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The BA (Hons) in Business degree course will provide the learner with the knowledge and skills necessary so that the learner will take an active role in medium to long term planning of a business, analysis of the external/internal environments and the competence to make recommendations regarding solution(s) to identified current business-related issues and problems. Learners will be able to demonstrate leadership and management skills and techniques that have been developed and refined in a controlled environment utilising a combination of practical application methodologies and theory based studies.

Course Aims and Objectives:

The BA (Hons) in Business aims to provide learners with the knowledge, skills and competence for a career in business or to enable them to specialise in a specific field of business at postgraduate level and to provide a platform of knowledge skill and competence upon which they may work in a specific field of business or to establish and run their own enterprise.

The programme aims will be achieved through the following objectives:

Providing learners with an intellectually challenging and rigorous education at honours degree level in Business;
Developing the learner鈥檚 intellectual ability to analyse theoretical concepts and problems, to identify and implement solutions;
Encouraging learners to look to innovation and change as mechanisms to promote the growth of an enterprise;
Placing learners in an environment that encourages the utilisation of practical business skills and key interpersonal skills in the workplace;
Developing learners鈥� critical understanding of how the different disciplines of business complement one another;
Facilitating learners to attain the social and communication skills necessary for a business graduate;
Fostering a culture which places emphasis on learners becoming self-confident and self-reliant;
Preparing learners who successfully complete the programme to undertake a Level 9 programme in business or a business-related discipline.

Career Opportunities:

Recent studies by the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN) and in a published document 鈥淕uidance for Higher Education Providers on Current and Future Skills Needs of Enterprise鈥� (Forfas) 2015, sets out the future skills needs of enterprises.

Food and Beverages Sector: there has been a skills gap identified in the areas of Innovation, Lean Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management
International Financial Services Industry: skills gaps identified include Business Development with detailed product knowledge/industry qualifications
Wholesale and Retail Sector: business leadership (including small business management, brand management, business strategy, finance), customer relationship management, supply chain management, customer service, marketing, communications and personal effectiveness
Cross Sectoral Enterprise/Generic Skills: to include mathematics, business acumen, management capabilities and entrepreneurship.

A graduate with the BA (Hons) in Business degree should have the knowledge, skills and competencies to successfully perform the functions in a number of these positions.

A core objective of the BA (Hons) in Business is to provide learners with relevant business knowledge, skills and competence that will support them in starting a career in Business, progressing to level 9 study or establishing and managing their own enterprise. The World Economic Forum Future of Jobs Report, 2016, claims the top 10 skills that will be sought by employers in 2020 are:

Complex problem solving,
critical thinking,
creativity,
people management,
coordinating with others,
emotional intelligence,
judgement and decision making,
service orientation,
negotiation, and
cognitive flexibility