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Module Overview

The module "CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS" is a core module that allows students to identify, explore, and analyze contemporary issues in the business, management, and economic environments of the 21st century. The overall focus of the module is on encouraging students to identify and analyze key issues and evaluate their impact, suggesting critical solutions.

Module Details

• Module code: MAN0001
• Module provider: Surrey Business School
• Module Leader: ATTA Zainab (SBS)
• Number of Credits: 15
• ECTS Credits: 7.5
• Framework: FHEQ Level 3
• Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A

Module Content

The module provides an opportunity for students to draw together strands from concurrent Foundation Year modules and apply them to an area of their own interest within a Business, Economics, or Hospitality and Tourism Management context. Key module content includes:

• An introduction to contemporary issues in business, management, and economics
• Exploring the dynamics of competitive markets, business, and organization lifecycles
• Examining the concept of market failure and its implications for contemporary issues and business decision-making
• Understanding Creativity, Ideation, and Innovation and their significance in exploring contemporary issues and solutions in business, management, and economics
• Exploring the trends and changes in business finance and the implications for business and management in the 21st century
• Discussion of Sustainability, the types of sustainability, the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and their impact on economies, business, and management
• Technology, its impact on economies and business, and its role in analyzing and proffering solutions to identified contemporary issues
• Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethics, and Sustainability in business and management

Assessment Pattern

The assessment pattern consists of:

• Coursework: Individual blogs and a 1000-word article (50% weighting)
• Examination: Online open-book exam (50% weighting)

Module Aims

The module aims to:

• Provide students with an introduction to the fundamental concepts and frameworks used in contemporary issues in business, management, and economics
• Build students' skills in applying theoretical concepts and models to contemporary issues in business management and economics
• Develop students' critical comprehension, evaluative, and synthesis skills

Learning Outcomes

Upon completing the module, students will be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge and explain key business, management, and economic concepts and theories
• Expound and interpret the linkages and interlocking nature of contemporary issues within the wider business, management, and economics context
• Apply and analyze contemporary issues using applicable frameworks, models, and quantitative and qualitative techniques
• Evaluate and synthesize the significance of their analysis of contemporary issues for business and organizations in the 21st century
• Communicate effectively in different formats and inform key decision-makers of their analysis and recommendations for business and management issues/problems

Methods of Teaching/Learning

The learning and teaching strategy is based on an active approach to module content, including:

• Weekly lectures
• Seminars and workshops
• Formal guided individual reading and study activities
• Independent study

Programmes this Module Appears In

This module appears in the following programmes:

• Accounting and Finance with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)
• Business Management with Business Analytics With Foundation Year BSc (Hons)
• Business Management with Entrepreneurship and Innovation With Foundation Year BSc (Hons)
• Business Management with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)
• Business Management with Human Resource Management With Foundation Year BSc (Hons)
• Business Management with Marketing With Foundation Year BSc (Hons)
• International Business Management with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)
• International Event Management with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)
• International Hospitality and Tourism Management with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)
• International Hospitality Management with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)
• International Tourism Management with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)