Program Overview

Business Management (Taster Course)

Overview

This highly specialised module will provide students with a clear understanding of the concepts and management functions of all businesses.

Course Details

Content

• The History of Management
  • Early management thought
  • Classical approaches to management
  • Contemporary approaches to management
• Management Concepts and functions
  • Management levels
  • Effective Management
  • Management roles
  • Management and Leadership
• Management and Planning
  • The importance of planning
  • Types of plans
  • The planning process
• Management and Organising
  • Organisation structure
  • Organisation design
• Management and Staffing
  • Recruitment
  • Selection
  • Pay and Benefits
• Management and Control
  • The nature and importance of control
  • Setting performance standards
  • Effective control
• Management and the Business Environment
  • The Macro Environment
  • The Task Environment
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Managing the External Environment
• Management and Ethics
  • What are Ethics?
  • Values and ethics
  • Business Ethics

Timetables

On-Campus Delivery

This course is scheduled to commence on Wednesday, 24th September 2025.

This part-time evening course will run one evening per week (Wednesday) over 12 weeks.

Year 2025

• Sep: 24
• Oct: 01, 08, 15, 22, 29
• Nov: 12, 19, 26
• Dec: 03, 10, 17

On-Campus Delivery

This course is scheduled to commence on Thursday, 25th September 2025.

This part-time evening course will run one evening per week (Thursday) over 12 weeks.

Year 2025

• Sep: 25
• Oct: 02, 09, 16, 23, 30
• Nov: 13, 20, 27
• Dec: 04, 11, 18

How to Apply

Entry Requirements

• English Language
  If English is not your native language, you must show that your English level is of a suitable standard. For further information please contact a member of the Admissions Team.

How to Apply

Directly to Griffith College Professional Academy.

• Applicants under 23 years of age:
  • Old Leaving Cert (Pre 2017)
    • Two Honours Level, Grade C3s or above and four Ordinary Level D3s (subjects to include Maths and a language, English, Irish or another language) or equivalent exam taken.
  • New Leaving Cert
    • 2 H5 and 4 O6/H7 grades, to include Maths and a language (English, Irish or another language).
• Applicants over 23 years of age (Mature students):
  • If you are 23 years or over from the 1st of January of this year, you can apply for this course directly using the College’s online application form.

Fees

Tuition Fees

• Irish/Eu citizens, living in Ireland
  • Study Mode: Part-Time
    • Dublin Main Campus: €750

Progression

What further study can I do?

Further to completion of the Business Management module, learners are recommended to continue their studies at Griffith College by applying for our Diploma in Business Management or BA (Hons) in Business Studies.

What career paths could I have?

Upon completion, this programme is the perfect foundation for participants who wish to progress in the workplace.