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QB1004: DATA, INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE FOR BUSINESS (2019-2020)

Last modified: 25 Sep 2019 09:58


Course Overview

This course aims to equip students with the foundational academic and practical skills to enable the further study of business, finance, statistics, and economics.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 1
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Offshore Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Senior Lecturer (Sch Alexander Arthur

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

Through business-themed lectures and tutorials/workshops, students will be introduced to:

- Theoretical concepts of data, information, and knowledge and their application in business decision-making

- Common marketplace analysis systems such as SWOT, VCA and PESTEL analysis modelling

- Electronic systems for data storage and use

- Methods describing how to prepare and present information such that it becomes knowledge-of-value for business decision-making

- Excel spreadsheet software and a range of associated functions for the manipulation and presentation of data

- Practical information on working and collaborating in teams


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 21st September 2026 for Term 1 and Full Year courses and 8th January 2027 for Term 2 courses.

Summative Assessments

Class test

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Individual Research Report

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Group Presentation

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Exam

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Formative Assessment

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