Foundations of Management 2 (P00323)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : MSE-P-P00323

Foundations of Management 2 comprises the core components of the MBA by Part time study in Economics, Finance, Operations Management, and Research Methodology in Business.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : PGs Only

? Co-requisites : Foundations of Management 1

? Costs : None

Subject Areas

Home subject area

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

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

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

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) 30 minutes per week for 27 weeks

? Other Required Attendance : 12 hour(s) per week for 1 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

To provide a knowledge of the basic management disciplines of Economics, Finance, Operations Management, Research Methodology in Business, 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

Economics: a two hour examination at the end of the Semester (100%)

Finance: two group assignments, worth 10% and 20% respectively, and an end-of-semester examination, which counts for 70%. The examination is a set of multiple-choice questions and a case study.

Research Methodology in Business: 3,000 word dissertation proposal.

Operations Management: two group assignments(50% each) - subject to clarification.