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ME50398: The business of automotive innovation

[Page last updated: 09 August 2024]

Academic Year: 2024/25
Owning Department/School: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Credits: 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 100
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Semester 2
Assessment Summary: CWOI 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • Oral Presentation (CWOI 100%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes: On completion of this unit, you will be able to:
1. Appraise the commercial landscape and trends of the automotive industry
2. Analyse the way automotive systems are designed, developed, manufactured, and used
3. Evaluate the implications of responsible research and innovation in an automotive context
4. Outline the regulatory frameworks and associated mechanisms that govern the automotive propulsion industry
5. Critique the theory and application of business processes in the automotive propulsions industry.


Synopsis: Develop your knowledge of business processes and how they are implemented in the context of the dynamic global automotive industry.
You will review legislation and regulatory frameworks, including roadmaps and sustainable development goals linked to climate change, and how they influence strategic planning at local and global levels.

Content:
* Introduction to the V-process of systems engineering and its practical implementations
* Region-based legislation and regulation frameworks and their role within the automotive propulsion industry
* Business best practices
* Strategic planning of running an automotive company
* Life cycle analysis.

Course availability:

ME50398 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:

Department of Mechanical Engineering

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