2022/3, Trimester 2, FACE-TO-FACE,
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| Occurrence: | 001 |
| Primary mode of delivery: | FACE-TO-FACE |
| Location of delivery: | CRAIGLOCKHAR |
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| Member of staff responsible for delivering module: | Paul Wagner |
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| Learning, Teaching and Assessment (LTA) Approach: |
This module requires you to actively engage in researching and producing a solution to a business issue. You will develop a Terms of Reference (TOR), deliver a group presentation and submit a consultancy report including a reflection on the process (LO1-LO5). The module will be supported by a series of seminars designed to facilitate knowledge acquisition, building on learning - business knowledge, business writing, reporting and basic research skills - achieved thus far from other modules in the programme. Over the series of the workshops, you will build a toolkit for doing business research enabling you to carry out independent research on a “business issue.” Lab sessions will support practice-based learning as you investigate the issue. The module is designed aligning to the ENhance curriculum framework element of which are addressed as below: Citizenship and community: You will contribute to the business community with solutions to business issuesDigital and information literacy: You will use software for data analysis and produce a word processed report. Inclusion: You will choose a business issue of their choice from the own context Research and Practice Integration: You will address a business issue using scientific approach and harnessing business practices Global Outlook: You will select a business issue from different geographical contexts Employability: You will acquire the required skills to be a business consultant Sustainability: You will produce a business solutions harnessing sustainable development Over the series of the seminars, you will build a toolkit for doing a business research enabling you to carry out independent research on a business issue. Lab sessions will support practice-based learning as you investigate the issue. You will select a business issue of your choice based on your experience in business practice or engagement, or an issue from a pool of business cases made available to you. You are advised to choose an issue and focus on a subject area which most aligns with your interests and intended future employment. There will be an opportunity for students to submit a Terms of Reference (TOR) prior to starting their project and receive formative feedback and feed-forward from the supervisors. A TOR template will be made available to students and the elements of which will be discussed during seminars. A supervisor will be allocated to each student for supervision of the individual report at the point of the TOR submission.
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Formative learning opportunities are designed into this module and take a number of formats, including enabling you to engage with sources which will help you to better learn the strengths and limitations of your own work and the facilitation of peer-peer feedback. A formal formative assessment will be scheduled to support the Business Consultancy Report starting from week 2. Students will be expected to develop a Terms of Reference (ToR) in the early stage of the project to demonstrate their understanding of the task and how they aim to carry out a business project. At this point, supervisors will be allocated to each student and are expected to provide formative written feedback and feed-forward on the submitted ToR and agree on a supervision plan with students.
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There are two components to the summative assessment. Component 1 will be a TOR developed as a group submission based on a chosen business issue (Element 1 - 10%) submitted in week 4 and a group presentation (Element 2 - 15%) in week 5-6, both of which carry a total of 25% marks for the final grade.As component 2, students will submit a MBA Business Consultancy Report following a ToR developed as component 1.1 for a chosen business issue (Individual; 75% - submitted in week 14).
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| Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH)) |
| Mode of activity | Learning & Teaching Activity | NESH (Study Hours) |
| Face To Face | Seminar | 20 |
| Independent Learning | Groupwork (Independent Study) | 140 |
| Face To Face | Practical classes and workshops | 20 |
| Face To Face | Project Supervision | 20 |
| Independent Learning | Guided independent study | 400 |
| Total Study Hours | 600 |
| Expected Total Study Hours for Module | 600 |
| Assessment |
| Type of Assessment | Weighting % | LOs covered | Week due | Length in Hours/Words |
| Report | 10 | LO 1,2,3 | 4 | , WORDS= 1500 |
| Oral Presentation | 15 | LO 2,3,4 | 5 | HOURS= 00.20 |
| Report | 75 | LO 2,3,4,5 | 14/15 | , WORDS= 10000 |
| Component 1 subtotal: | 25 | |
| Component 2 subtotal: | 75 | | | |
| Module subtotal: | 100 | | | |