BA (Pass and Honours) UCAS: N200 BA/Man
What is Management?
Management is sometimes defined as the achievement of results with, and through, others. Organisations in the public, private, charitable and voluntary sectors are all managed and the goods and services they provide are used by all of us in our daily lives. Whether the challenge is developing profitable new products or improving the health of our nation, the answer often comes down to management. Studying what managers actually do, how decisions are taken and how managers influence those that they work with is a fascinating subject. Management in the Strathclyde Business School will help you understand the theory underpinning this subject area and will help you to develop the skills required to translate the theory into practice.
Structure
YEAR 1: The introductory class, Foundations of Management, considers the history of organisations and the ways in which management practice has changed over time. It introduces a range of essential concepts and will equip you with the skills to thinkcritically about management.
YEAR 2: Students study further topics: Understanding Organisations, Exploring Corporate Strategy, Management Decision-making. As a set, these classes build on the foundations class and develop key insights into organisation theory and strategic management.
YEAR 3: Having established the basic vocabulary and grammar of the subject, year three covers further topics: Management in the New Global Economy, Leadership, Ethics in Modern Business. By this point, you will have a sophisticated understanding of management, the key challenges faced by managers and the key skills required by successful managers.
YEAR 4: In the Honours year, you select from a range of specialist electives in areas such as Strategy Dynamics and Change, Advanced Organisational Analysis, Critical Management, Managing Collaborations, Cross-Cultural Management, Public Sector Management and Managing Diversity. There is also the opportunity to write a dissertation on a subject of your own choosing.
Entry Requirements
- SQA Highers
- AABB or ABBBC including English and Standard Grade Maths at Credit or equivalent.
- GCE A Levels
- BBC and GCSE English and Maths both at B.
Entry Requirements for Combinaton with Accounting
- SQA Highers
- AAAA or AAABB including English and Maths.
- GCE A Levels
- BBB including Maths (or AS Maths at B), plus GCSE English at B.
Study Options
In your first year of this degree programme you will study four subjects, including Management. In Years 2 and 3, you will specialise in Management and one of your other first-year subjects. Management can be studied to single or joint Honours. Management can be studied in combination with the following subjects. If you wish to apply for any of these combinations, you should use the code specified. If you wish to study Management but are unsure about other subjects, you should apply under Management (UCAS: N200 BA/Man).
- Accounting (UCAS: NN42 BA/AccMan)
- Business Enterprise (UCAS: NN12 BA/BEMan)
- Business Technology (UCAS: GN22 Ba/BusTMan)
- Economics (UCAS: LN12 BA/EcMan)
- Finance (UCAS: NN32 BA/FinMan)
- Human Resource Management (UCAS: NN62 BA/HRMMan)
- Management Science (UCAS: NG22 BA/ManMS)
- Marketing (UCAS: NN25 BA/ManMkt)
- Tourism (UCAS: NN28 BA/ManTou)
Management can also be studied in the following SBS programmes :
- BA International Business (UCAS: N120 BA/IB)
- BSc Technology & Business Studies (UCAS: HN19 BSc/TBS)
Career Opportunities
Management is designed to produce high-calibre graduates capable of making a positive contribution in a range of different settings. You are as likely to find yourself working in a small, privately-owned company as you are to work in a large multinational, the public sector or perhaps even in your own business. The breadth of opportunities that you will be qualified for is a real benefit of this course.