Management

Three years full-time. Four years with work placement.

The BA (Hons) Management degree has been designed to help aspiring managers by providing a vocationally oriented programme of study for students seeking a career in management. The course focus is on management rather than general business studies. It places emphasis upon developing understanding of the different areas that management involves together with development of management skills including management communication, critical evaluation and organisational appraisal.

The course develops management skills alongside an understanding of management theory, principles and practice.

Stage one

Stage one provides an introduction to the theory and process of management and the management of human and financial resources. A wide range of designated modules is available including entrepreneurship, computing and business law.

Stage two

Stage two provides an opportunity to study the processes of work and organisations, project and operations management and strategic management. Skills developed at the first stage are further enhanced through a personal competence module and research skills are developed in preparation for the stage three project.project. As in stage one, designated modules provide the opportunity to study specialist areas of interest within Northampton Business School.

Stage three

The final stage provides an opportunity to adopt a critical perspective through the study of organisational change and differing perspectives on management. An optional work placement year is available prior to the final stage.

• Membership of the University Student Management Society
• Guest Lecturer Programme
• Option to study over 24 months involving taking a project module over the first summer vacation and completing the dissertation over the second in a two-year intensive degree

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Typical modules include:

• Accounting and Finance
• Critical Perspectives on Managing
• Cross-Cultural Management
• Information Systems
• Managing Human Resources
• Management of Opportunity
• New Ventures
• Operations Management
• Organisation Change
• Strategic Business Analysis

A variety of individual and group assessments, which may involve a personal development journal, learning logs, written reports, presentations, portfolios and end-of-year exams.

The aim is to produce graduates with high employability as general and specialist managers in a range of organisations, including profit-seeking, not-for-profit and governmental organisations. The achievement of this degree can lead on to further study such as Certificate/Diploma in Management Studies or an MA or MBA. All of these courses are offered by The University of Northampton.