The Programme

The Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Business Administration and Management programme [BA(Hons)BAM] is offered by the University of Huddersfield (HU) in collaboration with the Centre for Advanced and Professional Studies (CAPS), Caritas Francis Hsu College. The degree offered in Hong Kong is of the same standing and recognition as the degree offered on-campus in the United Kingdom.

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The University

The University of Huddersfield (HU) is an official government funded university in the north of England. The University's mission is to enable its students to reach their full potential by equipping them with the knowledge, attitudes, and skills they need to meet with the ever-demanding needs of the workplace and society in the twenty-first century. HU draws its students from those seeking learning opportunities throughout their lives as well as from suitably qualified school leavers and postgraduates, from both the UK and overseas.

HU was formed from the former Polytechnic of Huddersfield in 1992. The Polytechnic of Huddersfield was formed from the former College of Technology of Huddersfield in 1970. The former Huddersfield College of Technology was well recognized for its excellence in Business, Engineering and Logistics.

In 1970 the College was amongst the first to receive Polytechnic status, wherein its portfolio of undergraduate, post-experience and post-graduate courses rapidly expanded. Its reputation for providing major academic and training initiatives in addition to the enthusiasm of its staff at all levels enabled it to gain the university status in 1992.

HU continues to build on its fine reputation for providing excellence in its mix and spread of full-time, part-time, and flexible delivery courses and to further expand its well established research and high level consultancy base. It continues its pursuit of excellence in every area. It is quoted in the 1999's Virgin Alternative Guide to British Universities that "Huddersfield University staff are the most enthusiastic in the country". In the late 1998 HU won two nationally recognized HEIST Awards for promotional materials.

Undergraduate courses in business have been offered by the HU for over twenty-five years and there are now some 3,000 students enrolled in the Huddersfield University Business School which is in charge of the BA(Hons)BAM programme.

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Academic and Professional Prospects of the Graduates

BA(Hons)BAM graduates are accessible to the MBA, MSc Management Distance Learning Programme and MSc Action Learning programmes offered in the UK by HU.

HU is a corporate member of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), UK. The BA(Hons)BAM award of HU is given graduate recognition by the CMI. Graduates may apply for being an Associate of the CMI (ACMI). They may further apply for being a Full Member (MCMI) of the CMI if they possess recognized management experience, and then the Fellow (FCMI) if they have extensive experience in management posts with a substantial strategic element in scope and duration.

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Our Support

While the University of Huddersfield is responsible for teaching and academic accreditation of the programme, it is offered for, and co-operatively with the Centre for Advanced & Professional Studies (CAPS), Caritas Francis Hsu College, Caritas-Hong Kong, which is responsible for local course administration.

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Programme Objectives

The BA(Hons)BAM programme is designed to equip students for the demand of the business, industry, voluntary and service sectors in the 21st Century.The programme is distinctive from ordinary business degrees in that it builds on the functional areas of business by focusing on Management and Leadership. It will be particularly useful for students wishing to retain flexibility in their career choice and who may be more interested in focusing on general management issues rather than choosing a specific functional or specialist area.

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Programme Structure

The programme consists of 6 modules, which between them generate the 120 credits required for the successful completion of this honours "top-up" degree. These are outlined below:

Module Descriptions

• To provide students with an understanding of the challenges faced by those involved in leading and renewing organizations in today's increasingly complex and dynamic global operating environment.
• To provide an insight into what leadership is and the role and challenges of the leader in contemporary dynamic organizations. To understand the relationship between leaders and followers, particularly situational, contingency and path-goal theories.
• To provide an insight into theory and models describing contemporary organizations and strategic leadership and decision-making such as leader-member exchange theory, transactional theory, transformational leadership theory etc.

• To examine various aspects of the relationship between individuals and their occupations.
• To consider the implications - particularly from a managerial perspective - of such relationships at the level of the individual, the organization and society.
• To explore the labour process/ flexible specialization debate and to apply such concepts to issues such as professions, management and gender.
• To consider the numerous implications of the nature of people's work - or non-work - at the level of the individual, the organization, and society as a whole.
• To provide an integrative understanding of key management issues.

• To provide an indepth knowledge of current quality initiatives.
• To explore how the quality movement has contributed to managing operations in a more effective way.
• To develop an understanding of how quality output both in the service sector and manufacturing sector helps achieve strategic objectives.
• To explore approaches to improving and developing employee and managerial performance.

• To provide an insight into the subject of strategic management and to develop students so that they explore long term organisational aims.
• To develop an understanding of corporate, strategic and tactical techniques to survive in a competitive business environment.
• To enable students to explore strategy creation, direction and implementation of appropriate strategies.

• To provide an understanding of the nature and importance of managing technological innovation and new product development in competitive strategy.
• To familiarise students with the issues, concepts and techniques associated with the management of technological innovation and new product innovation.
• To develop the student's understanding of marketing new products in business and comsumer markets.
• To develop the student's awareness and understanding of innovative marketing practice.

• To familiarise students with the concept of national culture and explore the impact that national cultural has on behaviour.
• To identify and analyse the implications of the link between national culture and behaviour for organizations.
• To identify and examine the impact that working across national cultures has on managers.
• To explore and analyse the nature of human resource policies and practices designed to prepare and support managers for working overseas - particularly expatriate managers.
• To consider the concept of change in national cultures and its implications.
• To develop in students an open minded and non-judgemental approach to cultural difference.

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Programme Duration

There are 3 sessions in the year, commencing in

• January,
• May, and
• September.

New students may start in any session. Two modules are conducted in each session. The duration of the programme varies for individual students in accordance with the number of modules to be taken. The minimum duration of the programme is one year if students opt to follow the fast track under which two modules are to be completed in each session, or two years if students opt to follow the normal pace under which one module is to be completed in each session.

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Mode of Study

The part-time programme is taught by means of three types of classes:

1. Face-to-face Tuition

Lecturers from the HU will visit Hong Kong to conduct face-to-face classes in a block of 24 hours for each module. These classes will normally be held as follows:

Jan-Apr Session: the 1st or 2nd week in January May-Aug Session: the 1st or 2nd week in May Sep-Dec Session: the 1st or 2nd week in September Each week comprises

• Sunday (10am-5pm),
• Monday to Friday (6:45pm-9:45pm) and
• Saturday (2pm-5pm).

2. Self-study

Comprehensive and quality study materials have been developed by the University to guide students in their self-study.

3. Tutorials

Local staff will be responsible for the conduction of tutorials, using material provided and approved by the University. Staff from CAPS will provide administrative and pastoral support to students.

24 hours of tutorial support are arranged in each session. The arrangement will be 12 tutorials of 2 hours each, held from around 7pm to 9pm on a specified weekday.

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Assessment

Students' performance in each module is assessed by prescribed coursework and a final examiniation. Examinations will be held at the end of each session.

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Graduation Requirements

For graduation purposes, students must satisfactorily complete all assessments for the prescribed modules, as well as satisfy requirements for the examination.

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Admission Requirements

The academic requirement is a higher diploma in business and related areas. Mature students (i.e. 21 years old or above) are considered individually and much depends on previous educational background, employment and experience.

Entry is attainable through the following paths or equivalent:

• graduates of business-related Higher Diploma programmes of the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (IVE);

• graduates of the CFHC Higher Diploma in Company Secretaryship and Administration / Corporate Management or Higher Diploma in Accounting Studies;

• a Diploma of Higher Education in a business, or business-related subject such as accountancy, from a UK university;

• a Higher National Diploma in Business awarded by Edexel;

• an advanced, professionally recognized diploma, for examples, the Diploma in Management Studies Programme (DMS) jointly offered by the Hong Kong Management Association and the Lingnan University; or the Diploma in Business Management offered by School of Continuing Education of Hong Kong Baptist University;

• mature students (i.e. 21 years old or above) with an advanced, professionally recognized, Diploma of the Institute of Administrative Management and at least 2 years of relevant work experience;

• mature students (i.e. 21 years old or above) with an Advanced Diploma of the Institute of Business Administration (IBAM) and at least 2 years of relevant work experience.

Applicants are also required to meet the English proficiency requirement of GCSE Grade C, or TOFEL 550, or IELTS 6.0.

An exemption to the above English language proficiency will be for those applicants who have completed English language courses within their Higher Diploma.

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Tuition Fees and Mode of Payment

For students who start in the session of January 2009, May 2009 or September 2009, the tuition fee is set at HK$ 10,580 per module and the total tuition fee is therefore HK$63,480. The fees are payable in three to six consecutive instalments on a module-by-module basis before each session. The tuition fees cover

• study materials,
• lectures,
• tutorials,
• assignments, and
• examinations

but do not cover textbooks.

Tuition fees are subject to an annual review. Students who do not complete their study within 6 consecutive sessions are subject to any fee increase applied to the sessions later on.

Payment of tuition fees is to be made by cheque or money order made payable to "Caritas-Hong Kong".

Fees paid are not transferrable. Fees paid will not be refunded unless there is a premature cessation of the programme in which case refund will be made within 1 month after the scheduled commencement of the session.

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Application Procedure

The duly completed application form must be submitted to CAPS together with the following:

• originals and copies of supporting certificates, diplomas and relevant transcripts, as evidence of academic and professional qualifications obtained, for certification purpose,
• copy of HKID card or passport,
• a non-refundable application fee of HK$200 (payable by cash/cheque), and
• a recent passport-sized photograph.

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Closing Dates for Application

All applications must be submitted to CAPS of Caritas Francis Hsu College on or before the closing dates, which are

• November 30,
• March 31, and
• July 31

respectively for intakes in

• January,
• May, and
• September.

Schedule of Modules

University of Huddersfield reserves the right to adjust the sequence of the modules offered.

The 6 modules will be offered again in the similar pattern every year. Eligible candidates may start with any session and complete the 6 modules in a minimum of one year of part-time study.

Lectures are held on Sunday from 10am to 5pm, Monday to Friday from 6:45pm to 9:45pm and Saturday from 2pm to 5pm.

Tutorials are normally held on weekdays from 7pm to 9pm.

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Contact Information

HONG KONG
	Programme Officer [BA(Hons) BAM]
	Centre for Advanced & Professional Studies Caritas Francis Hsu College 11 Caine Road Central Hong Kong
	2508 9122
	2524 0659
	caps@cfhc.caritas.edu.hk
UNITED KINGDOM
	Course Director [BA(Hons) BAM] University of Huddersfield
	Queensgate Huddersfield HD1 3DH United Kingdom
	44-1-484-472286
	44-1-484-473174

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Local Registration

The Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Business Administration and Management has been registered with the Non-local Courses Registry of the Education and Manpower Bureau in accordance with the Non-local Higher and Professional Education (Regulation) Ordinance (CAP.493). The Course Registration Number is 251069.

According to the Ordinance, it is the discretion of individual employers to recognize any qualification to which the course may lead.

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