Strategic Management & Leadership
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Strategic Management & Leadership
This course offers a fast-track pathway to an accredited MBA, preparing you to excel across industries. Whether aiming for a career in finance, marketing, management, or the public and nonprofit sectors, you'll gain the strategic and leadership skills needed to thrive and drive success in any organisation.
What you'll learn
Gain the essential skills and knowledge to lead and manage in the business world.
Discover what makes powerful leaders and how to develop these traits in yourself.
Master the art of making impactful decisions that steer your business toward success.
Learn to interpret business accounts, manage cash flow, and use financial tools to maintain a healthy business.
Develop and implement marketing strategies that resonate with your target audience while ensuring customer satisfaction.
Turn challenges into opportunities by fostering creativity and leveraging innovation to drive business growth.
Who's this for?
Aimed at professionals ready to take the next step into senior leadership roles. Master strategic skills, develop career-focused abilities, and make valuable connections— all while learning remotely.
Designed for individuals planning to start or scale their own business. Build the strategic foundation to turn your entrepreneurial vision into reality while growing a worldwide network.
Perfect for those looking to expand their professional network. Connect with peers from around the world, gaining global insights and opportunities.
Develop a range of personal skills vital to the world of business. Concentrating on communication, leadership and decision making techniques.
Communication is the key to effective operations and working effectively with others. Throughout this module, learners will grasp a range of communication techniques used for a variety of commercial purposes.
Explore issues outside of the business that may affect the business and its operations. Looking into economics, international dimensions, nature and competition.
Exploring and using the marketing mix as part of the business planning process.
This module looks at employees and people as a business’ most valuable asset. Recruit the best, reward the best and retain the best.
Explore the various theories and models of management and their different contexts.
What is meant by culture? Why is it important? How does it differ between organisations?
This module looks at customers as the fulcrum of any business.
On completion of this module, learners will understand accounts and how they can be used to give insight into the health of the organisation.
In this module, learners will compare and contrast some examples of good and bad financial decision making and the impact on the business.
What is an entrepreneur? Examine the skills and qualities of entrepreneurship.
Why are organisations structured in the way they are? What determines the optimum structure and how does it differ between organisations? In this module, learners will look at the numerous models and theories that make up organisational structure.
Learners will complete exercises in accounts throughout this module to understand what they are telling us and the actions that analysis can precipitate.
What is the business trying to achieve? What will it do? How will it do it? This module focuses on the creation of clear goals and clear plans to achieve a clear objective.
Impact of politics on business and how it may help or hinder business. This module will educate learners on economic impact, exports and government support
Explore the statutory responsibilities of managers as learners look into the legalities of business and business executives.
Business in the modern world. This module focuses on governance and equality as a means to do right in business.
Understanding how your people and your business can continually improve together, learners will review reward structures, CPD, training and development to ensure high performance in business.
Learners will analyse how markets, customers, competitors and products can come together in a cohesive plan.
On successful completion of this module, learners will have knowledge of numeric exercises and will understand their use within the context of the business.
Guides startups to grow sustainably, create impactful solutions, and contribute to local economic development. Collaborates with governments, NGOs, and donors to lead innovative projects, focusing on tech-driven transformation in emerging markets.
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To enroll in the Business Managment course, you must be at least 18 years old and have a full secondary education, which means having a minimum of A-levels or equivalent. If you don’t have A-levels or the equivalent, such as NVQ Level 3, you may still enroll based on your work experience. For more information, contact one of our student advisors.
Our Business Management course offers a combined Level 4 & 5 OFQUAL recognised diploma (also known as a Level 5 Extended Diploma), worth 240 university credits. It’s designed to give you the skills and knowledge you need to succeed in the competitive world of business.
The course is completed online and is entirely flexible. You can start at any time, and each module (Level 4 & Level 5) includes 40 hours of guided online learning, with an additional 30-50 hours of optional materials like exercises, readings, digital resources, and self-test tasks.
To complete the course, you’ll submit 6 online assignments at each level (12 in total), with each assignment being approximately 2,000-3,000 words. Once you’ve passed the course, you’ll be awarded a OFQUAL recognised diploma, which can be topped up to a bachelor’s degree at various UK universities.
During the course, you’ll have access to 1-2-1 tutor support, webinars, social learning forums, and additional materials to help you complete your diploma with ease. More details about the support available can be found on our Student Resources page.
Upon completing this course, students can pursue an MBA program at a variety of UK universities. The top-up program, which can be completed either online or on campus, consists of the final 60 credits required for an MBA. This typically includes either a dissertation or a combination of a dissertation and one additional module.
Students have the flexibility to choose between on-campus or distance learning options for their MBA top-up.The following universities offer top-up MBA programs through both distance and on-campus learning:
University of Gloucestershire
MBA Business Administration (Top-Up)
University of Sunderland
MBA (Top-Up) – On Campus
Anglia Ruskin University
Master of Business Administration MBA (Top-Up)
Buckinghamshire New University
International Master of Business Administration (MBA Top-Up)
University of Northampton
MBA (Top-Up)
MA in Human Resource Management (Top-Up)
MSc in Accounting and Finance (Top-Up)
Executive Master of Business Administration (Top-Up)
University of Chichester
Executive Full-Time MBA
