Business and Management

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Business and Management courses

This is a list of all the modules available for study as standalone courses in Business and Management. Please note that this is an alphabetical list. You should not study these courses in this order.

OU modules are planned on the assumption that you will study progressively from one study level to the next, starting at Level 1. Modules at Level 2 and Level 3 assume that you are suitably prepared for study at this level. If you want to study a module as a standalone course, you don't need to start at Level 1 but you do need to have adequately prepared yourself for OU study in some other way. Check with advisory staff at our Student Registration & Enquiry Service to make sure that you are sufficiently prepared.

Course title (code)	Level	Credits	Next Start
Accounting for strategy implementation (B321)	3	30	Nov 2013
An introduction to business studies (B120)	1	30	Oct 2013
An introduction to retail management and marketing (B122)	1	30	Oct 2013
Business functions in context (B203)	2	60	Oct 2013
Business organisations and their environments (B201)	2	60	Oct 2013
Development of financial practice (DB124)	1	20	Aug 2013
Financial accounting (B291)	2	30	Oct 2013
Introduction to bookkeeping and accounting (B190)	1	10	Aug 2013
Introduction to financial services (BD131)	1	10	Aug 2013
Investigating entrepreneurial opportunities (B322)	3	30	Nov 2013
Making it happen! Leadership, influence and change (B204)	2	60	Oct 2013
Making it happen! Leadership, influence and change in retailing (BXA204)	2	60	Oct 2013
Making sense of strategy (B301)	3	60	Feb 2014
Management accounting (B292)	2	30	Oct 2013
Managing 1: organisations and people - online version (BZX628) - online version	3	30	Nov 2013
Managing 1: organisations and people (B628)	3	30	Nov 2013
Managing 2: marketing and finance - online version (BZX629) - online version	3	30	Nov 2013
Managing 2: marketing and finance (B629)	3	30	Nov 2013
Managing 3: the integration challenge (B690)	3	10	Nov 2013
Managing across organisational and cultural boundaries (B325)	3	30	May 2014
Managing in the workplace (B121)	1	30	Oct 2013
Managing in the workplace (BXS121)	1	30	Oct 2013
Marketing and society (B324)	3	30	May 2014
Personal investment in an uncertain world (DB234)	2	30	May 2014
Professional communication skills for business studies (LB160)	1	30	Apr 2014
Understanding management (Y179)	1	15	Jun 2013
Working and learning: developing effective performance at work (BU130)	1	30	Oct 2013
Working and learning: developing effective performance at work (BUXS130)	1	30	Oct 2013
You and your money: personal finance in context (DB123)	1	30	Oct 2013

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