BA (HONS) INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (TOP-UP) 2023/24

Overview

Mode	Duration	Start date	Application code	Application method
ModeFull-time	Duration1 year	Start dateJanuary; September	Application codeN202	Application method UCAS
ModePart-time	Duration2 years	Start dateSeptember	Application code5705	Application method Direct to LSBU

International students

The course is not currently open to 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 1 year	Start date January; September	Application code N202	Application method UCAS
Mode Part-time	Duration 2 years	Start date September	Application code 5705	Application method Direct to LSBU

Accommodation

Once we have made you an offer, you can apply for accommodation. You can rent from LSBU and you’ll deal directly with the university, not third party providers. That means we can guarantee you options to suit all budgets, with clear tenancy agreements and all-inclusive rents that include insurance for your personal belongings, internet access in each bedroom and on-site laundry facilities.

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Finance

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.

Suggested reading list:

• Carter and Jones-Evans (2012) Enterprise and Small Business, Principles, practice and Policy, Pearson, London
• Hull (2012) Risk Management and Financial Institutions (third edition), Prentice Hall, Harlow
• Johnson, Whittington et. al. (2013) Exploring Corporate Strategy (1oth edition), Prentice Hall, Harlow
• Sharpe (2012) Foreign Exchange the Complete Deal, Harriman's

• Leadership, Strategy and Change In today’s rapidly changing business environment, leadership and the ability to formulate, develop, and implement effective strategy is critical to the delivery of commercial performance that results in competitive advantage. This module enables students to critically explore and apply theoretical models and frameworks via live projects and case studies. Students will be encouraged to explore and critically evaluate the key elements of strategic management in a safe environment, in order to develop a range of leadership styles that they can draw upon in their future business career.

• Succeeding in International Business The module focuses on the rapidly changing business environment. It is imperative that students are able to think creatively, problem solve and create advantage for themselves (be entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial) in order to be able to operate effectively and thrive, and contribute within a variety of roles within an international business. The module encourages students to apply critical thinking in order to question what they see and experience around them both internally and externally, and at a macro and micro level with the aim of enhancing their innovation, creativity, commercial performance, problem solving and employability.

• 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, and 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.  In additional you will examine the application of entrepreneurship across different domains, including the role of women, family businesses, ethnic minority businesses, and corporate ventures.

Research Project or Entrepreneurial Project

• 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. The module may also serve as a preparation for academic study at post-graduate level.  Students on our degrees with specialism are required to undertake a project in the subject area of their degree. Students studying our BA (Hons) Business Management degree can choose a topic from any theoretical area of business and management. 

• Entrepreneurial Project  This final year module allows students to consolidate their learning over the whole of their degree by undertaking a project that develops an entrepreneurial idea into a detailed business case. This project offers the student the opportunity to develop a business idea, to conduct research on the viability of the plan through to the development of a professional Business Plan. The project may be pursued by students who are considering starting their own business or any student who wants to develop entrepreneurial skills, which are highly valued in companies and organisations.  In all cases, students are encouraged to focus their project on a specific business issue or problem and to avoid general or descriptive studies that lack the rigour of a more analytical piece of work.