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Introduction to Business Management


FutureLearn

Summary

Price
Free
Study method
Online
Duration
4 weeks · Self-paced
Access to content
6 weeks
Qualification
No formal qualification

Overview

Discover how to manage people, money and information, and gain confidence and insight into your own management style.

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Description

Explore what it means to be a business manager

On this course, you’ll develop a range of business management skills relevant to your life, university study or the world of work.

You’ll learn how to use and apply useful business concepts, tools and terminology whilst exploring four key aspects of business management: managing money, managing people, managing information, and - most importantly – managing and understanding yourself.

You’ll learn to communicate professionally in common business situations. You’ll reflect on your own management and leadership style and consider the concepts of success, sustainability, and social responsibility.

What will you achieve?

Apply a range of business concepts, tools and terminology to common business situations

Explain the importance of business management for you and your community

Identify your own skills, interests and ideas, and how you can continue to develop them

Explore opportunities and challenges of working with others: including collaboration, listening to others, feedback, negotiation

Explain the important aspects of a business idea to potential customers and investors

Reflect on what you’ve learnt and how you will apply this now

Who is this course for?

This course is supported by UK aid- Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education, Innovation and Reform.

This course is designed for refugees, displaced people and the communities supporting them in the MENA (Middle East and Northern Africa) region who wish to study a Business Management related course at a university in English.

It has been created as part of the PADILEIA project, which aims to increase access to higher education and employment.

However, this course will also be of interest to anyone looking to develop their Business Management skills and foundational knowledge, as well as their English language and communication skills in a business setting.

We recommend learners have a minimum of CEFR B1 (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) to get the most from this course.

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