Business Management (Economics) (Honours) The Open University UK

Overview

Troughout this Business Management (Economics) (Honours) BA from The Open University UK, on completion you will be equipped with the necessary skills to use and apply economic principles and theories to workplace and global environments, and will acquire a wide range of transferable management skills.

Key facts

• Develops your ability to apply and evaluate theories and techniques in economics

• Explores and analyses the interdisciplinary nature of business management, and the role of economics in shaping business and global decisions

• Helps you relate your studies to your own experience

• Equips you for a wide range of employment opportunities across all sectors

Skills for career development

This degree course will help you develop a broad set of skills that are of high value to employers, including the ability to:

• understand key business functions such as marketing, human resources, information management, accounting and finance, and operations in their wider organisational and social context

• put together reasoned arguments and question assumptions

• draw together, analyse and critically evaluate information

• understand the nature of leadership skills and behaviours within organisations

• communicate effectively, clearly and accurately with others

• use ICT to research, identify and present information

• manage time and take responsibility for your own personal development.

Career opportunities:

• middle and senior management positions across all sectors

• advertising and marketing

• accountancy

• human resources

• banking, including investment banking

• sales and retail

• management consultancy

• business journalism

• transport and logistics.

Accreditation

The Open University Business School is one of the few institutions worldwide that are triple-accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS), and Association of MBAs (AMBA).