Module BUSI56345: BUSINESS REPORT (DL)

Department: Economics, Finance and Business (Business)

BUSI56345: BUSINESS REPORT (DL)

Prerequisites

• None.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• Dissertation (BUSI56360).

Aims

• To provide Distance Learning students, whose circumstances mean that they are unable to undertake a suitable project for a dissertation, with the opportunity to conduct an in-depth analysis at an advanced level of a specific issue which is applicable and relevant to business and/or management. The positioning of the business report at the end of the programme is intended to promote integration of material covered in the core and elective phases.

Content

• The topic (which is formally approved by the Board of Examiners) should be a specific business/management problem or opportunity that is suitable for in-depth investigation.

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of the module students should have the ability, working independently, to:
• critically analyse a specific business/management problem or opportunity in depth and to explore its significance in practice.

• By the end of the module students should have the ability, working independently, to:
• critically apply knowledge and different forms of reasoning to form a discriminating analysis of a specific business/management problem or opportunity;
• produce a detailed report on a specific business/management problem or opportunity, thereby further developing analytical and investigative skills needed to explore business and management problems in depth.

• By the end of the module students should have the ability, working independently, to:
• have further developed the skills of self-organization and motivation in managing time and activities in working to a deadline.

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

• Students work independently on the business report, in line with the learning outcomes which include the ability to work independently. There is no formal supervision.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

None.

■ 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