Introduction

The Open University Business School enables you to combine your studies with your professional and private lives. You can study without taking time out from the workplace – a benefit that is of value both to you and your employer. Your studies need not be disrupted by travel, by relocation or by changing personal circumstances and you can continue earning whilst you are learning.

Our courses blend academic rigour with management practice and are relevant to the everyday roles of managers. Newly acquired skills are immediately transferable. Our course materials incorporate the latest management thinking, derived from ongoing research with business and academic partners worldwide. The School has a significant and wide ranging research capability that places it in the major league of European business schools