Business Management (Accelerated) 2023/24

Overview

We are no longer accepting applications for this course for the 2023/24 intake. This course will re-open for the 2024/25 applications.

This 2-year programme has been designed with your future in mind and developed with input from businesses so you gain the expertise you need to succeed in the modern world. By studying with us, you will develop knowledge and skills across key business disciplines, focusing on the study of organisations, management, and the changing environment in which they operate.

On your journey with us you will interact with our strong network of professional bodies, industry specialists and alumni; and you'll have the opportunity for fully supported entrepreneurial activity. We offer an innovative blended learning approach to support your needs and develop your key digital, analytical and coaching skills along the way.

And where better to study than our brand new, purpose-built campus, in the heart of one of London’s fastest growing areas? We are responding to the needs of a community and providing Londoners with a brand new business hub in the heart of Croydon. We have chosen our new campus as the home of our accelerated degrees, giving local residents an extra boost towards employment.

Why Business Management at LSBU?

: We are ranked 5th among modern London competitors for Business Management (Complete University Guide, 2022).
: We are an esteemed member institution of the Business Graduates Association (BGA), sister brand to the AMBA.
: We hold Centre of Excellence status with the IOEE, recognising our entrepreneurial culture and practice.
: We offer outstanding facilities and access to the software widely used in industry: Bloomberg, SAGE, FAME, Nvivo and SPSS.
: Graduate in just 2 year, meaning lower fees and a step closer to employment.

Extra curricular activities

Business students benefit from a number of facilities and software available within the School of Business, but are also host to a whole number of extracurricular activities that help prepare students for the world of work.

Below is a list of extracurricular activities which students can get involved in, utilising the facilities which we have available, to make the learning process at LSBU much more practical and hands-on.

Institute of Directors (IoD) – our close relationship with the IoD results in regular networking events with senior IoD members, entry into the Young Director of the Year award, membership with the IoD, and access to all of their great resources.
Business Solutions Centre - put skills in to practice as a student advisor in the Business Solutions Centre, whilst making a positive impact in the business community.
Mentoring – Students have the opportunity to be mentored by a peer or provisional from industry
LinkedIn Learning - benefit from access to a wide array of courses and materials related to professional and personal development.
Live Projects – students benefit from live projects with real businesses who present problems and students have to suggest solutions.
Hackathons – an event, which brings students together to solve a business problem over a short period, you will need to think fast and work as a team to come up with an innovative solution!
ILX courses – We provide a number of accredited courses, which prepare students for project management, a crucial skill respected within the business sector.
Learn a language – students will have the opportunity to learn another language, an invaluable skill in a global city. Another language is just another skill we can support you with, supporting you for future career success.
Speakers Club - improve your presentation skills by working with professional and networking.

Find out about our HEAR programme in the School of Business

Accelerated 2-year degree

By studying on a 2-year accelerated degree, you will be required to study throughout the year including through the summer. This allows you to complete the full course, with the same outcomes, in a shorter amount of time.. Students considering two-year degrees are expected to be highly self-motivated to complete the course within two years, and our academics and specialist personal tutors will be there to support you along the way.

Mode	Duration	Start date	Application code	Application method
ModeFull-time	Duration2 years	Start dateSeptember	Application codeN200	Application method UCAS

Course Accreditations

IoEE
ACCA
CIMA

Location

Croydon Campus

The Croydon Campus is located at Electric House, Wellesley Road, Croydon, CR0 1LB See our location page for more details.

Register your interest

A Level BBC or:
BTEC National Diploma DMM or:
Access to HE qualifications with 9 Distinctions and 36 Merits or:
Equivalent Level 3 qualifications worth 112 UCAS points
Applicants must hold 5 GCSEs A-C including Maths and English, or equivalent (reformed GCSEs grade 4 or above).
We welcome equivalent qualifications from around the world. English language qualifications for international students: IELTS score of 6.0 or Cambridge Proficiency or Advanced Grade C.

Visit UCAS for guidance on the tariff.

Advanced entry

If you have already completed some studies at another university, we may be able to consider you for advanced entry. Please see our advanced entry page for more information.

Course status

Accreditation and Course validation status

This course is validated by London South Bank University. Applications are being accepted.

For more information, including how and when to pay, see our fees and funding section for undergraduate students.

Please check your fee status and whether you are considered a Home, EU or International student for fee-paying purposes and for our regulatory returns, by reading the UKCISA regulations.

See our Tuition Fees Regulations (PDF File 391 KB) and Refund Policy (PDF File 775 KB).

Possible fee changes

The University reserves the right to increase its fees in line with changes to legislation, regulation and any government guidance or decisions.

The fees for international students are reviewed annually and the University reserves the right to increase the tuition fees in line with the RPIX measure of inflation up to 4 per cent.

Scholarships

We offer several types of fee reduction through our scholarships and bursaries. Find the full list and other useful information on our scholarships page.

International students

International (non Home) applicants should follow our international how to apply guide.

Home/EU applicants

Mode	Duration	Start date	Application code	Application method
Mode Full-time	Duration 2 years	Start date September	Application code N200	Application method UCAS

All full-time undergraduate students apply to the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) using the University's Institution Code L75. Full details of how to do this are supplied on our How to apply webpage for undergraduate students.

Accommodation

Our city-based Croydon campus does not currently offer accommodation. Our Accommodation Service are on hand to provide information and advice about options in the local area. Please contact accommodation@lsbu.ac.uk if you have any questions.

LSBU Croydon is a short walk from both East Croydon and West Croydon station, with regular trains from Central London and the South of England. Our new campus is also accessible via local buses and the tram network.

Read more about applying for accommodation at LSBU.

Finance

It's a good idea to think about how you'll pay university tuition and maintenance costs while you're still applying for a place to study. Remember – you don't need to wait for a confirmed place on a course to start applying for student finance. Read how to pay your fees as an undergraduate student.

Prepare to start

Applicant events

After you’ve received your offer we’ll send you emails about events we run to help you prepare for your course.

Welcome Week

Before you start your course we’ll send you information on what you’ll need to do before you arrive and during your first few days on campus. You can read about the process on our Welcome Week pages.

The course has been created to combine theory with current industry practice. This way, you can develop an understanding of the relevant knowledge and skills you need to apply for business management roles.

Year 1

Finance and the Economy Introduces students to a range of economic and financial topics and shows how these can be applied to understand the world around us. The module develops students understanding of the external environment businesses face, and aspects of finance relevant to the business context.
Principles of Marketing Aims to provide students with an introduction to the nature and scope of marketing. It provides them with an understanding of the fundamentals within the marketing discipline and to be introduced to the understanding of marketing as a management tool. Students will also be introduced to the role of marketing within the general marketplace and society.
LSBU Discovery Project In this module students will be utilising business project frameworks, problem solving skills and ideas generation techniques that will support them through the key stages required to complete a business small business project from concept to delivery. Throughout the stages of their project, and by incorporating a facilitated coaching process, students will be supported to develop key skills vital to successful leadership and management.
Data for Decision Making The module examines a range of ways of handling, analysing and presenting quantitative information. The underlying theme is to look at data in a variety of forms, to determine the ‘story’ that this data is telling, and to use that ‘story’ to justify decisions.
Management and Organisations This module introduces students to the basic concepts of management in organisations. It provides students an appreciation of the complexities of organisations that affect employee behaviour within them. It introduces them to human resource management strategies to manage people in organisations. The module incorporates key management, organisational behaviour and people management theories and practices.
Principles of Strategy This module aims to equip students with the knowledge of skills of basic strategic analysis. Students will be exposed to the use of simple strategic tools to evaluate the business and its wider environment. They will also be able to identify creative strategic solutions to simple organisational issues. The module further aims to develop students’ ability to make decisions between different strategic alternatives.
The Business Professional
This module provides comprehensive insights into graduate employability and career development for Business Management students. It teaches students essential techniques of self-awareness building, career exploration, job search, succeeding in recruitment and selection processes and teamwork, enabling them to secure employment and thrive in the world of work.
Digital Transformation
This module introduces students to the basic theory, concepts, and techniques of digital business transformation. It focuses on developing the thought processes and practical skills needed to identify, analyse, evaluate and apply digital technologies in order to address real-world business problems.

Plus 1 option from:

The Digital Economy
Entrepreneurial Mindset: Business Discovery and Development
Finance in a Digital World
Learning and Talent Development
Media Relations
Fundamentals of Project Management
Practical Analytics

Year 2

Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management
This module demonstrates the importance of operations, logistics and the supply chain while also considering procurement and negotiation strategies and techniques within business services, retail and manufacturing environments. Students will analyse best practice in logistics and supply chain management and the effects of disruptive technological and communication developments on business operations.
Effective Business Negotiations
Negotiation is a core business skill integral to some degree in the vast majority of commercial and even non-commercial business activities. Successful negotiation is a process that involves a number of essential soft skills including effective questioning, effective listening, critical thinking and empathy. In addition, planning, situational analysis and the ability to recognise and evaluate the shared, differing and conflicting interests of the parties involved is key.
Responsible Business
The corporate responsibility agenda of the 90s was about ticking boxes. Now, companies are more progressive with a shift in focus towards social value, and understanding that responsibility is a commercial imperative, embedded in strategy to provide a competitive advantage. This module outlines some of the resources and strategies adapted from management and leadership across industries. With a focus on sustainable development the module introduces students to sustainability narratives and challenges stemming from the scarcity of resources, and the inherent concerns from the complexity of the leadership issues involved towards an adaptive and assimilated sustainability planning.
Leadership, Strategy and Change
This module examines the scope and nature of leadership, strategic management and change and approaches to establishing organisational objectives. It demonstrates the link between strategy, resources, markets, innovation, technology and finances available. The impact of the size and structure of organisations as well as external factors impacting strategy including globalization and sustainability are also considered.
Comparative International Management
In an ever broadening set of interdependent relationships among countries, the need to recognise the opportunities and restrictions presented by different world markets has gained significance. This module is designed to impart students with the analytical skills to assess the socio-economic differences between countries, and to identify how these differences impact business and management behaviour across countries through comparative studies. It is based on the rationale that students understanding as managers will be expected to analyse and compare market and business environments in different countries to attain business success. The module develops students’ understanding of business practice in different regions and acquaints students to apply analytical management tools and qualitative research methodologies to critically evaluate and gain an understanding of comparative international management practices.
Small Business Management
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent a large share of our economies and a leading force in economic development. This module focuses on such enterprises and explores the distinctive features of management in the SME environment. The module covers the fundamentals of managing SMEs and family owned small businesses in relation to leadership, strategy implementation, product development, innovation management, domestic growth and internationalisation strategies. Students will develop an understanding of the theoretical foundations of entrepreneurship. Students will also look at the roles and contributions of entrepreneurs and SMEs to economies, and will consider debates around the provision of hard and soft government support for entrepreneurship and SMEs. The module examines the application of entrepreneurship across different domains, including the role of women, family businesses, ethnic minority businesses, and corporate ventures.
Research Project
This final year module allows students to consolidate their learning over the whole of their degree by undertaking an independent small-scale research project, with a business or management focus.

Plus options from:

Business Intelligence
New Technology Innovations
Global Finance and Technology
Contemporary Issues in HR
Strategic Market Channels
PRINCE2® - Methodologies for Project Management
Retail Boutiques and Shopper Behaviour
Volunteering

Facilities

LSBU Croydon is being designed around how learners want to learn, including through differentiated learning and flexible and agile learning environments. Dedicated student support and resources and informal study spaces alongside digitally focused teaching rooms will help provide the best possible teaching experience for all students studying at the campus.

Teaching will be delivered through blended teaching and an agile learning environment. It will allow LSBU to deliver on our ambitions, with modern technology allowing us to deliver through the fast moving and changing world of education.

Careers

Employability Service

At LSBU, we want to set you up for a successful career. During your studies – and for two years after you graduate – you’ll have access to our Employability Service, which includes:

An online board where you can see a wide range of placements: part-time, full-time or voluntary. You can also drop in to see our Job Shop advisers, who are always available to help you take the next step in your search.
Our Careers Gym offering group workshops on CVs, interview techniques and finding work experience, as well as regular presentations from employers across a range of sectors.

Our Student Enterprise team can also help you start your own business and develop valuable entrepreneurial skills.

All the way through the course, employability skills are promoted – with guest speakers from industry, business insights, graduate start-up and entrepreneur schemes.

Jobs directly related to a degree in Business Management include:

Retail manager
Chartered management accountant
Corporate investment banker
Human resources officer
Insurance underwriter
Management consultant
Operational researcher
Risk manager
Human resources officer
Logistics and distribution manager
Marketing executive
Sales executive
Systems analyst

The employment record of our business graduates is excellent. Recent graduates have gone on to work as:

Local Business Development Manager at Audi
Consultant at JCW
Administration Assistant at NHS
Talent Intelligence Manager at Talent Intelligence
Account Assistant at ABC Accountancy
Operations Manager at Patisserie Chocolat Limited
CEO at BoxUp Crime
Financial Market Trader
HR Advisor at UK National Audit Office
Finance Intern at Eversholt Rail Group
Operations and Administration at The Rose Theatre
Assistant Events Officer at Birkbeck, University of London
Freelance Web Developer
Customer Service at Santander UK Corporate & Commercial
Administration Assistant at Mars Capital
National Manager at Elevation Networks
Sales & partnership manager at HomeRez
Business Controller at L'Oréal Luxe Travel Retail Monde
Global Strategic Partnership Manager, Trailhead (Salesforce training division)

In recognition of the School’s entrepreneurial culture and leading-edge practice, it has Centre of Excellence status: the IoEE’s (Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs) flagship organisational accreditation for organisations that promote and deliver enterprise skills development.

: Centre of Excellence status is the IoEE’s (Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs) flagship organisational accreditation for organisations that promote and deliver enterprise skills development – and is in recognition of the School’s entrepreneurial culture and leading-edge practice.

Teaching and Assessment

Your learning materials are available on the Virtual Learning Environment so you can access them any time. Seminars make use of group-work and discussions, workshops and computer lab work.

Percentage of time spent in different learning activities
	Lectures and seminars	Self-directed study
Year 1	30%	70%
Year 2	30%	70%

Extra Curricular Activities

Business students benefit from a number of facilities and software available within the School of Business, but are also host to a whole number of extracurricular activities that help prepare students for the world of work.

Below is a list of extracurricular activities which students can get involved in, utilising the facilities which we have available, to make the learning process at LSBU much more practical and hands-on.

Institute of Directors (IoD) – our close relationship with the IoD results in regular networking events with senior IoD members, entry into the Young Director of the Year award, membership with the IoD, and access to all of their great resources.
Business Solutions Centre - put skills in to practice as a student advisor in the Business Solutions Centre, whilst making a positive impact in the business community.
LinkedIn Learning - benefit from access to a wide array of courses and materials related to professional and personal development.
Live Projects – students benefit from live projects with real businesses who present problems and students have to suggest solutions.
Hackathons – an event, which brings students together to solve a business problem over a short period, you will need to think fast and work as a team to come up with an innovative solution!
ILX courses – We provide a number of accredited courses, which prepare students for project management, a crucial skill respected within the business sector.
Learn a language – students will have the opportunity to learn another language, an invaluable skill in a global city. Another language is just another skill we can support you with, supporting you for future career success.
Speakers Club – improve your presentation skills by networking with professionals.

Find out about our HEAR programme in the School of Business

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BA (Hons) BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (ACCELERATED) 2023/24

Overview