OVERVIEW

Our innovative BA (Hons) Business Management Degree, accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), takes a practical approach to exploring contemporary business practices, contexts and debates. You will engage with a broad range of business and management challenges and opportunities allowing you to develop in-depth knowledge alongside industry-relevant skills. The business management course includes specialist modules that provide practical skills in areas such as a strategy, marketing, leadership, risk management and sustainable business. Supported by expert academic staff, you will have access to local and multinational organisations, working on real-world projects to expand your experience and networks. With up to six pathway subjects to choose from, you will develop specialist skills ready for a graduate career or postgraduate study.

Accreditation: Chartered Management Institute (CMI)

HIGHLIGHTS

• Subject pathways at stage two and three allowing you to specialise in your area of interest.
• Graduate with a Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Diploma in Leadership and Management*, a respected professional qualification proven to boost earnings potential.
• Free CMI membership during your studies and for a year after graduation, helping you to connect and network with employers and business professionals.
• Optional Year in Industry provides you with valuable experience and contacts to help launch your career after graduating.
• Join the Business Society, a student-run society through Northampton Students’ Union, to help organise events, trips and activities including our Annual Business Conference.
• HP laptop and software included with this course for eligible student. Eligibility criteria and terms and conditions apply.

COURSE CONTENT

Course Details

Business Management has been designed to contribute towards achieving United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: SDG8 of Decent Work and Economic Growth and SDG12 of Responsible Consumption and Production.

The programme is based on developing your understanding of core business management principles, applied to authentic business contexts. Key themes have been woven into the course design, in consultation with employers and students, to maximise your learning, your employability and your course satisfaction. The key themes are:

• Social impact and sustainability; how businesses can act responsibly to have a positive environmental and social impact
• Strategy and agility; how businesses can plan for, and respond to, increasingly volatile and uncertain contexts
• Employability and digital skills development; you are supported to develop your academic skills, digital capabilities, and become a confident, career-ready graduate
• Creativity and innovation; you are supported to think and act in ways that challenge the status quo and to work with others to create new ways of doing things

PATHWAYS

Pathway options provide an insight into different business careers and help you to develop appropriate knowledge and skills to transition into professional work. If you choose a pathway, this will be named in your final degree award e.g. BA (Hons) Business Management (Marketing). We have six pathway options available:

Economics

• Year 2 modules: Resource Management and Decision Making (20 credits) and Economics Analysis (20 credits)
• Final year modules: Games in Business and Politics (20 credits) and International Economic Policy Analysis (20 credits)

Entrepreneurship

• Year 2 modules: Issues in Small Business Entrepreneurship (20 credits) and Creativity and Feasibility (20 credits)
• Final year modules: Entrepreneurial Strategy (20 credits) and Business Planning (20 credits)

Finance

• Year 2 modules: Financial Environment (20 credits) and Financial Statements and Systems (20 credits)
• Final year modules: Financial Strategy (20 credits) and International Money and Finance (20 credits)

Human Resource Management

• Year 2 modules: Managing Human Resources (20 credits) and Value Creation in HRM (20 credits)
• Final year modules: Strategic HRM (20 credits) and Sustainable and Ethical People Practices (20 credits)

Law

• Year 2 modules: Introduction to Business Law (20 credits) and Business Law in Context (20 credits)
• Final year modules: Business Law in Practice (20 credits) and Dispute Resolution (20 credits)

Marketing

• Year 2 modules: Tactical and Strategic Marketing (20 credits) and E-Marketing (20 credits)
• Final year modules: Global Marketing Consultancy (20 credits) and Consumerism and Sustainability (20 credits)

List of Modules

Stage 1

• Finance and Financial Systems
• Global Business in Context
• The Digital Professional
• Work, Business and Change
• Consumers, Markets and Entrepreneurs

Stage 2

• Data for Decision Making
• Research, Trends and Professional Directions
• Strategy and Agility
• Sustainable Business Practices
• Global Megatrends and Business
• Managing Human Resources

Stage 3

• Business Continuity and Risk Management
• Global Business and Investment
• Business Futures
• Business Dissertation
• Business Challenge Project
• Leadership Skills for Social Impact

* Scholarships available for international  students.