To continue to develop study and transferable skills necessary for the satisfactory completion of a higher education business course and subsequent employment and career development.

The module will focus on communication, numeracy and IT Skills. Personal Development Planning will be ongoing in this module.

Topics covered in the module will be drawn from written communication skills (e.g. Business letters, letters of application, CV writing); oral communications (interveiw techniques).

The module will also introduce students to quantitative techniques for business covering equations and percentages in a business context; averages (mean, mode, median); probability; measures of dispersion; normal distribution; graphical representation of business information.

The learning strategies will require students to commit 150 learning hours, of which 36 hours will consist of contact time. A combination of lectures and tutorials/workshops will provide students with the opportunity to develop a range of business skills.

A further 114 hours of independent study will require students to further develop and practise these skills using a combination of formative and summative assessment exercises independently and as part of a small group.

Week 20 - Business Maths Assignment (50%) LO2
Week 24 - Job Application Documents (50%) LO1

Learning Outcome 3 will be covered by the continued development of the Personal Development Plan during personal tutorials.

IT Network
Library Resources
TV/Video

Cottrell, S (2003) The Study Skills Handbook, Palgrave, ISBN 0333751892

Peck, J and Coyle, M, (1999) The Student;s Guide to Writing, Palgrave, ISBN 0333727428