• The increased usage of computers in support of business information system has created problems for traditionally educated managers in present day industry and commerce. They may be trained in management techniques but may have little knowledge of the capabilities and the rapid changes in modern computing. On the other hand, they can come up via the computing/information systems route with little understanding of how an organisation runs. What is needed in a training education course is that it should cover both aspects and produce graduates who are potentially “hybrid” managers
• Our Business Computing course provides such training. It combines core modules in Computing with specialised modules in business and management. The areas covered include finance and accounting, business, economics, marketing, business information systems and international business
• To develop the participants' analytical and personal skills necessary to work in a specialised computing and management environment

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The University of Bradford received its Royal Charter in 1966 but its origins date back to the 1860s. It is a research-led University, but nevertheless, its objective of 'Making Knowledge Work' ensures that much of the research is directly relevant to industry, commerce and the professions. The University of Bradford is also a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU).

Annual statistics show that the University of Bradford's graduate employment record is one of the best in the UK. The University was ranked Number 1 for graduate employment in the North of England according to the Times Good University Guide 2007.

BRADFORD SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

The Bradford School of Management is one of Europe's leading full-service business schools offering programmes of management education at undergraduate, graduate, doctorate and executive levels.

The School of Management's full-time MBA programme was ranked in the Top 100 Business Schools in the world, and 10th in the UK by the Financial Times 2005 survey and was awarded the prestigious EQUIS accreditation for excellence in management education by the European Foundation for Management Development. It has a strong research record, which provides a unique combination of business oriented skills development and teaching evidenced through management research.

SCHOOL OF INFORMATICS

The School of Informatics comprises three departments: Computing (the largest department in the School), Electronic Imaging and Media Communications (EIMC). The Department of Computing was ranked Top 24 Computer Science Department in UK by the Education Guardian University Guide 2004.

The mission of the School is to provide an international research and learning environment and continue to advance the multi-disciplinary programme of research and education in computer science, digital media and its creative uses, cybernetics, and the Internet. Research in the department is flourishing and covers the areas of Networks and Performance Engineering; Intelligent and Quantum Information Systems; Modeling, Optimisation, Scheduling and Intelligent Control; Mobile Computing and Networks; Telecommunications.

The undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes in Computing began in 1968 and are amongst the longest running courses of their kind in the UK.

The undergraduate degree course in Business Computing, run in partnership with the School of Management, has been in existence for about 15 years. The accelerating convergence of information technology, telecommunications and media, and the emerging importance of mobility, is increasing the relevance and impact of informatics in all walks of life. The Business Computing course aims to provide tomorrow's managers with the awareness and skills they need in order to be able to harness these new developments to the requirements of their businesses.

In Singapore, the School of Management and Informatics are involved in the course design and review of the quality and standard of the MDIS certificate, diploma and advanced diploma courses that the University of Bradford recognises. As a result they are accepted as qualifying courses for entry into the Bradford University undergraduate courses in Management and Business Computing delivered by MDIS.