Introduction to Business

& Management
Lecture Outline
• Get an overview of the module and what is expected of you.
• Meet the teaching team.
• Know the assessments for the module.
• Meet other fellow students (try to remember names).
• Know where to go to get help.
• ENACTUS Society talk by the Student President James Preston-Howes
• Library talk by Rachel Bramley or Claire
• Placement/Study Abroad Introduction with Graziana Di Pede
• Introducing the Buddy System with Danielle or Catherine
• What you need to do next.
 Your teaching team

George Siantonas Dawn Howard Annie Bresh Debbie Sperring

Jo Van-Ess

Brian Ross Alison Bailey Graziana De Pede Angela Baron

Graziana Di Pede Josephine Van-Ess Anke Akoachere
Lectures and
Workshops
• Lectures are on Tuesday at 4-5pm. Attendance is
compulsory!

• Workshops begin this (24th) Monday at 2pm. Your

timetable will be on Canvas and will show which
workshop you need to attend, the time and room
number.

• Check out the room number before the workshop

– please attend and don’t be late!
IBM (N1065) Learning
Outcomes
By the end of this module you should be able to:

• Display understanding of a range of reliable and relevant concepts

underlying the study of contemporary business and management.

• Show an ability to engage in critical discussion of issues affecting

contemporary business.

• Analyse a selected organisation’s approach to a selected managerial

process.

• Evaluate the success of a selected organisation’s performance and its

undertaking of a selected managerial process.
 Feedback provided:
to you, from you, for you…
• How are we doing? Mid-term quick feedback from you!
• Forum on Canvas to ask questions
• Verbal – ongoing with tutors in workshops
• Email to Workshop Tutors and Academic Advisors
• Formative assessment feedback in workshop groups
• Summary on-line cohort feedback with exam result
• Termly UG Office feedback surveys
 • Topic 1 What is
management

• Topic 2 Managing the

organisation: Organisational
structure

• Topic 3 People, processes

and performance

• Topic 4 Business Simulation

Module Outline
 • Week 5 – Mohammad Moeini Aghkariz (Business Deputy Curriculum
Director) will be taking the lecture and introducing Business
Analytics (which you will study throughout your degree). Workshop
activities focus on this topic – you will need to bring your laptops to
class. Essential for your presentations!
• Week 7 – Carlotta Zorzi (Marketing professional) will be taking the
lecture and talking to you about marketing and how you may

Guest
promote the businesses you will be working on. She will also be
watching some of your business presentations! Essential for your
presentations!
Lectures • Week 8 – Phil Grant (CMI) will be taking the lecture and talking to
you about communication. Essential for your presentations!
and • Week 9 – Phil Grant and the CMI team will be running ‘pitch’
workshops at the ACCA centre during your workshop times
Workshops throughout the week. Essential for your presentations!
• Week 9 – Claire Tingsager will be taking the lecture and talking to
you about the sorts of decisions managers need to make that affect
operations and the supply chain. Very useful for your presentations!
ALL TOPICS COVERED WILL BE ASSESSED THROUGH YOUR BUSINESS
PRESENTATIONS
These are soft skills (employability skills)
Module Handbook
• Module handbook is located in CANVAS.
• Key information about the module,
assessment, weekly lecture and workshop
topics.
• Presentation assessment criteria.
• Tutor contact information.

• PLEASE READ!
Core Text Book

Introduction to Management
Oxford University Press

Author: Combe, C

E-book via CANVAS

 University of Sussex Business
School Professional Placements
Year
Joanna Budd
BUSINESS SCHOOL PLACEMENTS TEAM
JO BUDD & MARNI MCARTHUR – PLACEMENT OFFICERS

JUBILEE BUILDING, G09 (ADJACENT TO THE SCHOOL OFFICE RECEPTION)

BUSINESS-PLACEMENTS@SUSSEX.AC.UK
 How the placement
programme works:
• UNDERTAKE PLACEMENT IN YEAR 3, RETURNING IN YEAR 4 (FINAL YEAR).
• 12 MONTH PLACEMENT - MINIUMUM 40 WEEKS (APPROX 9 MONTHS).
• ASSESSED REPORT AND POSTER: “WITH PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENT YEAR”, AND
MARK APPEARS ON FINAL TRANSCRIPT.
• PLACEMENT MUST BE PAID TO BE APPROVED BY THE UNIVERSITY – THERE ARE SOME
EXCEPTIONS FOR CHARITIES AND THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR.
 CareerHub
https://careerhub.sussex.ac.uk

• SEARCH FOR JOB VACANCIES

• EMPLOYABILITY WORKSHOPS
• EMPLOYER EVENTS
• BOOK A ONE-TO-ONE GUIDANCE APPOINTMENT
 What is
Management?
What is business
and management?

Discuss the meaning of these

with a person next to you

Share your experiences so far

(if you have any!) of studying
business and management
Managemen
t is …
‘the organisation and
coordination of activities to
achieve stated aims and
objectives.’

So what do managers do?

Managers …
• Forecast and Plan
• Organise
• Command and Lead
• Coordinate
• Control
Two Assessments
A Multiple Choice Test (MCQ)
• 1 hour (50% weighting) in week 7
• Based on lecture/workshop topics in weeks 1-4
• Results within 2 weeks

Group Presentation
• (50% weighting) delivered during class time in weeks 11/12
• Based upon the business simulation and topics covered in weeks 1-10.
• Results in January 2017

V&E (Visiting and exchange) students will have the same assessment as
everyone else
 The Student Charter -
your responsibilities
• You are expected to undertake independent study for all
modules; (a 15 credit module is equivalent to 150 hours of
study, of which a maximum of 33 hours happens in the
classroom).

• You should not talk (unless discussion is requested) during

lectures.

• You should only use computers or mobile phones during

teaching sessions for work-related purposes.

• You should come to class prepared to listen, take notes and ask
and answer questions.

• You must do any pre-reading that is assigned prior to a session.

 The Student Charter -
your responsibilities
• You should arrive for class on time and should email a teacher to
explain an absence in advance or within 24 hours of the session.

• Freeriding in groups is not fair – you should do their fair share of

the work – otherwise your peer group is entitled to identify your
lack of effort.

• If you have to miss a session, you should email your teacher to

explain the absence either in advance or within 24 hours of the
session

• You must make an appointment with your academic advisor at

least once a year – why – you will need a reference!

• Check University email at least once a day during term time. Not
reading an email is not an excuse for missing a deadline.
Any
Questions?
Where to go to
get help
• Your tutors

• The module handbook

• Canvas

• Your Academic Advisor

• Where else?? Any ideas????

Study success at
Sussex
Skills Hub

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/skills
hub/?id=1
 Student Mentors/Buddies Danielle Aitken/Catherine Park

Photo

https://www.sussex.ac.uk/business-school/in
ternal/students/support/mentors

GET INVOLVED!!!
 Fancy studying or working abroad during your studies?
Over 70 different destinations in 27 countries
Graziana Di Pede

- Study abroad for one term in year 2 (application deadline

21/11/2018) – leaflets available at main reception

- Work or study abroad for a full year between year 2 and year
3 (apply in year 2)

- Internship China and Summer School abroad after year 1 or

year 2 (applications start in January)

- Study visits abroad in year 3

For further information on all opportunities contact Helen: business-studentexperience@sussex.ac.uk

For studying abroad please visit:

https://www.sussex.ac.uk/business-school/courses/undergraduate/study-abroad
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/students/support/studyabroad/howtoapply
Enactus shout out!!!

James Preston-Howes
Student Union Buddy System
Core Text Book

Introduction to Management
Oxford University Press

Author: Combe, C

E-book via CANVAS

This Week’s Reading …

Chapter 1
 Student Experience Shout Out
Student Mentor scheme - https://
sussex.box.com/s/c9lk0ifmny4qdgc90a1clsa23jvy1imj
The Business School Student Mentors can advise students on
all aspects of student life, including developing study skills,
integrating into the community and adapting to independent
living.
They are a diverse team of second year, final year and
postgraduate students who want to share their knowledge
and experiences of Sussex with their fellow students. If
students want to learn or improve any skills which have an
impact on their university life, they can be paired up with a
mentor for the whole year or can meet with them at one of
the mentors’ daily drop-in sessions. For more information
about the scheme, please refer to the following page on the
school website:
https://www.sussex.ac.uk/business-school/internal/students/
support/mentors
Business School Running Club -
https://sussex.box.com/s/a5qdonusd7qd86qtk1u3sh95g7cvdy1e
The new Business School Running Club will start on Monday 1 st October
at 4pm. The purpose of the club is to enable students and staff to
interact with one another in a less formal setting. All members of the
university and all abilities welcome!
Business School Community Hub -
https://sussex.box.com/s/u74jhtgndjc3rkkilzwwotw9tj4gxrzl
 
The new Business School Community Hub is launching on Thursday 4
October, and will provide students with the opportunity to get help,
advice and information from the services and societies within the
school and the wider University. For more information, please visit the
following web page:
https://www.sussex.ac.uk/business-school/internal/newsandevents?id
=46041
What to do next?
• Log on to Canvas and find this
module.
• Read the module handbook
• Open the link to the e-book and read
chapter 1 (p4-33)
• Attend your workshop
• Oh and don’t forget to have fun and
meet lots of new people!
Next Week’s
Workshop
• Please read pages Chapter
2 p36-61 of your text book
(Management Theory).

• There will be a quiz on it!

Evaluate

• Have we achieved our objectives

for this session?
• What went well in the session?
• Even better if?
• Any questions?
See you in your
workshops …