Undergraduate Course: Business Studies 1 (BUST08001)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
| Home subject area | Business Studies |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.webct.ed.ac.uk/ |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course covers the major aspects of business; environment and anatomy of business; the underlying concepts of business policy as well as information technology and model building for decision making. Functional areas discussed will include finance, marketing, production, and personnel, together with industrial relations. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Full Year, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
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Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-10,12-17,19-22 | | 17:10 - 18:00 | | | | | Central | Lecture | | 1-10,12-17,19-22 | | | | 17:10 - 18:00 | | | Central | Lecture | | 1-10,12-17,19-22 | 17:10 - 18:00 | | | | |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
1 hour(s) per week for 20 week(s). |
| Exam Information |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 3:00 | | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 3:00 | | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, students should be able to:
Knowledge and Understanding
(a)describe the various ways in which organisations are structured and managed;
(b)describe the inter-relationships between organisations and the environments in which they operate;
(c)explain and evaluate critically the contribution of the various techniques and functions to the operation and development of organisations;
(d)describe and discuss critically such key contemporary topics as the "globalisation"; of business, and the "responsibilities"; of organisations, including environmental concerns and employees' welfare.
Cognitive Skills
On completion of the course, students should have had inculcated into them the desirability, and the methods, of time management and planning through lectures, tutorials and course assignments. Students should have been encouraged to:
(a)use the entire range of learning resources that are available to today's students;
(b)analyse and solve organisational problems and issues, especially through tutorials;
(c)appreciate the holistic nature of the contemporary organisation, especially through the three integrated assignments.
Key Skills
(a)develop their written skills, through the three assignments and the degree exam;
(b)develop their oral skills through the weekly tutorials;
(c)be aware of, and confidently to use, the range of quantitative and qualitative techniques that are appropriate to contemporary organisations;
(d)acquire, or develop, computer literacy techniques.
Subject-Specific Skills
(a)the techniques and insights that are germane to Strategy, Business Economics, Finance, Operations Management, Management Science, Organisation Studies, Marketing
(b) the uses, abuses and limits of these techniques and insights |
Assessment Information
Group project accounts for 10% of the assessment.
Two essays, each essay accounts for 20% of the assessment.
Final degree exam accounts for 50% of the assessment. |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Lorraine Edgar
Tel: (0131 6)50 3828
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Course secretary | Mr Paul Kydd
Tel: (0131 6)50 3824
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