Module manager: James Roberts
Email: j.p.roberts@lubs.leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
LUBS 5387M
This module is not approved as an Elective
The aim of this module is to equip students with the commercial and professional skills required for business consulting in 21st century organizations. The module takes a problem-based, student-centred approach, encouraging students to develop a range of core vocational skills and business acumen, which will together enhance their future employability.
On completion of this module, students will be able to critically evaluate:
- the commercial/ institutional context in which business consultants operate, and the implications that this has for their work;
- ethical conduct, professional issues, and practical constraints to common work problems experienced by business consultants working with organizations;
- the value of scientifically-informed, evidence-based courses of action that are rooted in psychological theory and methods, in order to improve commercial outcomes and/or employee well-being;
- their own professional identity, and the contribution that they are able to make within an organization, based on their particular expertise and knowledge.
Subject specific skills:
- Apply theory from the student's area of expertise in order to analyse complex organizational problems and develop viable solutions
- Apply appropriate research methodology to solve real-world organizational problems
- Demonstrate technical, analytical and interpersonal capability by designing and managing effective interventions in organizations
Transferable skills:
- Negotiate project parameters (including scoping, costing)
- Provide information, to stakeholders from a range of organizational backgrounds
- Work effectively and efficiently with colleagues in interdisciplinary group projects
- Identify and analyse needs and problems to formulate and implement solutions and evaluate outcomes
Indicative content:
- The role of Management Consultant and the consultancy cycle
- Developing a professional identity and recognising your expertise
- Identifying and analysing needs, and developing a business case
- Project management, tendering/proposal writing and the costing of work
- The ethics of dealing with human participants
- Structure, politics, power and culture, and their collective impact on the work of a Management Consultant
- Obtaining data in organizations
- Making evidence-based decisions leading to solutions and recommendations
- Presenting information to organizations
For students taking the MSc in Organizational Psychology. The module also lays the foundations for those students wishing to undertake the Qualification in Occupational Psychology (Stage 2) process, regulated by the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) for practicing Occupational Psychologists.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workshop | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Lecture | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Private study hours | 130 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 20 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 150 | ||
This could include a variety of activities, such as reading, watching videos and working on the group project.
Your teaching methods could include a variety of delivery models, such as face-to-face teaching, live webinars, discussion boards and other interactive activities. There will be opportunities for formative feedback throughout the module.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Group report (4,000 words) | 70 |
| Report | Individual reflection (1,000 words) | 30 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
The resit for this module will be 100% by individual 3,000 word written report.
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 3/12/2025
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