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Management Knowledge 2 (P00316)

? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : MSE-P-P00316

Knowledge Management 2 covers components in Ethics, Human Resource Management, Marketing, Operations Management, and the associated Integrative Project.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : PGs Only

? Co-requisites : Management Knowledge 1

? Costs : None

Subject Areas

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 8 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

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.
Through the Integrative Project, to enable students to integrate those disciplines in the analysis of a business situation.

Assessment Information

Each component will include examinations appropriate to it: Ethics: a group project (100%). Human Resource Management: a two hour examination in Week 13 of the Semester (100%). Marketing: a two hour examination in Week 13 of the Semester (100%). Operations Management: a 2 hour examination (100%). Integrative Project: Presentation and Report (100%). Each component will be worth equal marks in the course total.

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length
1ST December 1 Marketing 2 hour(s)
1ST December 2 Operations Management 2 hour(s)
1ST December 3 Organisation Studies 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

Dr Inger Seiferheld
Tel : (0131 6)50 3801
Email : Inger.Seiferheld@ed.ac.uk

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

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

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