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BMGT10190

Academic Year 2024/2025

Effective Learning and Development (BMGT10190)

Subject:
Business Management
College:
Business
School:
Business
Level:
1 (Introductory)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Ms Carolin Grampp
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
Blended
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

You are at the beginning of your degree and have an opportunity to create and build skills that will stand to you – throughout your life and career. Being successful in business requires soft skills alongside technical expertise. Skills like being able to set goals, managing your time well, and expressing yourself effectively enable you to manage yourself and your relationships with others sustainably. These skills are necessary for academic progression but are also increasingly required by employers. You will find that some topics develop your existing skills and apply them in new ways. Other topics will require more personal reflection and will develop new skills in unfamiliar areas.

You will explore skills in two blocks: the first block focuses on setting goals, finding good quality sources of information, thinking critically, and expressing yourself verbally, while the second focuses on managing your time, understanding mindsets, empathy and resilience, exploring learning preferences and how you see others and your future. These are all topics that have value beyond this module, your application in this module will be of benefit to you across your modules and life outside of university.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module you are expected to be able to:
(a) evaluate goals and their characteristics to set those which allow you to thrive in the future,
(b) research, evaluate and process quality sources,
(c) realise the importance of practicing critical thinking,
(d) express yourself in professional and academic, written and verbal formats,
(e) appreciate the importance of managing time,
(f) understand the importance of mindsets, resilience and empathy for achieving long term success,
(g) value individual differences in learning and personal learning preferences,
(h) reflect on learning to date with evidence from academic literature, and
(i) dare to review their own work to improve in subsequent submissions.

Indicative Module Content:

Week 1 Introduction: Starting off on the right foot (Module delivery and assessment)

Week 2 Topic 1 Understanding and setting goals

Week 3 Topic 2 Developing your research skill by finding reliable sources and processing them effectively

Week 4 Topic 3 Becoming a critical thinker

Week 5 Topic 4 Expressing yourself in spoken words

Week 6 Learning Reflection 1 preparation

Week 7 Topic 5 Identifying your learning style and helpful strategies

Week 8 Study week

Week 9 KPMG: Game of business

Week 10 Learning Reflection 1 Feedback and Topic 6: Failure, empathy and resilience

Week 11 Topic 7 Managing your life

Week 12 Topic 8 Creating your future

*order and content can be subject to change, up to date details are posted on Brightspace

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

40

Autonomous Student Learning

50

Lectures

4

Small Group

20

Total

114


Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The teaching and learning approach in this module is experiential in nature, inspired by Kolb’s (1984) learning cycle of concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualisation, and active experimentation. We aim to engage students as much as possible in discussion through activities which embody specific conceptual content, a reflection on that experience in reference to its conceptual foundations and based on that an application in our lives.
Students will interact in small groups, virtual and plenary sessions, complete tasks on a weekly basis, and reflect on their experience in a learning reflection half way through the trimester and at the end to allow learning from the first.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
BMGT10060 - Introduction to Management, BMGT10130 - Mastering University Learning, EDUC10170 - Human Learning, HUM10010 - Study Skills in the Humanities, HUM10030 - Introduction to Arts, SCI10040 - Prepare for Your Future Career

Equivalents:
Effective Learning & Developmt (SBUS10090)


 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Quizzes/Short Exercises: Topic related short assessments, e.g. MCQs, short answer quizzes, self-assessment and reflections etc. Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9, Week 10, Week 11, Week 12 Standard conversion grade scale 40% Yes
20
Yes
Assignment(Including Essay): Reflection on Topics 1-4 using the WHAT framework Week 7 Graded No
35
No
Assignment(Including Essay): Reflection on Topics 5-8 using WHAT framework Week 12, Week 14 Graded No
45
No

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students will receive automated or class level feedback as well as a record of task completion on Brightspace within twenty working days of a submission deadline - the weekly tasks are generally reviewed within a week of submission and grades for Learning reflection 1 will be available before Learning reflection 2 is due. Class level feedback on the a completed component will be provided with the provisional grade/completion status release. Supplementary individual feedback will be given upon written request via email, after the "cooling off" period.

Name Role
Ms Carolin Grampp Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Maeve Houlihan Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Mary Parkinson Lecturer / Co-Lecturer

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 9 Fri 11:00 - 12:50
Autumn Small Group Offering 1 Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks Tues 09:00 - 10:50
Autumn Small Group Offering 2 Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks Tues 11:00 - 12:50
Autumn Small Group Offering 3 Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks Wed 11:00 - 12:50
Autumn Small Group Offering 4 Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks Wed 14:00 - 15:50
Autumn Small Group Offering 5 Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks Wed 16:00 - 17:50