Business Management.
The Business Management programme now has specialist pathways built within it. Students can choose to study one of the following three pathways:
1. Business Management.
2. Business Management -Financial Management Pathway.
3. Business Management - Management of Information Systems Pathway.
Most of the syllabuses within these Pathways are common units. The specialist Pathway units have been labelled as such below.
Diploma Level 4
Three Compulsory Units:
-Introduction to Business
-Introduction to Business Communication
-Introduction to Quantitative Methods
Plus One Optional Unit from:
-Introduction to Accounting (Business Management Pathway)
-Accounting for Financial Managers (Financial Management Pathway)
-Introduction to Management Information Systems (Management of Information Systems Pathway)
Higher Diploma Level 5
Six Compulsory Units:
-Financial Accounting
-Human Resource Management
-Marketing Policy, Planning and Communication
-Organisational Behaviour
-Quantitative Methods for Business Management
-The Business Environment
Plus Two Optional Units from:
-Managing the Customer Relationship (Business Management Pathway)
-Economics for Business (Business Management Pathway)
-Principles of Business Law (Business Management Pathway)
-Managerial Accounting (Business Management and Financial Management Pathways)
-Systems Management and Internal Financial Controls (Financial Management Pathway)
-Information Systems Applications for Business (Management of Information Systems Pathway)
-Information Systems Development (Management of Information Systems Pathway)
Graduate Diploma Level 6(Advance Diploma)
Three Compulsory Units:
-Corporate Strategy and Planning
-International Business Case Study
-Managing in Organisations
Plus Two Optional Units from:
-Strategic Human Resource Management (Business Management Pathway)
-Strategic Marketing Management (Business Management Pathway)
-Project Management (Business Management and Management of Information Systems Pathways)
-Corporate Finance (Business Management and Financial Management Pathways)
-International Business Finance and Planning (Financial Management Pathway)
-Information Systems for Strategic Management (Management of Information Systems Pathway)
Graduate Integrated Diploma Level 6
Nine Compulsory Units:
-Quantitative Methods for Business Management
-The Business Environment
-Financial Accounting
-Marketing Policy, Planning and Communication
-Organisational Behaviour
-Human Resource Management
-Corporate Strategy and Planning
-Managing in Organisations
-International Business Case Study
Plus Two Optional Units from Group A: (Business Information Systems Specialization)
-Managing the Customer Relationship (Business Management Pathway)
-Economics for Business (Business Management Pathway)
-Principles of Business Law (Business Management Pathway)
-Managerial Accounting (Business Management and Financial Management Pathways)
-Systems Management and Internal Financial Controls (Financial Management Pathway)
-Information Systems Applications for Business (Management of Information Systems Pathway)
-Information Systems Development (Management of Information Systems Pathway)
And Two Optional Units from Group B:(Finance Management Specialization)
-Strategic Human Resource Management (Business Management Pathway)
-Strategic Marketing Management (Business Management Pathway)
-Corporate Finance (Business Management and Financial Management Pathways)
-International Business Finance and Planning (Financial Management Pathway)
-Project Management (Business Management and Management of Information Systems Pathways)
-Information Systems for Strategic Management (Management of Information Systems Pathway)
Students must pass all the relevant optional units if they wish to complete the Financial Management or Management of Information Systems Pathways.
Diploma Level 7(PGDBM)
Five Compulsory Units:
Strategic Business Management and Planning
Management of Financial Resources and Performance
Leadership, Change and People Performance
Corporate Strategy, Governance and Ethics in the Global Environment
Research Methods and their Application to Marketing
