BA114059
Higher Diploma in Business Administration and Management
The programme aims to equip students with professional, broad range and up-to-date business knowledge and managerial skills to meet the needs of the knowledge-based economy.
It also provides ample opportunities for students to interact with the business world, through industrial attachment, talks by industry leaders and visits to leading business establishments.
The programme offers a stream in Greater Bay Area Practice in cooperation with Shenzhen Polytechnic University.
Students will opt to study in either stream in the 4th – 5th semesters. The streaming criteria are based on (i) the number of places available in specific stream, (ii) the choice of students and (iii) their academic performance.
Please refer to General Entrance Requirement
Graduates may be employed as executive, supervisory or managerial positions in industrial, commercial, service or government organisations.
Graduates may articulate to the Degree programmes offered by Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (THEi):
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Public Relations and International Events Management
Graduates may pursue relevant Degrees locally or overseas. They may also apply for admission to the top-up Degree programmes in Hong Kong offered by the following universities in collaboration with the School for Higher and Professional Education (SHAPE) [Not applicable to Mainland students]:
1. Coventry University, UK: Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons)#
2. Northumbria University, UK: BSc (Hons) Global Business Management#
# It is a matter of discretion for individual employers to recognise any qualification to which this course may lead. Please refer to the corresponding programme page in the website of SHAPE for the registered course no.
This programme is recognised by:
• Hong Kong Quality Management Association: Students are eligible to become a Student Member
Students may be required to attend classes on other VTC campuses. VTC reserves the right to cancel any programme, revise programme title, content or change the offering institute(s) / campus(es) / class venue(s) if circumstances so warrant.
The revalidation of the programme will be conducted in 2025. The curriculum will be updated if circumstances so warrant.
Semester 1:
• Design Thinking and Entrepreneurship
• Economics
• Accounting
• Business Statistics
• Vocational Chinese Communication: Putonghua Conversation and Reports
• Essential Workplace Communication: Effective Oral Interaction
• Whole Person Development - Mindshift: Achieving Personal Growth & Effectiveness
• IT Essentials - Business
Semester 2:
• Management
• Management Accounting and Finance
• Business Start-up and Entrepreneurial Finance
• Human Resource Management
• Design Thinking and Entrepreneurship
• Marketing Essentials
• Creative Project
• Essential Workplace Communication: Digital Written Correspondence
Semester 3:
• Business Law and Risk Management
• Design Thinking and Entrepreneurship
• Enrichment Module A
• Creative Project
• Professional Workplace Communication: Storytelling and Job Search
• Whole Person Development - Enhancing Competencies in the 21st Century Workplace
Semester 4:
Higher Diploma in Business Administration and Management
• Global Business and Trade Practice
• Management and Innovation of e-Business
• Project and Quality Management
• Big Data and Business Analytics
• Final Year Project
• Work-integrated Learning*
• Professional Workplace Communication: Proposal and Report Writing
Higher Diploma in Business Administration and Management (China Business)
• Legal Aspects of China Business
• Business Strategies and Ethics in China
• China Business and Economic Development
• Financial Management in China
• Technology Application and E-commerce for China Business
• Final Year Project (China Business)
• Work-integrated Learning*
• Professional Workplace Communication: Proposal and Report Writing
Semester 5:
Higher Diploma in Business Administration and Management
• Application of New Technology in Modern Supply Chain Management
• Digital and Social Media Marketing
• Enrichment Module B
• Final Year Project
• Work-integrated Learning*
• Vocational Chinese Communication: Putonghua Presentations and Promotional Text Writing
• Professional Workplace Communication: Pitching and Persuasive Presentation
• Whole Person Development - Collaboration, Teamwork & Social Engagement
Higher Diploma in Business Administration and Management (China Business)
• Foreign Trade and Investment in China
• Organizational Behavior and Business Management in China
• Enrichment Module B
• Final Year Project (China Business)
• Work-integrated Learning*
• Vocational Chinese Communication: Putonghua Presentations and Promotional Text Writing
• Professional Workplace Communication: Pitching and Persuasive Presentation
• Whole Person Development - Collaboration, Teamwork & Social Engagement
* Depending on the job nature and study programmes, Work-integrated Learning will be arranged at an appropriate time during the period of study."