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EG4524: BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT ESSENTIALS (2023-2024)

Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 10:43


Course Overview

The course aims to provide students with a broad ranging introduction to wide variety business and management topics which should enable them to perform more effectively as graduate engineers and more senior roles were they are likely to have broader ranging responsibilities.

The course is aimed primarily at undergraduate students studying for Engineering degree but available to others.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 4
Term Second Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Mr John Cavanagh

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

  • Engineering (EG)
  • Any Undergraduate Programme
  • Programme Level 4

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

The course aims to provide a brief introduction to a variety of business and management topics.

               

The course will include the following topics

·         Leadership, Teamwork and Motivation

·         Supply Chain Management

·         Economics

·         Organisational design

·         Accounting

·         Law (Contract and Competition)

·         Intellectual Property & Licensing

·         Human Resource Management (Recruitment and induction for a team leader’s perspective)

·         Professional skills (Time Management, Presenting, Communicating, Negotiation)

·         Ethics


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

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Assessment Type Summative Weighting 40
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback

Feedback will be provided to students in written and/or verbal format; In response to questions and issues raised by students during lectures, As part of group activities which take place during lectures, During tutorials/Feedback sessions, Following submission of summative and formative coursework.

Learning Outcomes
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Assessment Type Summative Weighting 60
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback

Feedback will be provided to students in written and/or verbal format; In response to questions and issues raised by students during lectures, As part of group activities which take place during lectures, During tutorials/Feedback sessions, Following submission of summative and formative coursework.

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Exam

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Feedback
Learning Outcomes
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Course Learning Outcomes

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