Business Management (W51) | Open University

Course summary

How do businesses develop strategies, handle risk and take decisions? What’s involved in functions such as human resources management, marketing, accounting and finance? This innovative diploma is firmly rooted in your own experience. You’ll investigate how organisations think and work, how they’re managed, and the external world in which they operate. You can focus entirely on business management, or choose to specialise within the subject areas of accounting, leadership practice, or innovation and enterprise.

Key features of the course

Develops your understanding of business organisations and their key elements
Explores wider considerations such as environments, markets and processes; and how all these work together
Helps you relate your studies to your own experience
Offers a choice of specialist routes
Equips you for a wide range of employment opportunities across all sectors

Entry requirements

Select a course option at the top of this page to view entry requirement information.

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.

Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

This course may have Historical entry grades data available, please select a course option to view.

Course options