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ME50400: Industry linked business consultancy project

[Page last updated: 09 August 2024]

Academic Year: 2024/25
Owning Department/School: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Credits: 30 [equivalent to 60 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 600
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Dissertation Period
Assessment Summary: CWDI 50%, CWOG 20%, CWRG 30%
Assessment Detail:
  • Dissertation (CWDI 50%)
  • Group Project Business Report (CWRG 30%)
  • Group Presentation (CWOG 20%)
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. Critically assess the particular challenges confronting real and specific businesses
2. Plan and conduct a research project on practice-based business issues
3. Present effective proposals written and form
4. Reflect on the outcomes of an activity and identify the critical decisions that led to those outcomes
5. Develop theory-based arguments which link interdisciplinary literature and perspectives
6. Communicate complex information clearly and effectively to the target audience.


Synopsis: Conduct impactful projects by applying the skills, concepts, and techniques acquired in other units to more practice-based business scenarios.
You will tackle a current business problem and conduct research, analyse data, and present a viable solution within set targets of time and budget.
You will develop a multi-dimensional view of business, an appreciation of integrative firm activities, a cross-functional approach to the business problem, and grow your ability to communicate with an interdisciplinary audience.

Content:
* Dynamic leadership skills training for managing consultancy projects
* A real-world organisation presents a business problem describing an actual management challenge
* Academic expectations of students are outlined
* Company expectations are outlined
* Groups are formalized and conduct of the project is established
* Students work on the problem and present their solutions/findings to the company
* Students also identify one current engineering management issue, analysing the issue through relevant theoretical and empirical literature.

Course availability:

ME50400 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:

Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • TEME-AFM35 : MSc Automotive Engineering with Business Management
  • TEME-AFM37 : MSc Automotive Technology with Business Management

Notes:

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