Studying Business Administration at Lancaster University offers you the opportunity to study a wide range of relevant subjects, providing you with a complete understanding of what is needed to work in business. Alongside this you will spend your third year on an industrial placement. A key focus of the course is the development of essential managerial skills such as: Team working, Leadership, Problem solving, Effective communication. You will also put your learning into practice in a ten-week team project for a local business in your second year looking at a real issue and providing recommendations to the organisation. In the final year you apply your knowledge to a strategic management simulation exercise where your team is in charge of an airline company, providing you with experience of running a business.