Form C4
Heriot-Watt University - Course Descriptor
1. Course
Code
5. School
C17EC
2. Course
Title
Management and Languages
7. Delivery:
Location &
Semester
Edin
SBC
Orkney
Dubai
IDL
Collaborative Partner
Sem 2
Sem…
Sem………..
Sem…..2
Sem…2
Name…………………….....Sem..…...
8. Pre-requisites
None
9. Linked Courses
(specify if synoptic)
10. Excluded Courses
11. Replacement Courses
Code:
Enterprise and its Business Environment
6. Course
Coordinator
Date Of Replacement:
12. Degrees for which
this is a core course
3. SCQF 7
4. Credits 15
Level
Norin Arshed/Julie McFarlane
Approved Learning Partner
Name …See List, Appendix A to
documentation …………Sem…2……..
See List, Appendix B to programme documentation
13. The course may be
14. Available as an Elective?
Yes
No
UG only
PG only
UG & PG
delivered to:
15. Aims
 To enable students to acquire and develop understanding, knowledge and skills related to business management
 To develop student knowledge of the internal environment of the enterprise and its operations
 Based on a value chain framework the course examines how businesses are organised to seek to fit internal and external operating environments.
 To develop understanding of organisational forms and structures
 To introduce students to the marketing function and business planning.
 To develop student understanding of the interconnectedness between core elements of the business and its operation
 To enhance business skills via an understanding of the practical application of theoretical knowledge through assessment and guest speakers (As available).
 To assist the development of skills (particularly critical evaluation of academic research, diagnostic, problem solving, team/group working, communication,
written, presentation and IT skills) through the both formative classroom based work and summative assessment
16. Syllabus
The indicative syllabus includes but is not limited to the following:
 Business plans
 The marketing function
 The entrepreneur
 Innovation
 The human element
 Operations, logistics and the value chain
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Form C4
Heriot-Watt University - Course Descriptor
17. Learning Outcomes (HWU Core Skills: Employability and Professional Career Readiness)
Subject Mastery
Understanding, Knowledge and Cognitive Skills Scholarship, Enquiry and Research (Research-Informed Learning)
Students will gain skills in the following
Students will gain skills in the following areas:
areas:
 The ability to apply management frameworks and theoretical concepts to a case
 The ability to analyse, evaluate, and report
study organisation (linking theory to practice).
on the internal organisation of business and
 The ability to research and select secondary research into business management
to contextualise this knowledge within the
trends both independently and in groups (specifically through the coursework
broader market.
component of the module).

The development and application of
 The ability to critically evaluate and assess empirical and theoretical evidence from
problem-solving skills to a range of
management research.
theoretical and practical challenges.
Industrial, Commercial &
Autonomy, Accountability & Working with
Communication, Numeracy & ICT
Professional Practice
Others
Students gain the opportunity to develop their personal
Students gain the opportunity to
Students gain the opportunity to develop their
ability in the following areas:
develop their personal ability in the
personal ability in the following areas:
 The ability to communicate and present ideas
following areas:
 The ability to transfer theoretical and
effectively by verbal and written means.
 The opportunity to develop
practical problem-solving skills to a
 The ability to develop an interest in current
insight into a range of
variety of contexts.
developments in business management
business practice through
 The ability to work independently and
 The ability to know how to use a range of online
case study and practitioner
as part of a group. Tasks might include
sources of knowledge through both library
talks.
tutorial discussion and debate.
databases and WWW.
18. Assessment Methods
19. Re-assessment Methods
Method
Duration of Exam
Weighting (%)
Synoptic courses?
Method
(if applicable)
Coursework
Examination
"Exemptions
to
examination will be granted in
accordance
with
SML
policy.
Examination will be required to be
taken if: (a) any part of the coursework
is incomplete and/or the average
coursework mark is less than 65% OR
(b) examination is required for
professional accreditation.”
ALPs only: Examination
20. Date and Version
Date of Proposal
February 2013
Duration of Exam
(if applicable)
Diet(
s)
Two Hours
50%
50%
100% Examination
Two Hours
Resit
Two Hours
100%
Examination
Two Hours
Resit
Date of Approval by
School Committee
Date of
Implementation
September 2013
Version
Number
2/2
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