There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added

On this module you will enhance your self-awareness regarding a number of key areas. You will developing as a team member and leader, heightening your awareness of valuing difference. You will learn about networking as a skill, about creating a brand, about career planning and also about reflecting on what works well for you in a business context. In terms of your academic skills you will develop your digital literacy through learning where to source data, as well as in how to interpret and evaluate it and to use it. You will also develop as a self-regulated learner through becoming more aware of key literacies and skills relating to referencing, assessment and feedback.With regard to the development of skills, these skills to be developed will include professional communication and persuasive writing in academic and business contexts, and also an ability for time management. You will also give presentations using different media and work to develop your own inner feedback (using external sources of information to evaluate knowledge and understanding).In relation to whether these are separate within the module, they will often be delivered discretely, but in an order that allows for them to be iteratively and cumulatively drawn upon to complete the tasks and transfer the knowledge from these tasks to other MBA modules and content. At other times, particularly towards the end of the module, you will draw on a range of the abilities and knowledge you have learned to complete tasks.

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

LO1: Demonstrate critical knowledge of digital and non-digital tools to communicate effectively and professionally, both verbally and in writing, for example by identifying and selecting for use appropriate digital sources.

LO2: Evaluate information in line with academic and professional requirements, for example regarding its effectiveness in business and contexts.

LO3: Critically evaluate your self-awareness and valuing of difference (for example the organizational business advantages of diversity) in an academic-professional context.

LO4: Critically assess the development of your skills in leading and working in a team, for example through reflection and consideration of what has been effective and why.

LO5: Critically evaluate the assessment terminologies and conventions in use in your programme of study.

LO6: Demonstrate an ability to work with feedback to progress your learning and development, for example through revising approaches to academic work in line with feedback received.