elements of individual and group work to reflect the type of work undertaken in
business and management. Assessment focuses on tasks that develop vocational skills,
underpinned by subject knowledge. The placement is assessed via the submission of a portfolio.

All coursework has an assignment specification, with grading criteria which is normally issued to
you at the beginning of the year, but at least 3 weeks prior to the deadline. All marked work is
returned to you following the University guidelines, with written feedback, including advice on
how to improve your work.

● Written exams (33%)

● Coursework (62%)
● Practical exams (5%)

How will this course enhance my career prospects?

On completing this course you will be likely to progress into positions of Human Resource,
Operations, or General Management within large organisations or may start your own business.

You would have the knowledge and skills required to start and develop a new business and
understand the complexity in growing and expanding your own business.

If you decide to go for further study the BA (Hons) in Business Management will enable you to
attend taught masters courses in Business Administration, Business and Management, Human
Resource Management and Project Management as well as professional accreditation courses
such as the ones offered by CMI, CIPD, CIM, ACCA, CIMA and APM or a PGCE in applied
business as well as research degrees.