Business Management
Entry requirements
A level
Access to HE Diploma
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
UCAS Tariff
About this course
Business and management embraces a vast range of industries and commercial enterprises. Our aim is to give students the skills which are attractive to employers and the knowledge which will provide a platform for more advanced study.This course prepares you for the working world by covering a range of topics that are common to the business environment.
This course is also open to students who have completed a HND or Foundation degree in a Business related topic and would like to gain a full BA Hons degree in the subject.
Modules
Modules studied at level 4:
• Marketing Fundamentals
• Management Accounts
• Study Skills
• Business Law
• Leadership and Management
• Business Economics
Modules studied at level 5:
• Research Methods
• Business Planning
• Human Resource Management
• Business Enterprise
• International Business
• Business Performance
• Ethics, CSR and Sustainability
• Research Methods
Modules studied at level 6:
• Dissertations
• Strategic Management
• Strategic HRM
• Innovation and Change
• Strategic Marketing
• Contemporary Global Issues
• Strategic Information Management
Assessment methods
Assessment is through written assignments and essays. These assignments will take various forms suitable to a business environment and may be linked to the workplace. Your major research project will involve undertaking a dissertation into a business topic of your own choosing.
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University Centre: Wakefield College
Management and Business Studies
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