Management Studies / Science

Course summary

he business management course is designed to meet the current and future needs of students who want to develop their knowledge of business content, concepts and tools to assist with business decision-making. Future employees, business leaders, entrepreneurs or social entrepreneurs need to be confident, creative and compassionate as change agents for business in an increasingly interconnected global marketplace. The business management course is designed to encourage the development of these attributes. Through the exploration of four interdisciplinary concepts— creativity, change, ethics and sustainability— this course empowers students to explore these concepts from a business perspective. Business management focuses on business functions, management processes and decisionmaking in contemporary contexts of strategic uncertainty. Students examine how business decisions are influenced by factors that are internal and external to an organisation and how these decisions impact upon a range of internal and external stakeholders. Emphasis is placed on strategic decision-making and the operational business functions of human resource management, finance and accounts, marketing, and operations management. The business management course encourages the application of local, national and global examples to content and concepts; the internal assessment is an individual business research project that allows greater analysis and evaluation of content, concepts and context. Students can develop a deeper understanding of an organisation by studying its processes through the lenses of creativity, change, ethics and sustainability