Business Management (with Placement)

On this course, you study all the essential aspects of business management such as accounting, marketing and strategy, with the opportunity to put your learning into practice through a 12-week work placement. This strong practical focus means you graduate with the skills to successfully manage a wide variety of organisations or set up your own business. The course also prepares you for today’s global business environment with units in intercultural management; sustainable practices; and digital business.

Facilities and specialist equipment

• New, state-of-the-art business analytics suite to support data analytics, 'big-data', data mining, digital marketing, SEO and other management skills

• Our London Stock Exchange Group trading room, reacting to live ‘stock-market’ data

• Software includes Microsoft Power BI and Vensim simulation, for analysing complex and messy business problems, plus VR immersive skills practice; access to Sage and the econometrics software STATA

Your student experience

Gain hands-on work experience a 12-week practice placement introducing you to the challenges and excitement of a career in management.

Learn from research-driven academics actively involved in consultancy work.

Take up opportunities for consultancy experience during the second year of the degree, assisting businesses – from start-ups to established corporations - to solve problems, up-skill and innovate.

Benefit from masterclasses from industry experts so you benefit from their experience and keep at the leading edge in your field.

Access virtual business-management simulation software that allows you to participate in running a business and experience collaborative working.

Extend your experience via field trips to see business management in action at companies such as John Lewis, Volvo, PW Gates Logistics and Luton Recycling.

Course modules

Year 1

Applied numeracy for business – Develop key numeracy skills vital to your success in future employment. Evolution and revolution in business – Learn about the historical development of business through lectures and workshops. Management in practice – Explore ‘gamified’ learning of concepts in business management by participating in reality-mimicking simulations. Beginning your professional business journey – Take on business challenges and collaborate with peers in a professional environment.

Year 2

Employability and the future workplace – Produce a checklist-based portfolio with evidence of learning and development to enhance your employability. Risk and responsibility – Apply risk assessment tools and techniques to respond to various types of risk in business. Data and research methods for business – Learn research methods to support critical research in business issues.  Work placement – Undertake 144 hours of placement in a business setting gaining practical experience of the world of work.

Year 3

Innovation and entrepreneurship – Understand the role of corporate innovation and entrepreneurial character, start-up growth strategies, and business planning. Data-driven business – Analyse ethical data collection trends and apply tools suitable to analyse quantitative and qualitative data. Strategic leadership – Extend your capacity for strategic leadership in a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) business environment. Business continuity and the planet – Explore the range of contemporary challenges and threats to business continuity and environmental issues. Business project – Independently design, plan, manage and execute a research project.

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