Section One: ABOUT THE COURSE
1 Name of course and highest award Business Management BA (Hons) 2 Level of highest award (according to FHEQ) Level 6 (UG/PG)
3 Possible Interim Awards Diploma of Higher Education – 240 Credits Certificate of Higher Education – 120 Credits Preparatory Diploma
4 Awarding/validating institution London Metropolitan University
5 Teaching institution(s) London Metropolitan University
6 Total credit for course (for highest award) 360
7 Faculty responsible Business School
8 Mode of attendance Autumn start Full Time/Part Time
Spring start Full Time/Part Time
Other Summer (accelerated
provision block teaching)
Evening teaching Level 3 9 About the course and its strategy towards teaching and learning and towards blended learning. Please
include details of access to learning facilities, including flexible/open-learning spaces within the Faculty.
The course will be taught through a mixture of interactive workshops, lectures and seminars. The lectures and workshops are designed to convey the broad outlines of knowledge pertinent to each module whilst the seminars are built around student activity in response to a set of prepared tasks that require students to apply knowledge, discuss and analyse business problems.
A Problem Based Learning (PBL) approach will be used in a number of workshops designed to foster student centred learning and engagement. This approach enables students to analyse and discuss core principles and provides opportunities for students to present their work and obtain formative feedback. Within the PBL context, task exercises will be used to focus on student centred learning requiring synthesis and analysis of key issues generated through student research.
Lectures will be designed to convey broad principles, concepts and knowledge, while the seminar sessions offer students the opportunity to analyse and apply knowledge. Students will also have the opportunity to practice and apply knowledge through field work and through business simulations focussing on business management scenarios.
Students will be issued with tasks and reading which they will be required to prepare for the workshop and tutorials using a variety of learning sources including, textbooks, standard and bespoke texts, module hand-outs, interactive WebLearn, on-line resources and databases.
The approach to the teaching and learning for the course is to help students develop an inquisitive, independent but supported level of study in which students are able to set personal goals and targets beyond those prescribed by their tutors. The course will also utilise industry expertise throughout with the inclusion of real world business problems and employer input.
Students’ experiential learning will be encouraged throughout and action learning will be developed once confidence is boosted and students are fully aware of their learning environment.
Each student will experience an interactive and engaging induction to the university and their course. The induction will be designed to foster a sense of belonging from the first day and all students will be allocated to their seminar groups at this point so that they will begin to form immediate friendships and a sense of identity.
All students will be timetabled in an organised and student-centred way. This will require careful planning to ensure students’ time is maximised as efficiently as possible. A major characteristic of this course is the core requirement of work based and similar learning. In order for students to get the most out of this aspect of their course, they need to be able to engage with this type of learning fully and with sufficient time. A student-centred timetable will enable this aim to be achieved.
10 Course aims. Course aims are broad statements of intent and should be written to show how the content of the course meets the aims. Where a course sits within a framework the course aims should incorporate framework aims.
The main aim of the Business Management course is to provide a contemporary and dynamic programme of study which gives students knowledge and understanding of fundamental subjects and prepares them for a wide range of careers in business management. This course aims to provide an integrated business management curriculum which will enable students to explore and examine key concepts and principles and link the multi-disciplinary subjects of business management coherently and in the context of the real business world. By doing this, it is specifically intended to engage the students fully in their studies, increase their motivation and raise their aspirations to be successful throughout their course and in the future.
The curriculum provides students with an understanding of business and the techniques, concepts and principles that make businesses successful and efficient. Students will learn about the decision making process of business organisations and the social, cultural and ethical environment in which they operate. The domestic and international influence on business will be thoroughly explored. Students will have to opportunity to engage with leading edge themes of business management including sustainability, leadership, globalisation, entrepreneurship, innovation and corporate social responsibility.
The Business Management course will develop students’ intellectual and practical skills and will promote the development of students’ ability to analyse, synthesise and evaluate business management principles in a wide range of appropriate contexts. A central feature of this course is the development of students’ lifelong learning skills including self-evaluation and reflection with the aim of placing students in the best position to make informed decisions about their future professional career.
The Business Management course has a central all encapsulating theme of employability.
Students will acquire business experience in their second and final year through the core modules Transferable Learning. These modules are designed flexibly to allow students to acquire a diverse range of business experience and give them crucial skills relevant for their future careers.
This aspect of the course underpins the importance of the employability agenda and demonstrates a serious commitment to the professional development of students.
The purpose of the course follows that set out in the QAA Benchmarks for Business and Management:
The study of organisations, their management and the changing external environment in which they operate;
Preparation for and development of a career in business and management;
Enhancement of lifelong learning sills and personal development to contribute to society at large.
11 Course learning outcomes. Learning outcomes are statements of what a student is expected to understand or be able to do after completing the process of learning.
On successful completion of this course students will be able to:
Knowledge and Understanding
1. Evaluate a wide range of theories and conceptual frameworks from the major disciplines relevant to Business Management
2. Analyse general business management related areas of study as well as the more specialised and contemporary issues including entrepreneurship, leadership, innovation, sustainability, governance, ethics, diversity and globalisation
3. Explain how management procedures and processes allow for effective decision-making against different objectives
4. Discuss and debate the impact of the external environment (domestic and international) in the context of business management, including economic, ethical, legal, political, sociological and technological influences
5. Analyse contemporary business management issues and formulate solutions to identified problems in a clear and coherent research plan
Subject Specific Skills
1. Produce and analyse appropriate information from a variety of sources. Specifically, to use IT to access sources of information and to work with discipline based software programmes 2. Conduct general business analysis using a variety of theoretical tools
3. Search, handle and interpret relevant information in the analysis of the operations of modern business environments
4. Communicate complex ideas and analysis through written and oral expositions
5. Design, plan organise and deliver an individual research project and demonstrate knowledge of appropriate business research methodology
6. Critically apply knowledge to comment on and evaluate real business world scenarios
7. Gain real world business experience and apply developed skills for the purpose of future career planning
Transferable Skills
1. Communicate ideas, principles, theories and information effectively by oral, written and visual means
2. Develop personal skills including skills in study, problem-solving, working with others, independent learning, self-awareness, self-management, self-presentation and decision-making
3. Interpret and critically analyse business problems in order to produce solutions which demonstrate an evaluation of the impact of ethical issues and cultural diversity
4. Evaluate the appropriateness of data for alternate purposes and handle complex data with ease
5. Demonstrate development of personal and professional skills relevant for career and personal development planning
Intellectual skills
1. Apply intellectual skills and critical faculties with particular emphasis on the development of the skills of analysis, synthesis and evaluation of concepts, ideas and theories that characterise the major disciplines of Business Management
2. Develop intellectual discussion and awareness of contemporary debates in the business management related core disciplines
3. Initiate and undertake independent and scholarly research and investigation, specifically to develop the ability to review critically relevant literature, retrieve data, to interpret and apply complex information
4. Develop a capacity for critical reflection and judgement in the light of evidence and argument about business management issues
5. Apply the skills of seeking, handling and interpreting business information as part of the process of addressing business problems and formulating new or alternative solutions through independent research
12 Indicative learning and teaching hours for the course. Learning hours comprise face-to-face and virtual contact hours plus self-managed and directed learning and time spent on placements. Please give an indication of the percentage of anticipated learning hours for the course at each level, taking into account core modules and indicative options. Students should note that these figures may change depending on the exact combination of options taken.
Method Description and percentage of learning hours
Scheduled learning and teaching activities
Level 3
Lectures, seminars, workshops face-to-face and online:
up to 3 hours per week per module over/up to 30 weeks – 360 hours or 30%
Level 4
Lectures, seminars, workshops face-to-face and online:
up to 3 hours per week per module over/up to 30 weeks – 360 hours or 30%
Level 5
Lectures, seminars, workshops face-to-face and online:
up to 3 hours per week per module over/up to 30 weeks – 360 hours or 30%
Level 6
Lectures, seminars, workshops face-to-face and online:
up to 3 hours per week per module over/up to 30 weeks – 360 hours or 30%
Guided independent studies
Level 4
Directed studies (reading, writing, analytical tasks) and self-managed learning (reading, selecting, organising, analysing, writing): up to 7 hours per week per module over up to 30 weeks – 840 hours or 70%
Level 5
Directed studies (reading, writing, analytical tasks) and self-managed learning (reading, selecting, organising, analysing, writing): up to 7 hours per week per module over up to 30 weeks – 840 hours or 70%
Level 6
Directed studies (reading, writing, analytical tasks) and self-managed learning (reading, selecting, organising, analysing, writing): up to 7 hours per week per module over up to 30 weeks – 840 hours or 70%
-Level 5 Alternative Core Transferable Learning/Learning Through Work/Work Related Development Level 6 Alternative Core Transferable Learning/Learning
Through Work/Work Related Development