Bachelor Of Arts Business Management (Top-Up) by Edinburgh Napier University (PSB Academy)

This programme provides a coherent and vocationally relevant academic curriculum, designed to equip students for a career in business and management. This programme will allow students the opportunity to build on previous experience and develop skills and knowledge. Students will develop an understanding of the theories and concepts of business and management and the competences to apply them in practical business situations.

The challenging learning curriculum develops critical, analytical, creative and reflective approaches to business and its environment, further developing employability and leadership skills, enabling you to respond positively to future change within the business world.

On completion of the programme students will be well placed to seek employment with a wide range of employers. The international perspective developed through the materials will provide a background to better understand and succeed in the increasingly global environment faced by all organisations. The programme also provides students with a solid foundation to proceed to more specialist studies.

Aim & Objectives

• Communicate effectively
• Research information and present findings in a clear and logical manner
• Identify and apply appropriate analytical and problem solving skills
• Evaluate and reflect upon your individual performance and that of others
• Be able to work effectively as an independent learner

Knowledge and Understanding

• Evaluate organisations, their purposes, functions, processes, operations and management, and their cultures and behaviours.
• Assess both external and internal environments of organisations, and their effects on strategy, behaviour and management of organisations.
• Assess the various processes, procedures and practices for the efficient and effective management of organisations
• Demonstrate critical awareness of the role of rational analysis and other processes of managerial decision making.
• Understand and apply a range of contemporary business and management perspectives as they impact on organisations.