MAN-40200 - Module Specification
Keele Business School
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

In an increasingly competitive job market, employers are looking to recruit employees who have high-level knowledge, skills and workplace experience. This module supports students in taking an extended work placement to enable students to experience first hand how a professional environment functions. This allows students to reflect upon, apply and test their learning from the programme in creative and complex environments. This will help students to produce a more nuanced and sophisticated understanding of both academic knowledge and how to function in a professional environment.
During the module, students will undertake a paid (minimum of 8 weeks and maximum of 52 weeks, full-time) placement with a company or organisation, where they will be required to contribute to organisationally defined goals and objectives.
Whilst the onus is on students to find and secure their own placements, our University Careers Service will help to support you throughout the process. For example, sending alerts to students about opportunities available, helping to prepare CVs and applications, workshops on interview and assessment centre techniques, etc.

The aim of this module is to provide students with the opportunity to carry out a paid work placement-based learning experience (minimum 8 weeks and maximum 52 weeks equivalent to full-time work) program.
During the work placement, the student will be expected to engage in a company-based project which reflects the area of work undertaken.

Intended Learning Outcomes

apply academic themes, concepts and theory as explored during their studies to complex real situations on work placement: 1,2
reflect on and critically evaluate their learning from the work placement: 1,3
identify, propose and evaluate possible solutions to an identified managerial issue: 1,2
prepare and present a research report jointly to the company / organisation and faculty: 1
demonstrate competence in a wide range of transferable skills which meet the expectations of the satisfaction of the host organisation: 1,2

Study hours

10 hours of supervision and preparation for the placement
440 hours of independent study, including assessment preparation
*Given the nature of this module, the placement hours stated are not necessarily reflective of the actual hours spent on the placement. The School would expect around 280 hours for 8 weeks (minimum placement) to 1600 hours for 12 months (maximum placement).

School Rules

Module pre-requisites:
MAN-40058 Creativity and Personal Development
MAN-40192 Research Methods
Module barred combinations:
MAN-40198 Consultancy Project
MAN-40202 Entrepreneurship Project
MAN-40204 Dissertation Management
MAN-40057 Dissertation Finance
HRM-40057 HRM Dissertation

Description of Module Assessment