Business Administration (E80)

Open University
Postgraduate PgDip Distance learning 2 Years Business and management studiesEvents management

About this course

This innovative course is designed to develop a wide range of interdisciplinary skills that you can apply in your own workplace as you develop. You will gain a solid foundation in core management disciplines, including human resource management, organisational behaviour, accounting and finance, marketing and operations – learning to apply your knowledge to analyse, synthesise and evaluate a wide range of situations. You will explore economic, environmental, social and technological change issues; corporate governance; markets and customers; managing resources and operations; financing organisations; management and development of people; developing information technologies for application in business and management within a global knowledge-based economy, and development of appropriate business policies and strategies within a changing context to meet stakeholder interests.

Key features of the course

  • A valuable qualification for practising managers who aspire to higher positions

  • Flexible curriculum to suit your professional interests

  • Takes you two thirds of the way to our triple-accredited MBA.
  • Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    1132 Marketing, sales and advertising directors
    7220 Customer service supervisors
    2431 Management consultants and business analysts
    1139 Functional managers and directors
    1123 Production managers and directors in mining and energy
    1150 Managers and directors in retail and wholesale

    Course Details

    Qualification
    Postgraduate Diploma - PgDip
    Study Mode
    Distance learning
    Duration
    2 Years
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Milton Keynes
    Scheme
    Postgraduate
    Subjects
    Business and management studies, Events management