Business Management University of East Anglia

Overview

Based in UEA’s Norwich Business School, this is our most flexible and diverse business Master’s course. 

There are several benefits to this breadth and flexibility. As well as discovering the intellectual and practical skills of management, you’ll have the chance to explore all the other key functions of business and discover which ones interest you the most. You can either then focus on one area, or you can branch across disciplines, developing your own unique blend of skills. This will help you to stand out in the jobs market and carve out you own unique career path.

Some of the most successful people in business are generalists. They are the people who have a broad understanding of multiple disciplines and can see the bigger picture. They can take insights from one area and apply them to another, They can work better with different teams. And they can see problems and opportunities from different angles, identifying connections that others miss.

On this Business Management course from the University of East Anglia you’ll have the opportunity to discover and focus on a specialism, or develop a more holistic, generalist view of business. Either way, you will graduate will lots of options, and with the ability to bend and flex within the jobs market and the changing business world.

You will also learn to understand and explain the role of management in a range of contexts. You’ll learn how to build and sustain competitive advantage for companies in a variety of sectors, in both domestic and international markets. You’ll discover how to draw on the resources and skills of company-wide specialisms. You’ll find out how to use various analytical tools to understand different managerial perspectives, and how to make sound managerial decisions. 

Throughout the course you’ll find a focus on flexibility, personal development and on helping you discover and grow into the business person you aspire to be. As well as having the chance to pick up a broad range of specialist skills, you’ll develop plenty of transferable skills too, becoming highly proficient in teamwork, presenting and time management. You’ll even have the chance to start your own company at our Enterprise Centre.

Careers

• Human resources and management

• Sales and marketing

• Project management and operations

• Entrepreneur and family business

• Accounting and finance

• Teaching and specialist business language training