Business Management with Finance BA (Hons)

Why Business Management with Finance? Money often defines business success. Or in other words, profit, cash flow and investment. If you can understand how money talks, and the possibilities related to finance, you will have the knowledge and skills to help businesses gain a lead over their competitors. This course lets you develop specialist skills to be a manager and also to develop an understanding of the finance behind a business. You’ll have the opportunity to develop your ability to motivate and inspire a team of people to work towards a common goal. How will you learn? * You will learn through practical application and delivered lectures, workshops, seminars and group work sessions. * We aim to give you a thorough grounding in finance and business, and give you lots of chances to see how the theory works in the real world. * We’ll give you the opportunity to take a placement year, working in a business, either here in the UK or abroad. * We have close links with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and you’ll have the opportunity to achieve a CMI qualification in Management and Leadership through no additional study or assessment. * To help you go on to employment, you will also have the chance to take advice from our HR professionals. They could help you create CVs and portfolios, and work on your interview technique too. Previous students have gained experience with businesses such as Hewlett Packard, Lloyds Banking Group, ASDA, Coop Group, Cummins, L’Oreal, Virgin Media and Agricultural Bank of China. What subjects will you cover? To give you the chance to gain a better understanding of business and finance, the course covers key business topics. You’ll study financial and management accounting, corporate reporting and business ethics – all of which will give you the chance to understand how businesses can operate in a socially responsible and ethical way. And you can choose from a range of finance modules to build your specialist skills. For a business to be successful all the different functions need to operate effectively in conjunction with each other. By studying leadership, strategy, finance, human resources and marketing, our degrees in Business Management will provide you with the skills and knowledge to be a business leader of the future. We also study enterprise, creativity and corporate social responsibility should you want to set up your own business. In the final year you will be able to take option modules to gain a deeper insight into specialist subjects that interest you. All of our degrees offer the opportunity to spend a placement year in industry which is a fantastic opportunity to put your business skills into practice while still being a student. Due to the wide range of subjects studied on the course you will have lots of different career opportunities upon graduation. Former Business Management students have become sales executives, account managers, project managers, banking executives, human resource professionals and even a forensic accountant to name to just a few. ~ Ruth Brooks, Course LeaderProfessional links and accreditation: You can register with the Chartered Management Institute (http://www.managers.org.uk/) providing a further qualification and enhancing your CV through membership of a professional body. Upon successful completion of the course and after completing the registration, you’ll have the opportunity to achieve a CMI qualification in Management and Leadership through no additional study or assessment. Some exemptions also exist from Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) (https://www.accaglobal.com/gb/en/qualifications/accountancy-career/graduate.html) qualifications.This accreditation is reviewed on a regular basis.