NBS8624 : Business Growth and Society
- Offered for Year: 2026/27
- Module Leader(s): Mr Leigh Sear
- Owning School: 缅北禁地 Business School
- Teaching Location: 缅北禁地 City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 2 Credit Value: | 10 |
| ECTS Credits: | 5.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
Students are expected to gain 1) knowledge about business growth as a practical and societal phenomenon, 2) engage with relevant sociological perspectives and frameworks to study business growth in relation to. Concurrently, business growth will be evaluated from an ethical point of view, with students learning the moral tensions and questions that delivering business growth creates.
Students will sharpen their written, analytical and theoretical skills, blending such in a written assignment, through which they will explore business growth from a sociological perspective in relation to one of the key topics taught.
Outline Of Syllabus
Semester 2
Week 1: Introduction:
Week 2: business growth: definitions, measurements and polemics;
Week 3: illegitimate and legitimate business growth: similarities and differences.
Week 4: Threats to business growth: responses and remedies.
Week 5 Organisational socialisation and the pursuit of business growth: principles and dilemmas
Week 6: Human dynamics and their links to business growth
Week 7: Business Growth in the attention economy
Week 8: social mobility and business growth
Week 9: Conclusion
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 9 | 1:00 | 9:00 | PiP |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 30 | 1:00 | 30:00 | N/A |
| Guided Independent Study | Directed research and reading | 30 | 1:00 | 30:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 2 | 1:00 | 2:00 | PiP |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Workshops | 2 | 1:00 | 2:00 | PiP - To discuss essay plans before assessment submission |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 27 | 1:00 | 27:00 | N/A |
| Total | 100:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
Learning outcomes derive from what is taught.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Exams
| Description | Length | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Written Examination | 150 | 1 | A | 100 | Open Book |
Formative Assessments
Formative Assessment is an assessment which develops your skills in being assessed, allows for you to receive feedback, and prepares you for being assessed. However, it does not count to your final mark.
| Description | Semester | When Set | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Written exercise | 2 | M | Exam Prep |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
Students will complete an exam at the end of semester 2, worth 100% of their grade for the module. The exam will be open book to enable to students to add critical depth to their analysis of different aspects of business growth through engaging with a range of appropriate concepts and frameworks. An open book examination will provide students with an opportunity to more fully use specific case studies of businesses and organisations to reflect on the value of different frameworks and theories in explaining processes and practice of business growth.
The students should be able to take in three of the core textbooks (e.g. Burns, Down, Shane) and up to eight journal articles (two for each of the four themes within the exam).
Reading Lists
Timetable
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