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MAN-40198 - Module Specification
Keele Business School
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 20 November 2024

MAN-40198 - Consultancy Project
Coordinator: Colin Rigby Room: DW1.18 Tel: +44 1782 7 33456
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 7
Credits: 45
Study Hours: 450
School Office: 01782 733094

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

The aim of this module is to encourage and enable students to engage in and reflect on a consultancy project and to develop and apply their skills within the management of organisations. The consultancy project requires students, in conjunction with the School and organisation, to engage in a management research project on behalf of the organisation / company.


Aims
The aim of this module is to enable students to critically reflect on organisational experiences and to develop and apply their skills within the management of organisations.

Intended Learning Outcomes

identify, propose and evaluate possible solutions to an identified managerial issue: 1,2,3,4
work independently and within the guidelines and parameters of the sponsoring organisation: 1,3,4
reflect on their working practice from a managerial perspective: 1,2,3,4
develop a personal set of transferable skills that may be utilised in any comparable organisation: 1,2,3,4
appreciate the importance of an ethical approach to the project: 1,2,3

Study hours

10 formal supervision/classroom hours
440 hours time spent in the company/organisation, independent study, working on the project, write up and preparation for the presentation
*actual hours in the organisation may vary depending on the project
300 hours independent study, working on the project, write up and preparation for the presentation

School Rules

Module pre-requisites:
MAN-40058 Creativity and Personal Development
Module barred combinations:
MAN-40108/MAN-40202 Entrepreneurship Project
MAN-40106/MAN-40200 Placement Project
MAN-40033/MAN-40204 Dissertation Management
MAN-40076 Dissertation Accounting
HRM-40018/HRM-40057 HRM Dissertation

Description of Module Assessment

1: Report weighted 50%
5000-word report


2: Oral Presentation weighted 20%
30 minute oral presentation


3: Reflective Diary weighted 20%
2000-word reflective diary


4: Practice Based Assessment weighted 10%
Assessment by the host organisation in conjunction with the academic supervisor


The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 20 November 2024