Comments about BA Business Management and Information Management - At the institution - Sheffield - South Yorkshire
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Objectives
This course gives you a good understanding of both management and information management. In the first year of studying management, you will learn the basics of management, including behaviour at work, management information systems, marketing, and operations management In the second and third years you will have the opportunity to study important areas of management like business strategy, consumer behaviour, corporate and social responsibility, human resource management and organisational behaviour.
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Entry requirements
-GCE/VCE A Levels - ABB -Two GCE A Levels plus two GCE AS Levels - AB+BB -Scottish Advanced / Highers - B/AAA -Irish Leaving Cert. - AABBB -BTEC Level N - 2 Distinctions and 1 Merit -International Baccalaureate - 33 points -Core Requirements - Grade B in Mathematics at GCSE A Level or equivalent -It is possible to gain direct entry into the second year, if places are available and if you have comparable qualifications to those entering their first year. You must have covered Level One material and have achieved a good standard.
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Academic title
Business Management and Information Management BA
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Course description
This is a list of modules that have been offered in the past. We expect similar modules to be offered for courses starting in 2009.
Typical First Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Information and Communication Networks in Organisations
-Introduction to Information Management
-Introduction to Behaviour at Work
-Introduction to Operations Management
-Principles of Marketing
-Introduction to Management Accounting
-Financial Accounting Introduction 1
-Financial Accounting Introduction 2
-Introductory Business Statistics A
-Introductory Business Statistics B
-Quantitative and IT Skills B
-Quantitative and Information Technology Skills A
Typical Second Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Information Management in the Learning Organisation
-Information Retrieval: Search Engines and Digital Libraries
-Business Statistics
-Database Design
-Designing Usable Websites
-Economic Principles and Management
-Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
-Financial Management
-Human Resource Management
-Information Storage and Retrieval Research
-Intermediate Financial Accounting
-Intermediate Management Accounting
-Introduction to Corporate Finance and Asset Pricing
-Issues in Corporate Governance
-Law for Management
-Organisational Behaviour
-Principles of Consumer Behaviour
-Principles of Operations Management
-Project Management
Typical Third Year Modules
Module/Unit
-Business Strategy
-Business Strategy
-Information Management and Strategy
-An Introduction to Financial Derivatives
-Business Intelligence
-Business Strategy
-Corporate Finance
-Corporate Social Responsibility
-Critical Perspectives in Work & Organisational Psychology
-Digital Multimedia
-Group Project in Management
-Group Project in Management
-Healthcare Information
-Independent Study (Dissertation)
-Industrial Relations
-Information Management in the Digital Economy
-Information Systems and the Information Society
-Integrated Marketing Communications
-International Business
-Language and Organisation
-Technology Management
