Award in Business Management and Study Skills

An Award in Business Management and Study Skills program consists of 60 ECTS credits and 120 UK Credits.

The Award in Business Management and Study Skills consists of 6 compulsory 10 ECTS modules:

1. Developing Academic Skills - Focuses on equipping students with academic literacy skills for higher education, including academic writing, research, and presentation skills
2. Understanding Business and Organisations - Provides an introductory understanding of different business models, management functions, and the business environment
3. Communication and Digital Literacy Skills - Develops students' communication skills for professional contexts and digital literacy for the modern workplace
4. Wellbeing in the Workplace - Explores how workplace practices impact employee wellbeing and how to promote wellbeing
5. Effective Study and Career Planning - Helps students develop self-awareness, study skills, and career planning for higher education and beyond
6. Business Project - Introduces students to project management principles and skills in a business context
7. The overall curriculum aims to provide a well-rounded foundation in academic, business, and professional skills to prepare students for further studies and careers.

Award in Business, Management and Study Skills; Pre-Tertiary Certificate in Business, Management and Study Skills. MQRIC Accredited Status is Accredited.

The learner will be able to:

• Describe different types of business and identify different approaches to management in international and global contexts
• Understand and appreciate business and management in international/global organizations (public, private, and voluntary)
• Describe and identify different theories, concepts, and ideas in business and management
• Identify different types of business organizations including private, public, and voluntary
• Identify the importance of project management from inception, implementation, and completion in different types of businesses and through developing own project
• Understand, demonstrate, and improve upon a range of academic and writing skills necessary to study effectively in higher education
• Identify study practices and personal qualities and attributes, necessary for progression to higher education
• Identify career aspirations and develop a written career plan
• Identify communication and digital skills, including e-business and digitalization, required to support studies and learning in business and management.

This programme is designed to prepare students for a wide range of occupations in general management across all industry sectors and the international environment. This course is also designed to provide progression to an honours degree programme in business and management or related subjects.

Assessment will be through a range of different types of coursework, including essays, case studies, group and individual presentations, posters, teamwork, project proposals, and a project report.

Continual and summative approaches to assessment will be employed. Continual assessment tasks will be used in all modules and will be aimed at supporting students in understanding and preparing for the assignments. In this way, students with different learning styles and abilities will be able to gain a good understanding of the requirements and be confident on their journey to their finals.

Briefs will be set for each of the final assignments required by each of the modules in this program. These will set out the learning outcomes being assessed, appropriate material, context, etc. Suggested reading will include book chapters, published articles, weblinks to companies, and case studies, as appropriate. Each assignment brief will include marking/grading criteria so that participants have a clear understanding of what is required to pass the assessment and what is required to achieve higher grades. Grading of a participant’s assessment will be made using the pass, merit, distinction, and fail criteria common to MQF/EQF Level 4 programs.

Feedback will be provided to each student on their assessed work identifying both areas of strength and areas that could be improved. Where a fail grade is awarded the student will receive detailed feedback on the reasons for awarding such a grade and the areas that would need to be addressed for improvement.

Duration: One year full-time; Eighteen months part-time
Mode of Delivery: Face-to-face learning and Online