Business and Human Resource Management (Extended Degree) - BA

Northumbria University, Newcastle

**With BA (Hons) Business and Human Resource Management, learn to develop a company's most important asset: people.**BA (Hons) Business and Human Resource Management is designed to develop your capabilities to work at a strategic level around attracting, developing and engaging the right people. With most contemporary organisations recognising that people are their most important asset, a career in Human Resources enables you to play a key role in organisational success. The course is covered by the prestigious Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation for Newcastle Business School. According to AACSB, "Approximately 6% of the world's schools offering business degree education have achieved AACSB accreditation, demonstrating a commitment to high-quality, rigorous standards, innovation, and continuous process improvement". **Extended Degree** This extended degree provides an alternative route to higher education and supports those who don’t meet the standard entry requirements for an undergraduate degree. It includes a foundation year that gives you the chance to establish a strong academic foundation while exploring a wide range business issues, ranging from strategy and marketing to entrepreneurship and responsible management. **What will I learn in my Foundation Year?**This first year of this course will introduce you to the key concepts of human resource and marketing management and the concept of strategic and contemporary management. It will provide you with a broad context of knowledge and development of the essential skills required for industry. You will then learn how to apply key theoretical themes in an end of year project.The foundation year of the course delivered at level 3 which develops your ability to study in Higher Education is not accredited. Subsequent levels and years are accredited and deliver the knowledge, competencies, and skills required to meet the specific course accreditation requirements that relate to the approved accredited award title.

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