BA (Hons) Business Management(BA Business Management)

The BA Business Management degree provides strong insight into business administration and the operational workings of different types of organisations to enable both strategic and practical skills development.

BA Business Management has been designed to contribute towards achieving United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: SDG8 of Decent Work and Economic Growth and SDG12 of Responsible Consumption and Production.

The degree is based on developing your understanding of core business management principles, applied to authentic business contexts. Key themes have been woven into the course design, in consultation with employers and students, to maximise your learning, your employability and your course satisfaction. The key themes are:

• Social impact and sustainability; how businesses can act responsibly to have a positive environmental and social impact
• Strategy and agility; how businesses can plan for, and respond to, increasingly volatile and uncertain contexts
• Employability and digital skills development; you are supported to develop your academic skills, digital capabilities, and become a confident, career-ready graduate
• Creativity and innovation; you are supported to think and act in ways that challenge the status quo and to work with others to create new ways of doing things

Core modules cover aspects of business administration including strategic management, the agile organisation and global trends presenting challenges and opportunities in business. Subjects provide students with creativity and innovation skills development, critical thinking and problem solving.

Pathways

Pathway options provide an insight into different business careers and help you to develop appropriate knowledge and skills to transition into professional work. If you choose a pathway, this will be named in your final degree award e.g. BA (Hons) Business Management (Marketing). We have six pathway options available:

Economics

• Year 2 modules: Resource Management and Decision Making (20 credits) and Economics Analysis (20 credits)
• Final year modules: Games in Business and Politics (20 credits) and International Economic Policy Analysis (20 credits)

Entrepreneurship

• Year 2 modules: Issues in Small Business Entrepreneurship (20 credits) and Creativity and Feasibility (20 credits)
• Final year modules: Entrepreneurial Strategy (20 credits) and Business Planning (20 credits)

Finance

• Year 2 modules: Financial Environment (20 credits) and Financial Statements and Systems (20 credits)
• Final year modules: Financial Strategy (20 credits) and International Money and Finance (20 credits)

Human Resource Management

• Year 2 modules: Managing Human Resources (20 credits) and Value Creation in HRM (20 credits)
• Final year modules: Strategic HRM (20 credits) and Sustainable and Ethical People Practices (20 credits)

Law

• Year 2 modules: Introduction to Business Law (20 credits) and Business Law in Context (20 credits)
• Final year modules: Business Law in Practice (20 credits) and Dispute Resolution (20 credits)

Marketing

• Year 2 modules: Tactical and Strategic Marketing (20 credits) and E-Marketing (20 credits)
• Final year modules: Global Marketing Consultancy (20 credits) and Consumerism and Sustainability (20 credits)

List of modules

Industry Trips and Experiences

Throughout our business management degree, you will have multiple opportunities to engage in events, trips and experiences which will extend your business knowledge and networks. These may include:

• Annual Business Conference – showcasing hot topics and key-note speakers
• Face-to-face and virtual business trips e.g. factory tours, presentations and career talks
• CMI events
• Guest speakers from industry.

Optional Placement Year

You are encouraged to undertake a year-long placement in between Stages Two and Three of study of the business management studies degree. If you meet the entry criteria, and choose to take up a placement year you will find it an invaluable experience that helps you to apply your learning in your final year and prepares you for your career. We offer a lot of support in helping you to find a placement, which can be in the UK or overseas.

Recently, business management degree students have completed placements and work-based learning at RSM (Audit & Tax Consultants), ITAMeyes (Asset Management), Honda and KPMG.

Enhanced Learning Credits Scheme (ELCS)

The Business Management degree is part of the Enhanced Learning Credits Scheme (ELCS). The ELCS is an opportunity for members of the Armed Forces to further or expand on their education. The scheme offers support financially in a maximum of three separate financial years for higher level learning of a nationally recognised qualification at a Level three or above.