Business Skills - BFT1015

Assessment 1: Other

Activities providing opportunities for formative assessment will generally be integrated into the teaching and learning process and apply to all components of summative assessment.  The nature of the formative assessment tasks used will be at the discretion of the tutor, to include for example, workshop exercises, quizzes, group discussions. 

Other

Assessment 2: In-Class Test

In-Class Test

Assessment 1: Written Assignment

Written Assignment

<p>This module will enable students to develop their professional and personal skills to ensure that they are equipped for both the study and work environment. Emphasis is on employability and enterprise.  Lectures, workshops and tutorials will enable students to develop and practice their reading, writing, presentation, teamwork and research skills.   ICT skills will be enhanced through the delivery of workshops.  Data analysis and statistical techniques will be used to show how these tools are vital in performing the tasks required within industry central to all modern business operations.  Students will develop the ability to choose, use and manage appropriate mathematical, statistical and ICT techniques to produce and disseminate meaningful management information. The emphasis on the statistics part of the module is on carrying out data manipulation and analysis with a minimum of theory.</p>

Huddersfield Business School

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BFT1015 - Business Skills

Business Skills

Search for and retrieve information of relevance to their studies in transport and logistics or travel and tourism management.

Manage their own time effectively and evaluate their own performance.

Have knowledge and understanding of, and the ability to use, mathematical methods and techniques appropriate to modern data management and statistics.

Define the basic ICT skills requirements of the transport, logistics and tourism sectors.

Have an understanding of a range of methods of data presentation and the most appropriate software to use. 

Explain the importance of self-evaluation and PDP in career development.

Present information effectively to others in a variety of formats.

Recognise the skills necessary for effective undergraduate study.