The ABE Business Management programme provides a professional qualification that may be used to prepare directly for a career in business, or to gain advanced entry onto a range of professional qualifications and university business courses in the UK and other countries. The programme provides students with an appreciation of the theoretical issues currently involved in the study of business and a wide range of practical skills, which will enhance their value to potential employers. Major themes running throughout the programme include Management, Finance, Accounting, Marketing and IT.

ABE CERTIFICATE IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

There are four compulsory subjects:

1. Introduction to Business 2. Introduction to Quantitative Methods 3. Introduction to Accounting 4. Introduction to Business Communication

Course Commencement:

September and January

Duration of the course:

One semester-full time

Entry requirements:

No formal qualifications are required, but applicants must demonstrate competence in the English language.

ABE DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (PARTS 1 & 2)

The Diploma in Business Management enables students to secure entry to the second year of many undergraduate business studies degree programmes. Diploma examination papers are set and marked to BTEC National Diploma standards.

The Diploma comprises two parts of equal standing.

PART I - Four compulsory subjects

1. Organisational Behaviour 2. Financial Accounting 3. Economic Principles and their Applications to Business 4. Quantitative Methods for Business and Management

PART 2 - Three compulsory subjects

1. Human Resource Management 2. Marketing Policy, Planning and Communication 3. Management in Action

Plus two from the following options:

1. System Analysis and Design 2. Managerial Accounting 3. Principles of Business Law 4. Concepts & Principles of Islamic Economics

• ABE Certificate in Business Management
• Two GCE 'A' levels together with four GCSEs at Grade C or above, including English language and mathematics.
• An 'Access' Certificate from a UK College of Further Education.

On satisfactory completion of the nine Diploma subjects students can proceed to the Advanced Diploma. Students may commence the Advanced Diploma when they have seven passes at Diploma level but must sit the examinations for the remaining two subjects in the same session as their first Advanced Diploma examinations. If there is a clash of dates on the timetable the Diploma subjects must be sat leaving the Advanced Diploma subject(s) until the next examination session. The Advanced Diploma will not be awarded unless the Diploma has been completed.

ABE ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

The Advanced Diploma enables students with industrial experience to gain admission to many MBA programmes and students without industrial experience to gain admission to the final year of many university degree programmes. Advanced Diploma papers are set and marked to a Pass Degree standard.

Course structure:

Students must pass three compulsory subjects and two optional subjects from the choice of four
.

(September - December)	(February - June)
1.Managing in Organisations * 2.International Business (Case study)  * 3.Managing the Information Resource @ 4.Strategic Human Resource  Management for Business Organisation@	5. Corporate Strategy and Planning * 6. Strategic Marketing Management @ 7. Corporate Finance @ 8. Islamic Finance

*   -  Compulsory subjects
@  -  Optional subjects

International Business (Case study) will be conducted in both semesters.

Course commencement:

September and January

Duration of the course:

One year full-time or one semester-intensive full time study

Entry requirements:

Applicants must have attained one of the following qualifications:

• ABE Diploma in Business Management.
• A degree awarded by a recognised UK or overseas university.
• Other recognised qualifications of approved overseas institutions of Higher Education.