Programme Specification – BSc Management
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BSc
Management
3 years
Department of Management
General business and Management (2007)
N200 BSc/Man
October 2010 / July 2015
to develop students with the capacity to become future leaders in the management of
private, public and third sector organisations, consultancy and the financial
institutions;
develop students whose management practice is underpinned by social scientific
inquiry;
develop students to continue into research in the field of Management.
Programme outcomes: knowledge and understanding; skills and other attributes
The programme will equip students with:
 a broad understanding of the management of organisations, informed by a range of
social science perspectives, including economics, finance, sociology, organisational
behaviour, organisational psychology, industrial relations and the management,
decision and information sciences;
 an awareness of current critical issues both in management, and in management
thought;
 the ability to write clearly and articulately, and to give effective oral presentations;
 the ability to undertake robust and valid quantitative analysis;
 the ability to work effectively as a member of a team;
 the ability to evaluate claims and to think critically;
 the ability to think creatively and solve problems;
 the capacity to think strategically.
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Teaching, learning and assessment strategies to enable outcomes to be achieved
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Teaching and learning strategies:
 in order to meet programme outcome 1, the two Core Business Disciplines courses
(MG101 and MG201) plus an introduction to accounting (AC102 or AC103) will
require students to become familiar with a range of functional perspectives on
management and business organisation; additional, core courses in Organisational
Behaviour/ Psychology (MG100/102) and Economics (EC102/MG201) will ensure that
students have strong grounding in these fundamental subjects.
 in order to meet programme outcome 2, the strategy course in year 3 (MG301) will
ensure that students have an understanding both of current issues in management
and management thought; additionally, of course, the Dept organises regular public
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lectures and other events on management issues and students will be encouraged to
attend;
in order to meet outcome 3, students will be required to present and discuss written
assignments regularly in classes for all core MG courses. We will also provide
students with teaching around writing and presentation skills, as we do in our current
programme, as we find this is important in communicating expectations;
in order to meet outcome 4, students are required to take methods and analysis
course in the second year (MG205), and these skills will be strengthened through the
third year strategy course MG301;
in order to meet outcome 5, we will use group work extensively informative and
summative assessment in all MG courses;
skills outcomes 6,7 and 8 will be stressed throughout all courses, with the capacity to
think strategically being a particular focus of MG301. Students will also be
encouraged to take full advantage of the broader learning opportunities available
through being a student at the School - e.g. through LSE100 and public lectures and
events even if not specifically management-related.
Assessment strategies: The core courses which are delivered within the Department
generally rely on a mix of assessment methods (in particular MG101, the paired half units
MG100 and MG102, and MG201. These methods include examination, and individual and
group projects, with most courses using all three modes. These methods have different
strengths, with examination, broadly speaking, testing breadth of knowledge, individual
assignments testing integrative understanding, and the group projects testing ability to ability
to apply course concepts in a teamworking environment. An important aspect of this design is
that within the core courses there will be a consistent assessment strategy so that over the
three years we will be able to build clarity in students' minds about how to approach these
different modes of assessment and what constitutes good performance in each, and provide a
clear "roadmap" for students' development.
13. Programme structures and requirements, levels, modules and awards
See the BSc Management programme regulations.
Additional information
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Criteria for admission to the programme
AAA or AAB at A-level including an A in A level Mathematics (B in Mathematics with A in a
natural science or Economics also considered) or equivalent International Baccalaureate or
other non-English qualifications.
Traditional academic subjects (Economics, English
Literature, History, and the natural sciences) are preferred to subjects to such as Business
Studies or Accounting.
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Indicators of quality
The Department of Management has high application to intake figures.
Demand for new programmes in the Department, particularly for Management,
Organisations and Governance, and Management (2 year) degrees have been high.
The Department was ranked highly in the last RAE.
The Department has made a number of new appointments, at the top of their respective
fields.
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Methods for evaluating and improving the quality and standard of teaching and
learning
The Department conducts annual reviews of all of its programmes. There are termly staff
student liaison committees. In its first few years, there will be additional termly/yearly review
meetings to ensure the new programme is on track. In addition, we will use TQARO student
surveys and Annual review of academic staff, as well as regular staff meetings to monitor
progress of the programme.
School quality assurance processes include:
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regular staff appraisal and review;
improvements in teaching technique are affected by the Teaching and Learning
Centre (TLC) through observations, advice and further training;
induction programme and mentoring scheme for new members of staff;
Staff/student liaison committee;
centrally administered student satisfaction questionnaires by the Teaching Quality
Assurance and Review Office;
an improved system for ensuring that External Examiner’s
comments/recommendations are fed through to Departments and acted upon;
the School’s Teaching, Learning and Assessment Committee (TLAC) which regulates
all aspects of teaching quality;
annual monitoring of courses and periodic reviews every 3-5 years. The outcomes of
the annual reviews are presented to TLAC;
the School’s Undergraduate Studies Sub Committee and Graduate Studies Sub
Committee which oversee all taught programmes and ensure that significant changes
to programmes and courses pass through a sequence of formal stages to ensure that
curricular changes are appropriate and compatible with other developments.