Business Management 

Overview

Taking a practical approach that’s grounded in your own experience, you’ll be introduced to the essentials of business and management, the context in which a business operates, and its common aims and characteristics. You’ll also encounter work-based learning issues that are particularly relevant to your current role. 

Key features of the Business Management from The Open University UK

• Tailor your study according to your interests and professional needs

• Choose a broad study of business or focus on either leadership practice, accounting, economics, innovation and enterprise or marketing 

• Optional modules include communication skills, personal finance or mathematics 

• Builds a solid foundation for further study

Career relevance

The skills and knowledge you’ll develop by studying this qualification 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

• human resources

• banking, including investment banking

• sales and retail

• management consultancy

• business journalism

• transport and logistics.