Business Management and Sustainable Practice

BA (Hons) Business Management and Sustainable Practice

Gain a solid grounding in the fundamentals of business management, while gaining skills for the future as industries move towards a sustainable future.

The world of business is changing at an exponential rate as companies work towards sustainability goals across net zero carbon, social responsibility and environmental sustainability, and companies will require managers of the future to have a solid grounding in how to move businesses forward whilst adapting to meet these priorities.

Working towards a sustainable future
Our modules have the United Nations Sustainable Development goals and the UNESCO sustainability competencies embedded as part of your learning, so you’ll develop skills to be at the forefront of embedding change and responsible management in organisations. Real world learning is a key part of your studies – from working on live industry briefs, guest speakers from the business world, and the opportunity to complete a placement year between your second and third year, you’ll have opportunities to put your skills into practice before you graduate.

How you will learn
You will learn through interactive lectures and seminars, debates and discussions, field trips, from practitioners drawn from across the private, public and third sector. You will draw on both theoretical and contemporary literature and work with live case study briefs. There is a high of practical application in the module coupled enabling you to apply the concepts and models learnt in the module in business settings. You'll study an exciting range of modules such as:
• Developing and Enterprising Mindset



• Sustainability and Responsible Management



• Social and Sustainable Enterprise



• Global Business and Strategy.



Careers

Due to the variety of modules studied on the course you’d be well suited for a range of roles across areas such as:
- project management


- analysis


- consultancy


- operations


- human resource management


- marketing


- sales


- logistics


- finance.


As well as specialist roles in the field of change management, sustainability and zero carbon.

Based solely on more than 24,000 student reviews, we were named Uni Compare's University of the Year 2027, and voted 1st in the UK for employability and 2nd in the UK for course quality. Not only that, but 97% of students would recommend the University of Derby*, which we can offer you industry-relevant teaching, state-of-the-art study spaces, multi-award-winning accommodation, and a welcoming, inclusive community.

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