OVERVIEW
About This Programme
The BA (Hons) in Business Management at LSBF Singapore Campus is designed to equip students with in-depth knowledge of core business and management principles, preparing them for leadership roles in a dynamic global marketplace. Upon completion, the BA (Hons) degree will be awarded by the University of Greenwich.
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Designed to explore beyond subject knowledge
The BA (Hons) in Business Management equips students with a comprehensive understanding of key business and management disciplines, enabling them to develop the practical knowledge and strategic insight needed to succeed in today’s global business environment. Through a strong emphasis on industry-relevant skills, academic development, and international perspectives, the programme prepares students to thrive in dynamic organisational settings and build rewarding careers in a wide range of business sectors.
Personal and Professional Development
This module helps students develop as independent and self-directed learners. It supports students’ transitions into university life by developing their essential academic skills, introducing them to some employability skills, and raising their awareness of their own well-being.
Discover Project Management
The overall aim is to understand how project management contributes to the achievement of business objectives, both short term and long term. The course provides opportunities to discover the characteristics of projects and project management by applying the method of team-based learning. It also provides a range of academic knowledge and business awareness which enables students to understand the relationship between a project and the parent organisation as well as how to manage it effectively. On completion of the course, students have the core knowledge needed to initiate, propose and select projects with sound business rationales. This course also lays the foundation for developing project management knowledge on level 5 project management planning techniques and skills.
International Business Environment
Businesses operate within a complex external environment that impacts organisational operations and decision-making. This module aims to develop an understanding of some of the major external factors that impact organisations; including the political, economic, market, socio-cultural, ecological, demographic, and technological environments. The module examines these influences at various scales: the local, national, and international, and analyses how organisations respond to such external environments, and the challenges and opportunities such environmental contexts present.
Introduction to Finance for Business
This module aims to introduce students to basic concepts related to accounting, banking, and finance as used in modern organisations; build their competence in understanding how these concepts are applied in data, statements, and information communicated to various internal and external stakeholders; and enhance their numeracy skills and confidence in working with financial information in non-finance roles, thereby strengthening their transferable skills and overall employability.
Management Practice 1
This module will provide students with a range of theoretical and practical knowledge, giving them the opportunity to understand, discuss and evaluate the use of performance management in organisations. It will enable students to develop and apply performance management tools and techniques to specific organisational contexts in which they might operate.
Principles of Marketing in a Global Context
The module will provide an exciting and rewarding journey into the basic principles of Marketing, which will form a cornerstone for the students’ marketing knowledge throughout their degree. Students will be introduced to the ways in which marketing can be used in multicultural societies by companies operating globally as well as those who have a smaller geographic footprint. The module will consider the structure and complexities of markets, competition, and other stakeholders, as well as the importance of environmental and ethical factors in the twenty-first century and how market research can aid organisations in gaining this understanding.
Business Ethics
The aim of the module is for students to critically reflect on the responsibility of a (business) organisation, its different stakeholders, and their own potential role in it.
Management Practice 2
The module is designed to encourage students to understand management practices—including roles, skills, and challenges across various levels and scenarios—apply systems thinking to management contexts, develop the ability to analyse management data critically, and consider the challenges associated with different levels of managerial practice.
Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship
The module aims to equip students with analytical tools to evaluate and understand the viability of entrepreneurial ideas, help them identify critical success factors and the capabilities required to build an effective entrepreneurial team, guide them in conducting primary and secondary research to refine their business opportunity and assess its feasibility, and provide an opportunity to critically present their business idea.
Innovation in Competitive Environments
The aim of this module is threefold: to equip students with knowledge of research and development (R&D) and innovation trends, theories, and practices; to provide them with key principles, tools, and frameworks for contributing to creative organisations and ecosystems; and to engage them in creative thinking to develop, analyse, and manage ideas for innovation.
Organisational Analysis and Performance
The module aims to introduce learners to relevant frameworks to assess organisational effectiveness; to equip learners with a set of analytical tools to carry out an analysis of an organisation; to develop learners’ awareness of the need to consider the perspective of multiple stakeholders when studying an organisation; to introduce learners to basic quantitative metrics to analyse organisations in diverse fields.
Managing Equality and Diversity
The module explores theoretical perspectives and practices for managing equality, diversity and inclusion. It sets out the context within which equality and diversity management have developed from outside and within organisations. It considers the external environmental factors shaping policy and enables students to understand the legal and organisational approaches to equality, diversity and inclusion. The module takes a thematic perspective in considering the key equality and diversity strands (or protected characteristics) from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Students will explore the competing tensions of the different protected characteristics in UK legislation and examine the practices and skills required to manage a diverse workforce. Overall, the module will develop students’ equality and diversity awareness, as well as their analytical and critical thinking skills.
Teams in Organisations
This module will further deepen the student’s understanding of Organisational Behaviour by examining inter and intra group processes within organisations. Students will understand that effective group management is essential to organisational success and that membership of supportive groups can be beneficial to individual well-being. The themes of ethics and well-being will be developed throughout the course.
Business Research Methods
This module aims to provide students with a solid understanding of the philosophy and practice of business and management research methods. The skills students learn in this course will prepare them for their dissertation, and beyond into employment. This module will achieve this aim by first seeking to develop students’ appreciation of the philosophy of research methods. This foundation will be used to inform students’ understanding of the research-production process: formulating researchable questions, choosing appropriate data collection methods, sample selection, conducting statistical and textual analysis.
Leadership in Organisations
This Module is designed to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and analytical capabilities needed to understand, evaluate and practice leadership skills. The module engages a variety of theoretical frameworks to understand, analyse and apply leadership leverage and tools in the context of leading change.
Negotiations
This module will develop participants’ knowledge of the key principles and strategies of negotiation in order to develop their skills for successfully executing negotiations in a broad array of business and organisational situations, including: contract negotiation, procurement, and employee relations. This course will introduce participants to the subject from both conceptual and practical perspectives, drawing on theoretical insights from psychology, sociology, organisational studies, industrial relations, and other social science disciplines.
Strategy for Managers
The module introduces the key concepts, tools and theories of strategy, identifies the role of strategy in organisational performance and discusses the main aspects of change management and strategy implementation. The aims of the module are: 1. To provide students with a deep understanding of strategy and its key components;2. To develop students’ ability to analyse the influence of external and internal factors in strategy formulation and identify he methods of effective strategy implementation; To enable students to identify and critically evaluate the main challenges in strategy implementation process and the ways to address them.
Organisational Decision Making
The objectives of this module are three-fold. First, it aims to help students establish a fundamental understanding of the complex nature of decision making in the organisational context with an evidence-based approach to exploring behavioural, organisational, and social factors. Second, this module aims to provide students with a practical opportunity to develop their decision-making skills in both personal and professional context through an enquiry-based approach to solving organisational challenges. Third, this module is intended for encouraging students to cultivate ethical organisational citizenship in the workplace through examining the negative individual and organisational consequences.
Business Creation Project
This module aims to provide students with analytical tools to evaluate and understand the viability of entrepreneurial ideas; help them identify critical success factors and the capabilities needed to build an effective entrepreneurial team; guide them in conducting primary and secondary research to shape their business opportunity and assess its feasibility; and offer them the opportunity to critically present their business idea before a committee.
Small Business Development
The module is designed to give students an understanding of current practical and academic and approaches to small business, enterprise and entrepreneurship. Students will be able to use and apply this knowledge through the development and presentation of a business idea and through the completion of a written business plan.
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Programme Aims
- Gaining up-to-date knowledge and practical skills that will give you a head start in a variety of careers.
- Equipped for management roles across the private, public and voluntary sectors.
- Provide a well-rounded overview of the business world, studying everything from international business to organisational behaviour – a great way to find out what interests you.
- Provide wide-ranging course incorporates areas like marketing, finance and ethics, preparing you to solve all sorts of business challenges with confidence.
- Providing work related learning and teaching.
- Advance study of organisations, business management and the changing external environment in which organisations operate.
- Preparing students for careers in business development and management by equipping them with a systematic, broad and integrated understanding of key aspects of business.
- Development of professional skills and career management.
- Application of knowledge and understanding of business and management with an emphasis on solving complex issues, both systematically and creatively, to improve business and management practice
- Enhancement of lifelong learning skills and personal development.
Learning Outcomes
The programme provides opportunities for students to achieve the following learning outcomes:
Knowledge and understanding
A graduate of the programme will be able to:
- have a strong commercial awareness, a systematic and integrated understanding of the functions and processes of business, and practices for effective management of business
- Understand the global environment in which business operate and its effects upon business management, include the political, economic, technological, social, ethical and environmental factors.
- Identify, interpret and utilise complex data to analyse business performance and make plans to improve it.
- Demonstrate strategic awareness and evaluate options available to organisations with an insight that ensures future business strategy is geared to improve efficiency and overall profit maximisation.
- Make business decisions that take into account international complexity, cultural differences, ethical issues and social responsibilities.
The programme provides opportunities for students to develop the following skills:
Intellectual skills
A graduate of the programme will be able to:
- Assess the implications for management of emerging influences and challenges inside and outside the organization
- Deconstruct arguments by looking at assumptions and implicit values and to evaluate them in terms of evidence
- Synthesise information from a few sources in order to gain a coherent understanding of multifaceted business problems
- Solve problems and make decisions with IDEAL (Identify the problem, Define the problem, Examine alternatives, Act on a plan, Look at the consequences) model
- Have effective intellectual autonomy, initiative and self-competence in learning situations
- Think independently and creatively, and work collaboratively with innovative ideas
- Effective in self-management in terms of time, planning and behaviour, motivation, self-starting, individual initiative and enterprise
- Have self-awareness, openness and sensitivity to diversity in terms of people, cultures, business and management issues
- Lead a team under various circumstances, liaise with different types of people within organisation and external to organization
- Have the ability to engage all types of audiences including senior level audience and are able to influence and inspire others.
Subject practical skills
A graduate of the programme will be able to:
- Be effective at managing and utilising quantifiable information
- Take logical steps to understand, analyse and solve a problem or issue by utilising scientific tools and processes
- Apply qualitative and quantitative business tools to analyse, evaluate, and make decisions for a wide range of international scenarios and problems
- Apply advanced information communication technologies, and project management skills to manage organisations and improve business performances.
- Work collaboratively in multicultural and diverse teams, appreciating cultural differences and demonstrating personal initiative
- Have the comprehension of the strategic dimension essential in undertaking a management role in any organization.
Transferable/key skills
A graduate of the programme will be able to:
- Analyse business problems using a range of criteria and techniques, leading to recommendations on options, implementation and choice of actions
- Create, evaluate and assess a range of options together with the capacity to apply ideas and knowledge to a range of situations
- Gain relevant personal transferable skills e.g. oral, written, analytical, problem-solving, teamwork skills, and time management skills applicable to a range of job opportunities including self-employment
- Demonstrate computer literacies appropriate to the business profession and can adopt the information technologies effectively
- Have enhanced interpersonal skills e.g. building relationships, maximising individual strengths, negotiating individual contributions or organisational benefits.
Graduate Attributes
“The University of Greenwich has always aimed to provide an environment that allows students to maximise their potential. In meeting the challenges of today’s tough and changing world our consultation with staff and students resulted in defining distinctive characteristics for the Greenwich Graduate. These explicit behaviours, values, skills and dispositions that we expect our students to develop will best prepare them for their future careers and help us to reshape student learning and assessment activities.”
Scholarship and Autonomy: Achieved through the adoption of the Greenwich Graduate attributes, which have been incorporated into the Programme and Course Benchmark statements.
Creativity and Enterprise: Achieved through the delivery of PPD courses, development of PDPs, work related learning and teaching, and the integration of innovative information technologies to all courses. The introduction of Work-Related Learning module specifically focuses upon enhancing employability. The Level 6 course Consultancy Project enables students to obtain an insight into the live environment and challenges in real business.
Cross-cultural and International Awareness: Achieved through the mix of diverse cultures and origins of both students and teaching team and the international nature of the subject material. The appreciation of sustainability is achieved by introducing the new Level 6 course Sustainable Business.
Teaching and learning methods
The University of Greenwich has always aimed to provide innovative teaching and learning approaches:
- Interactive lectures, face-to-face and web supported seminars, guest speakers
- Directed and independent self-study, group or web-based discussions,
- Supervised laboratories, Excel demonstration
- Case studies, problem solving activities, research activities, company visits, guest speakers, consultancy projects, business simulations, and group-based research and presentations
Skills you will acquire
$92,000+
median Singapore salary for Accounting
483,000+
Singapore job openings in Accounting
75%
of graduates report positive career outcome
programme structure
Assessment Methods and Graduation Requirements
Assessment Methods:
Continuous assessment, Formative and Summative Assessments
Any combination of class participation, group or individual assignments, online quizzes/online tests, portfolios, written exams etc.,
Graduation Requirements:
Students must complete and pass all required modules in this programme to receive the graduation certificate.
Attendance requirements and Assessment
International Students: 90%
Local, PR, non-student pass: 75%
Teacher Student Ratio
1:25
STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES
Why choose LSBF for your education
Study Materials
Students will receive study materials after they have made full payment for their programme. Replacement of study materials is subject to additional charge.
Student Portal
Students have access to the Student Portal. It is a useful site where the course information and learning materials are available for students’ easy reference.
Accessible Faculty
Students may contact their lecturers directly via email outside the lecture hours for any academic related queries.
Recorded Lectures
We will show compassion and care to all stakeholders as we believe the journey is as important as the outcome.
ELIGIBILITY
Who can apply for this programme
Minimum Academic Entry Requirements
Local students shall possess one of the following:
- Two passes in GCE A Level Examinations, or
- International Baccalaureate (24 points)
- Local Polytechnic Diploma in any field
International students shall possess one of the following:
- Completion of Year 12 High School Qualification or equivalent qualification from respective home countries
- Completed International Baccalaureate (24 points)
- Equivalent Local Polytechnic Diploma in any field in respective home countries
Minimum English Language Entry Requirements
Both local and international students MUST fulfil the minimum English language entry requirement of one of the following:
- Achieved a grade C6 or better in English language O level, or
- Pass in English Language in Year 10 High School qualification or equivalent
- IELTS 5.5/TOEFL 550
- Completed LSBF Preparatory Course in English Upper Intermediate Level
Students with non-standard entry requirements (e.g. other PEI qualification, lack of equivalent Year 12 in home country, etc.) will be assessed on a case-by-case basis subject to approval of UoG.
Minimum Age
18 years and above.
TUTION FEES (Prices inclusive of GST)
SGD $25,070.00
(local students)
SGD $26,814.00
(international students & progression)
FAQs
Is this programme eligible for SkillsFuture (SSG) or Post-Secondary Education Account (PSEA) funding?
SkillsFuture (SSG) and Post-Secondary Education Account (PSEA) funding are currently applicable only to selected programmes offered by public institutions such as NUS, NTU, and SMU. While this programme is not covered under those schemes, we’re pleased to offer exclusive rebates and promotional rates. To learn more about the available fee support and eligibility, please contact our Education Consultants at +65 6580 7700 or get in touch here.
What career opportunities are available after this Programme?
You’ll be equipped for roles such as marketing executive, business analyst, operations manager, or entrepreneur. This degree opens doors across industries.
What can I study after this Programme?
You can consider postgraduate studies such University of Greenwich’s MA in International Business, MBA, or a Master’s in Marketing or Finance depending on your interest.
What if I’m unsure if business is right for me?
That’s okay. The versatility of this degree means you can pivot into fields like hospitality, logistics, or even tech by complementing it with short courses or a postgraduate diploma.
How do I get started?
Reach out to our expert education consultants at +65 6580 7700 or visit us at 80 Robinson Road, #01-00, Singapore 068898. We’re here to help you plan your next step.
