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BUSINESS STUDIES MATERIALS

Degree Level Modules

Business Studies Year 1

Module

Credits

Studying for Business

20

The Effective Learner
Personal Development Plan (PDP)
Effective Reading and Research
Writing for Higher Education
A Guide to Sitting Exams

 
Module

Credits

Business Environment

20

The Nature of Organisations
Organisational Culture
Business Environments
Economic Change and Business Environments

 
Module

Credits

Managing the Enterprise

20

The Business in its Environment
Managing the Business
Technology, Information and Finance
Contemporary Issues in Managing the Enterprise

 
Module

Credits

Accounting and its Regulatory Framework

20

The Nature and Objectives of Accounting
The Annual Report of Limited Companies
Interpretation of Accounting Statements
The Internal Use of Accounting Information for Decision-making

 
Module

Credits

Governing Business Development

20

Business Development
Effects of Business Development
Governing Business Development

Business Studies Year 2

Module

Credits

Operations Management

20

Competing with Operations
Designing and Improving Processes
Designing Value Chains
Operating Value Chains

 
Module

Credits

Fundamentals of Managing People

20

Introduction to Managing People
Human Resource Planning
Equal Opportunities and Managing Diversity
Recruitment
Selection
Effective Ways of Working
Relationships with Employees
Rewarding Employees
Learning and Development
The International Perspective

 
Module

Credits

Employee Development

20

Introduction to Employee Development
The Many Faces of Development
Individual and Organisational Learning
Roles, Functions and Resources
Design, Delivery and Evaluation of ED
Government Training and Development Policy

 
Module

Credits

Business Research Methods

20

Research for Business
Types of Research
Ethics and Access
Secondary Sources
Sampling
Questionnaires
Quantitative Analysis
Interviews
Qualitative Analysis and Observation
Writing Up and Moving On

 
Module

Credits

Technology and Knowledge Management

20

Information Management
Information Management and Information Systems
Database Concepts and Use in Information Management
Database Queries and Knowledge Creation
Knowledge and Enterprise
Knowledge Management and Information Systems
Decision-making and Decision Support Systems
Managing Information Systems to Support Knowledge
Management

 
Module

Credits

Fundamentals of Managerial Finance

20

Management Accounting
Introduction to Financial Management

 
Module

Credits

Fundamentals of Financial Services

20

Money and Liquidity
Financial Intermediation
The Customers of Financial Services
Financial Products
Financial Intermediaries – General
Financial Intermediaries – Types of Institutions
Supervisory and Regulatory Financial Organisations
Financial Markets
Financial Instruments
Stocks and Flows
Measuring Financial Activity
Some Financial and Economic Measurements
Inflation
The Real Economy
The Economic Importance of the Financial System

 
Module

Credits

Financial Reporting

20

The Nature and Objectives of Financial Reporting
Measuring and Reporting the Financial Position
Measuring and Reporting Financial Performance
From Trial Balance to Final Accounts
Measuring and Reporting Cash Flows
Consolidated Accounts
Notes to the Accounts
Interpreting Financial Statements
Business Studies Year 3
International

 
Module

Credits

Financial Reporting

20

The Nature and Objectives of Financial Reporting
Measuring and Reporting the Financial Position
Measuring and Reporting Financial Performance
From Trial Balance to Final Accounts
Measuring and Reporting Cash Flows
Consolidated Accounts
Notes to the Accounts
Interpreting Financial Statements
Business Studies Year 3
International

Business Studies Year 3

Module

Credits

E-Business Applications

20

Understanding E-Business
Industry Issues In Applying E-Business
Selected Industry Case Studies

 
Module

Credits

Formulating E-Business Strategies

20

Traditional Approaches to Strategy
Alternative Approaches to E-Business Strategy
Creating Value and Competitive Advantage Through E-Business
Matching Overall Business Strategy

 
Module

Credits

Implementing E-Business Strategies

20

Implementing Strategy in Dynamic Markets
Business Process Re-Engineering
Establishing Leadership

 
Module

Credits

Financial Strategies for E-Business

20

Sources of Finance for E-Business
Costing an E-Business Strategy
Implementation Case Study

 
Module

Credits

People, Organisations and E-Business

20

Labour Market Issues, Recruitment and Selection
Virtual Teams
Organisational Models in E-Business
Employee Development in the E-Business Workplace
Hr Functions and E-Business

 
Module

Credits

Social, Cultural and Global Issues

20

Global Issues of the Use Digital Technologies
Regional Variations
E-Government

   
Module

Credits

Strategic HRM

20

Business Strategy and HRM
Employee Involvement
HRM and International Business
Aspects of HRM in Developed Countries
HRM in Emerging Economies
Ethical Issues in HRM

   

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FOUNDATION DEGREE MODULES

Module

Credits

Studying for Business

20

The Effective Learner
Personal Development Plan (PDP)
Effective Reading and Research
Writing for Higher Education
A Guide to Sitting Exams

 
Module

Credits

Business Environment

20

The Nature of Organisations
Organisational Culture
Business Environments
Economic Change and Business Environments

 
Module

Credits

People, Organisations and Management

20

Setting the Scene
The Nature of Organisations
People in Organisations
Groups and Teamworking

 
Module

Credits

Managing the Enterprise

20

The Business in its Environment
Managing the Business
Technology, Information and Finance
Contemporary Issues in Managing the Enterprise

 
Module

Credits

Accounting and its Regulatory Framework

20

The Nature and Objectives of Accounting
The Annual Report of Limited Companies
Interpretation of Accounting Statements
The Internal Use of Accounting Information for Decision-making

 
Module

Credits

Governing Business Development

20

Business Development
Effects of Business Development
Governing Business Development

HEALTHCARE

National Service Framework Series
(M Level + Level 3)

Module

 

Building Partnerships Across New Organisational Boundaries

 

Initiating Partnerships
Building Partnerships
Evaluating and Sustaining Partnerships

 
Module

 

Physiology for Midwives

 

Cell Division, Genes and Genetic Disorders
The Reproductive Cycle, Fertilisation and Early Fetal Development
Maternal Adaptation to Pregnancy
Immunology
Physiology of Labour and Labour Pain
The Newborn: During the First Hour of Birth and on Subsequent Days
Recovery from Childbirth, and Lactation

 
Module

Credits

Diabetes (Module 1)

20

The Nature and Pathophysiology of Diabetes Mellitus
Introduction to the National Service Framework for Diabetes and the Standards for Diabetes Care
Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes and Identification of People with Diabetes
Clinical Care of Adults with Diabetes Mellitus
Clinical Care of Children and Young People with Diabetes Mellitus
Management of Diabetic Emergencies

 
Module

Credits

Diabetes (Module 2)

20

Empowering People with Diabetes
Care of People with Diabetes During Admission to Hospital
Diabetes and Pregnancy
Detection and Management of Long-term Complications
– Diabetic Retinopathy and Renal Nephropathy
Detection and Management of Long-term Complications
– Lower Limb and Cardiovascular Complications
Multiprofessional and Multiagency Management of the Diabetes Service

 
Module

Credits

Caring for Older People (Module 1)

20

An Introduction to the National Service Framework for Older People
The Ageing Process
Rooting out Discrimination
Person-centred Care
Intermediate Care of Older People
General Hospital Care

 
Module

Credits

Caring for Older People (Module 2)

20

Stroke in Older People
Falls in Older People
Mental Health in Older People
Promoting an Active Health Life in Older Age
Medicines and Older People

 
Module

Credits

Cancer Care (Module 1)

20

The Challenge of Cancer
Preventing Cancer
Improving Screening
Improving Cancer Services in the Community
Cutting Waiting Time for Diagnosis and Treatment

 
Module

 

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Module 1)

 

An introduction to Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Assessment of a Patient with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Approaches to Education and Counselling

 
Module

Credits

Cancer Care (Module 2)

20

Improving Treatment
Improving Care
Investing in Staff and Facilities
Investing in the Future: Research and Genetics
Beyond the Cancer Plans

 
Module

Overseas Nursing

The U.K. as a Multicultural Society
Health and Social Care in the U.K.
Legal and Ethical Issues
Evidence Based Practice

 

Active Learning Series (Level 2/3)

Module

Credits

Mentorship, Work based Learning and Assessment
(in Preparation due April 2008)

20

How People Learn
Helping People Learn
The Environment in which People Learn
Principles of Assessment
The Practice of Assessing in the Workplace

 
Module

Credits

Domestic Abuse for Health & Social Care Professionals
(in Preparation due Summer 2008)

20

Define Domestic Abuse
Types of Abuse
Who gets Abused
Role of the Professional
Domestic Abuse, Children and Young People
The Future for the Family

 
Module

Credits

Caring at Home

20

The Activities of Daily Living and the Process of Care
Supporting Care at Home
Assessing Care Needs in the Home Environment
Implementing the Plan
Evaluating Care in the Home Environment

 
Module

Credits

Descriptive Statistics

20

Measures and Measurement
About Statistics
Presenting Basic Information
Summarising and Simplifying Data
Distributions
Measures of Dispersion
Correlation
Graphical Presentation
Reviewing your Work

 
Module

Credits

Evaluate Research Methodology

20

An Introduction of Evaluative Research
Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches
to Evaluative Research
Design Issues in Evaluative Research
Approaches to Evaluative Research
Collecting and Analysing Data for Evaluative Research
Using Evaluative Research to Influence Decision-making

 
Module

Credits

Experimental Research 1

20

The Contribution of Experimental Research to Health Care Practice
The Introduction of Change
Treatment Conditions and People
Control and Constant Error
Control and Random Error
Types of Experiment
Measurement Issues
Consolidation of Evaluation Skills
Consolidation of Design Skills

 
Module

Credits

Experimental Research 2

20

Theories and Hypotheses
Planning a Small-scale Experiment
Carrying out at Small-scale Experiment
Describing and Analysing the Results
Drawing Conclusions from the Results
Presenting a Research Report
Experiment II – Planning the Study
Experiment II – Carrying out the Study
Experiment II – Analysing the Results
Experiment II – Drawing Conclusions
Experiment II – Preparing the Report
Evaluating Experimental Research
An Overview of the Experimental Method

 
Module

Credits

Inferential Statistics

20

Introduction to Inferential Statistics
Choosing Appropriate Statistical Tests
Introduction to Hypothesis Testing
Basic Mathematics and Statistical Tests
Statistical Tests
Introduction of Correlation
Using Computers to Aid Analysis

 
Module

Credits

Caring for Older People

20

The Impact of Demographic Trends in Caring for Older People
The Social Context of Care for Older People
Provision of Care within a Mixed Economy
Helping Older People Achieve Independence
The Physiology Of Ageing
Promoting Health In Older People

 
Module

Credits

Introduction to Pharmacology

20

The Application of Pharmacology to Nursing
The Administration, Absorption, Distribution and Elimination of Drugs
Pharmacokinetics and Drug Action
How Drugs Act

 
Module

Credits

Qualitative Research Methodology

20

Qualitative Research Design – some Background Issues
Approaches to Qualitative Design
Collecting Data in Qualitative Design
Analysing Qualitative Data
Reading and Using Qualitative Design Research Reports
Writing a Research Proposal for Qualitative Design

 
Module

Credits

Research Methodology

20

Introduction to the Unit
What is Research?
Research Design
Techniques of Data Collection
Data Analysis – an Introduction
Review

 
Module

Dementia

The Subjective Experience of Dementia
The Condition: What is Dementia?
Care: Theory and Practice
Communication and Dementia
Context of Care: Interventions
Carers: Working with Families
Challenges: Legal and Ethical Issues

Supporting Materials for Healthcare

Module

Credits

Pharmacology for Health Workers

20

The Application of Pharmacology to Healthcare Practice
The Administration, Absorption, Distribution and
Elimination of Drugs
Pharmacokinetics and Drug Action
How Drugs Act

 
Module

Credits

Working Across Disciplinary, Professional & Organisation Boundaries

20

Understanding Agency Culture
Approaches to Working Across Boundaries
Barriers to Inter-Agency Co-Operation
Overcoming the Barriers to Co-Operative Working

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SOCIAL WORK MATERIALS

Module

 

Building Partnerships Across New Organisational Boundaries

 

Initiating Partnerships
Building Partnerships
Evaluating and Sustaining Partnerships

Degree Series 
Module

Credits

Mentorship, Work Based Learning and Assessment
(in Preparation due April 2008)

20

How People Learn
Helping People Learn
The environment in which People Learn
Principles of Assessment
The Practice of Assessing in the Workplace

 
Module

Credits

Domestic Abuse for Health & Social Care
(in Preparation due Summer 2008)

20

Define Domestic Abuse
Types of Abuse
Who Gets Abused
Role of the Professional
Domestic Abuse, Children and Young People
The Future for the Family

 
Module

Credits

Social Work Practice and the Legal System (SW Law 1)

10

The Role of the Social Worker in Using the Law
Duties, Powers, Responsibilities and the Emergence of Quasi-Legislation
The Changing Legal Responsibilities On Social Workers
The Human Rights Act, 1998
Laws and the Professional Worker
The Courts and their Work
Dealing with Dilemmas
Making Difficult Decisions

 
Module

Credits

Working with Children and Families (SW Law 2)

10

The Foundations of the 1989 Children Act
The Welfare Principle
The No Delay Principle
The No-order Principle
The Principle of Parental Responsibility
Partnership
The Principle of Respect for the Child
The Law Relating to Domestic Violence
Adoption and Children Act, 2002
Other Relevant Legislation

 
Module

Credits

Effective Safeguarding of Children (SW Law 3)

10

Setting the Context to Effectively Safeguard
Orders to Safeguard
Interim Care Orders
Supervision Orders and Care Orders
Investigations into the Welfare of Children
Child Protection and Safeguarding
Accommodated and Looked-After Children
Representation and Complaints Procedures
Getting it Wrong or Getting it Right?

 
Module

Credits

Using the Law with Young Offenders (SW Law 4)

10

The Youth Justice System
Early Intervention and Preventative Measures
Police Arrest, Questioning and Detention of Young People
Court Reports, Adjournments and Issues of Court Bail
Non-Custodial Sentences in the Youth courts
Custodial Sentences

 
Module

Credits

Laying the Foundation for Community Care (SW Law 5)

10

The Context when using the Law with Vulnerable Adults
From Welfare State to Community Care (1948-1989)
The National Health Service and Community Care Act, 1990
Providing Community Care Services
An Introduction to Adult Protection
Residential Care for Vulnerable Adults

 
Module

Credits

Mental Health (interim edition 2007) (SW Law 6)

10

Foundations of the Mental Health Act
Mental Disorder in the Community
Guardianship and other forms of Protection
Compulsory Admission and Discharge
Mental Disorder and Criminal Behaviour
Rights to Services and Consent to Treatment
Mental Health and Risk

 
Module

Credits

Applying Community Care Law to Practice (SW Law 7)

10

Assessing Needs in Practice
Considering Capacity
The Law Relating to Older People
The Law Relating to People with Disability

 
Module

Credits

Ethics and Values

20

About Values
Values in Practice
Moral Philosophy
Self-Determination
Oppression and Respect
Difference and Diversity

 
Module

Credits

Human Growth and Development

20

Overview
Ideas from Psychodynamic Theory
Attachment Theory
Ideas about Learning
Adolescence and Adulthood
The Wider Picture
Old Age

 
Module

Credits

Introduction to Research Awareness

20

What are the Facts?
What is Research?
Research Design
Techniques of Data Collection
Data analysis – An Introduction
New Paradigm and Emancipatory Research
Ethics in Social Research
Developing a Research Proposal

 
Module

Credits

Introduction to Social Work Theory and Practice

20

What is Social Work Practice and Why do we Need Theory?
What? How? Why?
Past, Present, Future: Perspectives on Change
Different Levels: Groups, Families, Communities, and Society
Sharing Responsibility: Collaborative Working
Soft Policing? The Use of Statutory Powers
Open to Possibilities: The Art of Reflective Practice

 
Module

Credits

Loss and Social Work

20

Loss in Social Work
The Social and Cultural Context of Loss
Experiencing Loss: Models and Theories
Use and Abuse of Theory: Particular Losses
Effective Social Work in Response to Loss and Grief

 
Module

Credits

Mental Health
(Module written 2004)

20

Stakeholders and their Influence
Understanding Models of Mental Ill Health
Mental Health Policy and Legislation
Mental Health Policy and Legislation
Social Work in Community Mental Health Teams
Treatments and Interventions
Service User Participation
Legislation and Government Guidance

 
Module

Credits

No Secrets: Laying the Foundation for Investigation
(Module written 2004)

20

What is ‘No Secrets’?
Human Rights Act, 1998
Inter-disciplinary Approaches to Good Practice
Stakeholders in ‘No Secrets’
Where can Abuse take place?
The Law Relating to Domestic Violence
Consolidating the Issues and Setting the Agenda for Implementation
Risk, Capacity and Outcome

 
Module

Credits

Pharmacology for Health Workers

20

The Application of Pharmacology to Healthcare Practice
The Administration, Absorption, Distribution and Elimination of Drugs
Pharmacokinetics and Drug Action
How Drugs Act

 
Module

Credits

Poverty, Social Exclusion and Social Work
(Module written 2005)

20

Poverty
Social Exclusion
International and National Dimensions
Media Responses and Local Dimensions
The Service User Perspective
Social Work and Social Inclusion
Diversity and Social Work

 
Module

Credits

Working across Disciplinary, Professional and Organisational Boundaries

20

Understanding Agency Culture
Approaches to Working Across Boundaries
Barriers to Inter-agency Co-operation
Overcoming the Barriers to Co-operative Working

 
Module

Credits

Working with Children and Families 1
(Module written 2005)

20

Social Work with Children and Families: an Overview
Assessment of Children and Families
Child Abuse, Neglect and Family Violence
Looked-after Children and Family Placement
Inter-agency Working
Safeguarding Children: Supporting Families

Qualifying Social Work Programme
(Updating materials now go to Degree Series)

Module

Credits

Social Work with and within Groups

20

The Basics of Groups and Group Work
Working with Professionally Defined Groups
Working with Family Groups
Working with Groups in the Community
Working with User Groups
Working with and within Teams

 
Module

Credits

Social Work with Children and Families

20

The Social and Political Context
Principles of Social Work with Children and Families
The Process of Social work with Children and Families
Direct Work with Children and Young People in the Family
Working with Adults in the Family
Working with the Family as a Group
Protecting Children 1: Immediate Protection of the Child
Protecting Children 2: Ensuring the Child’s Future Welfare
Working with Children being Looked After by the Local Authority
Social Work with Families Through Transitions, Loss and Gain
Children and Families and Special Needs
Empowerment and Partnership in Work with Children & Families

 
Module

Credits

Social Work in Community Care

20

Background and Issues
Implementation of Changes
Who does the Caring?
Approaches to Work with Users
Working with Users
Practising Care Management
Assessing for Community Care
Working in Partnership
Working with Carers
Working with Mentally Distressed People
Working with Older People
Working with Disabled People

 
Module

Credits

Learning and Social Work

20

Getting to Grips with Social Work
Applying Social Work Values
Working Accountably to your Agency
Working Accountably to Service Users
Engaging, Assessing and Planning
Implementing, Monitoring and Evaluating

 
Module

Credits

Using Theories in Social Work

20

Making Sense of Theories and Methods in Social Work
Anti-discriminatory Theories in Practice
Using Psychodynamic Theories
Using Crisis Intervention and Task Centred Theories
Using Behavioural Theories
Using Cognitive Theories
Using Systems Theories
Using Theories Based on Social Psychology
Using Humanist/existential Theories
Integrating Theories and Practice in Social Work Placements
Using Radical Theories
Using Theories of Advocacy and Empowerment

 
Module

Credits

Competence in Practice

20

Teaching and Learning in Practice
Organising the Learning Experience
Knowledge, Skills and Values in Practice
Definitions and Debates
The Process of Supervision
Evaluation of Practice

 
Module

Credits

The Social Context of Caring in a Mixed Economy

20

The Social Context of Care
Caring in a Mixed Economy
Multidisciplinary Work
The Economics of Health and Social Care
Informal Care

 
Module

Credits

Contemporary Social Policy

20

What is Social Policy?
Inequalities in Health and Social Policy
The Mixed Economy of Welfare
The Statutory Sector
The Private Sector
The Voluntary Sector
The ‘Informal’ Sector
Social Policy and Concepts of Need

STAFF DEVELOPMENT MATERIALS 
Module

 

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Leadership
Motivation
Setting Strategy
Writing Strategy
Sharing Vision
People Management
Handling Difficult People
Delegation
Managing Others
Negotiation
Assertiveness
Team Building
Coaching
Getting Things Done
Managing Meetings
Report Writing
Selling Skills
Making Decisions
Change and Risk
Change Management
Risk Management

LEARNING SKILLS MATERIALS

Improving Learning Skills (level 0 or 1) 
Learning to Learn

Time for Study
Concentration
Effective Reading
Effective Note Taking
Preparing to Write
Assignments
Assessments
Basic Research
Ethics
Introduction to Computers
MSWORD
Excel
Databases

 
Basic Mathematics

Numbers
Algebra
Equations
Using a Calculator

 
Job Interview Skills

Interview Presentation
Your First Opportunity: Getting the Interview
Preparing for a Job Interview
Job Interview Follow-Up
Successful Interviews
Some Interview 'Do's and 'Don't's
Common Interview Questions
Questions to Ask
Interview Questions you May be Asked
Tough Interview Questions
Your Questions
How to have a Good Job Interview

Research Case Studies and Handbooks 
Research Case Studies

A Pilot Project at the Liverpool Business School
Resource-based Learning in Accounting
Flexible Learning Methods for Corporate Clients
An Independent Learning Project in Hospitality Management
Computer-assisted Learning in Engineering
Extending Opportunities in Nurse Education
A Flexible Learning Initiative at Coventry University
Self-managed Study in Mathematics using Text and Video
Supporting Learning through IT and the Internet
Sharing European Perspectives through Telematics
A Flexible MBA by Internet
Good Practice Guide for Open and Distance Learning for Health and Social Care programmes
Vacation-Based Learning
Converting OLF Materials for use Online
Embedding a simulation infrastructure into skills acquisition for undergraduate Nursing students – a case study in blended learning (interactive CBL CD completes package)

 
Handbooks

Using Open Learning in Social Work; an Implementation Handbook
Implementing Open Learning in Business Studies
Implementing Diagnostic Testing for Non-specialist Mathematics Courses
Changing Courses
Horses for Courses? – Converting Learning Materials for Electronic Delivery

BENCHMARKING MANUAL

Introduction
Strategic Management
Curriculum Design
Course Design
Course Delivery
Staff Support
Student support
Glossary
Assessors Notes

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Business Studies (Foundation Course) £1,000
Social Care/Work £3,000
Healthcare (Nursing) £3,000
MultiPALIO (Open Learning Management) £1,000
Environmental Performance £1,000
Management Development £1,000
Hospitality Management £500
Learning Skills £500
Case Studies £500

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