BA (honores) en gestión empresarial

Knowledge and understanding

On completion of this degree, you will be able to demonstrate:

• Knowledge and critical understanding of the main concepts, theories and principles associated with business management
• Systematic knowledge and understanding in one or more of the following specialisms, and the role they play in enhancing knowledge and practical skills in business management: accounting, economics, innovation and enterprise, leadership practice, and marketing.

Cognitive skills

On completion of this degree, you will be able to:

• Synthesise, critically evaluate and challenge information, arguments and assumptions from different sources, including current research and scholarship, by the theories, concepts and principles of business management
• Select and apply your knowledge and understanding to a wide range of the principal professional skills, techniques, practices and/or materials associated with business management, including in contexts with a degree of unpredictability and/or specialism
• Appreciate the potential uncertainty, ambiguity and limits of knowledge in business management
• Select and use accurately established techniques of analysis and enquiry outside the context in which they were first studied and be aware of their limitations.

Practical and professional skills

On completion of this degree, you will be able to:

• Critically engage, as appropriate, with practical and professional skills and demonstrate an awareness of relevant responsible and ethical issues in business management.
• Regularly review the current situation and future personal development, career and work options, and develop strategies to address factors that may limit choices
• Recognise the importance of developing both technical and non-technical skills and of learning from feedback and self-reflection
• Plan, monitor and evaluate your learning and seek ways to improve your performance, and potentially, your career prospects.

Key skills

On completion of this degree, you will be able to:

• Identify, interpret and solve complex problems appropriate to business management.
• Reflect on the appropriateness and effectiveness of the problem-solving processes used and identify some key principles which may be relevant in future situations.
• Use a combination of formal, logical planning processes and an understanding of context to identify relevant information and risks and be able to identify alternative strategies and resources
• Present or communicate, formally or informally, information about specialised topics in a way which is appropriate to your purpose and audience and which encourages the sharing of ideas and different perspectives
• Communicate with peers, experts and /or senior colleagues on an academic/professional level
• Collaborate with others to achieve joint outcomes, play an active role in facilitating effective group interaction, influence and/or lead as appropriate
• Create, use, share and repurpose digital content as appropriate to business management adopting a responsible and ethical approach
• Demonstrate the ability to independently find, critically evaluate and use a wide range of information, data or tools accurately in complex contexts
• Adopt a wide range of numerical skills and digital practices (including the use of tools/resources), as appropriate to business management
• Demonstrate an understanding of academic language and literacy practices to effectively engage with the academic knowledge and skills of OU level 3 study.

This degree has three stages, each comprising 120 credits.

Estudiarás un módulo de introducción a los negocios y la gestión de créditos. A partir de entonces, para los 0 créditos restantes, puede continuar con un estudio amplio de negocios o elegir uno entre una variedad de rutas especializadas.

Stage 1 (120 credits)

You'll study the following:

• An introduction to business and management (B100)

Un amplio estudio de la gestión empresarial; Ciencias económicas; Innovación y emprendimiento; Práctica de liderazgo; y rutas de marketing

Completarás la Etapa 1 con créditos de:

• Communication skills for business and management (LB170)
• Design thinking: creativity for the 21st century (U101)
• Discovering mathematics (MU123)
• Economics in Context (DD126)
• Fundamentals of Accounting (B124)
• Introducing statistics (M140)
• Hacer que tu aprendizaje cuente (YXM1)
• You and your money (DB125)
• Business data analytics and decision making (B126)

Ruta contable

Estudiarás lo siguiente:

• Fundamentals of Accounting (B124)

You’ll also choose one from:

• You and your money (DB125)
• Business data analytics and decision making (B126)

Stages 2 and 3 (240 credits)

Un amplio estudio de la gestión empresarial.

Etapa 2 (120 créditos)

Comenzarás la Etapa 2 con:

• Shaping business opportunities (B207)

También podrás elegir créditos de:

• Developing leadership (B208)
• Derecho empresarial (B251)
• Economics in Practice (DD226)
• Exploring innovation and entrepreneurship (B205)
• Financial accounting in context (B293)
• Financial analysis and decision making (B294)
• Essential economics: macro and micro perspectives (D217)
• Understanding customers (B206)

Etapa 3 (120 créditos)

You'll start Stage 3 with:

• Dirección estratégica (B2)

Completarás tu carrera con créditos elegidos entre:

• Creating futures: sustainable enterprise and innovation (B327)
• Haciendo economía: personas, mercados y políticas (DD9)
• Leadership in a changing world (B329)
• Management accounting and international finance (B391)
• Marketing in action (B328)

Accounting

Stage 2 (120 credits)

• Shaping business opportunities (B207)
• Financial accounting in context (B293)
• Financial analysis and decision making (B294)

Stage 3 (120 credits)

• Dirección estratégica (B2)
• Management accounting and international finance (B391)

You’ll choose one from:

• Creating futures: sustainable enterprise and innovation (B327)
• Leadership in a changing world (B329)
• Marketing in action (B328)

Economics

Stage 2 (120 credits)

• Shaping business opportunities (B207)
• Essential economics: macro and micro perspectives (D217)

Stage 3 (120 credits)

• Dirección estratégica (B2)
• Haciendo economía: personas, mercados y políticas (DD9)

Innovation and enterprise

Stage 2 (120 credits)

• Shaping business opportunities (B207)
• Exploring innovation and entrepreneurship (B205)

Stage 3 (120 credits)

• Dirección estratégica (B2)
• Creating futures: sustainable enterprise and innovation (B327)

You’ll choose one from:

• Leadership in a changing world (B329)
• Marketing in action (B328)

práctica de liderazgo

Stage 2 (120 credits)

• Shaping business opportunities (B207)
• Developing leadership (B208)

Stage 3 (120 credits)

• Dirección estratégica (B2)

Completarás tu carrera con créditos elegidos entre:

• Creating futures: sustainable enterprise and innovation (B327)
• Leadership in a changing world (B329)
• Management accounting and international finance (B391)
• Marketing in action (B328)

Marketing

Stage 2 (120 credits)

• Shaping business opportunities (B207)
• Understanding customers (B206)

Stage 3 (120 credits)

• Dirección estratégica (B2)
• Marketing in action (B328)

You’ll choose one from:

• Creating futures: sustainable enterprise and innovation (B327)
• Leadership in a changing world (B329)
• Management accounting and international finance (B391)

Assessment

Our assessments are all designed to reinforce your learning and help you show your understanding of the topics. The mix of assessment methods will vary between modules.

Computer-Marked Assignments

• Usually, a series of online, multiple-choice questions.

Tutor-Marked Assignments

• You’ll have a number of these throughout each module, each with a submission deadline.
• They can be made up of essays, questions, experiments or something else to test your understanding of what you have learned.
• Your tutor will mark and return them to you with detailed feedback.

End-of-Module Assessments

• The final, marked piece of work on most modules.
• Modules with an end-of-module assessment won’t usually have an exam.

Exams

• Some modules end with an exam. You’ll be given time to revise and prepare.
• You’ll be given your exam date at least 5 months in advance.
• Most exams take place remotely, and you will complete them at home or an alternative location.
• If a module requires you to take a face-to-face exam, this will be made clear in the module description, and you will be required to take your exam in person at one of our exam centres.