Why choose this course?
- Understand how the machinery of business works
- Discover how to evaluate and manage information systems in business
Business Information Systems (IS) are increasingly large and complex constructs, helping companies manage organisational, financial, personnel and other data.
This course ensures you understand how the jigsaw of business fits together, how to structure systems effectively and make the most of their increasingly enhanced capabilities to support business.
You’ll learn how to set up business processes in a scalable way, to identify and support organisational information needs, ensuring technology enables rather than hinders you.
You’ll also gain a foundation in the key business essentials needed to be commercially successful, developing relevant and sought-after professional skills for creative thinking and innovative problem solving.
Our assessments are modelled on what you’ll face in the real world (no live exams!) and include business reports, presentations, speed pitches, online tests and case studies.
This course sits within the Hertfordshire Business School which maintains strong relationships with professional bodies and business connections. Meet entrepreneurs–in–residence, business ambassadors and industry leaders at networking events or in guest lectures through our Business Academy.
If you have an entrepreneurial spirit, you’ll be encouraged to enter the Flare Ignite annual competition with winners getting support, training and funding to help make their ideas a reality.
Our staff
You’ll be taught by a diverse group of specialists, either leading academics or successful commercial leaders, each one a subject expert, sharing their knowledge with you.
You also benefit from an academic support team, wellbeing team and personal tutor to help you adjust to the demands of university learning and living.  
What's the course about?
You’ll learn about user centric system design, mobile tech, technology trends and database management. You’ll also discover how to run projects well and to use information systems for strategic planning.
Your Information Systems skills will be underlined with a strong commercial perspective through topics such as the global business environment, finance, marketing and organisational behaviour.
You'll find out what it takes to structure a successful business, getting to the heart of the latest challenges such as sustainability, managing growth, innovation and organisation psychology.
Putting it all together will equip you with the management skills you need to plan and organise the large-scale information resources that run modern organisations. You’ll be prepared for a wide range of roles, such as consulting, systems analysis, database design, and project management.
We actively support you in boosting your CV through industry placement, study abroad or internships (including the latest online bite-sized digital experiences).
Above all, you are mentored and supported to aim high to achieve future personal and professional success.
What will I study?
We are focused on developing you to become a well-rounded, competent business and information professional.
The first year offers a range of introductory topics covering the essential elements of business management and information systems.
In your second year, you really start to explore, in more depth, the role of technology in business and organisations, with a focus on user centric design.
In your final year, you can really explore a passion, as you undertake your applied business project, researching a relevant business area of your choice, often a key differentiator at interviews.
Modules
Level 4 (First year)
- Accounting Aspects of Business
- Analysing and Managing Business Data
- Business and Markets
- Introduction to Organisational Behaviour
- Technology in Business
- The Business Professional
- The Global Business Environment
- Understanding Marketing
Level 5 (Second year)
- Managing People
- Mobile Business Technologies
- Consumer Behaviour
- Financial Management
- Business Analytics
- Business Operations
- User Centric Design for Systems
- Project Management in Business
Level 6 (Final year)
- Creative Problem Solving for Managers
- Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Creativity
- Advanced Project and Risk Management
- Applied Business Project
- Databases for Strategic Decision Making
- Professional Development for the Workplace
- Strategic Management
- Leadership Theory in Practice
Study abroad
You can take a sandwich year abroad, making that decision in your second year. Studying at one of our international partners is a huge personal development opportunity and an amazing experience.
With more and more companies working internationally, experience of living in another country will make a great impression on future employers.
With over 100 partners in 40 countries, the world really is your oyster! Our dedicated Study Abroad office advise you on your options, to help you make the most of this opportunity.
If you study abroad between your second and third year of study, you’ll pay no tuition fee to the partner university and no tuition fee to us either.
Work placement
At the end of your second year, you have the option to experience a year of working life with a placement or a shorter internship, which is a huge CV booster!
Professional work experience is the biggest contributor to your future employability. It allows you to put your knowledge into action while learning how a business operates and while making some handy connections.
For those wishing to complete this BA (Hons) Business Management with Leadership degree within three years, we help you find other opportunities to enhance your CV such as employer competitions, insight days, digital programmes, volunteering, student leadership roles, and achievement awards.
Students on the programme have recently had the opportunity to work at Ocado, Enterprise, Amazon and Egress Software Technologies.
We have a dedicated team that will help you make the most of the experience, hand holding you from start to finish. You’ll also get assistance with your CV, preparing for interviews and presentations, at our ground-breaking mock Assessment Centre Experience.
*Scholarships available for international students.
My name is Kavisha Prince Anthony, and I always had a dream of studying abroad. Thankfully, that dream came to life since I applied to the Study Advisor. I was able to receive my visa within four days. I also had some visa refusals in the past; I had about six UK visa refusals in the past, but thankfully, it was not an issue since the Study Advisor was able to make things work this time. I highly recommend Study Advisor for your dreams of going abroad, whether it be the UK or any other European country there is.