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Postgraduate Course: Management Knowledge 2 (BUST11081)

Course Outline
SchoolBusiness School CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaBusiness Studies Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionKnowledge Management 2 covers components in Business Ethics, Organisation Studies, Marketing, Operations Management, and Professional and Personal Development.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites It is RECOMMENDED that students also take Management Knowledge 1 (BUST11080)
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?No
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
To provide a knowledge of the basic management disciplines of Ethics, Human Resource Management, Marketing, and Operations Management.
To allow the student to discuss with professionals in those fields in a well-informed manner.
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.
To provide knowledge of key business competencies relating to "soft skills", key models relating to the competencies of teamworking, leadership and communication and application of industry utilised diagnostic techniques

Assessment Information
Each component will include examinations appropriate to it: Business Ethics: a group project (100%). Organisation Studies: a 2 hour examination in Week 13 of the Semester (100%). Marketing: a 2 hour examination in Week 13 of the Semester (100%), Operations Management: a group report (50%) and an individual short case study in the 2 hour examination (50%), Professional and Personal Development: 3,000 word report.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
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Contacts
Course organiserDr Inger Seiferheld
Tel: (0131 6)50 3801
Email: Inger.Seiferheld@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Stuart Mallen
Tel: (0131 6)50 8071
Email: Stuart.Mallen@ed.ac.uk
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