Open University

Diploma of Higher Education in Business Management and Languages

Knowledge and understanding

You’ll be able to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of:

• The main concepts, theories and principles associated with business management.
• The ability to communicate fluently and appropriately with competent speakers of at least one language, in addition to English, in a broad variety of oral and written contexts, including academic ones, maintaining a good degree of grammatical accuracy and appropriate style.
• Aspects of the societies of the countries where your chosen language is spoken (including literature, cultures, linguistic contexts, politics, geography, and social and economic structures).
• Intercultural communicative competence, including an awareness and understanding of the cultures and societies associated with each language and the ability to describe and evaluate the similarities and dissimilarities between cultures and societies and your own.

Cognitive skills

You’ll be able to demonstrate your ability to:

• Synthesise, evaluate and challenge information, arguments and assumptions from different sources, by the theories, concepts and principles of business management.
• Select and apply your knowledge and understanding to a broad range of the principal professional skills, techniques, practices and/or materials associated with business management.
• Develop an appreciation of the potential uncertainty, ambiguity and limits of knowledge in business management.
• Make use of a broad variety of written, spoken and multimodal texts for different audiences in your chosen modern language and/or English, employing appropriate reading and listening strategies.
• Write texts of different types in your chosen modern language and/or English, following appropriate structures and conventions, including academic language, selecting and making use of written and spoken sources.
• Make spoken presentations on particular topics, using appropriate styles and techniques, and take part in a broad variety of spoken interactions in your chosen modern language, using appropriate discourse strategies.
• Interpret and evaluate evidence in the light of alternative explanations, arguments and theories.

Practical and professional skills

You’ll be able to demonstrate your ability to:

• Engage, as appropriate, with practical and professional skills and demonstrate an awareness of relevant responsible and ethical issues in business management.
• Gather and process information from a variety of paper, audio-visual and electronic sources, in English and your chosen modern language.
• Make judgements and construct arguments, supported by evidence, and appropriately referenced.

Key skills

You’ll be able to:

• Identify, interpret and solve complex problems appropriate to business management.
• Use a combination of formal, logical planning processes and an understanding of context to identify relevant information and risks and be able to identify alternative strategies and resources.
• Collaborate with others to achieve joint outcomes, playing an active role in facilitating effective group interaction.
• Demonstrate the ability to independently find, evaluate and use a wide range of information, data or tools accurately.
• Adopt a good range of numerical skills and digital practices (including the use of tools/resources), as appropriate to business management and language learning.
• Recognise and use effective learning strategies.

This diploma has two stages, each comprising 120 credits:

• In Stage 1, you’ll study a 60-credit introductory business management module. You’ll choose your language and study two 30-credit language modules.
• Next, in Stage 2, you’ll study your second 60-credit business management module and a 60-credit module in your chosen language.

Stage 1 (120 credits)

French

You'll choose one from:

• Exploring languages and cultures (L161)
• Introduction to French studies (beginners) (L102)

You'll study both of the following:

• An introduction to business and management (B100)
• French Studies 1 (intermediate) (L112)

German

You'll choose one from:

• Exploring languages and cultures (L161)
• Introduction to German studies (beginners) (L103)

You'll study both of the following:

• An introduction to business and management (B100)
• German Studies 1 (intermediate) (L113)

Spanish

You'll choose one from:

• Exploring languages and cultures (L161)
• Introduction to Spanish studies (beginners) (L106)

You'll study both of the following:

• An introduction to business and management (B100)
• Spanish Studies 1 (intermediate) (L116)

Stage 2 (120 credits)

French

You'll study both of the following:

• Shaping business opportunities (B207)
• French Studies 2: language and culture of the French-speaking world (L222)

German

You'll study both of the following:

• Shaping business opportunities (B207)
• German studies 2: language and culture of the German-speaking world (L223)

Spanish

You'll study both of the following:

• Shaping business opportunities (B207)
• Spanish studies 2: language and culture of the Spanish-speaking world (L226)

Assessment

Our assessments are all designed to reinforce your learning and help you show your understanding of the topics. The mix of assessment methods will vary between modules.

Computer-Marked Assignments

• Usually, a series of online, multiple-choice questions.

Tutor-Marked Assignments

• You’ll have a number of these throughout each module, each with a submission deadline.
• They can be made up of essays, questions, experiments or something else to test your understanding of what you have learned.
• Your tutor will mark and return them to you with detailed feedback.

End-of-Module Assessments

• The final, marked piece of work on most modules.
• Modules with an end-of-module assessment won’t usually have an exam.

Exams

• Some modules end with an exam. You’ll be given time to revise and prepare.
• You’ll be given your exam date at least 5 months in advance.
• Most exams take place remotely, and you will complete them at home or an alternative location.
• If a module requires you to take a face-to-face exam, this will be made clear in the module description, and you will be required to take your exam in person at one of our exam centres.

职业发展技能

您将获得广泛的就业技能，包括以下能力：

• 了解更广泛的组织和社会背景下的营销、人力资源、信息管理、会计和财务以及运营等关键业务职能。
• 整合合理的论据并质疑假设。
• 使用一系列研究方法，汇总、分析并批判性地评估信息和数据。
• 了解组织内领导技能和行为的本质。
• 与他人进行有效、清晰、准确的沟通。
• 有效使用信息和通信技术（ICT）。
• 管理时间并独立工作或作为团队的一员工作。
• 对您的个人发展负责，设定切合实际的目标并实现自己的目标。
• 管理和激励自己。
• 计划、组织并确定您的工作优先顺序，然后对其进行评估和反思。

职业相关性

您将掌握的技能和知识将使您能够走上多条职业道路，并被雇主视为在管理和商业领域具有巨大价值。您对另一种语言及其使用文化的理解将提升您的价值 - 扩大您在国际市场上的机会。拥有一门语言的商务管理资格可以为您带来广泛领域的机会，例如：

• 各个部门的中高级管理职位。
• 广告和营销。
• 会计。
• 人力资源。
• 银行业，包括投资银行业。
• 销售及零售。
• 管理咨询。
• 商业新闻。
• 运输和物流。
• 翻译和口译。
• 编辑出版。

其他职业

随着全球化的不断推进以及技术、通信、金融服务和商品和服务分销的不断变化，雇主们热衷于利用商科毕业生的商业意识。他们看重能够良好沟通、分析、评估和有效表达想法和论点的申请人。这种意识还可以带来在专业领域的机会，这些领域与为管理人员提供指导有关，例如管理咨询或商业新闻。如果您想以所选语言从事翻译工作，该文凭将帮助您成为一名商业专家。

许多研究生级别的工作对任何专业的毕业生开放，特别是在商业、金融、管理咨询和公共部门。有些职业可能需要进一步学习、培训和/或超出文凭的工作经验。

通过我们独特的远程学习方法，您可以在家中、在工作中或在旅途中学习。

你需要满足一些评估截止日期，但除此之外，你可以自由地在适合自己的时间学习，将学习安排在工作、家庭和社交生活之间。

对于每个模块，您要么只使用在线资源，要么结合使用在线和印刷材料。

您学习的每个模块都会有一个模块网站

• 每周的学习计划，为你提供循序渐进的学习指导
• 课程材料，如阅读材料、视频、录音和自我评估活动
• 用于与其他学生进行讨论和合作活动的模块论坛
• 每项作业的详细信息及其截止日期
• 辅导预订系统、在线辅导室以及导师的联系方式
• 一些印刷模块材料和资源的在线版本。