AVÊÓƵ

School of Engineering and Informatics (for staff and students)

Business and Project Management (H7095Z)

Business and Project Management

Module H7095Z

Module details for 2025/26.

15 credits

FHEQ Level 5

Module Outline

This module addresses wider business and project management issues which affect the technological and engineering environment. Some of these issues include: principles of strategic management, project management and planning, the business environment, auditing and control, organisational structure, business legislation, resource management, global markets and supply, and forecasting.

Module learning outcomes

Understand the management process, with a special focus on the environment in which a company operates, and how decisions are made.

Start building up the capability to deploy established analyses for assessing how competitive a business

Appreciate the importance of innovation in all aspects of the company's operations

Able to describe the contribution of projects to the overall business environment

TypeTimingWeighting
Coursework40.00%
Coursework components. Weighted as shown below.
ReportT2 Week 11 100.00%
Unseen ExaminationSummer Vacation Week 3 Tue 08:4060.00%
Timing

Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.

Weighting

Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.

Ms Li Lin

Assess convenor
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Dr Xiaopeng Zhang

Assess convenor
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Dr Jiang Tingting

Assess convenor
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