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BU591L: TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY (2023-2024)

Last modified: 01 Aug 2023 11:46


Course Overview

This multi-faceted course will cover the various aspects required when designing and delivering consultancy and training courses in contemporary organisations. The importance of international, cultural and ethical dimensions will be embedded in the context of research, planning and delivery. The course will provide students the opportunity to deconstruct the nature of consultancy and offer key insights into different types of client interventions, and effective engagement as well as off-the-shelf and bespoke training.

 

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term Third Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Loliya Kagher

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • MSc International Business Management

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course develops the various key skills required to successfully engage in management consultancy and training delivery.  The course will deconstruct the very nature of consultancy and training to key components in order to analyse the appropriate skills required for successful application of those components.  The different levels and types of consultancy will be introduced as well as details on the consultancy phenomenon, the industry, management consultancy firms and examples of different consultancy projects, the major events and trends in the history of consultancy, the growth of the profession and the range of skills required to successfully engage in management consultancy.  Students will also understand the needs of the client in order to design a better consultancy approach.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Design Project: Group

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 40
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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
FactualApplyApply sound analytical principles to complex organisational problems
ProceduralApplyCommunicate effectively in a variety of situations including project teams
ProceduralUnderstandMake practical recommendations based on a critical evaluation of alternative solutions to open-ended problems
ReflectionEvaluateEvaluate own contribution to (group) consultancy or training projects

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 60
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Feedback Word Count 2500
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualEvaluateCritically appraise key leadership and management skills in the management of training and consultancy projects and teams through the training and consultancy project lifecycle
FactualAnalyseAnalyse and interpret complex or incomplete data in international environments, in order to inform strategic decision-making
FactualApplyApply sound analytical principles to complex organisational problems
ProceduralApplyCommunicate effectively in a variety of situations including project teams
ProceduralUnderstandMake practical recommendations based on a critical evaluation of alternative solutions to open-ended problems
ReflectionEvaluateEvaluate own contribution to (group) consultancy or training projects

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
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Feedback Word Count 2000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
FactualApplyApply sound analytical principles to complex organisational problems
ReflectionEvaluateEvaluate own contribution to (group) consultancy or training projects
ConceptualEvaluateCritically appraise key leadership and management skills in the management of training and consultancy projects and teams through the training and consultancy project lifecycle
FactualAnalyseAnalyse and interpret complex or incomplete data in international environments, in order to inform strategic decision-making
ProceduralApplyCommunicate effectively in a variety of situations including project teams
ProceduralUnderstandMake practical recommendations based on a critical evaluation of alternative solutions to open-ended problems

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