Open University

Diplom for videregående uddannelse i virksomhedsledelse og fransk

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 and two 30-credit language modules.
• Next, in Stage 2, you’ll study your second 60-credit business management module and a 60-credit French module.

Stage 1 (120 credits)

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)

Stage 2 (120 credits)

You'll study both of the following:

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

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.

Færdigheder til karriereudvikling

Du vil udvikle et bredt sæt af beskæftigelsesevnekompetencer, herunder evnen til at:

• Forstå vigtige forretningsfunktioner såsom marketing, menneskelige ressourcer, informationsstyring, regnskab og økonomi og drift i deres bredere organisatoriske og sociale sammenhæng.
• Sammensæt begrundede argumenter og spørg antagelser.
• Tegn sammen, analyser og kritisk evaluer information og data ved hjælp af en række forskningsmetoder.
• Forstå karakteren af lederevner og adfærd i organisationer.
• Kommuniker effektivt, klart og præcist med andre.
• Brug informations- og kommunikationsteknologi (IKT) effektivt.
• Administrer tid og arbejd selvstændigt og som en del af et team.
• Tag ansvar for din personlige udvikling, sæt realistiske mål og nå dine egne mål.
• Administrer og motiver dig selv.
• Planlæg, organiser og prioriter dit arbejde, evaluer og reflekter over det.

Karriere relevans

De færdigheder og viden, du vil udvikle, vil klæde dig på til at følge adskillige karriereveje og anerkendes af arbejdsgivere som havende stor værdi for arbejde i ledelse og forretning. Din forståelse af et andet sprog og de kulturer, der bruger det, øger denne værdi - udvider dine muligheder på det internationale marked. En kvalifikation i virksomhedsledelse med et sprog kan føre til muligheder inden for en lang række områder, såsom:

• Mellem- og seniorlederstillinger på tværs af alle sektorer.
• Annoncering og markedsføring.
• Bogføring.
• Menneskelige ressourcer.
• Bankvirksomhed, herunder investeringsbankvirksomhed.
• Salg og detailhandel.
• Ledelsesrådgivning.
• Erhvervsjournalistik.
• Transport og logistik.
• Oversættelse og tolkning.
• Redigering og udgivelse.

Andre karriere

Arbejdsgivere er ivrige efter at udnytte den kommercielle bevidsthed, som erhvervskandidater tilbyder, da stigende globalisering og løbende ændringer inden for teknologi, kommunikation, finansielle tjenesteydelser og distribution af varer og tjenester åbner nye forretningsmuligheder. De værdsætter ansøgere, der kan kommunikere godt, analysere, vurdere og præsentere ideer og argumenter effektivt. Denne bevidsthed kan også føre til muligheder inden for specialområder, der beskæftiger sig med at tilbyde vejledning til ledere, såsom ledelsesrådgivning eller erhvervsjournalistik. Hvis du ønsker at arbejde som oversætter på dit valgte sprog, vil dette diplom give dig mulighed for at udvikle en virksomhedsspecialist.

Mange job på kandidatniveau er åbne for kandidater fra enhver disciplin, især inden for business, finans, ledelsesrådgivning og den offentlige sektor. Nogle karrierer kan kræve yderligere studier, uddannelse og/eller erhvervserfaring ud over dit eksamensbevis.

Med vores unikke tilgang til fjernundervisning kan du studere hjemmefra, arbejde eller på farten.

Du vil have nogle vurderingsfrister, du skal overholde, men ellers vil du være fri til at studere på de tidspunkter, der passer dig, tilpasset din læring omkring arbejde, familie og sociale liv.

For hvert af dine moduler vil du enten bruge online ressourcer eller en blanding af online og trykte materialer.

Hvert modul du studerer vil have en modulhjemmeside med

• En uge-for-uge studieplanlægger, der giver dig en trin-for-trin guide gennem dine studier
• Kursusmaterialer såsom læsning, videoer, optagelser og selvvurderede aktiviteter
• Modulfora til diskussioner og samarbejdsaktiviteter med andre studerende
• Detaljer om hver opgave og deres forfaldsdatoer
• Et vejledningsbookingssystem, online tutorialrum og din tutors kontaktoplysninger
• Onlineversioner af nogle trykte modulmaterialer og ressourcer.