BA (Hons) Business Management
Ipswich, United Kingdom
DURATION
2 up to 4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
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STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Introduction
The BA (Hons) Business Management programme covers a broad range of management topics and is designed to give students an overview of how businesses work, and how managers can affect and improve business performance. The modules on the programme will ensure that students develop a good understanding of basic principles, important elements of management, leadership and strategy and develop skills that will support students’ employment or further study after they graduate.
The programme has been designed to support students’ future career ambitions – each module will require students to learn and apply ideas and to develop skills that will be useful to students in their future work. Students that graduate from the Business Management programme take with them a broad range of skills and knowledge that can support careers in multi-national companies, small business, family firms, the public sector, charities or help those who want to start their own company.
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Curriculum
Course Aims
In providing this course, the University and the course team aim to:
- To provide you with a systematic understanding of key aspects of business management through a coherent and integrated program of study.
- To develop conceptual understanding that enables you to: devise and sustain arguments; use established techniques of analysis to solve problems; and describe and comment on current research in business management.
- To prepare you for a career in business and/or management by developing personal and professional skills that will support communication, group interaction, information finding, analysis, and problem-solving during your period of study consistent with preparation for a fulfilling career in a management or leadership role.
- To provide you with a valuable and positive learning experience in your academic studies.
Within the framework of these main aims, it is expected that graduates will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding in the following areas:
- Markets - the development and operation of markets for resources, goods, and services
- Customers - customer expectations, service and orientation
- Finance - the sources, uses, and management of finance, the use of accounting and other information systems for managerial applications
- People - the management and development of people within organizations
- Operations - the management of resources and operations
- Information systems - the development, management, and exploitation of information systems and their impact on organizations
- Communication and information technology - the comprehension and use of relevant communication and information technologies for application in business and management
- Business policy and strategy – the development of appropriate policies and strategies within a changing environment, to meet stakeholder interests
- Pervasive issues - sustainability, globalization, corporate social responsibility, diversity, business innovation, creativity, enterprise development, knowledge management, and risk.
Foundation Courses
- Foundations in Business and Management
- Exploring Marketing
- Academic and Study Skills
- Understanding Global Management Perspectives
- Foundations of Accounting & Economics
- Independent Project
- Entry Level Maths
- Induction Module
Year 1
- Management and Managing: an introduction
- Introduction to Marketing
- Business and Economics
- Accounting for Business
- Understanding the Entrepreneurial Spirit
- Delivering Successful Projects
Year 2
- Analysing Organisational Behaviour
- Designing and Developing HR Activities for Maximum Impact
- Consumer Behaviour and Relationship Management
- Business Ethics
- Designing and Running a Research Project
Year 3
- Leading and Managing Change
- Exploring Strategic Management
- Corporate Financial Strategy
- Managing HR Strategically
- Extended Project
Program Outcome
The following statements define what students graduating from the BA (Hons) Business Management course will have been judged to have demonstrated in order to achieve the award. These statements, known as learning outcomes, have been formally approved as aligned with the generic qualification descriptor for level 4/5/6 awards as set out by the UK Quality Assurance Agency (QAA).
On successful completion of this full course, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate a systematic understanding of key aspects of business management, including acquisition of coherent and detailed knowledge, at least some of which is at, or informed by, the forefront of defined aspects of a discipline
- Effectively communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist audiences
- Describe and comment upon particular aspects of current research relating to business, management or leadership and appreciate the uncertainty, ambiguity and limits of knowledge
- Deploy accurately established techniques of analysis and enquiry and apply these to offer insight into problems or challenges facing a range of businesses
- Critically evaluate arguments, assumptions, abstract concepts and data, in order to make judgements, to frame appropriate questions to achieve a solution, or to identify a range of solutions to a problem
- Devise and sustain arguments and/or to solve problems using ideas and techniques, some of which are at the forefront of current management research
- Manage your own learning and personal development
- Demonstrate the possession of qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment requiring the exercise of initiative and personal responsibility; decision making in complex and unpredictable contexts; the learning ability needed to undertake appropriate further training of a professional or equivalent nature