2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LUBS3950 Current Issues in Decision Making

20 creditsClass Size: 60

Module manager: Emmanouil Konstantinidis
Email: E.Konstantinidis@leeds.ac.uk

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

Year running 2017/18

Pre-requisite qualifications

The pre-requisites for this module are LUBS1785 OR LUBS2785.

Pre-requisites

LUBS1785	Introduction to Effective Decision Making
LUBS2785	How Managers Make Decisions

This module is approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This module reflects a growing research field on decision making, and aims to build your understanding of key topics in this field and the associated practical implications. The module can help you to achieve an in-depth understanding of cutting-edge research in decision making, including its relevance for your own personal and professional decision making. Decision research has influenced policy worldwide to help people to make better decisions in different applied domains, including finance, health, and sustainability.

Objectives

This module aims to build students' understanding of key topics in recent management decision making research and of the associated practical implications. The aim is to provide students with an in-depth understanding of cutting-edge research in decision making, including its relevance for their own personal and professional decision making. The module also aims to build students’ ability to communicate confidently about issues in decision making.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this module students will be able to identify and analyse:
- selected current issues in management decision making research
- one or more specific research methods employed in management decision making research and the ways in which they can be used to answer research questions

Skills outcomes
Upon completion of this module students will be able to:
Subject specific
- analyse issues in management decision research and research methods, evaluating potential solutions to the issues raised
- assess the relevance of the issues presented above for personal and managerial decision making as appropriate

Transferrable
- analyse and think critically
- communicate in writing and practice oral communication

Syllabus

As current issues necessarily change rapidly, it is not possible to specify the detail of the content at this stage. The following are the broad headings under which the module will be delivered, and should be considered indicative content, subject to change:
- Current issues in individual decision making research
- Current issues in group/organisational decision making research

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Tutorial	10	2.00	20.00
Private study hours			180.00
Total Contact hours			20.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

Seminar reading and preparation: 100 hours
Assignment preparation: 80 hours

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students will receive verbal feedback during tutorials on the contribution made to tutorial discussion.

Methods of assessment

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Open Book exam	2 hr	50.00
Open Book exam	2 hr	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		100.00

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

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 06/03/2018

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