Business Management and German 

Overview

You’ll divide your study equally between both subjects. You’ll explore how businesses develop strategies, handle risk and take decisions. You’ll see what’s involved in functions such as marketing, accounting and finance. Combining this with the study of a modern language opens doors to other cultures and communities, and can provide a key to the global workplace.

Key features of the Business Management and German certificate at The Open University UK

• Develops a broad understanding of business organisations and their key elements.

• Explores some wider considerations such as environments, markets and processes; and how these work together.

• Develops you into an independent user of German, reaching level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

• Develops broad knowledge of the cultures that speak German, and basic intercultural communication competence.

Career relevance

The skills and knowledge you’ll develop 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. Your understanding of another language and the cultures that use it, enhances that value – widening your opportunities in the international market. A qualification in business management with a language 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.

• Translation and interpreting.

• Editing and publishing.