Global Business Management (Top-Up), BSc (Hons)

Our BSc in Global Business Management (Top-Up Degree) provides a dynamic education for students with two years of undergraduate study or equivalent qualifications, such as a Higher National Diploma. This programme explores organisational management, strategies, and global environmental influences, promoting collaborative learning among diverse backgrounds with in-sessional support for an adaptable experience. It prepares graduates for international business careers and progression to postgraduate studies, like the MSc International Business.The curriculum focuses on strategic leadership, ethics, corporate social responsibility, sustainability, entrepreneurship, and innovation within a global context. It develops academic and professional skills, including project management, effective leadership, and strategies for organisational success, equipping students with theoretical knowledge and vocational abilities applicable to various business settings.

Our curriculum emphasises a range of strategic leadership and management perspectives, ensuring that students understand subject matter within the context of the global landscape. Contemporary issues such as ethics, corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainability, entrepreneurship, innovation, and digital communication/ marketing are at the core of our teaching. As well as developing an understanding of academic and professional skills, topics likely to be covered include understanding the importance of project and innovation management in business, developing the skills for effective leadership and implementing strategies to encourage organisational success in different climates. There is also a need for those in the business world to understand entrepreneurial and creative approaches to business whilst ensuring policies, regulations, and ethics are explored from a management and marketing standpoint. Ultimately, this degree provides students with theoretical knowledge relevant to the international world of business together with vocational skills which will enable them to apply their experience to a wide range of business contexts.