Management Analysis - Training module only

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• build quantitative models, which aid the solution of management problems and decision making;
• have familiarity and confidence in the use of mathematical notation and basic mathematical skills used in managerial problem solving.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• apply mathematics and statistics knowledge to model common business/management problems.
• solve basic mathematics and statistics problems in a business/management context;

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• the basic optimisation techniques;
• the basics of Algebra and how it is applied in business;
• the basic decision-modelling techniques;
• the basic probability concepts;
• the basics of Financial Mathematics;

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• critical analysis and decision making skills whether working alone or with a group, quantitative analysis including using spreadsheet tools.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Assessment tasks

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: Prompt and individual feedback will be given in the on-line weekly assessment tasks that the student can do from home. Verbal formative feedback is given throughout the module during lectures, classes and one-to-one meetings.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.