Course/Programme:

BA Business

Level:

4

Module Title:

Contemporary Business Environment

Assignment titles:

An academic essay on a selected Mobile Phone company`s Business External and Micro Economic environments.

Employability skills assessed:

Cl:          Reading, selecting, analysing and synthesizing information from a range of sources

C2:         Producing different types of document

C3:         Participating in discussions

C4:         Making presentations

LP1:       Develop a strategy for using a range of

skills to improve own learning and performance

IT1:        Preparing information

IT2:        Processing and presenting information

S1:          Plan personal work schedules

WW02:  Working towards identified targets

Learning outcomes assessed:

LO1: Demonstrate an understanding on the key elements of the internal environment of organisations and the interaction with the external environment;

L02: Identify how a market economy functions and the role of government within it;

L03:  Examine the economic environment within which businesses operate in the United Kingdom;

L04: Explain why countries benefit from trade with each other

LO5: Make students aware of the growing impact of the European Union on British business.