Bachelor of Business Administration
Obtain an understanding of the business and management environments by developing your intellectual ability, executive personality, and managerial skills with a MANCOSA Business Administration course that blends business and general education.
3 Years
NQF Level 7
360 credits
Supported distance learning
Flexible & 100% Online
About BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration)
The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from MANCOSA is an undergraduate qualification that provides an overview of management practice in a national and international context. The BBA develops a conceptual understanding of management issues, theories and approaches for making a career in management.
The coursework of the BBA is designed to provide the students with knowledge and skills to apply the principles and practices and management in a real work context. A secondary purpose of the BBA is to provide a convenient and appropriate avenue into business administration studies and eventually gain full employment for students coming straight out of school.
Students are able to understand and develop unique leadership qualities required to successfully manage a business. The programme is also designed to produce up-to-date, assertive, and effective executives for business and other organisations and prepares students for further studies. The programme covers a variety of business and management principles.
- Provides an overview of management practice in a national and international context
- Develops a conceptual understanding of management issues
Who Should Attend ?
BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration)
- School leavers and those aspiring to pursue a career in business and management.
- Persons occupying or intending to occupy junior and middle management positions in private and public businesses.
- Owners or managers of small businesses.
- Entrepreneur wishing to start their own business.
Entry Requirements
- 3 Main 1 Sub / 2 Main 2 Sub / 3 Main (LGCE)
Career Opportunities
BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration)
- General Manager
- Public Service Administrator
- Functional Manager
- Entrepreneur
Assessments
A combination of Knowledge Check Questions
(KCQs), assignments & examinations. (Year 1 –
only KCQs and Examinations)
Programme Structure
Duration: 3 years
Year 1
Semester 1
- Introduction to Business Management
- Microeconomic Essentials
- Business Mathematics
Electives: Choose 1
- End User Computing/
- Digital Transformation in the Business Environment
Semester 2
- Introduction to Functional Areas of Management
- Macroeconomic Essentials
- Business Communication
- Financial Reporting and Analysis
Year 2
Semester 1
- Organisational Leadership
- Fundamentals of Human Resource Management
- Business and Society
- Management Accounting
Semester 2
- Entrepreneurship and Small Businesses
- Marketing
- Information Systems
- Business Statistics
Year 3
Semester 1
- Financial Planning and Control
- Global Business and Strategy
- Ethics and Conflict
- Organisational Diversity
Semester 2
- Project Management
- Operations Management for Sustainability
- The Business Environment and Ethics
- Strategic Management Practices
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), the student should be able to:
- Identify, analyse, formulate, and serve the needs of individuals and society creatively and innovatively.
- Work effectively both on own initiatives and with others as a member of a team, group, organisation, community, and contribute to the group output in tasks growing out of the business, commerce and management fields.
- Manage and organise his or her activities and live responsibly and effectively, including his or her studies within the distance context.
- Collect, analyse, organise and critically evaluate information, as required in the pursuit of the BBA.
- Communicate effectively using visual, mathematical and/or language skills in the modes of oral and/or written presentation in often extensive pieces of sustained discourse.
- Utilise science and technology effectively and critically showing responsibility towards the environment and health and well-being of others, in the community, national and global contexts.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the world as a set of related systems by recognising that problem-solving contexts do not exist in isolation, and by acknowledging their responsibilities to those in the local and broader community.
- Integrate theory and application from various functional areas in an interdisciplinary approach
Student Support
The BBA is delivered through online learning and digital support.
The guide includes:
- Compulsory readings
- Self-study activities
- Tutorial Letters
- Assessment Exercises
In addition, students have access to:
- Online Journals
- Past examination papers
- Supplementary learning materials available
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