Covering global and strategic management issues, and advancing your knowledge to full honours level, this top-up course puts you in the shoes of a decision-maker and asks how you’d do business. Armed with the practical know-how you’ll gain, you’ll be confident that you’d decide wisely.This course builds on and embellishes the knowledge you’ve already gained on your HND or foundation degree in business with a further study stage to give you a full honours degree in BA (Hons) Business Management.Covering global and strategic management issues, you’ll study the specialist areas of management and leadership and marketing.As an example, the ‘Issues in Global Business Consultancy’ module is a case study of current business challenges, which takes a discussion approach and is very practical, looking at where things go wrong and what can be done.Throughout the course you’ll be using current case studies and examples, and will also benefit from the inside perspectives of guest speakers from industry and professional bodies.<br> <br>This astute business focus and depth of insight offered by this course means you emerge prepared for a career in a variety of areas, such as operations manager, business analyst, business development manager, HR officer and many, many more.<br><br>Past students now work for a wide range of companies from multinationals like Barclays and Shell, to small independent businesses. Others have gone forward alone and established their own business venture.<br><br>On completion, you could go straight to a Masters degree, which is just one more year of full-time study, and you’ll be eligible for an alumni fee discount as a Derby graduate.