Advanced Diploma in Business Management

The module in strategic management investigates and integrates the art of formulating, implementing, and evaluating cross-functional decisions that enable an organisation to achieve strategic objectives. This module will teach you how to apply sound strategic management principles to adapt to change and gain a competitive advantage by formulating, crafting and implementing appropriate strategies.

This strategic human resource management module examines the human resource environment, and processes managers use to create and shape the human resource strategy. The purpose of this module is to enhance your understanding of the components that impact the competitiveness of organisations, which ultimately affect their survival and growth strategies.

Operations management is a core function in successfully delivering an organisation’s strategic objectives and closely relates to other core functions and support services. Operations management determines how a product or service is firstly created and, secondly, delivered. The objectives of operations management in obtaining a competitive advantage or achieving the organisation’s strategic goals include quality, speed, dependability, flexibility, and cost of designing or delivering a product or service.

The fourth module focuses on business ethics and social responsibility. We explore business ethics as a subset of ethics focusing on decisions between right and wrong in the business environment. You will learn how responsibility can be seen as an ethical value. The module examines several popular beliefs that advocate a strict division between business and ethics.

The module in marketing management investigates and integrates various marketing and strategic business concepts. This module aims to teach students how to use relevant marketing information to identify and develop an appropriate marketing strategy that aligns with the business strategy to create a competitive advantage by applying calculated pricing and promotions strategies.

The focus of this module is to develop a deeper understanding and appreciation for the role of management accounting as it integrates into management’s planning, organising, leading and controlling functions. This module begins with a theoretical background in management accounting regarding its function. You will also learn how to collect relevant data and measure, analyse, interpret, report and communicate financial information effectively.

The final subject of the Advanced Diploma consists of the Research Methodology module and an exciting research project where students have a choice of contemporary business management topics to investigate. You will learn how to gather data and information from various sources and put the information together in a logical argument to answer a specific research question. At the end of the project, students will be able to draw conclusions and provide limitations and recommendations by adding their theoretically sound and supported opinions ethically and responsibly.