Business Management

This course equips you with the knowledge, skills and professional competency to work confidently as a manager in a digitally dependent business environment. It builds your understanding and practical skills in general business management subjects such as strategy, policy design, innovation and entrepreneurship while exploring the business practices reshaping current business models.

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.

• Harvard Business Publishing - international learning resources providing advanced business simulations in areas such as sustainability and digital processes.

• Our Reuters 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, Refinitiv Workspace and the econometrics software STATA.

Your Student Experience

• Gain a sought-after specialism on a course that gives you the flexibility to change pathway option at the end of your first year.

• 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.

• Benefit from field trips to see business management and analytics in action at companies such as John Lewis, Volvo, PW Gates Logistics, Luton Recycling and RAJA Packaging.