MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY PS/1
PROGRAMME SPECIFICATION
Basic Programme Details
1 Programme title BA (Hons) Business Management 2 Mode(s) and duration PT 2 Years
3 Awarding institution Manchester Metropolitan University 4 Teaching institution(s) Manchester Metropolitan University 5 Final award(s)/title(s) BA (Hons) Business Management
6 NQF position Honours
7 Stage award(s)/title(s) None
8 Home Department Business and Management
9 Home Faculty MMU Cheshire
10 UCAS code(s) NA
11 Type of collaborative provision
NA
12 Collaborative partner(s) NA 13 Date/outcome of last MMU
review/approval
February 2003
14 PS/1 effective date: September 2005 15 QAA Benchmark
Statement(s)
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19 Programme Aims
The specific programme aims of the BA Business Management degree are:-
a. To provide the student with a core of key management disciplines and skills within the area of business studies whilst achieving the integrity of a degree.
b. To take account of and cater for the needs of part-time students in an increasingly complex environment.
c. To enable students to further their opportunities in work and provide them with the ability to evaluate, synthesise and react to new and changing situations in a positive manner Skill related programme aims are:-
• the development of students' intellectual and imaginative powers; • the development of students' understanding and judgment;
• the development of students' problem solving skills; • the development of students' ability to communicate;
• the development of students' ability to see relationships within what they have learned and to perceive their field of study in a broader perspective;
• the stimulation of an enquiring, analytical and creative approach, encouraging independent judgment and critical self-awareness; and
• the development of students' ability to locate, assimilate and present information in any appropriate medium and from a range of sources
QAA Paragraphs 3 and 4 20 Programme Learning Outcomes
• Students will have a greater understanding of the key management disciplines of business and be able to apply these to business situations
• To communicate clearly in speech, writing and other appropriate modes of expression • To argue rationally and draw independent conclusions based on a rigorous, analytical and
critical approach to data, demonstration and argument
• To apply what has been learned and demonstrate an awareness of the programme of study in a wider context
21 Stage Learning Outcomes
N/A
22 Teaching/Learning and Assessment Strategies
The development of learning, teaching and assessment strategies will be conducted for this programme in line with the University’s Learning and Teaching Strategy. The overall aim is to promote lifelong learning and to develop the key graduate skills to promote autonomous learners. These skills will be transferable into other areas of academic study and the work environment.
Learning will be achieved by means of a variety of effective and innovatory strategies appropriate to the level of study. The standards of the subject will be assured, and fit within the national frameworks currently in operation. These strategies will include, inter alia, formal lectures, structured follow up sessions, workshops and student led seminars. The use of discussion and analysis of relevant case study material will be encouraged within a vocational and academic context. The teaching team will be aware of the initiatives taken by the University and Faculty Learning and Teaching Committees, e.g. on-line learning, and they will recognise the need for variety to suit the needs of a diverse student cohort. Tutors will be used as facilitators as part of the learning process. Portfolio development will take place as a means of fostering students’ critical self- awareness. Presentations will also be used as part of the skills development process. All assignments should utilise the Harvard referencing system and marks are normally deducted for students failure to utilise the system. The overall aim is to provide a balanced range of activities that will contribute to the learning experience in a positive manner and prepare the students for their personal futures by adding value to organisations for which they work.
Assessment will also comprise a variety of experiences to complement these learning experiences. It will include, inter alia, the assessment of portfolios, business reports, project work, presentations, case studies and professional role-play for the in-programme assessments. There will be written examination papers across the levels of study but not necessarily in all units. The assessment strategies are designed to provide fitness for purpose for the individual units of study. The possibility of alternative assessments to facilitate the implementation of SENDA will be reserved to allow greater flexibility to meet individual student’s needs.
23 Programme structures, levels, credits, awards and curriculum map
Blocks 1&2 Management Accounting Level 3 Operational Management Level 2 Advanced Managerial Law Level 3 Option Level 2 Management Skills Level 2
Blocks 3&4 Strategic Marketing Planning Level 3 Strategic Management Level 3 Managing Organisational Learning & Knowledge Level 3 Career Development Level 2
Part time Options Level 2
Business Ethics, Managing Human Resources, Systems Analysis, Purchasing and Supply, Management Employment Law, Small Business Management, Business Negotiated Unit, Employment Law.
Those students undertaking the BA (Hons) Business Management award undertake eight taught units, all carrying 20 CATS points including six units at Level 3. In addition, normally during the award, each student undertakes Management Development I and II, which are classified at 40 CATS points in total. Thus, the successful BABS student achieves 200 CATS points (120 at Level 3) which, when added to the HNC award CATS points, totals 360 CATS points, the benchmark for the honours awards
The following core subjects on the part-time degree programme may also act as Development Cores for the Master’s programmes:
Finance II, Management Development I, Management Development II, Strategic Marketing Planning, Strategic Management
25 Points of reference Internal:
• University Mission and Strategic Aims
• Regulations for the Academic Awards of the University • University Common Regulatory Framework
• Faculty and Departmental strategic aims
• Faculty Validation/Review Steering Group report • University Learning and Teaching Strategy • Staff research
• Departmental Professional/Industrial Advisory Committee • Staff/Student Liaison Committee
• Feedback from unit reviews • Annual Quality Action Plans External:
• QAA Subject Benchmark statement • QAA National Qualifications Framework • QAA Code of Practice
• QAA Subject Review report • External examiner reports • Conferences
• Government Publications e.g. Dearing Report • Learning and Skills Council
• Professional bodies
