Business and Technology
(BSc. Business Management)

  • Tech-Savvy Business Knowledge
  • Innovative Problem-Solving
  • Bridging Business and IT

Business and Technology
(BSc. Business Management)

  • Tech-Savvy Business Knowledge
  • Innovative Problem-Solving
  • Bridging Business and IT

the program AT a glance

The Business and Technology specialisation within the B.Sc. Business Management program is delivered in partnership with Triagon Academy, Malta, equips learners with the knowledge, skills, and understanding needed to navigate the intersection of business and modern technology. The program builds a strong foundation in management while addressing contemporary issues such as entrepreneurship, leadership, sustainability, governance, ethics, diversity, and globalisation. Students develop the capacity to understand how technological advancements shape business strategies and operations, preparing them to lead organisations through the challenges of today’s digital economy.

The curriculum covers key areas including digital transformation, technological innovation, cybersecurity, and data privacy, alongside the ethical implications of technology in business. By exploring innovations such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and machine learning, students gain the ability to assess their practical applications in diverse industries. Graduates emerge with competencies to evaluate digital trends, apply cutting-edge technologies responsibly, and design strategies that balance efficiency, security, and ethical considerations, making them highly valuable in an increasingly tech-driven business world.

Degree BSc. Business Management (Business & Technology)
Duration 8/6 Semesters
Study Format Full-time / Part-time
Modules Core Modules, Electives and Bachelor Thesis
Learning Concept E-Learning + In-person seminars
Awarding Institution Triagon Academy, Malta
Accreditations GTEC, MFHEA, ACQUIN
Access to Further Studies MA, MBA & MSc.

program modules

The program modules in Business and Technology are designed to blend core business management principles with the dynamic influence of modern technology. Through a project-based learning approach, students gain hands-on experience by applying theoretical knowledge to real-world scenarios, allowing them to tailor their studies to personal interests and career aspirations.

This flexible structure empowers learners to focus on specialised topics such as digital transformation, innovation, cybersecurity, or sustainability, while also building strong competencies in leadership, governance, and ethics. By engaging with these modules, students not only acquire technical and managerial expertise but also develop the adaptability needed to excel in today’s rapidly evolving business landscape.

Business in these modern times have become increasingly complex due to the ever-changing nature of the job environment. What this implies is that there is the need for managers to be equipped with the key state of the art knowledge about managing especially in a complex environment.
This course seeks to enable participants understand and appreciate the role of management in modern times, assess how they affect the overall performance of organization and equip students with the necessary knowledge about people management.

The success of an organization depends on the capacities and capabilities of its personnel. Unless an organization devotes enough resources on the development of its human resource, it would not get the required output from its personnel. The quality of the organization‘s employees, their enthusiasm and satisfaction with their jobs, and their sense of fair treatment all impact the firm’s productivity, level of customer service, reputation, and survival.

In short, people make the difference (Gomez-Mejia, Balkin and Cardy, 1998). An organization’s commitment to the development of human resource has to be reflected in its policies, procedures, practices, customs and ideals.

Any organization that deals with money or money’s worth needs to record every transaction that it enters into. Finance is the analysis of decision problems involving the allocation of resources over time in a world of uncertainty. It encompasses all business enterprises. To understand finance, you must know about the entire business, indeed the entire economy.

The sessions in this course give a complete understanding, right from scratch to preparation and analysis of financial statements and teach the basic legal and planning elements used in practical international tax planning.

Further participants will understand the framework for analyzing the major types of investment and financial decisions made by corporations. Capital budgeting techniques, working capital management, capital structure and dividend decisions of entities, short and long-term financing, mergers and acquisitions and the use of derivatives and options for risk management will be discussed.

We live in a world that presents us with great opportunity – and hard choices. Economics, as the study of choice under scarcity, is important to each of us, whether we study it formally or not. Knowledge of basic economics drives an understanding of the behaviour of all economic agents and how the economy as a whole works. This course is an introduction to the principles of economics.

In this course, you will learn how these ways of thinking can help you to see the world with fresh insight. You will see new perspectives on the important public policy issues of our day. You will also see how you can make better informed choices about your own business life. The object will not be to memorize a set of conclusions, but rather to learn ways of approaching the problems of the material world.

Current demands of the world of business has made it critical for firms to analyse huge sums of data and further make institutional decisions based on them. What this implies for educational institutions is that students would need not just to appreciate the relevance of big data to organizations but to also practically received a hands-on training in that regard.

This course is designed to equip students with the necessary skills in quantitative data analysis in the field of business and statistics. This course is design to enable students develop their analytical prowess and analyse complex situations using figures.

This module is developed to enable students appreciate the relevance of change within organizations due to the dynamics of the external environment businesses will have to deal with. The module further equips students with the necessary skills in creating an organizational atmosphere that is enabling enough to accomplish organizational goals and objectives. Furthermore, the module also seeks to bring to the awareness of students, how organizational designs are key to determining overall organizational success.

Every organizations sells or buys in one form or another. Thus marketing serves as an integral part of the core business of every organization. This module is design to enable students develop a marketing perspective towards organizational processes and further appreciate the role customers play in the longevity of every organization.

Communication is considered as a key factors in determining several organizational outcomes. Right from how a vision is communicated, how plans are decided on and how employees are motivated, communication plays a very key role. The purpose of this module is to equip students with the required communication skills and competence to carefully understand how several cues affects overall corporate presentations.

Management Accounting seeks to establish value for the organization by way of managing resources, activities and individuals to achieve the organization’s goals. Management accounting systems can be effective tools that will be used in providing information that is needful in making decisions at all levels in the organization.

This course offers an introduction to the basics of management accounting. Topics include cost accounting terminology, job costing, process costing, activity-based costing, activity-based management, cost-volume-profit analysis, budgeting, standard costing, variance analysis, responsibility accounting, variable costing, transfer pricing, and decision making.

Rules of law govern many aspects of business. A deep understanding of legal rules and ethics provide a framework for making accurate business decisions, speeds up commercial transactions, and enhances order in the marketplace.

This course focuses on the organization and operation of the European legal system, legal rules and ethical constraints that impact business, and the practical application of these rules and constraints to real-world situations. Emphasis lies on analytical problem solving and ethical decision-making.

The field of organizational behaviour (OB) is about understanding how people and groups in organizations behave, react, and interpret events. It also describes the role of organizational systems, structures, and processes in shaping behavior, and explains how organizations really work. OB provides a foundation for the effective management of people in organizations. Because it explains how organizations work from individual motivation to team dynamics to organizational structure, knowing about OB is essential to being effective at all organizational levels. Because an organization’s people are responsible for gaining and keeping a competitive advantage, understanding how to mobilize and motivate employees is critical to organizational performance. Businesses excel when employees understand how their behaviors influence an organization’s performance and enable strategy execution, and when they are led effectively and are motivated to do their best. Understanding and practicing OB concepts is critical to understanding organizations and gives individuals, managers, and organizations the skills and tools they need to be effective.

This course examines tax principles with specific application to business tax planning and operations. The course will examine tax effects resulting from formation, operation, and liquidation of a corporation.

Topics include tax deductions and credits, tax deferral, income splitting. Capital gains and losses, investments, charitable donations, collections, tax for employees, self-employment, automobile deductions, corporate taxes, business taxes.

With examples, instructions and current business financial information and data, students will manifest through discussions and practical tasks, their ability to comprehend and apply the basic concepts and principles required to evaluate, and implement effective general tax planning techniques as part of an overall business plan

The module enables students to undertake an appropriate period of professional activity, related to their course at level 6, with a business or community organization and to gain credit for their achievements. The activity can be a professional training, volunteering activity, employment activity, placement, or business start-up activity.

It is expected student should demonstrate 240 learning hours which should be recorded clearly (in a learning log for instance) in the portfolio. The 240 hours can be completed in 40 working days in a full time mode.

Students should register with the module leader to be briefed on the module, undergo induction and work related learning planning and to have the Work Related Learning plan approved before taking up the opportunity. It is essential that students are made aware that both the “Work Related Learning agreement” and relevant “health and safety checklist” where applicable need to be approved before starting the placement. Please note that “health and safety checklist” is relevant if students carry out learning activities externally.

Great businesses are built and established based on pragmatic ideas and concepts that shapes the life of the organization right from the onset. Such ideas need not just look at the present but assess issues from a long term perspective. This module has been designed to enable students have a more strategic view towards organizational issues and hence be able develop managerial objectives that shape the directions of organizations.

Leadership as an organizational concept has received much attention both in theory and practice. This is because everything rises or falls based on leadership. Ethics on the other hand serves as the behavior that carves and expresses good or bad leadership.

This module has been designed to enable students appreciate the various theories or perspectives of leadership and thereby appreciating how these affects employee outcomes. The module further trains students to ascertain the relevance of ethics in the world of business and how it affects organizational outcomes.

The course aims to provide insight into and understanding of the importance of culture and team development in organizations, as a theoretical concept and empirical phenomenon.

For some time, it has been recognized that cultures, or at least cultural phenomena, develop in organizations. These cultures significantly affect the ways organizations work, and the ways work is carried out in organizations and in teams. In the course, students learn to use and understand important cultural perspectives, concepts and analytical tools as well as the dynamics of team development.

The module enables students to undertake an appropriate period of professional activity, related to their course at level 6, with a business or community organization and to gain credit for their achievements. The activity can be a professional training, volunteering activity, employment activity, placement, or business start-up activity.

It is expected student should demonstrate 240 learning hours which should be recorded clearly (in a learning log for instance) in the portfolio. The 240 hours can be completed in 40 working days in a full time mode.

Students should register with the module leader to be briefed on the module, undergo induction and work related learning planning and to have the Work Related Learning plan approved before taking up the opportunity. It is essential that students are made aware that both the “Work Related Learning agreement” and relevant “health and safety checklist” where applicable need to be approved before starting the placement. Please note that “health and safety checklist” is relevant if students carry out learning activities externally.

The course aims to provide insight into and understanding of the importance of culture and team development in organizations, as a theoretical concept and empirical phenomenon.

For some time, it has been recognized that cultures, or at least cultural phenomena, develop in organizations. These cultures significantly affect the ways organizations work, and the ways work is carried out in organizations and in teams. In the course, students learn to use and understand important cultural perspectives, concepts and analytical tools as well as the dynamics of team development.

Everyday life displays some rich dynamics within which we try to think things through to logical conclusions; distinguish between solid arguments on the one hand and stupid ones on the other; determine the value of claims and thoughtfully construct arguments to present to others in a variety of conversational situations.

This course provides instruction and practice in written inquiry and critical thinking. It introduces writing as a way of developing, exploring, and testing ideas. The course also orients students to informational literacy, the writing center, and writing technologies.

Class discussion focuses on the central role of rhetorical positioning in the development of a clear, interesting, and rigorous science research paper. An important course goal is the refinement of students’ skills as critical readers so that they are able to offer explicit and useful feedback to colleagues and co- writers.

  • a. Production & Manufacturing Technology
  • b. Quality Management & Certification
  • c. Resource & Development Management

Research methods enables individuals to appreciate the world we find ourselves in by understanding situations and how they come by. This module has been developed to equip students with practical research skills, develop their quantitative and qualitative analytical skills as well as appreciate the role of theory in our modern world.

The module is also designed to enable students determine how hypothesises are formed and how proper data collection affects the findings of a particular project.

The module is framed in terms of a dissertation. The student undertakes an enquiry into a topic of his or her own choice and, based on this enquiry, develops an extended critical study. The module involves individual supervision designed to support the student’s ambitions and confidence in becoming an independent learner, building on techniques and knowledge developed in previous years, and providing scope for initiative and development. The dissertation demonstrates the student’s ability to thoroughly research a topic, use appropriate methods of investigation, and work methodically and productively.

The subject matter of the dissertation can be practical, theoretical, technical, or historical, should be closely related to the student’s main field of study and be complimentary to their practice. In case the Student creates a practical work, it should be brought into academic scientific context which is further elaborated in the written assessment. The dissertation may be professionally oriented and include field-work; or it might be academic and theoretical in its source material and methodology. Its form and approach can reflect a broad range of discipline-specific approaches based on discussion and agreement with the supervisor and/or course leader.

Students may develop their topic independently or, as an option, within a specific dissertation Interest or Subject Group.

What is ”Business & Technology“?

Business & Technology is the discipline the deals with the applications of science, data, engineering, and information for business purposes, such as the achievement of economic and organizational goals. The main element of technology is the idea of change, and how it can affect business and society.

YOUR CAREER PROSPECTS

This degree equips graduates with skills to work in various industries, including large corporations, banks, insurance companies, and specialized sectors like automotive, aerospace, pharmaceutical, healthcare, energy, and construction. Opportunities abound in roles such as Business Analyst, Database Manager, Information Systems Auditor among others.

  • Business Analyst

    Business analysts work with organisations to help them improve their processes and systems. They conduct research and analysis in order to come up with solutions to business problems and help to introduce these systems to businesses and their clients.

  • Database Manager

    Database managers develop and maintain organizations’ databases. They create data storage and retrieval systems, troubleshoot database issues, and implement database recovery procedures and safety protocols. They also supervise the daily activities of database teams.

  • Information Systems Auditor

    An information System Auditor performs general and application control reviews for simple to complex computer information systems. They obtain reasonable assurance that an organization safeguards it data processing assets, maintains data integrity and achieves system effectiveness and efficiency.

Graduates can anticipate diverse job opportunities in management, marketing, accounting, corporate finance, consultancy and human resources in leading global economies.

Why should I enroll?

  • Quality, internationally accredited and recognised programs (Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate).

  • A wide range of sector-focused specializations options allowing students to study based on their career aspirations.

  • A blend of talented, well-prepared international faculty and administrative staff with extensive academic and industry experience.

  • Strong focus on hands-on competency and employability

  • Modern learning spaces, virtual technologies and support services

  • Innovative teaching, learning, examination formats and research solutions

  • International experience (Internships, exchange programs).

  • Shorter duration of studies and completion time

  • Attractive, competitive and affordable tuition fees with study grants and flexible payment options

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Have questions about your program or future study options? Our dedicated advisors are here to guide you through every step, from application to graduation.

Study Advisor

Phone: +233 (0) 24 8080 961 / +233 (0) 27 2007 121
Email: academicservices@ghana.my-university.com
Available from: Monday – Saturday 9am – 5pm

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