MG4F7 Half Unit
Business Analysis
This information is for the 2023/24 session.
Teacher responsible
Mr Gani Aldashev
Availability
This course is compulsory on the MSc in Management (1 Year Programme). This course is not available as an outside option.
Course content
The course is designed to achieve an understanding of fundamental notions of data presentation and data analysis and to use statistical thinking in the context of business problems. The course deals with modern methods of data exploration (designed to reveal unusual or problematic aspects of databases), the uses and abuses of the basic techniques of inference, and the use of regression as a tool for management and for financial analysis.
Teaching
15 hours of lectures and 9 hours of seminars in the AT.
Formative coursework
Students will be expected to produce 1 project in the AT.
The two formative assessments will be in class exercises with two components. One component will help prepare students for the Project (i.e., an application of a statistical technique to solve a company problem or research question), and the other component will help prepare students for the Final Exam.
Indicative reading
• Statistics for Business Decision Making and Analysis, by Robert Stine and Dean Foster (S & F) second edition Pearson.
Assessment
Exam (70%, duration: 2 hours, reading time: 15 minutes) in the January exam period.
Project (20%, 3000 words) and continuous assessment (10%) in the AT.
Key facts
Department: Management
Total students 2022/23: 89
Average class size 2022/23: 18
Controlled access 2022/23: Yes
Lecture capture used 2022/23: Yes (MT)
Value: Half Unit
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Personal development skills
- Leadership
- Self-management
- Team working
- Problem solving
- Application of information skills
- Communication
- Application of numeracy skills
- Commercial awareness