Business Management (Innovation and Entrepreneurship) with Foundation Year

Birkbeck, University of London

This BSc Business Management (Innovation and Entrepreneurship) is designed to build up your business, technology, creative and leadership skills. It will equip you to effectively manage innovation and digital transformation.

- Teaching on the course benefits from the research expertise and practitioner insight showcased by our Centre for Innovation Management Research. - It offers you access to partnerships with leading businesses and the chance to attend exclusive events enhancing your professional network and career prospects. - It provides you with personalised career coaching and mentoring, and access to alumni career clinics alongside our career and digital skills programmes. - You will have the chance to follow a Placement route designed to enhance your career prospects, build your professional networks and apply the knowledge and skills you have gained in a work context.

You will gain a solid grounding in management and business as well as skills to help set you apart in the job market. You will learn how to respond to market dynamics, identify threats to businesses and new technological opportunities and develop entrepreneurial skills to support start-up businesses or set up your own business. You will study management of innovation and gain valuable skills in digital transformation management, project management and strategic management. In your final year you will apply your skills in developing a business plan for a new venture or a new product or service innovation.

You will learn through lectures, interactive seminars and hands-on workshops and explore real-world case studies. You can study this course full- or part-time. You can also choose your own timetable for the core modules

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If you opt for the full-time Placement route on this course, it will give you the opportunity to develop your business skills in the workplace and apply learning from your degree in a professional setting to further increase your employability when you graduate. Please note that this option is not available for students who require a Student visa to study in the UK.

If you opt for the Foundation Year route, this will fully prepare you for undergraduate study. It is ideal if you are returning to study after a gap, or if you have not previously studied the relevant subjects, or if you didn't achieve the grades you need for a place on your chosen undergraduate degree.

- Our academic staff are active researchers as well as enthusiastic teachers and regularly publish cutting-edge articles in the world's leading journals. We have particular research strengths in innovation, entrepreneurship, digitalisation and digital transformation, including AI. - We engage in significant collaborative research and have excellent contacts with many public and private sector organisations, professional bodies and researchers at other academic institutions. - Our campus is in the heart of London, giving you access to a vibrant business community and extensive professional networks. - Birkbeck's outstanding career support empowers you with personalised coaching, tailored career programmes, micro-placements, CV optimisation and digital skills development.

On successfully graduating from this course you will have gained an array of transferable skills, including: - the ability to lead and manage teams effectively - analytical skills - a deep understanding of trends in new developments and changing market environments - professional communication techniques essential for influencing stakeholders and driving change. Possible professions include: - innovation manager - new business development manager - product manager - digital transformation manager - innovation consultant.