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Programme summary

1. Programme Aims

The Management degree programme aims to produce high quality graduates with a broad grounding in complex leadership and management issues. The knowledge, skills and understanding developed within this programme will enable graduates to fulfil an effective and valued career in a range of business management functions.

Within this general aim, the programme specifically seeks to:

• To provide students with an intellectually-stimulating environment within which they can develop knowledge and  conceptual understanding of the major academic disciplines of business and management;
• To enable students to develop the skills in critical thinking, numeracy and people management that are necessary for management problem solving in national and international contexts;
• To enable graduates to succeed in their chosen profession or management specialism by facilitating close links with industry and professional bodies, and through experience in a professional placement and/or a study abroad scheme;
• To equip graduates with the knowledge, skills and understanding to pursue a career in a range of management and business fields.

2. Relevant subject benchmark statements and other external reference points used to inform programme outcomes:

• General Business and Management Benchmark Statement
• The Framework for Higher Education Qualifications

3. Programme Learning Outcomes

3.1 Knowledge and Understanding

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to demonstrate relevant knowledge and understanding of: 

K1    The domestic and international context in which business operates (including economic, social, legal, ethical and political factors);

K2    Key corporate functions (including marketing; accounting; human resource management; and global operations);

K3    The behaviour and management of people in a national and international context;

K4    Corporate responsibility including the need to manage responsibly and behave ethically in relation to social, cultural, economic and environmental issues;

K5    Principles and application of management theories to decision making;

K6    Mathematics and statistics sufficient to support data interpretation and decision making;

K7    The application of information technologies to business and management.

3.2 Skills and other attributes

a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

C1    Relate business and management theory to practice in both national and international contexts;

C2    Formulate and solve both structured and unstructured business problems;

C3    Use critical thinking, analysis and synthesis to comprehend and evaluate complex issues in a wide range of business and management settings;

C4    Advise on business decisions using appropriate qualitative and quantitative skills, including the ability to identify and evaluate a range of alternative solutions.

b. Subject-specific practical skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to: 

P1    Communicate (including orally and written) in a business context, using a range of styles and media;

P2    Make use of a wide range of information technologies in a business context;

P3    Conduct research using a variety of sources of information;

P4    Create and apply quantitative models to business problems.

c. Key transferable skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to: 

T1    Self-manage their own learning and development, including a readiness to accept responsibility, work independently, be adaptable, resilient, self-starting  and organised;

T2    Demonstrate self-awareness through reflective practice and appreciate the need for continuing professional development;

T3    Work in teams and demonstrate leadership, team-building and project management skills.

4. Programme structure

Students must have a total modular weighting of 120 credits per year. This must include the compulsory modules. The remaining optional modules must be chosen to give a 60:60 split over the two semesters. 

INTRODUCTORY MODULES 

4.1 Part A

Semester 1 and 2 

Compulsory modules (60 credits)   

Compulsory modules (20 credits) 

Optional modules (10 credits)  

Compulsory modules (10 credits)   

Optional modules (20 credits)   

5. Criteria for Progression and Degree Award

In order to progress from Part A to Part B and from Part B to C and to be eligible for the award of an Honours degree, candidates must satisfy the minimum credit requirements set out in Regulation XX.

6. Relative Weighting of Parts of the Programme for the Purposes of Final Degree Classification

Candidates’ final degree classification will be determined on the basis of their performance in degree level Module Assessments in Parts B and C, in accordance with the scheme set out in regulation XX.  The average percentage marks for each Part will be combined in the ratio Part B 25: Part C 75, to determine the final overall percentage mark for the Programme (the Programme Mark).