Business Management BA (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

In Liverpool

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Liverpool

The University of Liverpool Management School is one of an elite group of institutions worldwide to be AACSB-Accredited. If you are interested in how business works overall, a Business Management degree will help you towards a career in management. The BA Business Management programme provides a thorough grounding in a range of business subjects including entrepreneurship, management and leadership, the chance to work with real businesses and the opportunity to specialise in areas such as human resource management, marketing and operations management. Business Management is also an ideal partner for a wide range of other subjects in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences such as languages, and can be studied at every level from Single Honours to Minor. Choosing this subject as a Single Honours From the first year of study, students are introduced to the problems and challenges of the business world and how to solve them. By the final year of the programme, students are able to consolidate their studies through a much greater degree of personal study and research and possess the skills and knowledge to succeed in the business world. The programme is also accredited by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), the world’s largest professional body of management accountants, with full exemptions from their Certificate in Business Accounting and partial exemptions from operational and management level requirements. Our graduates successfully go on to find a variety business related careers in organisations such as Jaguar Land Rover, The Co-operative Bank, IBM, Home Office, KPMG, Microsoft, PwC, Santander and a range of smaller companies as well. Choosing this subject as a MajorIf you are interested in how business works overall, choosing Business Management as a Major subject will help...

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Liverpool (Merseyside)
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Chatham Street, L69 7ZH

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About this course

If you’re considering this subject as a combination within Honours Select, please refer to our Honours Select page for further information about entry requirements. Entry Requirements
A level offerABB
BTECD*D*D International Baccalaureate33 points Irish Leaving CertificateA1, A1, B1, B1 Scottish Higher/Advanced HigherScottish Advanced Highers at ABB Advanced Welsh BaccalaureateAccepted including BB at A Level
EU Entry Requirements
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Subjects

  • Management
  • Operations Management
  • Business and Management
  • Business Environment
  • Market
  • Investment
  • Credit
  • Basic
  • Accounting
  • IT
  • Basic IT training
  • Works
  • Basic IT
  • Statistics
  • Supply
  • Marketing
  • International
  • Global
  • Accounting MBA
  • Finance
  • Financial
  • Accredited
  • International Business
  • Trade
  • Accountants
  • Accounting and Finance
  • Financial Training
  • IT Management
  • Skills and Training

Course programme

Module details Programme Year One

The first year aims to introduce students both to the problems of business in the modern world and to the subjects that will help in understanding and solving these problems. The core modules introduce students to the economic context of business, to key quantitative techniques and to Accounting and Finance. In addition, students study the organisational and behavioural context of business and develop their IT skills.

Compulsory modules
  • Introduction To Accounting and Finance (non-specialist) (ACFI107) Level 1 Credit level 15 Semester First Semester Exam:Coursework weighting 100:0 Aims
  • A framework to allow understanding of the structure and contents of the key financial statements of business organisations;
  • ​ An understanding of the basic principles of financial accounting;

  • ​ An understanding of the basic techniques of preparation of such statements;

  • ​ The ability to analyse firm performance and position using financial ratios;

  • ​ An understanding of basic costing techniques in order to facilitate managerial decision-making;

  • ​ Comprehension of the role and structure of budgets in an organisation;

  • ​ The ability to apply various investment appraisal techniques in order to make capital investment decisions.

  • Learning Outcomes

    explain the nature and roles of accounting and finance;

    ​ identify the main users of accounting and discuss their needs;

    ​ distinguish between financial and management accounting;

    ​ explain the nature and purpose of the three major financial statements;

    ​ prepare simple balance sheets, cashflow statements and profit and loss accounts from relevant financial information;

    ​ use ratios to analyse the financial performance and position of a business;

    ​ explain the relationship between costs, volume and profit and conduct break-even analysis;

    ​ deduce the full cost of a unit of output in a single-product environment;

  • define a budget and show how budgets, corporate objectives and long-term plans are related;
  • ​ construct simple budget from relevant information

    ​ identify and apply the four main investment appraisal methods used in practice.

  • Principles In Operations Management (EBUS102) Level 1 Credit level 15 Semester Second Semester Exam:Coursework weighting 0:100 Aims

    The aim of the module is to provide a study of the key principles, systems and techniques used to assure effective operations management. The module covers an extensive range of subjects including demand management, quality management, people management and production management. The aims are to enable the student to:

    Understand the role of operations management in manufacturing and service organisations

    Understand and apply a range of tools and techniques relevant to the effective management of operations

    Have an introductory understanding of the principles of operations management.

    Learning Outcomes

    Understand and applya range of tools and techniques relevant to the effective management ofoperations

    Have an introductoryunderstanding of the principles of operations management ​

    ​ Theprocess of tackling written assignments

  • Economic Principles for Business and Markets (ECON127) Level 1 Credit level 15 Semester First Semester Exam:Coursework weighting 80:20 Aims
    1. To en able students to demonstrate an understanding of the core principles of microeconomics including:

      • The dynamic nature of supply and demand
      • The efficient opperation of markets and when they fail
      • How firms reach output decisions, interact and attain levels of profit under different market conditions
    2. ​To enable students to demonstrate an understanding of the core principles of macroeconomics including:

      • The aggregation of demand and supply in the economy to measure an economy''s output;
      • The business cycle and behaviour and interaction of the big macroeconomic indicators: Growth; Unemployment; Inflation; Balance of payments & Exchange rates;
    3. To enable students to demonstrate an understanding of the global economic environment

    4. ​To enable students to understand the impact of modern economics on day-to-day business operations

    Learning Outcomes An understanding of the central economic problem (scarcity) and the nature of economics;

    ​An understanding of how the market price of goods and services is determined by supply and demand and how markets respond to changes in circumstances, measures of responsiveness and price control;

    ​An understanding of how firms’ costs of production and revenue are considered to find points of profit maximisation;

    ​An understanding of different Market environments – Specified by degree of competition in industries (perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition, oligopoly); as well as strategic interactions arising such as game theory and price discrimination;

    ​An understanding of why markets fail to achieve social efficiency;

    ​ An understanding of the theory of the whole economy 1 (macroeconomic objectives; the national income);

    An understanding of the theory of the whole economy 2 (aggregate supply and demand, short-term fluctuations, economic growth); ​ An understanding of the global economy, the gains from international trade as well as the arguments for restricting trade.
  • Business Statistics (ECON154) Level 1 Credit level 15 Semester Second Semester Exam:Coursework weighting 75:25 Aims The purpose of themodule is to provide an introduction to business statistics for thenon-specialist. The course aims toprovide a broad understanding of the nature of variability and why it is anissue for managers. It will also providestudents with the ability to derive and understand a variety of graphs andstatistics which can be produced in Excel and which provide a means formanagers to make intelligent use of statistics in the process of management anddecision-making.

    Learning Outcomes Explainthe nature of variability and why it is important for managers

    ​ Describeand analyze data using graphs and summary statistics

    Explain basic principles of sampling and apply them to management contexts

    ​ Model data using standard probability distributions

    Describe and analyze attribute data

    Explain the nature of random sampling error and the need to place a margin of error around estimates

    Calculate a margin of error to place confidence limits on estimates

    ​ Explain and interpret control charts and propose appropriate improvement strategies

    Analyze the relationship between quantitative variables using simple regression and correlation techniques

  • International Business Environment (MKIB152) Level 1 Credit level 15 Semester Second Semester Exam:Coursework weighting 0:100 Aims

    This moduleprovides an introduction to the international business environment.

    Thecourse will cover issues including the role and behaviour of multinationalenterprises in the global economy, the business models used by firmsinternationalizing and the changing institutional and regulatory frameworksinfluencing international trade. Discussion will also be made of thedistinction between internationalization and globalization, and the limits ofglobalization.

    Studentswill be both introduced to relevant theoretical and conceptual frameworks andgiven a firm empirical understanding of the international business environment.These aims will be achieved via a combination of lectures and seminars.

    Learning Outcomes An understanding of processes of internationalization and globalization

    An awareness of the activities of multinational firms and their relationship with the international business environment;

    An understanding of business models and their practical application in different international contexts;

    The ability to apply theoretical ideas to empirical situations, particularly through an understanding of how business adapts to the international business environment.

  • Fundamentals of Marketing (MKIB153) Level 1 Credit level 15 Semester First Semester Exam:Coursework weighting 50:50 Aims

    The aim of this module is to provide a grounded appreciation of the utility and universality of a marketing orientation as the process by which organisations align themselves to their operating environment, customers/stakeholders and markets

    Learning Outcomes

    understand the nature of the marketing environment and its relevance for the organisation and marketing practice

  • ​ specifically, to be able to undertake an analysis of customer and competitive environments

    ​ understand the fundamental philosophy of marketing and its application in both business and not-for-profit organisations

    ​ identify and be able to apply key marketing concepts to aid marketing and business decisions

    ​ be able to demonstrate an understanding of the pratical aspects and processes of marketing

  • Consumer Behaviour (MKIB155) Level 1 Credit level 15 Semester Second Semester Exam:Coursework...

Business Management BA (Hons)

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