SECTION ONE: General Information 3
SECTION TWO: Overview 4
Overview of the Programme 4
Programme Aims 4
SECTION THREE: Programme Learning Outcomes 5
For the award of Bachelors Degree Science in Business and Management, learners must be able to: 5
Knowledge and Understanding 5
Intellectual Skills 5
Practical and Subject Specific Skills 6
Transferable Skills 6
For the award of Diploma in Higher Education in Business and Management, learners must be able to: 6
Knowledge and Understanding 6
Intellectual Skills 6
Practical and Subject Specific Skills 7
Transferable Skills 7
For the award of Certificate in Higher Education in Business and Management, learners must be able to: 7
Knowledge and Understanding 7
Intellectual Skills 7
Practical and Subject Specific Skills 8
Transferable Skills 8
SECTION FOUR: Programme Structure & Curriculum 8
Personal Development Planning (PDP) 9
SECTION FIVE: Learning & Teaching 11
SECTION SIX: Assessment 12
Statement of Ethics 13
SECTION SEVEN: Admission 13
Entry Requirements 13
SECTION EIGHT: Student Support & Guidance 14
Module Support 14
SECTION NINE: Post Programme Opportunities 14
SECTION TEN: Employer Links 14
Curriculum Map – Level 4 15
Curriculum Map – Level 5 17
Curriculum Map – Level 6 19
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SECTION ONE: General Information
Programme Title
BSc (Hons) Business and Management
BSc (Hons) Business and Management (top up)
Approval of Specification
June 2015
Award Title and Interim Awards
Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Business and Management
Diploma of Higher Education in Business and Management
Certificate of Higher Education in Business and Management
Mode of Study
Online Distance Learning
Programme Start Date and Period of Validation
September 2015
Indefinite validation (subject to Periodic Review)
Awarding Institution
University of Derby
College Managing the Programme
University of Derby Online Learning
Institution(s) Delivering the Programme
University of Derby
Relevant External Subject Benchmark Statement(s)
Business and Management (2015)
External Accreditation/Recognition
Chartered Management Institute (pending)
JACS Code(s)
N100
SECTION TWO: Overview
Overview of the Programme
The programme is designed for learners who wish to pursue an enterprising business and management course to gain employment, enhance your career or achieve a qualification that recognises your experience. The programme allows you to study at your own pace, in any location, using innovative technologies. You will collaborate with likeminded professionals to debate key concepts and tackle real world problems in business, management and related fields. The programme is designed to give you more confidence in your ability to deal with complex situations, lead a team and communicate effectively via written reports and presentations.
In addition to providing contemporary subject knowledge in Business and Management, the programme develops the critical skills demanded by employers:
· Information literacy and Digital literacy skills - the ability to produce work ready solutions to complex problems
· Learning, team working and innovation skills - Creativity, Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration
· Consciousness of multiple worldviews, cross- cultural awareness, global citizenship
· Life, Career and inter-disciplinary Professional skills, self-direction and adaptability to change.
This intensive focus on 21st Century skills development will prepare you for the diverse types of roles at the operational and middle management level in the private, public and voluntary sectors, as well as those within Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) or self-employed.
Programme Aims
The generic aims have been derived from the business and management programmes listed in the QAA Subject benchmark statements: General Business and Management (2007).
1. Study of organizations, their management and the changing external environment in which they operate
2. Preparation for and development of a career in business and management
3. Enhancement of lifelong learning skills and personal development to contribute to society at large.
The aims for the BSc 9Hons) in Business and Management programme, derived from these three core guidelines are:
a) To prepare learners for a career in business and management anywhere in the world in an ever changing business and social environment.
b) To provide a challenging, integrated programme of study that equips learners with a sound general knowledge of businesses, their management and the global environments in which they operate.
c) To provide learners with long term perspective with regard to strategic management (at both a micro and macro level) and informed decision making enabling learners to leave the programme with an excellent portfolio of practical and academic skills;
d) To provide a learning environment that supports global professional networking and sharing of practice;
e) To produce graduates who can be creative, innovative and dynamic in their work;
f) To progressively develop cognitive, intellectual and practical skills within a relevant business and management context.
g) To progressively develop transferable 21st Century graduate skills as a foundation for lifelong learning.
h) To engage learners in applied work based learning
i) To recognise prior experience and learning thus enabling learners to validate previous experience;
SECTION THREE: Programme Learning Outcomes
Programme learning outcomes describe what the learner should know and be able to do by the end of the course. The Learning Outcomes for BSc Business and Management are based upon QAA Benchmark statements for General Business and Management (2015) and the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications.
Upon completion of this BSc programme, learners should have gained:
1. A broad understanding of the knowledge base and a critical awareness of current problems and developments with business and management disciplines.
2. The ability to research, analyse and critically evaluate business concepts, theories & techniques.
3. An awareness of the holistic nature of all business operations and the confidence to evaluate the strategic position and options of an organisation
4. Exposure to the global business environment within the context of an ethical framework
5. The commitment to continue to advance their knowledge and understanding of business and management, and to develop new skills to a high level for continuing professional development.
6. The qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment within the business and management profession requiring the exercise of initiative and personal responsibility.
For the award of Bachelors Degree Science in Business and Management, learners must be able to:
Knowledge and Understanding
· Challenge current issues and thinking within business and management, both systematically and creatively, to improve their current practice
· Critically evaluate the external business environment, appreciating the dynamic and changing nature of global business and its effects on the strategy, behavior, management and sustainability of organisations
· Demonstrate knowledge, understanding and application of risk management and the legal, ethical and regulatory frameworks in which a global organisation operates
· Critique the inter-relationship between the major functions and processes of business within global contexts
· Assess and apply theories and concepts which are used to understand management and leadership from a range of critical perspectives
Intellectual Skills
· Critically evaluate paradigms, theories, principles, concepts, factual information, and apply such skills to them to solve problems
· Execute and communicate a sustained piece of independent intellectual work which provides evidence of critical engagement with, and interpretation of, appropriate data
· Critically analyse data and apply knowledge to the solution of familiar and unfamiliar business problems
· Critically interpret business and management scenarios to make strategic and creative decisions and solve dynamic problems in collaborative environments
· Demonstrate critical awareness of the multi-cultural, national and international contexts and differing business organisations
Practical and Subject Specific Skills
· Possess the skills to critically analyse, write and communicate business proposals, plans and other media to recognise and meet the needs of specific stakeholders
· Critically appraise and apply models, theories and frameworks to improve performance in applied business and management situations
· Optimise and manage resources, including human, financial and technical resources
· Conduct research into business and management issues
· Act entrepreneurially to generate creative ideas/concepts, proposals, solutions to meet the needs of stakeholders
Transferable Skills
· Demonstrate numeracy and quantitative skills including modelling business situations
· Work effectively independently and with others
· Demonstrate effective communication and presentation skills
· Take and demonstrate responsibility for their own learning and continuing personal and professional development
· Demonstrate Information literacy and Digital literacy skills
For the award of Diploma in Higher Education in Business and Management, learners must be able to:
Knowledge and Understanding
· Investigate current issues and thinking within business and management to improve their current practice
· Evaluate the external business environment, appreciating the dynamic and changing nature of global business and its effects on the strategy, behavior, management and sustainability of organisations
· Demonstrate knowledge, understanding and application of risk management and the legal, ethical and regulatory frameworks in which a global organisation operates
· Assess the inter-relationship between the major functions and processes of business within global contexts
· Explain theories and concepts which are used to understand management and leadership from a range of critical perspectives
Intellectual Skills
· Research and apply paradigms, theories, principles, concepts, factual information, and apply such skills to them to solve problems
· Analyse data and apply knowledge to the solution of familiar and unfamiliar business problems
· Assess business and management scenarios to make creative decisions and solve dynamic problems in collaborative environments
· Demonstrate awareness of the multi-cultural, national and international contexts and differing business organisations
Practical and Subject Specific Skills
· Possess the skills to analyse, write and communicate business proposals, plans and other media to recognise and meet the needs of specific stakeholders
· Appraise and apply models, theories and frameworks to improve performance in applied business and management situations
· Assess and manage resources, including human, financial and technical resources
· Conduct research into business and management issues
· Act entrepreneurially to generate creative ideas/concepts, proposals, solutions to meet the needs of stakeholders
Transferable Skills
· Demonstrate numeracy and quantitative skills including modelling business situations
· Work effectively independently and with others
· Demonstrate effective communication and presentation skills
· Take and demonstrate responsibility for their own learning and continuing personal and professional development
· Demonstrate Information literacy and Digital literacy skills
For the award of Certificate in Higher Education in Business and Management, learners must be able to:
Knowledge and Understanding
· Discuss current issues and thinking within business and management
· Discuss the external business environment, appreciating the dynamic and changing nature of global business
· Demonstrate knowledge, understanding and application of risk management and the legal, ethical and regulatory frameworks in which a global organisation operates
· Discuss the inter-relationship between the major functions and processes of business within global contexts
· Explain theories and concepts which are used to understand management and leadership from a range of perspectives
Intellectual Skills
· Explore principles, concepts, factual information, and apply such skills to them to solve problems
· Review data and apply knowledge to the solution of familiar and unfamiliar business problems
· Explore business and management scenarios to make creative decisions and solve dynamic problems in collaborative environments
· Demonstrate basic awareness of the multi-cultural, national and international contexts and differing business organisations
Practical and Subject Specific Skills
· Possess the skills to communicate business proposals, plans and other media to recognise and meet the needs of specific stakeholders
· Discuss models, theories and frameworks and apply them to business and management situations
· Explain the management of resources, including human, financial and technical resources
· Conduct research into business and management issues
· Act entrepreneurially to generate creative ideas/concepts, proposals, solutions to meet the needs of stakeholders
Transferable Skills
· Demonstrate numeracy and quantitative skills including modelling business situations
· Work effectively independently and with others
· Demonstrate effective communication and presentation skills
· Take and demonstrate responsibility for their own learning and continuing personal and professional development
· Demonstrate Information literacy and Digital literacy skills
SECTION FOUR: Programme Structure & Curriculum
The programme is modular in structure and you may elect to complete the full BSc (Hons) in Business and Management or the BSc (Hons) in Business and Management (top up) if you have the eligibility to join the programme in the final stage.
The programme is structured so that the programme outcomes are addressed systematically throughout the programme.
Key
C = Core – You must pass this module
P = Prescribed - You must attempt this module
O = Optional – You may choose to take this module
Students must complete 120 credits to pass each stage. For the BSc (Hons) in Business and Management (top up) learners must pass 120 credits at Level 6 / Stage 3.
When viewed holistically the programme contains a combination of all the learning design types that specifically reflect the nature of online learning. These are identified in the module specifications as:
· Self-paced, supported online learning (S)
· Portfolio-based, reflective online learning (P)
· Combination of Self-paced, supported online learning and Collaborative online learning (SC)
· Combination of Self-paced, supported online learning and Portfolio-based, reflective online learning (SP)
Personal Development Planning (PDP)
PDP for work-based learners provides a unique opportunity to support you on your journey within higher education. You will need to use and apply a range of theoretical tools and models to your workplace context throughout the learning journey. The programme ensures that you reflect on your personal brand and highlights areas for personal and professional development that are then explored further throughout the programme.
Drawing on the model and range of graduate skills identified by Jackson, Sibson and Riebe (2013), these are grouped and mapped against each learning design type to ensure that you have the opportunity to develop all of them within your programme.