Explore Business Administration
Business Administration examines how organisations coordinate people, resources and decisions. This subject guide introduces the questions, methods and practical work that help learners understand the field before choosing a formal course of study.
A strong starting point is to connect organisational behaviour with accounting. The first develops a foundation for reasoning; the second provides a setting in which to test ideas. Keep a learning journal that records assumptions, sources and questions that remain unresolved.
Four areas to investigate
Organisational behaviour
Connect organisational behaviour to the study of how organisations coordinate people, resources and decisions. Compare an introductory explanation with a worked example, then describe where the approach is useful and where it may fail.
Accounting
Connect accounting to the study of how organisations coordinate people, resources and decisions. Compare an introductory explanation with a worked example, then describe where the approach is useful and where it may fail.
Strategy
Connect strategy to the study of how organisations coordinate people, resources and decisions. Compare an introductory explanation with a worked example, then describe where the approach is useful and where it may fail.
Operations
Connect operations to the study of how organisations coordinate people, resources and decisions. Compare an introductory explanation with a worked example, then describe where the approach is useful and where it may fail.
Learn through inquiry
Develop an evidence-led operating plan for a small social enterprise.
Begin with a question narrow enough to investigate. Decide what evidence would support an answer, document the method and explain what further work would be needed.