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| MODULE DESCRIPTOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title | |||
| Business Perspectives | |||
| Reference | BS1007 | Version | 3 |
| Created | August 2021 | SCQF Level | SCQF 7 |
| Approved | July 2019 | SCQF Points | 30 |
| Amended | August 2021 | ECTS Points | 15 |
| Aims of Module | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| To enable students to demonstrate an understanding of the underpinning theories and contemporary practices relating to business and management within today's changing business environment. | |||
| Learning Outcomes for Module | |
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| On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to: | |
| 1 | Explain the impact that the external environment can have on an organisation. |
| 2 | Apply key management concepts, principles, theories and models to decision-making situations in appropriate organisational settings and contexts. |
| 3 | Discuss key ethical and professional issues impacting organisations, including codes of practice, morals, principles and behaviours. |
| 4 | Understand the relevance of Governance models and how they should be applied in a sector/and or organisation. |
| Indicative Module Content |
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| An overview of the business and management process with reference to organisations in the public, private and third sectors; the ethical issues that face businesses in the ever more complex global environment; the commercial, political, economic, socio-cultural, technological and ecological factors influencing contemporary organisations. |
| Module Delivery |
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| The module delivery consists of weekly lectures and workshops as well as student centred learning which takes the form of directed reading and independent research to support workshop and assessment preparation. |
| Indicative Student Workload | Full Time | Part Time |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Hours | 48 | N/A |
| Non-Contact Hours | 252 | N/A |
| Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours | N/A | N/A |
| TOTAL | 300 | N/A |
| Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body |
| ASSESSMENT PLAN | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only. | |||||
| Component 1 | |||||
| Type: | Coursework | Weighting: | 30% | Outcomes Assessed: | 3 |
| Description: | Report | ||||
| Component 2 | |||||
| Type: | Examination | Weighting: | 70% | Outcomes Assessed: | 1, 2, 4 |
| Description: | Closed book examination | ||||
| MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR | ||||||||
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| Explanatory Text | ||||||||
| The calculation of the overall grade for this module is based on 70% weighting of C2 - Examination and 30% weighting of C1 - Coursework. An overall minimum grade D is required to pass the module. | ||||||||
| Coursework: | ||||||||
| Examination: | A | B | C | D | E | F | NS | |
| A | A | A | B | B | B | E | ||
| B | B | B | B | C | C | E | ||
| C | B | C | C | C | D | E | ||
| D | C | C | D | D | D | E | ||
| E | D | D | D | E | E | E | ||
| F | E | E | E | E | F | F | ||
| NS | Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination | |||||||
| Module Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites for Module | None. |
| Corequisites for module | None. |
| Precluded Modules | None. |
| INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
|---|---|
| 1 | BODDY, D., 2017. Management: an introduction. 7th ed. Harlow: Pearson Education FT Prentice Hall. |
| 2 | CRANE, A. and MATTEN, D. 2019. Business Ethics: Managing Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability in the Age of Globalization. 5th ed. New York: Oxford University Press. |
| 3 | JOHNSON, G., WHITTINGTON, R., SCHOLES, K., ANGWIN, D. and REGNER, P. 2017. Exploring Strategy. 11th ed. Harlow: Pearson Education FT Prentice Hall. |