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
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
* Learn to investigate the current economic environment of a firm or financial organisation and analyse and evalute its financial strategy with respect to particular features of its external or internal environment. The group part of this project includes, as objectives, the development of teamworking and presentational skills.
* Develop, individually, business finance research skills, including networking with other people investigating firms in the same sector.
Aims
This module is the final year focal point of the Business Finance degree. Its aims are for students to integrate learning from various parts of the scheme, develop practical skills in business economic research 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 and financial aspects of the operating environment of a financial 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
Should Be PurchasedSeely, J (2002) Writing Reports Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press Primo search Recommended Text
Hague, 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 Recommended Background
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
(1993.) Making effective presentations /Manchester Open Learning. Kogan Page Primo search
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6