Business Management (W51)

Open University
Undergraduate DipHE Distance learning 2-4 Years Business and management studiesEvents management

About this 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.

Key features of the course

  • Develops your understanding of business organisations and their key elements

  • Explores wider considerations such as environments, markets and processes; and how all these work together

  • Helps you relate your studies to your own experience

  • Offers a choice of specialist routes

  • Equips you for a wide range of employment opportunities across all sectors
  • Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    2431 Management consultants and business analysts
    1132 Marketing, sales and advertising directors
    1150 Managers and directors in retail and wholesale
    7220 Customer service supervisors
    1139 Functional managers and directors
    2432 Marketing and commercial managers

    Course Details

    Qualification
    Diploma of Higher Education - DipHE
    Study Mode
    Distance learning
    Duration
    2-4 Years
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Milton Keynes
    Scheme
    Undergraduate
    Subjects
    Business and management studies, Events management