Postgraduate Course: Management Knowledge 1 (BUST11080)
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 | 
   
| Course website | 
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Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | Knowledge Management 1 covers components in Accounting, Economics, Finance, and Statistics, and the associated Integrative Project. | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  It is RECOMMENDED that students also take    
Management Knowledge 2 (BUST11081)  
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| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
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 Accounting, Economics, Finance, and Statistics. 
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: 
Accounting: a two hour examination in Week 13 of the Semester (100%) 
Economics: a two hour examination in Week 13 of the Semester  (100%) 
Finance: group assignment (25%), individual assignment (25%) and 2 hour examination (50%) in week 13 of the Semester 
Statistics: a two hour examination in Week 13 of the Semester  (100%) 
Integrative Project:  Presentation and Report (100%) 
Each component will be worth equal marks in the course total. |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
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| Syllabus | 
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| Transferable skills | 
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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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