Undergraduate Catalogue of Courses 2013/2014
MANAGEMENT STUDIES
PLEASE NOTE: Resit: (for Honours students only): Candidates achieving a CAS mark of 6-8 may be awarded compensatory level 1 credit. Candidates achieving a CAS mark of less than 6 will be required to submit themselves for re-assessment and should contact the Course Co-ordinator for further details.
Course Co-ordinator: Dr N Mauthner
Pre-requisite(s): BU35xx Research Methods course (15 credit points) or equivalent (for example, joint honours students may have a research methods course in other discipline).
Note(s): Not available to students taking a similar dissertation or project course, for example, in the other discipline of their joint-honours degree programme.
Research project and data management; self-evaluation of learning; written communication skills. This course primarily consists of students' self-directing their own research project and writing it up.
The project should be in an area related to business or management interpreted broadly. In particular, joint honours students may choose to do a dissertation covering aspects of both their chosen disciplines, provided there are staff in Management Studies willing and able to supervise it.
Total of 2 compulsory two-hour workshops (on research and writing skills); 3 half-hour individual meetings with supervisor. Most of the work on this course involves students self-directing their own work on their dissertation.
1st Attempt: A dissertation of about 10,000 words (100%).
Resit: None
Formative Assessment and Feedback Information
This will take place through workshop discussions and through verbal feedback in meetings with the supervisor.
Written feedback is given on the project and self-assessment. Oral feedback is given in the meetings with supervisors. Written feedback is also provided to students following submission of a draft dissertation chapter approximately two months prior to the submission deadline for the final dissertation.
Projects are submitted through MyAberdeen/Turnitin and are available to the external examiners.
Course Co-ordinator: Dr C S Clark
Pre-requisite(s): Available to students in programme 3 and above
Note(s): This course is a Management Studies elective but is also available as a curriculum breadth course for Business School students.
The course will be taught as a series of topics that may vary from year to year. Examples of possible topics are: jazz and management; the meaning of trust; business in the 18th century; how decisions are made in practice; methods for market segmentation.
Two hours of lectures or seminars each week, depending on nature of topic.
1st Attempt: 1 two-hour written examination (50%); two written assignments, each 2000 words(50%); the content of the written assignments will depend on the topics covered, but typically will contain an essay or report in which students must identify and analyse academic literature relevant to the assignment topic.
Resit: None
Formative Assessment and Feedback Information
This will take place through interaction in seminar classes and through written feedback on the assignment.
Feedback is given on the assignment. Oral feedback is given in the seminarl classes. The course will also use MyAberdeen facilities and email to give feedback as students develop coursework and assignments.
Assignments are submitted through MyAberdeen and are available to the external examiner.
Course Co-ordinator: Dr J Cai
Pre-requisite(s): This course is only available to honours final year degree in Management Studies, Entrepreneurship, and European Management Studies.
This course introduces the theories, concepts and techniques of analysis including external, internal analysis; corporate, business and functional strategies; strategy implementation; entrepreneurial and international strategies, corporate governance.
One 2- hours lecture per week (Preferably Monday 9:00-11:00), and 12 contact hours of computer simulations , seminars and group presentation.
1 two-hour examination (60%); one individual report (30%, 2500 words); one group presentation (10%)
Resit: None
Formative Assessment and Feedback Information
This will take place through seminar discussions, verbal feedback on group presentation and written feedback on the report.
Feedback is given on the report.
On a less formal basis, through verbal feedback during seminar discussions and group presentations. The report is submitted through MyAberdeen/Turnitin and is available to the external examiner.
Course Co-ordinator: Professor M D Hughes
Pre-requisite(s): MS30xx International Business
Comparative entrepreneurship and economic development; role of the entrepreneur; entrepreneurial environments; entrepreneurship in the new EU states; gender and entrepreneurship; cultural dimensions of entrepreneurship; ethnic minority business and finance; the role of social capital; internationalisation and small business development; new venture capital; micro-finance.
2 one-hour lectures per week (Friday 1300-1500), and 8 one-hour presentation sessions over the duration of the course.
1st Attempt: 1 three-hour examination (60%); continuous assessment (20%) consisting of a graded written assignment (2500 words) and a tutorial presentation (20%). The material for the tutorial presentations will be the set of powerpoint slides and notes used to deliver the oral presentation, and will be made available for external examiner review.
Resit: None
Formative Assessment and Feedback Information
This will take place through presentation discussions and through written feedback on the assignment.
Feedback is given on the assignment and presentation.
On a less formal basis; through verbal feedback during presentation discussions. Assignments are submitted through MyAberdeen/Turnitin and are available to the external examiner.