N17F International Business with Foundation Year BA (Hons)

Skills and experience gained This innovative and interdisciplinary course will help you to gain the skills and knowledge required in key business disciplines coupled with a broader global business perspective. The course provides you with a deeper appreciation of the roles and relationships of businesses in an international context, together with the specific operational and strategic issues, challenges and opportunities that businesses face when they start operating at an international level. You will also gain a working understanding of foundational concepts in the key functional and operational areas, including business management, business research, marketing, finance, accounting, operations management, human resource management, interpersonal and collaborative communication skills, covering important aspects of working in an international and multi-cultural environment. The course offers a rich learning experience which: • Is highly vocational with a focus on knowledge and understanding of business organisations from a global perspective; • Focuses on both large and small organisational contexts; • Instils a high level of professionalism from the outset; • Has a strong theoretical base in each unit; • Develops interpersonal and collaborative communication skills • Includes a supervised final year dissertation involving an individually conducted research element; • Provides further opportunity for professional development in a work placement relevant to international business • Has small class interactive teaching environments; • Focuses on hard and soft management skills for the st century. After the course ...