This is an archived handbook for a previous year. The current undergraduate and postgraduate handbooks can be viewed using the links above.
Postgraduate Handbook 2012-2013 (archived)
Module BUSI54915: Frameworks and Processes for Examining Consulting
Department: Business School (Business)
BUSI54915: Frameworks and Processes for Examining Consulting
| Type | Level | Credits | Availability | Module Cap | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tied | 4 | 15 | Available in 2012/2013 | Durham |
Tied To
- N1K814: Organisational Consulting (see Postgraduate Handbook 2010-2011 for details)
Pre-requisites
- None.
Corequisites
- None
Excluded Combinations
- None.
Aims
- To enable students to:
- understand and analyse the differing forms of inquiry and types of interventions;
- examine the practical considerations involved in designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating a consultancy intervention.
Content
- Forms of inquiry and types of interventions - prescriptive, facilitative, process or expert.
- The client/consultant relationship.
- The consulting cycle - entry and diagnosis; expectations and dynamics, milestones, monitoring and evaluating, closing.
- Service and quality management.
- Quantitative and qualitative applied research techniques.
- External v internal consultancy - strength and weaknesses.
- Consultancy fatigue.
- Engagement success.
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge
Subject-specific Skills
- To have developed a portfolio of specific and general skills which can be used to structure, plan, implement and evaluate a consultancy intervention.
Key Skills
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
| Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total Hours | Attendance Monitored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 4 | Daily | 2 hours | 8 | |
| Tutorials | 1 | Once | 1.5 hours | 1.50 | Yes |
| Seminars | 1 | Daily | 3 hours | 3 | Yes |
| Practicals | 4 | Daily | 1 hour | 4 | Yes |
| Preparation & Reading | 133.50 | ||||
| Total | 150 |
Summative Assessment
| Component | Component Weighting | Element | Length/Duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment | 100% | Essay | 2,500 words | 100% |
Formative Assessment
One essay.
Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods
and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative
assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress
procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be
required to leave the University.