A Management degree builds a strong foundation in a wide variety of fields including business, finance, economics and marketing. It develops students’ understanding of business practices, structures, business theory, business strategy and research as well as global economies and financial markets. Doing a Management Degree also allows students to gain skills that enable them to work with financial and numerical data effectively.
Management degrees cover different managerial roles, such as Human Resource (HR) management, hospitality management, innovation management, operations management, etc. They can be specialized into one of the areas mentioned above or follow a more general approach that covers most of these areas.
The range of management degrees is huge and includes Business Management, Management, Marketing Management, etc. They are predominantly offered in the business departments/business schools/management schools of different universities.
One of the main benefits of this degree is that Management is a broad discipline, which keeps students’ career options open.
Management degrees could have a very practical focus, which is an opportunity for students to gain experience in the process of completing their degree before having started their professional careers. Management courses usually offer work placements and practical modules, which include business simulations and business creation in a simulated environment. Acquiring practical experience through these opportunities could make students stand out from the crowd in the job market once they graduate. Research-oriented Management degrees also exist for those who prefer the theoretical aspects of such a degree. Most courses, however, have established a good balance between theory and practice in order to meet the needs of all students.
Management degrees also prepare students to serve the managerial role across a wide range of areas, including HR management, hospitality management, innovation management, operations management, etc. Students can specialize in one particular area or focus on gaining knowledge across all of these areas thanks to the high availability of different management courses.
Additionally, there is a high demand for management professionals in the contemporary business world. Therefore, taking a management course is an opportunity for students to kick-start their careers and occupy a higher position in the organizational hierarchy.
Management courses usually begin by introducing students to different areas covered by the managerial role, such as organizational management, business environment, statistics, accounting and finance, business growth, etc. After the first year, institutions allow students to explore the management discipline into more depth by delivering specialized modules and offering optional modules, which enable students to choose subjects that interest them the most and are most relevant to their career aspirations.
Management degrees take 3 years to complete in the UK. However, their duration could extend to 4 years if students choose to spend a year in industry between their second and third year, which is a popular option among the student community. Setting placement opportunities apart, the duration of a Management degree depends on three main factors – country, mode of study (part-time or full-time) and degree level. Below are listed the approximate durations of Management degrees in the most popular countries for Higher Education in Europe:
The environment around and the classrooms are nice and cool in summer but as a university, it is very poorly organized. As soon as you start attending it and getting to know the system but above all the teachers you understand that there you are considered only a number.
What I recommend for those who want to choose it is to do research on the professors, some of them do not even have a university professor’s curriculum and if you can go and listen to some lectures on the subjects that interest you or some oral exam.
For those wishing to undertake the course of economics, there is an exam that lasts only 10 min and there are 10 questions for which you have 1 min per question. Now think when you get the question of calculating accruals and deferrals, 1 minute is not enough for you to do the calculations (you don’t even have space to do some calculations).
I remember once that out of 230 people who had attended this exam only 2 people had passed. Do the math yourself. Furthermore, the teacher whose name I do not want to say was very “friendly” with the rector and it was she who had chosen this method of evaluation.
Although we all complained that it was an unfair method of evaluation, it remained that way for years.
Once to make fun of us with a smile on his face he replied saying: nobody passes my exam neither on the first nor on the second attempt….
I write this comment in the hope that the reader does not make the same mistake that I did. Find out first, it’s a lifestyle choice, don’t take it lightly.
View moreI graduated from Bicocca. I attended the Bachelor in economics and business administration. The language of the bachelor is Italian.
This is one of the best public university in Italy. Nevertheless, about international reputation is far from Bocconi, that is very famous and prestigious.
The majority of the teachers are kind. The website is not good, and it is chaotic, It is difficult to obtain info, and when you write to teachers you have to wait for their answers for some days. Moreover, the university does not give with good advance info about calendars, hours, dates of exams and lesson.
Exams are written or oral, and in my bachelor, there are no group projects (only in some courses but they are not compulsory, and you don’t need them to gain a better mark). You can easily study without attending the lesson, and without buying books. Slides provided by teacher, and booklets of Fronteretro copisteria are enough (I attended only a few lessons, I bought only 4 books in 3 years, and just studying slides and booklets I graduated with 110 with honour)(obviously you have to study and to prepare a study plan, it’s impossible to obtain a good mark studying only 1 week before the exam).
There is no competition among students, so there is not a bad environment in this sense. Exams are in January, February, April, June,July and September. Every year is divided into two semesters (late September to February; late February to July).
About the city, there is nothing bad to say. Milan is an international city, here you can find whatever you want. It is beautiful and modern, and it is different than the other Italian cities (I mean there are less ancient monuments than Rome… but there are skyscrapers…). The campus isn’t in the centre, but you can reach the centre by train in 10 min, and by underground in 20 min. Unfortunately, rent an apartment is very expensive, since Milan is the most expensive city in Italy.
To conclude, I advise attending this bachelor because it is not too difficult, and you can obtain a good grade. However, I advise you to attend a university abroad or Bocconi or Cattolica in Milan for your master, since Bicocca is chaotic and it has a low reputation on the job market than a prestigious foreign university or than Bocconi and Cattolica.
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