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 Postgraduate Course: Critical Thinking Report (MBA) (CMSE11497)
Course Outline
| School | Business School | College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |  
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | Availability | Not available to visiting students |  
| SCQF Credits | 20 | ECTS Credits | 10 |  
 
| Summary | The Critical Thinking Report is undertaken in the summer period for full-time students. |  
| Course description | Towards the end of the MBA programme students write a 5,000 word problem solving assignment. This is a real life assignment based on an organisation for which students have previously worked or might wish to in the future. The assignment identifies the problem and offers a critique of why the organisation faces the problem plus a theory driven solution. |  
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |  | Co-requisites |  |  
| Prohibited Combinations |  | Other requirements | Available to Business School MBA students only. |  
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2020/21, Not available to visiting students (SS1) | Quota:  None |  | Course Start | Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond |  Timetable | Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | Total Hours:
200
(
 Seminar/Tutorial Hours 4,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
192 ) |  
| Assessment (Further Info) | Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 % |  
 
| Additional Information (Assessment) | 100% Critical Thinking Report |  
| Feedback | Not entered |  
| No Exam Information |  
Learning Outcomes 
| Plan, design, execute a critical thinking report |  
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | Not entered |  
| Keywords | Not entered |  
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Mr Julian Rawel Tel: (0131 6)50 8067
 Email: Julian.Rawel@ed.ac.uk
 | Course secretary | Mrs Angela Muir Tel: (0131 6)51 3854
 Email: Angela.Muir@ed.ac.uk
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