Postgraduate Course: Management Knowledge 2 (BUST11081)
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 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Business Studies |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Knowledge Management 2 covers components in Business Ethics, Organisation Studies, Marketing, Operations Management, and Professional and Personal Development. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | It is RECOMMENDED that students also take
Management Knowledge 1 (BUST11080)
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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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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
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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
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Inger Seiferheld
Tel: (0131 6)50 3801
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Course secretary | Mr Stuart Mallen
Tel: (0131 6)50 8071
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