Develop communication; numerical and verbal skills; develop the ability to conduct numerical analysis and how to present data in the context of your workplace; develop time management skills and the ability to manage information resources.

Module Description

This module aims to:

Provide students with experience of basic quantitative techniques and skills; and
Give students confidence in communicating numerically as well as verbally using a range of media which are widely used in business (these domains are a feature of the general business and management benchmarks , in which “effective communication, oral and in writing” and “numeracy and quantitative skills including data analysis, interpretation and extrapolation” are part of graduate skills).

Module Content

Effective data searches
Self-awareness
Time management
Business communication – internal and external
Effective presentations
Team building and management
Types of data, including primary and secondary discrete and continuous data
Diagrams, tables and histograms
Averages and measures of spread
Introduction to sampling and significance testing, including the chi-square test
Regression and correlation analysis

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