Module overview
This module acts as a key vehicle for the completion of the taught part of the Master in Management programme and comprises of teaching based in Southampton Business School. It comprises of four key themes and skillsets, which are applied to the group consulting project:
- Sustainability
- Innovation
- Leadership and Change
- Consultancy Skills: Proposal pitch and presentation.
The module includes lectures on these four subjects. But you are also expected to draw upon your previous learning, in order to maximise your contribution to the group consulting project and to maximise the integrative nature of your learning in this taught module.
The module requires groups of students to address a given problem for a real ('live') client organisation and work through a process of problem solving applying knowledge and skills in sustainability, innovation, and leadership and change, and utilising consultancy skills to advise the client.
The group projects are carried out for external organisations, including commercial companies, public sector organisations or charities. Projects are carried out in the same way as a conventional consultancy project and are assessed to the same standards, but are supervised by the Module Leader or appointed member of faculty.
The projects form part of a case study and students will work as a small group to make a proposal pitch presentation.
Students also have to complete an individual reflective assignment, which focuses on the learning from this module and their personal development.