MMM177: Business and Management Project

Module code: MMM177

Module provider: Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour; Henley Business School

Credits: 20

Level: 7

When you'll be taught: Summer (vacation) semester

Module convenor: Dr Irina Heim, email: irina.heim@henley.ac.uk

Pre-requisite module(s):

Co-requisite module(s):

Pre-requisite or Co-requisite module(s):

Module(s) excluded:

Placement information: NA

Academic year: 2024/5

Available to visiting students: No

Talis reading list: Yes

Last updated: 19 November 2024

Overview

Module aims and purpose

This capstone module for the Master’s in Management (MIM) programme includes a consulting project with an organisation. Students are expected to draw on knowledge and experience gained across the programme, and to apply it to a contemporary management problem or an issue. The projects are developed in collaboration with specific organisations and address a topic relevant to contemporary management practice. 
 
The module aims at providing students with an opportunity to define and execute independent research in Management on an approved topic of their choice in collaboration with an organisation/company. To enable students to apply the academic knowledge gained during the programme to a real-world context while developing an awareness of diverse and international business and management perspectives

Aims:
To provide students with an opportunity to define and execute an independent piece of research in Management on an approved topic of their choice in collaboration with an organisation/company.
To enable students to apply the academic knowledge developed during the programme to a real-world context while developing an awareness of diverse and international business and management perspectives.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, it is expected that students will be able to:

1. Identify and summarise the key issues of a business or management key operation or project
2. Design, explain and justify the research approach adopted in response to a specific applied business problem or challenge
3. Identify, summarise and critically appraise relevant literature (where appropriate)
4. Identify, analyse, and evaluate collected data (where appropriate) or other available sources of information and data (e.g., available from a business or via research)
5. State, explain and justify given conclusions/chosen solutions
6. Organise, reflect on and present information clearly, succinctly and in the required format

Additional outcomes:
The self-directed nature of study for this module should develop the students’ ability to research, solve a real-life problem, learn independently and effectively use their time and available resources. Students working on projects designed in conjunction with organisations will gain valuable experience to meet the expectations of an external client.

Module content

Lectures will introduce students to the requirements of the project. Students will be allocated an academic supervisor and an organisation and a supervisor within the organisation. An academic supervisor will have three face-to-face or online meetings of up to one hour each with the students.

Structure

Teaching and learning methods

Lectures will be used to provide initial guidance. Students will also be allocated a tutor to act as supervisors. The supervisors will provide a minimum of three contact hours for consultation as necessary. Learning will be primarily student-centred and unique to the student.

Study hours

At least 10 hours of scheduled teaching and learning activities will be delivered in person, with the remaining hours for scheduled and self-scheduled teaching and learning activities delivered either in person or online. You will receive further details about how these hours will be delivered before the start of the module.

Please note the independent study hours above are notional numbers of hours; each student will approach studying in different ways. We would advise you to reflect on your learning and the number of hours you are allocating to these tasks.

Semester 1 The hours in this column may include hours during the Christmas holiday period.

Semester 2 The hours in this column may include hours during the Easter holiday period.

Summer The hours in this column will take place during the summer holidays and may be at the start and/or end of the module.

Assessment

Requirements for a pass

Students need to achieve an overall module mark of 50% to pass this module.

Summative assessment

Penalties for late submission of summative assessment

The Support Centres will apply the following penalties for work submitted late:

Assessments with numerical marks

• where the piece of work is submitted after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark for each working day (or part thereof) following the deadline up to a total of three working days;
• the mark awarded due to the imposition of the penalty shall not fall below the threshold pass mark, namely 40% in the case of modules at Levels 4-6 (i.e. undergraduate modules for Parts 1-3) and 50% in the case of Level 7 modules offered as part of an Integrated Masters or taught postgraduate degree programme;
• where the piece of work is awarded a mark below the threshold pass mark prior to any penalty being imposed, and is submitted up to three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline), no penalty shall be imposed;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.

Assessments marked Pass/Fail

• where the piece of work is submitted within three working days of the deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): no penalty will be applied;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): a grade of Fail will be awarded.

The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: https://www.reading.ac.uk/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/qap/penaltiesforlatesubmission.pdf

You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.

Formative assessment

Formative assessment is any task or activity which creates feedback (or feedforward) for you about your learning, but which does not contribute towards your overall module mark.

Students will receive ongoing formative assessment during the presentation to help them improve their project work. 

Reassessment

Additional costs