Business Management (Accounting) (Honours), B.A.

Overview

At the end of the Business Management (Accounting) (Honours) programme from The Open University UK you will be equipped with the necessary skills to use and apply accounting techniques and concepts in the workplace, and receive accreditation by professional accounting bodies for some parts of their qualifications.

Key features of the course

• Develops your understanding of business organisations and their key elements

• Develops your ability to apply and evaluate financial and management accounting techniques and concepts

• 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 relevance

The skills and knowledge you’ll develop by studying this degree will equip you to follow a number of career paths, and are recognised by employers as having great value for work in management and business. A qualification in business management can lead to opportunities in a wide range of areas such as:

• 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.