Business Management (Sandwich Pathway) BA (Hons)

• Learn in a small class, through lectures, seminars and workshops, plus group projects, research exercises, presentations and case study analyses
• Study essential aspects of business management including marketing, financial and management accounting, human resource management and project management, with options in e-Business and international operations
• Develop an entrepreneurial understanding of organisations and practical skills to make you attractive to employers in a wide range of organisations, or prepares you to start your own business
• Gain from the opportunity to work on a final year dissertation, undertaking research in your chosen area
• Explore career opportunities with a placement (sandwich) year
• Benefit from a degree which gives you access to careers in general management roles, plus more specialist opportunities in human resources, e-Business, operations or project management; prepares you to start your own business; or can take you into further postgraduate/professional study

Year 1

• Foundations of Business Communication
• Intercultural Competence in Business
• Law for Business Managers
• Financial Accounting for Business
• Principles of Marketing
• Foundations of Business Management

Year 2

• Human Resource Management and Psychology
• Entrepreneurship and Leadership of Business Ventures
• Business Research Methods
• Economics of International Business Management
• Marketing Planning
• Sustainable Business Management

Year 3

• Placement Year

Year 4

• Strategy and Change Management
• Specialist Project (Business Management)
• Digital Business Management
• International Business Management
• Management and Administration of Operations

The units offered are designed to encourage you to become independent and analytical learners and to adopt a holistic but inter-related perspective to the study of Business and Management. The placement unit should facilitate a deeper understanding of the business and an opportunity to hone your perspective. You are encouraged from the outset to put business into a variety of organisational and operating situations and to be aware of the changing nature of the management functions within which business operates.