BA (Hons) Management and Business

BA (Hons) Business Studies

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Key facts

One year full time or two years part time, Higher Education course

UCAS Apply Codes - Pembrokeshire College -P35, Course Code -NN21, Short course title - BA/MB1

Course overview

This course aims to enhance career potential and employability in the areas of business and management by developing a critical awareness and appreciation of contemporary business issues.

What you could do after this course

This degree has been designed to meet the needs of graduates entering the world of business. It will not only equip you with the essential business skills to analyse and interpret the changing world of business but also gives you the confidence to make decisions based upon that analysis. Graduates will be well-prepared to enter a wide range of business careers and to make the most of postgraduate training programmes.

Entry requirements

A relevant HND ideally with a merit profile or a relevant HNC and Foundation Degree
Relevant training and experience equivalent to NVQ Level 4
Entry is normally subject to interview.
For mature applicants - Direct admissions to programmes for applicants who have been out of full time education for more than two years will be considered based on previous learning or experience. Each application will be considered on individual merit. We recommend an interview with one of our Careers Advisers before submitting your application.

What you will learn

This course aims to build on the knowledge and skills acquired by students on an HND or equivalent. The course is franchised from the University of Glamorgan Business School. Students may study full time for one year, by taking all of the following six modules. Alternatively, it is possible to study part time for two years by taking three modules per year.

Modules studied include:

Year One

Business Strategy: How can a business develop a competitive edge and retain it over time? In a world which is increasingly turbulent and unpredictable, sustaining a successful business means following the right strategy. This module equips students with the strategists toolkit of essential techniques and encourages a critical understanding of how they can be used. It also introduces a range of the latest developments in this area and asks how managers can harness them successfully.
Starting a new venture: Introduction to the challenges involved in starting, developing and maintaining a new venture. Much of the content is also relevant to larger organisations wishing to develop entrepreneurial skills in their staff.
Contemporary Issues in Tourism: This module is designed to allow participants to respond to a dynamic and fast-changing industry. Participants will identify challenges to the growth of the tourism industry and analyse industry responses to current trends. Some of the key contemporary agendas that are currently most relevant to tourism include the ethical and sustainable development of tourism, globalisation, tourism and land use conflict, crime and terrorism. Participants will also investigate the impact of heritage and culture, upon tourism. Key concepts such as supply, demand, conservation, politics and authenticity will be explored. This will provide participants with an opportunity to explore the importance of heritage and culture and how they create a sustainable tourism product for present and future generations.

Year Two

Organisational Learning and Development: An exploration of the nature of alternative organisational structures. The module considers the components required to facilitate and advance learning within organisations. Thereby, looking at techniques that managers can use to foster and enhance a learning environment at work order to achieve competitive advantage.
Research Project: Integrates the learning undertaken in other modules enabling students to develop advanced research skills and to implement them in a business context. Students also undertake professional development through the experience of reflective practice.

International Issues in Management and Employee Relations: This module studies the increasingly important and complex area of international business, in which the balance of power is tilting towards the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China) and focuses on three main themes. The first is globalization – what is it, what is causing it, what are the benefits and costs? The second is the rise of global companies. What is causing multinational company growth, and what are the management issues involved in running a business across national borders. Should we be concerned about the dominance of large corporations and to what extent is the success of these businesses determined by their country of origin? The third involves International Human Resource Management - the ways in which employees are managed in different countries. Are multinational companies exploiting workforces, particularly in poor countries, or are they engines of prosperity and development spreading good practice across the world?

How you will learn

Lectures and seminars
Individual and small group research
Case studies from local, national and global organisations
Links with managers in a range of organisations

Benefits of studying at Pembrokeshire College

A critical understanding of a broad range of contemporary debates in management and business
Understanding of analytical techniques suitable for management decision making in a range of organisations
Development of independent research and problem solving skills forming the basis for professional career development and postgraduate study
The ability to produce persuasive and coherent verbal and written arguments