Business Management

University of Essex Online
Postgraduate PgCert Online study 8 Months

About this course

If you’re seeking a way to gain essential business skills and knowledge while keeping your future study options open, our short postgraduate certificate course in business and management is a great choice.

You will begin the course with a critical introduction to the main principles and practices of contemporary management and organisational behaviour. Our optional modules allow you to create a personalised course that caters to your interests and career aspirations, with areas of study including:

  • the key concepts that underlie marketing and how to develop a strategy

  • theories of leadership and how they apply in practice

  • human resource management and its distinction from personnel approaches

  • financial decision-making in the short and long term

    Throughout your studies you will be collaborating with your fellow students and tutors through interactive discussion forums, live Q&A sessions and completing thoughtful and well-researched assignments. These will help you develop many of the key transferable skills that will take you far within the ever-changing business world.

    After you complete your studies, you have the option to progress onto our postgraduate business pathways in management or finance.

  • Course Details

    Qualification
    Postgraduate Certificate - PgCert
    Study Mode
    Online study
    Duration
    8 Months
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Leeds
    Scheme
    Postgraduate