Business Management
University of Huddersfield
UCAS Code: N223 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
Access to HE Diploma
112 UCAS tariff points from International Baccalaureate qualifications.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
UCAS Tariff
from a combination of Level 3 qualifications.
About this course
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Why Business Management?
Do you aspire to become a manager and leader? This course is ideal if you enjoy rising to the challenge and finding creative solutions to problems, thinking on your feet and want to work in a fast-paced environment. It is designed to give you the opportunity to develop the key business management, leadership and decision making skills needed for today's dynamic business environment.
This course is designed to provide you with a comprehensive knowledge of business subjects and related skills in preparation for a career in management in a wide range of business organisations. These include not only well-known private sector businesses, but also public sector employers such as health authorities, utilities and local and central government. After the first year, you will take some common modules, such as Operations Management, People Management, Leadership, Strategy and Business Transformation, and then have an opportunity to specialise through a choice of optional modules in the second and final years.
How will you learn?
You will learn through practical application and delivered lectures, workshops, seminars and group work sessions.
* You have the opportunity to gain practical skills in a dynamic business environment.
* We’ll give you the opportunity to take a placement year, working in a business, either here in the UK or abroad.
* We work closely with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and you’ll have the opportunity to achieve a CMI qualification in Management and Leadership through no additional study or assessment.
* Our HR professionals could also help you create a CV or portfolio, to help enhance your prospects in the employment market.
Previous students have gained experience with businesses such as Hewlett Packard, Lloyds Banking Group, ASDA, Coop Group, Cummins, L’Oreal, Virgin Media and Agricultural Bank of China.
What subjects will you cover?
To give you the chance to build a better understanding of business management, the course covers key business topics. You can choose to build a range of specialist skills including managing human resource and personal development, real world business issues, global management in context, digital and social media marketing and people resourcing.
?Due to the wide range of subjects studied on the course you will have lots of different career opportunities upon graduation. Former Business Management students have become sales executives, account managers, project managers, banking executives, human resource professionals and even a forensic accountant, to name to just a few. Our degrees will help you shape your own future. ~ Dr Jiajia Liu, Senior Lecturer in Business and Management
Professional links and accreditation:
You can register with the Chartered Management Institute (http://www.managers.org.uk/) providing a further qualification and enhancing your CV through membership of a professional body. We work closely with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and you’ll have the opportunity to achieve a CMI qualification in Management and Leadership through no additional study or assessment.
This accreditation is reviewed on a regular basis.
Modules
Year 1
Core modules:
Personal and Academic Development (I)
Understanding Global Dynamics
Understanding Business Analytics
Understanding Organisational Behaviour
Understanding Markets and Consumers
Year 2
Core modules:
Personal and Academic Development 2
Business Research Skills
Operations Management
Managing People
Leadership: Theory and Practice
Option modules:
Choose one from a list which may include:
Advanced Organisational Behaviour
Business Creation and Development
Year 3 (optional placement year)
Final year
Core modules:
Personal and Academic Development 3
Strategy and Business Transformation
Responsible Business
The Future of Work
Option modules:
Choose two from a list which may include:
Advances in Leadership
Managing Across Cultures
Social Entrepreneurship
E-Commerce
Digital And Social Media Marketing
People Resourcing
Or you may choose to do a Business and Management Dissertation:
Management Dissertation
Assessment methods
Study and assessments will be based on your choice of modules. Your module specification/course handbook will provide full details of the assessment criteria applying to your course.
Tuition fees
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Extra funding
Please see our website for full details of the scholarship http://www.hud.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-and-finance/undergraduate-scholarships/
The Uni
University of Huddersfield
Department of Management (BDMGMT)
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