2015/16 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

LUBS5099M Critical Skills for the Finance Professional

Module manager: Jessica Johnson
Email: j.c.johnson@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2015/16

Module replaces

Academic and Employment Skills

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

This module is intended to reproduce typical situations in which a finance professional might find herself/himself. This may involve researching and gathering information, evaluating different sources of information, synthesising complex and unstructured information in a number of forms, and applying specific professional skills in order to solve problems. Using this information, you will be required to work independently and as a team to communicate information and advice in a variety of forms (for example, discussion, presentation, written report etc).

Objectives

The aim of the module is to present students with unstructured business scenarios and to use these scenarios to assess students’ oral communication skills, presentation skills, team-working skills, and awareness of global and cultural issues in business. Through these scenarios, students will have the opportunity to identify and define problems, analyse financial and non-financial data, develop their commercial awareness, exercise appropriate professional and ethical judgement and develop reasoned conclusions and recommendations.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module students will be able to critically assess:
- commercial awareness and how it can be developed and improved
- what makes an effective presenter and what makes a successful presentation
- ethical issues that might be encountered by a finance professional, and how these might be managed in practice
- global/cultural issues that might be encountered in a business environment

Skills outcomes
On completion of this module students will be able to:
Transferable
- work effectively as a team member in order to achieve a common team goal
- communicate clearly and effectively in writing to an advanced academic level
- present coherently to an audience
- critically analyse and reflect

Subject specific
- identify and debate international perspectives and different national and cultural contexts
- summarise and argue different ethical issues and ethical perspectives

Syllabus

Indicative content:
The module is designed around a case study company, which is presented at the beginning of the module, on which all activities and tasks for the module are then based. Students gain familiarity with the company and the industry as they progress through the module. Class activities and assessment require a range of skills to be applied to the material and the scenarios in the case study.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Seminar	10	1.50	15.00
Private study hours			10.00
Total Contact hours			15.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			25.00

Private study

Research and group work in preparation for assessed presentation(s).

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Formative feedback is provided throughout the course in form of practice case studies which will be discussed in class and subject to peer review as well as feedback from the tutor.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Project	1000 word report	40.00
Presentation	Group presentation	40.00
Practical	Group exercise in-class	20.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 11/05/2015

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