Professional and Academic Development
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| BUSI1098 | Business | 1 | 10 | Autumn UK |
- Code
- BUSI1098
- School
- Business
- Level
- 1
- Credits
- 10
- Semesters
- Autumn UK
Summary
An introduction to studying at the Business School that covers rules and regulations of studying at University, organisational skills and time management. The module covers how to approach reflective work and skills development. To include essay writing, referencing and plagiarism, team working, communication, listening skills, values, personal attributes, self-awareness, networking, presentations, project planning, problem solving, and decision making, career planning, CV's, applications, interviews and assessment days.
Target Students
Qualifying Year Business School students.
Classes
- One 1-hour seminar
- One 1-hour-30-minute lecture each week for 11 weeks
Assessment
- 100% Coursework: 2,000 words
Assessed by end of autumn semester
Educational Aims
The main aim of this module is to prepare students for studying at University, providing them with the necessary skills and knowledge to develop professional and academic skills and to improve their employability.Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
This module develops a knowledge and understanding of:
• The management of resources.
• The comprehension and use of relevant communications for application in business and management, including the use of digital tools.
• The need for individuals and organisations to manage responsibly and sustainably and behave ethically in relation to social, cultural, economic and environmental issues.
• Taking innovative business ideas to create new products, services or organisations including the identification of Intellectual Property and appreciation of its value.
• Understanding the UN Sustainable Development Goals and using social enterprises to tackle local issues
Intellectual skills
This module develops:
• The ability to analyse facts and circumstances to determine the cause of a problem and identifying and selecting appropriate solutions.
• Conceptual and critical thinking, analysis, synthesis and evaluation.
Professional practical skills
This module develops:
• Self-analysis and awareness/sensitivity to diversity in terms of people and cultures. This includes a continuing appetite for development.
• The ability to act entrepreneurially to generate, develop and communicate ideas, manage and exploit intellectual property, gain support and deliver successful outcomes.
Transferable (key) skills
This module develops:
• Communication and listening including the ability to produce clear, structured business communications in a variety of media.
• Self-management and a readiness to accept responsibility and flexibility, to be resilient, self-starting and appropriately assertive, to plan, organise and manage time.
• An awareness of the interpersonal skills of effective listening, negotiating, persuasion and presentation and their use in generating business contacts.
• Articulating and effectively explaining information.
• Emotional intelligence and empathy.