FDSC40440 Management skills food sector

Academic Year 2018/2019

Module Objective: This module is designed to give researchers an insight into the management skills required for the employment in the food industry. Skills auditing, setting objectives, creative decision making, consultancy skills, dealing with controversy and career planning are all areas in which researchers could benefit from having a comprehensive understanding.

Module Content:

Effective Objective Setting, identifying developmental needs for professional goals; Career planning: skills audits, self assessment, professional goal setting, breath of professional opportunities for postgraduates, strategies for the modern jobs marketplace, identifying employment opportunities; Presentation Skills, the tools and techniques of preparing and delivering effective presentations; clarifying your contribution and creative working/job hunting, social media; consultancy case study:how to make powerful arguments and present them with passion and conviction to a well informed audience who may have diametrically opposed views.

Compulsory Elements: 100%Attendance at module workshop and satisfactory contribution to the case study.

Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.): Work which is submitted late shall be assigned a Fail Judgement

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
• Demonstrate self-awareness and the ability to identify one’s own training needs, strengths and weaknesses
• Understand how to initiate and build extensive professional networks – both online and offline, in a global economy
• Develop techniques to foster creativity, innovation and communication
• Promote the public understanding of your chosen interest group
• Haveimproved interview skills

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Seminar (or Webinar)

6
Specified Learning Activities

30
Autonomous Student Learning

40
Total

100
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

Degree in a food or related area. Priority may be given to students funded by certain research programmes



 
Description % of Final Grade Timing
Presentation: Students complete a case study on dealing with controversy including a presentation and defense in from of a panel.

100

 Unspecified

Compensation

This module is not passable by compensation

Resit Opportunities

No Resit

Remediation

Failed elements must be repeated.