Knowledge & Skills
The programme provides opportunities for students to develop and demonstrate knowledge and understanding,skills and other attributes in the following areas:
A/ Knowledge and Understanding of
- Business organisations, management in a global context and the theory and research that underpin andlink these
- Current issues, insights and practices which are recognised as appropriate to the study of organisationsand their external environment
- The generation and implementation of creative responses to internal tensions as well as environmentaland global change
- Developing reasoned arguments and challenge assumptions
- Self-evaluating and reflecting on personal experience and managerial practice
B/ Intellectual skills - able to:
- Research and evaluate theories, paradigms, principles and concepts
- Apply knowledge to the solution of practice & subject based structured and unstructured problems
- Analyse and evaluate evidence through the interpretation of data and information
C/ Practical skills - able to:
- Apply quantitative skills for the analysis of business situations
- Gather relevant information through research and self reflection to enable the production of reports, portfolios,presentations and solving structured and unstructured problems
- Make effective use of communication and information technology
- Plan, design and execute a sustained piece of research demonstrating appropriate research skills
D/ Transferable skills - able to:
- Communicate arguments, ideas and information effectively in writing and/or oral presentations
- Demonstrate individual and group skills across a variety of different business type situations
- Take responsibility for their own learning and professional development
