








How do businesses develop strategies, handle risk and take decisions? What’s involved in functions such as human resources management, marketing, accounting and finance? This innovative diploma is firmly rooted in your own experience. You’ll investigate how organisations think and work, how they’re managed, and the external world in which they operate. You can focus entirely on business management, or choose to specialise within the subject areas of accounting, economics, leadership practice, innovation and enterprise or marketing.
**Key features of the course**
How do businesses develop strategies, handle risk and take decisions? What’s involved in functions such as human resources management, marketing, accounting and finance? This innovative diploma is firmly rooted in your own experience. You’ll investigate how organisations think and work, how they’re managed, and the external world in which they operate. You can focus entirely on business management, or choose to specialise within the subject areas of accounting, economics, leadership practice, innovation and enterprise or marketing.<br/><br/>**Key features of the course**<br/><br/><br/>- Develops your understanding of business organisations and their key elements<br/><br/><br/>- Explores wider considerations such as environments, markets and processes; and how all these work together<br/><br/><br/>- Helps you relate your studies to your own experience<br/><br/><br/>- Offers a choice of specialist routes<br/><br/><br/>- Equips you for a wide range of employment opportunities across all sectors<br/>
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Study Mode
Distance-online
Duration
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Start Date
10/2026
Campus
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Course Code
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Institution Code
O11
Points of Entry
Year 1
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