Business Management (with Professional Placement)

You should consider the BSc (Hons) in Business Management course if you want to gain a broad understanding of the way organisations work. Not just considering individual business functions as “silos” but seeing they are interdependent. It is perfect if you’re thinking about a career as a consultant or corporate troubleshooter.

You’ll gain a thorough understanding of the academic theory that exists around management. But that’s just the start. You will also learn to apply the theory to the actual business of running an organisation.

You also have a number of electives to choose from like our Mentoring & Coaching for Leadership module.

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Prepare for a four-dimensional journey through the world of business management. You’ll approach the subject from practical, vocational, creative and entrepreneurial directions, giving you a fully rounded exposure to the disciplines inherent in contemporary business.

As a student on this course, you’ll gain from the latest Bayes research in areas such as finance, marketing, innovation, and responsible management. Beyond the course materials, we’ll encourage you to pursue your own interests in business. Thinking about starting your own business? Going into a family firm? Forging a corporate career? All those paths start here.

On the Business Management course, you will:

• Gain an overview of the concepts, theories and techniques that contribute to an understanding of business management

• Learn a range of practical skills that you will be able to apply as a manager within a range of organisations

• Understand analytical and problem-solving techniques that you will be able to use in a management context

• Learn about a range of management functions and understand how these are interconnected within an organisation

• Appreciate the implications of future changes in the business landscape

• Prepare to work in an environment that could change in fundamental and unforeseeable ways

• Recognise the ethical issues surrounding business and be able to practise responsible management.

Course Modules

https://www.bayes.citystgeorges.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/business-management

Most modules on the Business Management degree are assessed by a combination of exams and coursework.

The balance of assessment by coursework (assessed essays and assignments) unseen examinations and a final year project will to some extent depend on the optional modules you choose.

The first year of your programme contributes 10% to your final degree classification, the second year 30% and the final year 60%.

Percentage of the course assessed by coursework

The approximate percentage of the course assessment, is as follows:

Year 1

49% written, 51% coursework

Year 2

70% written, 30% coursework

Year 3

53% written, 47% coursework.