BA Business Management

The service sector has become a major employer in the international market place. It has never been more important for companies to employ highly qualified staff with good management skills as well as sound professional expertise in the field. This course aims to provide you with the knowledge you need to survive and succeed in today's business environment.

Course structure:

The 3-year BA degree in Business Management is specifically designed to provide students with a sound theoretical and practical knowledge of all the key business-related areas.

Bachelor Year 1		Bachelor Year 2		Bachelor Year 3
Duration: 9 months		Duration: 9 months		Duration: 12 months
Modules: - Principles of Accounting - Business Law - Economics - Principles of Management - Business Statistics - International Business   Environment - Information System and   Business - Principles of Marketing		Modules: - Managerial Accounting - Organizational Behaviour - Operations Management - HRM & Culture - Management Information   System - Corporate Finance - Research Methods - Marketing Management		Modules: - Strategic Management - Business Consultancy - Human Resources   Management - Market & International   Business - Project Management - New Enterprise Creation
Intake Jan / Apr / July / Oct		Intake Jan / Apr / July / Oct		Intake Feb / Jun / Oct
Delivery		Delivery		Delivery
This is a 9-months programme, comprising 3 terms. Each term is of 12 weeks duration, including 11 weeks of formal class time and independent study. Formal class time will consist of 2 hours of lectures and 3 hours of tutorials per week. Examination will be held on week 12. Students will take 2or 3 modules per term.		This is a 9-months programme, comprising 3 terms. Each term is of 12 weeks duration, including 11 weeks of formal class time and independent study. Formal class time will consist of 2 hours of lectures and 3 hours of tutorials per week. Examination will be held on week 12. Students will take 2or 3 modules per term.		This is a 12-months program comprising of 4 terms. Each term is of 12 weekss duration.
Entry requirements		Entry requirements		Entry requirements
Singaporean / PR * EASB Foundation Programme OR * 2 GCE 'A' levels with pass in General Paper OR * 5 GCE 'O' levels with pass in English (Grades 1-6) OR * 3 GCE 'O' levels with pass in English (Grades 1-6) and minimum 3 years working relevant experience AND * All applicants must be 17 years of age at time of application International Students * EASB Foundation Programme OR * High School certificate or equivalent * Proficiency in English Language AND * All applicants must be 17 years of age at time of application		Singaporean / PR * EASB Year 1 in Business Management OR * EASB Year 1 in Hospitality & Tourism Management/ Computing with bridging units OR * Equivalent academic qualification from a recognised higher learning institution International Students * EASB Year 1 in Business Management OR * EASB Year 1 in Hospitality & Tourism Management/ Computing with bridging units OR * Equivalent academic qualification from a recognised higher learning institution * Proficiency in English Language		Singaporean / PR * EASB Year 2 in Business Management OR * EASB Year 2 in Hospitality Management with bridging units OR * Relevant Polytechnic Diploma International Students * EASB Year 2 in Business Management OR * EASB Year 2 in Hospitality Management with bridging units OR * Equivalent academic qualification from a recognised higher learning institution * Proficiency in English Lanaguage (Minimum EASB ETEDP Level 3/IELTS 6.0/TOEFL 550)
Assessment and Awards		Assessment and Awards		Assessment and Awards
Assessment for most modules comprise of coursework (30%) and a 3 hours written examination (70%) towards the end of the term. The coursework may include case study analysis, review of published journals or conference articles, laboratory assignments, research reports and tutorial participation. Upon successful completion of all 8 modules, the student will be awarded the EASB Diploma in Business Management.		Assessment for each module comprises coursework (30%) and a written examination (70%). The coursework may include case study analysis, review of published journals or conference articles, laboratory assignments, research reports and tutorial participation. Upon successful completion of all 8 modules, the student will be awarded the EASB Advanced Diploma in Business Management (General Management).		Assessment for each module comprises oral presentations, essays, reports, computer applications and examinations. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be awarded the Queen Margaret University Bachelor of Arts in Business Management Degree.
Fees		Fees		Fees
International Students Full Time Course Fees SG$6,300.00 Examination Fees SG$1,050.00 Application and Enrolment SG$300.00 Sponsorship SG$300.00 Escrow Bank Charge / Insurance Charge SG$300.00 Total SG$8,250.00 Singaporean Students Full Time Course Fees SG$6,300.00 Examination Fees SG$1,050.00 Application and Enrolment SG$150.00 Total SG$7,500.00 Part Time Course Fees SG$4,500.00 Examination Fees SG$1,050.00 Application and Enrolment SG$150.00 Total SG$5,700.00 *All prices are subject to prevailing GST of 7%		International Students Full Time Course Fees SG$7,400.00 Examination Fees SG$1,050.00 Application and Enrolment SG$300.00 Sponsorship SG$300.00 Escrow Bank Charge / Insurance Charge SG$300.00 Total SG$9,350.00 Singaporean Students Full Time Course Fees SG$7,400.00 Examination Fees SG$1,050.00 Application and Enrolment SG$150.00 Total SG$8,600.00 Part Time Course Fees SG$5,200.00 Examination Fees SG$1,050.00 Application and Enrolment SG$150.00 Total SG$6,400.00 *All prices are subject to prevailing GST of 7%		International Students Full Time Course Fees SG$10,800.00 Examination Fees SG$1,600.00 Application and Enrolment SG$300.00 Sponsorship SG$300.00 Escrow Bank Charge / Insurance Charge SG$300.00 Total SG$13,300.00 Singaporean Students Full Time Course Fees SG$10,800.00 Examination Fees SG$1,600.00 Application and Enrolment SG$150.00 Total SG$12,550.00 Part Time CourseFees SG$9,800.00 Examination Fees SG$1,600.00 Application and Enrolment SG$150.00 Total SG$11,550.00 *All prices are subject to prevailing GST of 7% * Subject to Matriculation by University

Module Synopsis

Bachelor Year 1

Principle of Accounting

This module will cover the principles behind the construction of financial reports. Topics covered include the double entry recording system, financial statements, statement of cash flows, accounting standards, accounting equation, financial ratio analysis, valuation and measurement of assets and liabilities and accounting for partnership formation and liquidation.

Business Law

This is an introductory module dealing with some of the key areas of business law. The topics covered include a general introduction to law; law of contract; law of tort; formation of legal entities; legal issues of negotiable instruments; law relating to partnerships, agency and trusts; and legal guidelines on intellectual property, trademarks, patents and copyrights.

Principle of Economics

This module provides an introduction to microeconomic and macroeconomic theories and policies. Topics covered include demand and supply; applications of supply and demand; various market structures; governmental roles in economy; unemployment; production and exchange; economic aggregates such as aggregate production and employment, the general level of prices and inflation, exchange rates, and the balance of payments. Current world economic trends will also be discussed.

Principles of Management

This module is designed to provide students with an overview of the key functions of management. It focuses on the foundations of management covering the essential concepts and provides a sound understanding of these key management issues. Topics include traditional functions of management; organisational designs; managing changes and innovation; individual dimensions of organisations' behaviour; perception and learning; communication and motivation; group interactions and group dynamics; leadership and control; influences of technology on management.

Principles of Information System

This module provides an introduction to information systems and information technology for business students to help them to learn how to use and manage information technologies, conduct electronic commerce, improve decision-making, and gain competitive advantage in the marketplace. It therefore emphasizes on the role of Internet technologies as a technology platform for electronic business, commerce, and collaboration within and among corporations. The aim of this unit is to introduce you to the concepts and methods of business information technology and its application to practical business situations.

Business Statistics

This module provides a basic understanding into the applications of statistics in business decision-making. It also provides the foundation to common quantitative modules in the Advanced Diploma and undergraduate degrees. The topics covered are financial mathematics; measures of location and dispersion; probability, random variables and expected values; sampling design; estimation and testing using the normal and t-distributions; and simple and multiple regression and correlation. The emphasis is on practical applications to accounting, economics, finance, management and marketing.

Business Communication

This module focuses upon the formal means of communication and the development of personal communication skills relevant to someone working individually or as a team member within an organisation. Topics covered include business writing; techniques in meeting preparations; formal presentations; resume writing; and interviewing tech-niques.

Principles of Marketing

This module is designed to provide students with an overview of the key concepts, theories and applications of marketing in an organisation. It focuses on key topics that include roles of the marketing manager; marketing decision-making; market segmentation and positioning; cross-cultural consumer behaviour; Product Life cycle and marketing mix; product planning and development; marketing strategies; and control and evaluation in marketing

Bachelor Year 2

Organisation Behaviour

This module provides students with an introduction to basic individual and group processes and how these processes affect people in organisations. Topics covered include group dynamics, motivation, stress, communication, cultural diversity, conflict, leadership, power and politics, and change management.

Operations Management

This module provides students with the concepts and practices in operations management. Topics covered include the role of operations, the link between strategy and operations, productivity, decisions in the operations area, planning and control of inventory, projects and the transformation process including Total Quality Management, Just-In-Time, kanban and "lean production" systems.

HR and Cross-Cultural Management

This module provides students with a framework for understanding and thinking strategically about employment relations and the management of human resources in organisations. The course draws on insights from the social sciences to explore how economic, social, psychological, legal, and cultural forces influence employment relations.

Management Information System

The focus of this module is on providing the business students with a fundamental knowledge of management science applications and management information systems development and implementation in business. It covers the basic concepts of linear programming, network analysis, decision theory, and simulation and their applications to a range of business decisions. It looks at the basic tools and techniques for analyzing, designing, implementing, and reviewing information systems as well as the management challenges of e-Business. Most of all, it aims to produce students with an understanding of mathematical and systems modeling techniques.

Marketing Management

This module aims to develop students' understanding of and skills in the formulation of marketing strategies across many various industries so as to equip them with a broad introduction to the mechanics of commercial competition and strategic thinking.

Strategic Management

This module analyses the strategic management of the business unit and the firm. It introduces students to the different theoretical approaches to strategy and provides a framework for understanding and analysing the nature and sources of competitive advantage and firm survival in contested local as well as global markets. The module examines several key areas of strategy in depth, focusing on issues of vertical integration, diversification and collaboration. It will also focus on issues of corporate governance, ethics and stakeholder analysis.

Financial Accounting II

This unit provides an overview of the financial reporting environment; arrangements for regulating external financial reporting including Corporations Law, accounting standards, purpose of general purpose financial reports. General purpose financial reports with particular reference to the balance sheet and income statement. Principles underlying preparation of financial statements including format, general disclosure requirements, accounting policies, materiality, after reporting date events and segment reporting. The balance sheet; Equity: reserves capital. Liabilities: measurement, presentation and disclosure, debt capital, contingencies, and provisions. Leases; classification criteria, accounting treatment and related issues. Assets: including intangibles, measurement issues.

Research Methods

This module provides an introduction to research methods for business students to help them learn how to find, use and manage information in order to improve on decision-making and gain competitive advantage in the marketplace. It therefore emphasizes on the role of research processes as a vital platform for global business and commercial decision-making. This unit introduces you to the concepts and methodologies and its applied approaches to practical business situations.

Bachelor Year 3

Research Data Analysis

This module aims to develop critical understanding of the issues involved in the data analysis process. It explores the issues of validity and reliability in the application of data analysis methods in different situations. Students will be taught how to select, apply and justify appropriate data analysis procedures in different research contexts and to interpret and contextualise the results of data analysis in relation to theoretical frameworks.

Entrepreneurship

This unit examines the theory, practise and nature of entrepreneurship, as a virtual but often neglected and misunderstood mode of management. A basic premise underlying this unit is that all business entities require enterprising management to enhance their survival ability. This proposition is relevant to new and older, small and large organisations. Additionally, contemporary management practice requires the modern manager to be creative in a learning context and the ways in which these creative environments are reached through entrepreneurship are explored.

Strategic HR Management

This module aims to develop the skills of students to enable them to critically compare, plan and implement systems and procedures for strategic human resource management, HR planning, relevant to a range of UK and international service sector businesses. This module provides the student with an informed understanding of domestic and global structures pertaining to their impact upon strategic business decision-making, and to the variables, principles, procedures, facing managers in service organisations.

eBusiness

This module examines the key issues relating to eBusiness by examining its strategic, organizational, business, managerial and technical issues. It analyses the implications of electronic commerce on the marketplace and its effects on the nature of the business.

Consumer Lifestyles

This module aims to develop an understanding of the characteristics which define contemporary consumer lifestyles. It will apply research evidence to evaluation of lifestyle elements and will critically evaluate the roles of major influences on consumer lifestyles.

Customer Care

This module develops in students the ability to critically plan, propose and implement systems and procedures for customer care. It gives the opportunity to students to critically compare processes involved. It will consider the impact of a range of variables, such as cultural differences, on systems and procedures.

Small Business

This module provides students with an understanding of the planning, management techniques and issues involved in small business development. It will also help students to analyse and review the opportunities and threats for small business start-up and growth. Finally, this module aims at developing in students entrepreneurial skills in order to produce a business plan for a new venture.

Facilities Management

This module develops in students the ability to understand and apply management techniques, procedures, and understand their relationship to policy and objectives. It will also develop in students the ability to analyse, synthesise and critically evaluate variables involved in facilities management, and apply these within the service sector.

Marketing Planning

This unit will enable students to comprehend information required in the construction of a marketing plan. It will draw heavily on the areas of not only marketing theory and marketing research methods but also economics, finance, managerial accounting and management theory. It is designed to develop analytical skills and diagnostic ability for the proposal, implementation and control of alternative marketing plans. It will therefore examine the planning process in commercial marketing.

Business Finance

Students will be taught the skills to interpret and analyse financial and written data in order to critically appraise an organisation's long term investment. The unit's purpose is to develop an understanding of the basic practices of financial management from the perspective of a firm (both large and small). Students examine the investment, financing and dividend decisions of corporations.

Internal Marketing

For marketing students, Internal Marketing offers an introduction to various hypotheses relevant to Internal Marketing, whilst reviewing and discussing proposed models. For all other students, Internal Marketing offers insights into the tools and concepts that encourage customer-focused management in today's business environment.

International Business

This subject is a guide to international management ideas and practices. It locates these ideas and practice in such a way students will be able to evaluate and relate them to the business environment. The subject seeks to develop skills, knowledge and resources to exploit and take advantage of the exciting changes and development in the field of International Business.

Updated on Jan, 2008