Postgraduate Course: Corporate Strategy (MBA) (BUST11195)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | The course is an integrating module. It is concerned with the totality of what a trading business or other organisation is trying to achieve. In other words, it assesses a wide variety of environmental and organisational aspects which, when considered overall, help us to understand why some organisations thrive and similar orgnisations may struggle. These aspects will be relevant whether the organisations are trying to sell clothes world-wide or provide health care in a geographically defined community. |
| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | For Business School PG students only, or by special permission of the School. Please contact the course secretary. |
| Additional Costs | Text books |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
| Course Start Date |
11/01/2016 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 30,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
66 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Examination 50%
Group presentation 1 20%
Group presentation 2 20%
Participation 10% |
| Feedback |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
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Hours & Minutes |
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| Outwith Standard Exam Diets March | | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will have learnt:
- the need for a holistic approach to the analysis of strategy
- analytical approaches to strategy consistent with this holistic approach to organisations.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | MBA Corp Str |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Robert Mackay
Tel:
Email: |
Course secretary | Miss Kate Ainsworth
Tel: (0131 6)51 7761
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