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Foundations of Management 1 (P00322)

? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : MSE-P-P00322

Foundations of Management 1 comprises the core components of the MBA by Part time study in Marketing, Financial Reporting, Organisational Decision Making, and Organisational Behaviour.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : PGs Only

? Co-requisites : Foundations of Management 2

? Costs : None

Subject Areas

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

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

? Contact Teaching Time : 5 hour(s) per week for 18 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

To provide a knowledge of the basic management disciplines of Accounting, Marketing, Statistics and decision making, and Organisational Behaviour and their application.
To allow the student to discuss with professionals in those fields in a well-informed manner, and to benefit from discussion with their colleagues in those fields.
To enable the student to question professionals in those fields perceptively, and to see through jargon-filled but vacuous argument from those professionals.
To provide a base for further study in those fields as required in the Option courses.

Assessment Information

Marketing Fundamentals 100% exam; Financial Reporting 100% exam; Organisational Decision Making: 20% assignment, 80% exam; Organisational Behaviour: 100% exam

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length
1ST December 1 Marketing Fundamentals 2 hour(s)
1ST December 2 Financial Reporting 2 hour(s)
1ST March 1 Organisational Behaviour 2 hour(s)
1ST March 2 Organisational Decision Making 2 hour(s)

Contact and Further Information

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Freda Paterson
Tel : (0131 6)50 8065
Email : f.paterson@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Mr Simon Earp
Tel : (0131 6)50 8067
Email : S.Earp@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.man.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/

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