Middlesex University London - Business Management (1 year top-up) BA

Middlesex University London

Business Management (1 year top-up) BA

This versatile business management degree allows you to shape your studies toward your career ambitions. You'll have the space to develop your skills, knowledge, and experience to become a successful business manager in a variety of industries.

Why study BA Business Management (1-year top-up) at Middlesex University?

This innovates 1-year top-up degree has been tailored for ambitious students who want to apply theory to practice in a business environment. You'll be taught and supported by expert tutors who bring professional experience to their teaching practices.

You'll study the key functions that underpin business success and develop an understanding of how organizations operate from developing a strategy to management styles. You'll learn to work effectively in teams and be able to present and communicate business management ideas with confidence. We also ensure you develop specialist knowledge in:

  • Stakeholder expectations and behavior
  • The environment of business and its impact on strategy
  • Design, production, and distribution of products and services
  • Business resources including acquisition, application, and control
  • Business processes such as planning, improvement, and control.

You'll gain a wide range of transferable skills and upon graduation, you'll be fully prepared for an exciting career in business and management. You'll be able to demonstrate to companies and organizations that you have the expert business knowledge and can apply analytical and problem-solving skills, with the professional acumen to deal with challenges in a fast-paced corporate world. You would also be well placed to continue into further study with a master's degree or even start your own business

Entry Requirements

  • 240 UG credits in a Business or equivalent based degree/HND
  • GCSE English and Maths with a minimum of Grade C are required
  • Applications from mature candidates without formal qualifications are welcomed provided they can demonstrate appropriate levels of relevant ability and experience
  • IELTS 6.0 (with minimum 5.5 in all components).

Career Prospects

This degree prepares individuals for various roles in various industries, including Operations Manager, HR Consultant, Practice Manager, Housing Officer, Investment Banker, Sales Manager, Analyst, and Graduate Teaching Assistant. Employers include Manpower, Larkspur Training, SEI Investments, Foxtons, Next, William Hill, Sports Direct, Co-op, M&S, Waitrose, Chelsea FC, Chase Anderson, Southwark Council, Fitch Training, and Bank. The Employability Service offers workshops, events, and one-to-one support for job hunting, CVs, interviews, and networking. Additionally, the service supports part-time work, placements, internships, and volunteering opportunities.

Course Details

The BA Business Management (1 year top-up) course focuses on building effective business skills, understanding organizations, their functions, structure, and management, and studying their operations and models for successful results. The course includes two compulsory modules, the Entrepreneurship and Small Business module, and four optional modules, typically available at levels 5 and 6, to tailor studies to individual interests. Optional modules may not be offered on every course, and students will be advised after the selection period or at the earliest time the programme team decides not to run the module.
The BA Business Management (1 year top-up) is taught through a practice-based approach, allowing students to enhance their knowledge and skills while adapting to an ever-changing environment. The Business Start-up module links real-life issues to business while engaging with entrepreneurs and industry experts. Practical business management skills are honed through workshops, simulations, role-play, case study analysis, and problem-solving exercises. Students are expected to continue their own learning through reading relevant texts, journals, lectures, seminars, and talks with guest speakers.
Assessment is conducted through tests, essays, written assignments, presentations, and practice-based individual and group coursework assignments, with regular feedback provided on students' work.

Course Modules

Core Modules
Strategic Management (30 credits)
Workforce Management (15 credits)
Professional Communication (15 credits)
Choose one of the following optional modules
Innovation Management (30 credits)
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (30 credits)
Business Start-Up (30 credits)
Principles of Project Management (30 credits)
Global Supply Chain Management (30 credits)
Business Game (30 credits)
Research Project (30 credits)
Consulting in Organisations (30 credits)
Choose one of the following optional modules
Leadership (15 credits)
Coaching and Mentoring (15 credits)
Business Ethics (15 credits)
Sustainable Business (15 credits)
Services Marketing Management (15 credits)
Choose one of the following optional modules
Strategic Management Accounting (15 credits)
Entrepreneurial Finance (15 credits)
Organisational Change (15 credits)
Business Analytics (15 credits)
Managing Business in Asia (15 credits)

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