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Module title: Business and Management Challenges
SCQF level: 08:
SCQF credit value: 20.00
ECTS credit value: 10
Module code: SOE08101
Module leader: Sharif Alaydi
School The Business School
Subject area group: Management
Prerequisites

N/A
Description of module content:

The Role of the Manager
The Challenges of Teams & Their Cultures
Internal Change & the External View
Designing Relevant Business Structures
Decision-Making Models
Communication & Feedback
Making Ethical Decisions
Using Influence & Power
Creating & Implementing Plans
Learning Outcomes for module:

LO1: Review the role of management and its importance
LO2: Explain the values, attitudes, emotions of managers. Manage conflicts and negotiations.
LO3: Look at the management of global companies and scrutinise the behaviour of their managers
LO4: Describe the ethics of top managers and ethical concerns throughout the organisation
LO5: Manage change and innovation. Explain organisational control and structure.
LO6: Review what leadership is and the role of manager as strategist
Full Details of Teaching and Assessment
2023/4, Trimester 1, FACE-TO-FACE, Edinburgh Napier University
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Occurrence: 001
Primary mode of delivery: FACE-TO-FACE
Location of delivery: CRAIGLOCKHAR
Partner: Edinburgh Napier University
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: Sharif Alaydi
Module Organiser:


Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activityLearning & Teaching ActivityNESH (Study Hours)
Face To Face Lecture 24
Face To Face Tutorial 12
Independent Learning Guided independent study 162
Face To Face Centrally Time Tabled Examination 2
Total Study Hours200
Expected Total Study Hours for Module200


Assessment
Type of Assessment Weighting % LOs covered Week due Length in Hours/Words
Oral Presentation 15 1-5 6 HOURS= 00.20, WORDS= 0
Report 35 1-5 11 HOURS= 00.00, WORDS= 3000
Centrally Time Tabled Examination 50 1-6 14/15 HOURS= 02.00, WORDS= 0
Component 1 subtotal: 50
Component 2 subtotal: 50
Module subtotal: 100
2023/4, Trimester 2, FACE-TO-FACE, Edinburgh Napier University
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Occurrence: 004
Primary mode of delivery: FACE-TO-FACE
Location of delivery: CRAIGLOCKHAR
Partner: Edinburgh Napier University
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: Sharif Alaydi
Module Organiser:


Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activityLearning & Teaching ActivityNESH (Study Hours)
Face To Face Lecture 24
Face To Face Tutorial 12
Independent Learning Guided independent study 162
Face To Face Centrally Time Tabled Examination 2
Total Study Hours200
Expected Total Study Hours for Module200


Assessment
Type of Assessment Weighting % LOs covered Week due Length in Hours/Words
Oral Presentation 15 1-5 6 HOURS= 00.20, WORDS= 0
Report 35 1-5 11 HOURS= 00.00, WORDS= 3000
Centrally Time Tabled Examination 50 1-6 14/15 HOURS= 02.00, WORDS= 0
Component 1 subtotal: 50
Component 2 subtotal: 50
Module subtotal: 100
2023/4, Trimester 2, FACE-TO-FACE,
VIEW FULL DETAILS
Occurrence: 007
Primary mode of delivery: FACE-TO-FACE
Location of delivery: WEST LOTHIAN
Partner:
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: Sharif Alaydi
Module Organiser:


Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activityLearning & Teaching ActivityNESH (Study Hours)
Face To Face Lecture 24
Face To Face Tutorial 12
Independent Learning Guided independent study 162
Face To Face CL_TST 2
Total Study Hours200
Expected Total Study Hours for Module200


Assessment
Type of Assessment Weighting % LOs covered Week due Length in Hours/Words
Oral Presentation 20 1 - 5 6 HOURS= 0.2, WORDS= 0
Report 30 1 - 5 11 HOURS= 0, WORDS= 3000
Centrally Time Tabled Examination 50 1 -5 14/15 HOURS= 2, WORDS= 0
Component 1 subtotal: 50
Component 2 subtotal: 50
Module subtotal: 100

Indicative References and Reading List - URL:
SOE08101-Business and Management Challenges
 

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