Module BUSI54815: Contexts of Consultancy

Department: Economics, Finance and Business (Business)

BUSI54815: Contexts of Consultancy

Prerequisites

• None.

Corequisites

• None

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• To enable students to:
• understand and analyse business, management and environmental contexts;
• understand and analyse the topography of the UK consultancy sector;
• explore the implications for consultancy in the future.

Content

• The development of the UK business landscape and its impact and influence ont he development of the UK consultancy profession.
• The sectoral influence on consultancy approaches - public, private, not for profit, SME.
• The specialist and situational influences on consultancy - IT, finance, mergers and acquisitions;
• The changing world of organisations and the role of consultancy in organisational development.
• The consultancy sector - size, structure and culture.
• The business of running consultancy practices in the 21st century.

Learning Outcomes

• To be able to recognise and critique different consultancy practices and relate the to theoretical models and concepts.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• The programme incorporates both University and work-based teaching and learning.
• The University based teaching and learning will use lectures and facilitated discussions, group and individual tasks, role play and other simulations. Individual nd group tutorials will also form part of the programme. Students will also learn through directed independent study (via the Internet) and independent study related to the preparation of coursework for assessment.
• At work, students will reflect on how they have applied in practice what they have learnt at different stages of the programme, via a reflective learning journal and actions points agreed at the end of each module.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

One essay.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University