Last modified: 20 Jun 2025 15:10
Organisations expect managers to navigate difficulties that arise during project planning and implementation. This fundamentally requires refining understanding of a challenge or opportunity scenario, ideating potential solutions, effectively making and communicating decisions, as well as understanding how decisions may impact various stakeholders.
Within the context of an identified workplace challenge or opportunity, this course guides learners to develop and implement a practical solution.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Third Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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Organisations expect Senior Management to navigate them through difficulties that arise during strategic planning and implementation. Fundamentally, this involves critiquing possible strategic actions, effectively making and communicating decisions, as well as understand how decisions impact varying interests across a diverse range of stakeholders.
This project-based course is specifically designed to guide learners through a practical project that applies each of the fundamental managerial skills as identified above. Spanning a full trimester period, this course will combine facilitated learning sessions with additional one-on-one supervision to support learners to identify, analyse and offer solutions to a problem within their own workplace.
Integrating core learnings from other courses on the MBA Programme, this project-based consulting course is subsequently a core means for learners to document their own personal development, as well as demonstrate their readiness to lead their organisations / departments through today’s real challenges.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Detailed feedback will be provided in accordance with a marking rubric, which will be communicated to students at the outset of the course. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Procedural | Evaluate | Ability to define and engage with key (direct and indirect) stakeholders within the context of a specific business problem. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Ability to utilise analytical tools and frameworks to evidence and critically evaluate a perceived business problem. |
| Reflection | Create | Ability to develop creative solutions that address the critical aspects of a business problem. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Ability to critically reflect on actions undertaken during a project in order to draw out key areas of personal learning and development. |
| Assessment Type | Formative | Weighting | ||
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| Assessment Weeks | 48 | Feedback Weeks | 49,50 | |
| Feedback |
Students will be provided a workbook with guidance on key sections relating to their project proposal. As a formative submission, this will not be a graded piece of work. However, it provides a clear opportunity for supporting faculty to provide input and guidance regarding the projects’ direction. A key component of the proposal is the submission of ethical forms (if relevant), which will be mandatory for students seeking to conduct stakeholder engagement (i.e. primary research) as a part of this project. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 24 | Feedback Weeks | 27 | |
| Feedback |
Detailed feedback will be provided in accordance with a marking rubric, which will be communicated to students at the outset of the course. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Evaluate | Ability to utilise analytical tools and frameworks to evidence and critically evaluate a perceived business problem. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Ability to define and engage with key (direct and indirect) stakeholders within the context of a specific business problem. |
| Reflection | Create | Ability to develop creative solutions that address the critical aspects of a business problem. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Ability to critically reflect on actions undertaken during a project in order to draw out key areas of personal learning and development. |
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