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Module Title:
Business Management
Module code:
(if known)
ENG501
Semester(s) in which to
be offered:
Existing/New:
Existing
Originating Subject:
Module duration (contact
hours/ directed/ private
study:
Engineering
45 hrs contact/dps
55 hrs private study
Level:
1
Credit Value:
Oct 2007
Module Leader:
F R Welcomme
Dr K Bean
Status: core/option/elective
(identify programme where
appropriate):
Core
0%
Pre-requisites per
programme
(between levels):
Co-requisites per
programme (within
a level):
Module Aims:
To develop the knowledge and professional attitude needed for effective operation within an
organisation, including organisational structures and functions, customer/client relations and the
control/management of work activities covering both financial and time management .
Expected Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding:
At the completion of this module, the student should be able to:
1.
2.
3.
4.
10
N/A
5
(Deg L2)
assess his/her individual role within an enterprise, including the legal considerations;
engage in teamwork with a positive contribution;
explain a range of customer/client relationships:
analyse the engineers role in managing engineering activities.
Assessment:
Assessment is by means of a log/ record of work, which provides evidence of an individual contribution within
group developmental activities and culminating in an individual report and a group presentation. This covers all
learning outcomes. The activities should include a selection of developmental activities using the context of The
Engineering Manager and embedding professional ethics and social and environmental contexts.
Assignment 1 has a number of exercises covering the role of the individual within a structure and requires the
students to work individually and to co-operate in pairs. Assignment 2 is group activity simulating the operation of a
company and requiring the production of a group report and presentation (plus a personal log).
Assessment number
(use as appropriate)
Assessment One:
(Outcomes 1, 4)
Type of assessment
Weighting
40%
Duration (if
exam)
N/A
Portfolio role of
engineer (individual work)
Assessment Two
(Outcomes 2, 3)
Portfolio simulation of
company (group work)
60%
N/A
1300
Bibliography
Recommended Reading:
Freeman-Bell G, Balkwill J (2000); Management in Engineering: Principles and Practice (3rd Edn.)(Prentice-Hall)
Glover, Rushbrooke (1986); Organisation Studies; (Pitman)
Rees W David (1990); The Skills of Management; (Croom Helm)
Knott G (1988); Practical Cost and Management Accounting; (Pan)
Handy (1993); Understanding Organisations (4th Edn); (Penguin)
Pugh, Hickson (1989); Writers on Organisations (4th Edn); (Penguin)
Weightman (1993); Managing Human Resources (2nd Edn); (Inst. Personnel Manag't)
Torrington, Weightman, Johns (1989); Effective Management: People and Organisation; (Prentice-Hall,)
Davies J W (2001); Communication Skills (for Engineering and Applied Science Students) (2nd Ed, Prentice Hall)