Course summary

The Business Management and Entrepreneurship course will build on the widening participation agenda but be responsive to the changes within the emerging environment, equipping you with digital and strategic tools to help mould you into a creative entrepreneur. Working on projects with social, economic, and environmental significance, you will develop a clear understanding of contemporary business theory and practice to apply to current world problems. Emphasis on imagination and creativity will help develop your intellectual powers and your ability to communicate with rigour in the process. This will stimulate the development of an enquiring, analytical and creative approach, and develop entrepreneurial capabilities. Through opportunities for engagement with industry experts, collaborative projects and experiential activities, you will be equipped with a post pandemic skillset to thrive in the entrepreneurship journey as well as your professional career as an innovative thinking manager. The course will prepare you to take on complex challenges that have emerged after COVID-19 and prepare you to think out of the box to establish yourself as a contemporary entrepreneur. You will learn to scan and observe new trends and opportunities arising in the dynamic business world and be creative in tackling these to be a successful entrepreneur. The course aims to make you an industry ready socially responsible and ethical manager and entrepreneurs. Sustainability, creativity and innovation is central to this course. It has been proven that soft skills are key to any managerial success in today's dynamic and diverse workplace. Necessary soft skills such as emotional quotient, empathy towards colleagues and sub-ordinates and ability to relate and connect with team members during challenging times have proven to be a key mantra for business success. Agility, sustainability, flexibility and creativity will be at the heart of this programme, being proven as critical success factors during the pandemic. You will study on campus for one day, or two evenings a week (depending on your choice of study mode) with a second day online blended learning.