2020/21 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LUBS2270 Commercial Skills for Finance Professionals

10 creditsClass Size: 139

Module manager: Alice Shepherd
Email: A.K.Shepherd@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2020/21

Pre-requisites

LUBS1915	Introduction to Financial Accounting
LUBS1925	Introduction to Management Accounting

Module replaces

LUBS2215 Business Skills for Accounting and Finance

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

The module aims to build on students' knowledge of business strategy, budgeting and performance evaluation and the practical difficulties that companies can encounter in implementing a strategy in a competitive environment primarily through the development of skills. It enables students to create their own strategy and business plan which they can apply to a real life structured scenario.

Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this module students will be able to:
- Summarise alternative business strategies and the implications of these for shareholders

Skills outcomes
Upon completion of this module students will be able to:
Transferable
- Extract and analyse relevant information from structured and unstructured scenarios and data in order to identify problems and define solutions
- Competently apply numerical and statistical skills to manipulate and interrogate financial and other numerical data
- Work effectively in a team
- Present coherently to an audience
- Present quantitative and qualitative information, together with analysis, argument and commentary
- Construct and strategize a business plan

Subject specific
- Confidently articulate their own strengths and weakness working as part of a group and reflect on and evaluate their own learning experience including business performance

Syllabus

Indicative content:

- Introduction to alternative business strategies and the implications of these for shareholders
- Data analysis techniques for strategic decision making
- Strategic risk assessment and management techniques
- Introduction to competitive advantage and marketing strategies
- Preparation of a business plans: format, content, language
- Performance reporting and monitoring
- Reflective writing
- Case study analysis

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	5	1.50	7.50
Seminar	4	1.50	6.00
Private study hours			86.50
Total Contact hours			13.50
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Private study

This could include a variety of activities, such as reading, watching videos, question practice and exam preparation.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Your teaching methods could include a variety of delivery models, such as face-to-face teaching, live webinars, discussion boards and other interactive activities. There will be opportunities for formative feedback throughout the module.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Reflective log	Individual reflective piece of 1,000 words - group performance/learning experience	30.00
Group Project	Business Plan, 1,700 words	40.00
Presentation	Group presentation, end of business game performance report	30.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

The resit for this module will be 100% by coursework.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 12/10/2020 15:53:44

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