Module Descriptors
PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC SUPPORT SKILLS
XXSE70069
Key Facts
Faculty of Business, Education and Law
Level 7
15 credits
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- POSTER weighted at 25%
- UNSPECIFIED weighted at 10%
- CLASS PARTICIPATION weighted at 45%
- UNSPECIFIED weighted at 20%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
Details:-
1. The first Summative assessment of this module is a Group Poster Presentation of a business idea.
a) Assignment 'Poster', weighted at 25% (LO's 1 & 2)
b) Assignment Peer assessment of the 'Poster' (up to 4 peer assessments to make from the module cohort; weighted at 10% (LO 2)
2. The second Summative assessment of this module is a 2000 word individual self critical reflective accoun ton:
a) Personal contribution to the learning team experience, weighted at 45% (LO's 1, 2 & 3)
b) Peer assessment of the individual learning team experience assignment (up to 4 randomised peer assessments to make from the module cohort; weighted at 20% (LO 2)
1. The first Summative assessment of this module is a Group Poster Presentation of a business idea.
a) Assignment 'Poster', weighted at 25% (LO's 1 & 2)
b) Assignment Peer assessment of the 'Poster' (up to 4 peer assessments to make from the module cohort; weighted at 10% (LO 2)
2. The second Summative assessment of this module is a 2000 word individual self critical reflective accoun ton:
a) Personal contribution to the learning team experience, weighted at 45% (LO's 1, 2 & 3)
b) Peer assessment of the individual learning team experience assignment (up to 4 randomised peer assessments to make from the module cohort; weighted at 20% (LO 2)
Module Indicative Content
The activities and delivery are designed to support and accelerate participant's preparation for management careers in an increasingly interdependent world and successful completion of the award.
As the programme is highly vocational, professional and academic skills overlap considerably.
Together, they provide the underpinning spine (assessed) to the whole programme. PASS overlaps study support with the overarching vocational aims and objectives of the postgraduate programme: employability and career enhancement. The module facilitates through engagement and action learning the development of topics such as:
a. Modern key global management skills: Team working in multicultural context; time management; communication and presentation skills
b. Career awareness: Careers Day participation; Stress management
c. Introductory project management
d. Study support skills: Learning styles; Case study analysis technique; Critical reviewing/thinking skills; Library and research skills; IT & numerical skill awareness
As the programme is highly vocational, professional and academic skills overlap considerably.
Together, they provide the underpinning spine (assessed) to the whole programme. PASS overlaps study support with the overarching vocational aims and objectives of the postgraduate programme: employability and career enhancement. The module facilitates through engagement and action learning the development of topics such as:
a. Modern key global management skills: Team working in multicultural context; time management; communication and presentation skills
b. Career awareness: Careers Day participation; Stress management
c. Introductory project management
d. Study support skills: Learning styles; Case study analysis technique; Critical reviewing/thinking skills; Library and research skills; IT & numerical skill awareness
Module Texts
Core text: MURDOCK, A; SCUTT, C.N. (2002) Personal Effectiveness, 2nd edition. Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford. ISBN 075063393X
Module Resources
Library and on-line databases.
Management skills training delivery.
UK residential venue.
Management skills training delivery.
UK residential venue.
Module Learning Strategies
The module requires candidates to commit 150 learnings hours including assessment: 36 direct supported hours will draw on lectures, workshops, in-class discussion etc. Opportunities for formative feedback, evaluation and reflection on the outcomes of actions are included. 114 (minimum) independent learning hours will be engaged in the indicative content. Wider reading is expected. Course members are required to participate in a group presentation. Management skills, studied from an academic perspective, and study skills are synchronised with practical sessions in classes which provide additional support in English language skills, if needed. During induction week, students are allocated into multicultural learning teams of around six. Via questionnaires, teams are balanced according to psychological team role profiles, gender, nationality and academic experience. Teams are immediately set a business start-up task to complete during independent learning time. During the module, students may participate in a series of intensive workshops to fast-track management development, in line with the skills listed above. Students give a formative and summative feedback on the outline business plan team presentation. Formative feedback on all activities informs their development of skills that are used in summative assessments in other modules.