Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 6 Hours. |
| Seminars / Tutorials | 12 Hours. |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | (including 15% for a presentation) Semester One: 6000 word group report | 30% |
| Semester Assessment | Semester Two: 6000 word individual report | 70% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Re-submission of the individual project | 100% |
Learning Outcomes
During the course of this module students will:
* Learn to investigate the current economic environment of a firm and analyse and evaluate its economic strategy with respect to particular features of its external or internal environment. The group part of this project includes, as objectives, the development of team-working and presentational skills, and its methods of assessment are designed to encourage these.
* Develop, individually, business economic research skills, including those of networking with other people and investigating other firms in the same sector.
Aims
This module is the final year focal point of the L113 Business Economics degree. Its aims are for students to integrate learning from various parts of the scheme, develop practical skills in business economic reasearch methods, develop team work, time-management, initiative, report writing and presentational skills.
Brief description
This is a final year core module involving supervised preparation of group and individual reports on economic aspects of the operating environment of a business sector and a firm or organisation within that.
Content
Report writing structure, and style; leadership, motivation and delegation; team-building; presentations; research methods; sources of information; company/organisational/institutional analysis; report-writing, drafting, revision and finalisation.
Transferable skills
Project work will develop students' ability to work both in a team context and also independently; IT and information handling skills will be developed and reports are expected to be word processed; students will be expected to manager their own time in order to meet submission deadlines.
Reading List
Recommended TextHague, Paul. (1994.) Presentations and report writing /Paul Hague and Kate Roberts. Kogan Page Primo search Inglis, John. (1994.) How to write reports /Roger Lewis and John Inglis. Collins Educational[in association with] National Extension College Primo search Kuiper, Shirley. (1999.) Contemporary business report writing /Shirley Kuiper, Gary F. Kohut. South-Western College Pub. Primo search Manning, E and Houston, M (2000) Essay and Report Writing Skills Milton Keynes: Open University Primo search Peel, Malcolm. (1998.) Successful presentation in a week /Malcolm Peel. Hodder & Stoughton Primo search Seely, J (2002) Writing Reports Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press Primo search Recommended Background
(1993.) Making effective presentations /Manchester Open Learning. Kogan Page Primo search Bryman, A and Bell, E Business Research Methods 2nd Edition Oxford University Press Primo search Jankowicz, A D Business Research Projects 4th Edition Thomson Learning Primo search Kuiper, Shirley. (1999.) Contemporary business report writing /Shirley Kuiper, Gary F. Kohut. South-Western College Pub. Primo search
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6