Business Management and Finance - BA (Hons)

Sheffield Hallam University

**Please check the Sheffield Hallam University website for the latest information****Course summary**- Build your academic skills, gaining confidence in independent and creative thinking.- Work in diverse teams, learning about academic writing, critical analysis, and data sources.- Develop specialist interests and explore sector-specific modules ready for the full degree.- Explore theory and practice, as well as ethical and cultural elements of Business Management.Develop knowledge of and apply a variety of business management and finance theories and principles, forming a good understanding of what makes a successful business. You will develop skills as a team player and gain up to date knowledge of how managers work to achieve organisational objectives.Sheffield Business School accreditation:Sheffield Business School is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and has been awarded the Business School Impact System label by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD).**How you learn**Your teaching team are professionally qualified industry experts and/or active academic researchers who will, from the very beginning explore contemporary practice within your discipline area. This course is also highly practical as you will engage in real-world applied business projects at every level of your degree. You will also be supported to gain a year-long work placement in industry. This is to enable you to develop the skills, knowledge and experience you will need for your future as a highly skilled business manager. You will learn through:Real-world global application is deeply rooted in all our teaching and how we apply this in our teaching will vary across the course. You will learn in large and small groups, on campus and online and will experience: - opportunities to engage with the external world - problem-solving exercises - class discussions/debates - presentations by subject matter experts and peers - group activities - independent study**Applied learning**Your teaching team are professionally qualified industry experts and/or active academic researchers who will, from the very beginning explore contemporary practice within your discipline area. This course is also highly practical as you will engage in real-world applied business projects at every level of your degree. You will also be supported to gain a year-long work placement in industry. This is to enable you to develop the skills, knowledge and experience you will need for your future as a highly skilled business manager.A unique feature of the course is that it will be fully approved by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM). Following validation of the course certain modules will be mapped to the ILM L5 Award in Leadership and Management. This will mean that upon successful completion you can gain associate (Assoc.) level of professional membership, preparing graduates for careers in the public, private and third sectors. Previous graduates of this course have gained roles at:Rolls RoyceNational GridIBMClipperTescoMcClarenCooperative BankCaterpillarAsdaBMWRoyal Bank of Scotland

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