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This 7-week online MBA module aims to develop students' understanding of individual business functions and how they are integrated across organizations. Students will learn about key concepts in markets, customers, finance, people, operations, and strategy, and how issues like sustainability and globalization influence these functions. Assessment consists of a 50% business plan due in week 4 and a 50% assignment promoting an innovative product/service due in week 7. The module material will introduce business functions and processes to demonstrate how a range of areas need to be managed together competitively to provide value.

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Module Outline

This 7-week online MBA module aims to develop students' understanding of individual business functions and how they are integrated across organizations. Students will learn about key concepts in markets, customers, finance, people, operations, and strategy, and how issues like sustainability and globalization influence these functions. Assessment consists of a 50% business plan due in week 4 and a 50% assignment promoting an innovative product/service due in week 7. The module material will introduce business functions and processes to demonstrate how a range of areas need to be managed together competitively to provide value.

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UU-MBA-714

Business Methods and


Procedures

Module Outline
Business Methods and Procedures

Module Code: UU-MBA-714 Module Title: Business Methods and Procedure

Department: School of Business Course: Compulsory

Program: MBA Type of Courses: Online

Language: English

Course Duration: 7 Weeks Tutor: VLE Tutor

Module Aims

The aim of this module is to:

• Enable students to recognise the individual functions that constitute an organisation;


• Develop students' understanding of business markets, models and sectional diversity;
• Develop students' understanding of how business functions and processes need to
be integrated across the whole organisation;
• Develop a critically analytical approach to the appreciation of problems involved in
implementing strategic decisions and the difficulties of monitoring and controlling those
decisions.

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Content Summary
Throughout the module learners will be introduced to the varying focus, key underpinning
concepts, ideas and approaches of different business functions and processes, including a
knowledge and understanding of:
• markets - the development and operation of markets for resources, goods and services
• customers - customer expectations, service and orientation
• finance - the sources, uses and management of finance; the use of accounting and
other information systems for managerial applications
• people - the management and development of people within organisations
• operations - the management of resources and operations; information systems;
the development, management and exploitation of information systems and their
impact upon organisations
• communication and information technology (CIT)
• business policy and strategy - the development of appropriate policies and strategies within a
changing environment, to meet stakeholder interests
• The exploration of each business function and process will be underpinned by consideration
of pervasive issues including: sustainability, globalisation, corporate social responsibility,
diversity, business innovation, creativity, enterprise development, knowledge management and
risk management.

Assessment Method

Week Value Weight Assignment Submission


Week 4 50% Business Plan By the end of week 4
Week 7 50% Promote an innovative product/service of week 7

All of the course assessments should be submitted on the due date by 11.59 p.m.
(23:59 hours) VLE (UTC) time at the latest

E-Book: Fry F.L. Stoner, C.R. and Hattwick R. (2004) Business: An Integrative
Approach, 3rd Ed. McGraw-Hill Higher Education, USA

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Learning Outcome

Demonstrate a critical understanding of how a broad range of business functions need to

be managed and integrated within a competitive environment in order to deliver value to

an organisation and its stakeholders.

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