Business Studies 1 (BS0001)

? Credit Points : 40 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : MSE-1-BS1

The course covers the major aspects of business; environment and anatomy of business; the underlying concepts of business policy as well as information technology and model building for decision making. Functional areas discussed will include finance, marketing, production, and personnel, together with industrial relations.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : This course is open to Freshman Year Abroad Students or visiting students who are in their 1st year of university studies. Any queries please contact the College Visiting Student Office: 650 3572.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Business Studies, (Management School and Economics, Schedule H)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 1st year

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 20 weeks

? Other Required Attendance : 1 hour(s) per week for 19 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
18/09/2007	17:10	18:00	Room G.1E, McEwan Hall	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	17:10	18:00	Central
Lecture	Tuesday	17:10	18:00	Central
Lecture	Thursday	17:10	18:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

On completion of the course, students should be able to:
Knowledge and Understanding
(a)describe the various ways in which organisations are structured and managed;
(b)describe the inter-relationships between organisations and the environments in which they operate;
(c)explain and evaluate critically the contribution of the various techniques and functions to the operation and development of organisations;
(d)describe and discuss critically such key contemporary topics as the "globalisation"; of business, and the "responsibilities"; of organisations, including environmental concerns and employees' welfare.

Cognitive Skills

On completion of the course, students should have had inculcated into them the desirability, and the methods, of time management and planning through lectures, tutorials and course assignments. Students should have been encouraged to:

(a)use the entire range of learning resources that are available to today's students;
(b)analyse and solve organisational problems and issues, especially through tutorials;
(c)appreciate the holistic nature of the contemporary organisation, especially through the three integrated assignments.

Key Skills

(a)develop their written skills, through the three assignments and the degree exam;
(b)develop their oral skills through the weekly tutorials;
(c)be aware of, and confidently to use, the range of quantitative and qualitative techniques that are appropriate to contemporary organisations;
(d)acquire, or develop, computer literacy techniques.

Subject-Specific Skills

(a)the techniques and insights that are germane to Strategy, Business Economics, Finance, Operations Management, Management Science, Organisation Studies, Marketing
(b) the uses, abuses and limits of these techniques and insights