RATIONALE FOR THE ASSESSMENT
This section explains how and why this assessment is important to assess your learning in this unit, and how it links to the outcomes of your programme.
Our expectations in this assessment are linked to the learning outcomes listed below. We teach, practice, and assess these outcomes in the unit. The learning outcomes are linked to your overall programme.
PROGRAMME LEARNING OUTCOMES
PROGRAMME: CMDA
PLO1 Apply critical thinking to practical and theoretical problems in an organisational context
PLO2 Communicate effectively using a range of media
PLO4 Demonstrate professional and commercial awareness in an organisational context
PLO5 Demonstrate subject specific knowledge and skills in Business Management
PL07 Demonstrate personal and interpersonal competence required by employers in order to operate effectively in a management role within an organisation
UNIT LEARNING OUTCOMES
1 Compare different theories and models of sustainable business and the issues they raise for companies and individual managers
2 Evaluate ethical and sustainability issues drawing on a wide range of academic and practitioner sources.
3 Develop a set of recommendations from evidence-based arguments.
4 Construct a critical argument and demonstrate creativity in synthesising, critiquing and applying the literature on sustainable and responsible innovation.
Assurance of Learning (AoL)
Assurance of learning (AoL) refers to the systematic processes and assessment plans that demonstrate that learners achieve learning competencies for the programs in which they participate. AoL also includes the processes of identifying competency gaps and designing and implementing changes to the curriculum and learning experience so the learning competencies are met.
