Business Management and German (Honours) The Open University UK

Overview

Within this Business Management and German (Honours) BA degreefrom The Open University UK you'll learn what’s involved in functions such as marketing, accounting and finance.

Combining this with the study of German opens doors to German-speaking cultures and communities, and can provide a key to the global workplace. There’s also an opportunity to spend a week in Germany to help you develop proficiency and understanding in German.

Key facts

• Develops your understanding of business organisations and their key elements.
• Explores wider considerations such as environments, markets and processes, and how they work together.
• Develops you into a proficient user of German, reaching level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
• Develops advanced knowledge of cultures that use German, and intercultural communication competence.

• Offers the option of a week in Germany (or online alternative).

Career opportunities:

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.