Management Project (Business Analysis Project) (FT)
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| BUSI4183 | Business | 4 | 60 | Summer UK |
- Code
- BUSI4183
- School
- Business
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 60
- Semesters
- Summer UK
Summary
Management Project as a Business Analysis Project requires the student to undertake research in a topic relevant to business or management. Course members enrolled on a specific MBA variant must undertake a Management Project related to their named variant. The specific topic is subject to an approval process.
Target Students
Only available for FT MBA students.
Assessment
- 70% Project: 15,000 words. Re-assessment: 15,000 words Individual report.
- 30% Presentation: 30 minutes (20 min + 10 min Q&A). Re-assessment: 15,000 words Individual report.
Assessed by end of summer vacation
Educational Aims
To enable full-time MBA students to: demonstrate their understanding of and ability to use concepts, techniques and methods of analysis through independent research; to significantly develop their business and management skills; to enable students to develop an integrated view of their learning across their programme of study via the analysis of a key management or business problem (relevant to their chosen MBA specialisation where appropriate).Learning Outcomes
Intellectual skills
This module develops:
• Being able to think critically and be creative: manage the creative processes in self and others; organise thoughts, analyse, synthesise and critically appraise. This includes the capability to identify assumptions, evaluate statements in terms of evidence, detect false logic or reasoning, identify implicit values, define terms adequately and generalise appropriately
• Being able to solve complex problems and make decisions: establish criteria, using appropriate decision-making techniques including identifying, formulating and solving business problems; and the ability to create, identify and evaluate options; the ability to implement and review decisions
• Using information and knowledge effectively in order to abstract meaning from information and to share knowledge, including the use of quantitative skills
Professional practical skills
This module develops:
• The ability to conduct research and enquiry into business and management issues either individually or as part of a team through research design, the collection and analysis of qualitative data, synthesis and reporting
• The ability to recognise the need for and initiate change and to be able to manage change
Transferable (key) skills
This module develops:
• Effective communication: networking, listening, oral and written communication of complex ideas and arguments, using a range of media, including the preparation of business reports
• High personal effectiveness: critical self-awareness, self-reflection and self-management; time management; conflict resolution, displaying commercial acumen, the ability to continue to learn through reflection on practice and experience