Module Handbook
Module Title: Building Business Insights
Module Code: MN7P13SR
Session: 2025/2026
2. Module Aims
This module provides you with the opportunity to work on specific management and business issues that organisations are facing. Utilising your problem-solving skills and competences of handling and managing business challenges. Starting from problem identification and concluding with solution related recommendations, thus encouraging research into real world business and management issues impacting organisations.
Building Business Insights brings together the learning processes from the whole MBA programme. It encourages the synthesis of knowledge, theories and skills developed in the modules during the previous terms in order to provide realistic solutions to contemporary business and management challenges.
This applied module aims to allow students to:
· Integrate their prior knowledge into an in-depth investigation of specific management and business problem or issue and present the results
· Facilitate the identification of topical issues in the business/management area of interest
· Assimilate theories and concepts drawn from different areas and the wider business/management literature
· Develop and implement strategies in data collection, analysis, synthesis and in building compelling arguments
· Apply reflective practice, ensuring models and concepts can be used effectively in the critical evaluation of your performance.
· Synthesise knowledge, experience and reflective practice to continually develop professional skills and competences
3. Module Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
· Demonstrate the different approaches to business/management issue(s) in the context of their chosen area to be investigated, with the use of appropriate evidence-based information and theory.
· Discuss and critically evaluate the different perspectives of related evidence-based and theoretical literature including appropriate referencing from diverse sources.
· Demonstrate acumen in the design, planning, selection and collection of evidence in investigating the chosen issue using primary and/or secondary data as deemed appropriate
· Communicate effectively including your collection of evidence in the form. of reports using appropriate formats in a well-structured report
· Utilise reflective practice techniques to critique your performance and identify improvements.
· Demonstrate the development of independent and self-managed learning
4. Module Indicative Syllabus
The modules topics are
· Definition of the problem
· Disaggregation of problem structure and solution drivers
· Prioritisation of solution pathways
· Workplan
· Analysis and findings
· Synthesised conclusions
5. Essential Text
Core Text
Conn C., McLean R., (2019) Bulletproof Problem Solving: The One Skill That Changes Everything, John Wiley & Son
Other Texts
Robson, C. (2016). Real World Research. 4th Ed, Chichester, John Wiley & Sons
Saunders, M., Lewis, P. & Thornhill, A. (2019) Research Methods for Business Students. 8th ed. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited
Pacer, W., (2019) Research Methods: Concepts and Connections, 2e, Worth Publishers
Journals
· Harvard Business Review
· Journal of Management Inquiry
· International Studies of Management and Organisation
· British Journal of Management
6. Module Lesson Plan
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Lesson
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Topic
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1
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· Definition of the problem
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2
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· Crafting of SMART objectives
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3
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· Boundaries and Constraints of the problem
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4
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· Disaggregation of problem structure and solution drivers
· Components of “logic tree”
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5
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· Prioritisation of solution pathways
· Prioritisation Matrix
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6
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· Workplan 1
· Hypothesised solutions
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7
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Assessment AS1 – Review
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8
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Assessment AS1 – Review
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9
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· Workplan 2
· Solution pathway
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10
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· Analysis and findings 1
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11
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· Analysis and findings 2
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12
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· Synthesised conclusions
· Pyramid Structure
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13
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· Synthesised conclusions
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14
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Assessment AS2 – Review
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15
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Assessment AS2 – Review
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To pass the module you must achieve an overall minimum mark of 50%. If you pass the module on re-assessment, the component you resit will be capped at a pass mark level of 50%