Evidence-based Management

Business & Economics Program
Cape Town, South Africa

Dates: 7/8/22 - 11/16/22

Business & Economics

Evidence-based Management

Evidence-based Management Course Overview

OVERVIEW

CEA CAPA Partner Institution: University of Cape Town
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Primary Subject Area: Management
Instruction in: English
Course Code: BUS1036F/S
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 100
Recommended Semester Credits: 4
Prerequisites: Admission as First Year Faculty of Commerce students, or by permission of Head of the School.

DESCRIPTION

This course is intended to furnish students with the intellectual resources required for success in a globalised knowledge-dependent economy. The focus is on the development of critical reasoning skills, in particular, the skills involved in assessing the quality of evidence available; using that evidence to reach the best-justified conclusion possible; and then efficiently and persuasively communicating those conclusions to relevant stakeholders. More broadly, the course focuses on developing the means to form independent judgements about contentious issues of policy and practice. The approach of the course is centred on case studies and controversies in areas of special relevance to understanding commercial activity as occurring within particular social and political environments, and on how those environments affect our ability to make rational decisions.

DP requirements: Submission of all coursework assignments. Achieving a weighted average of at least 40% for all coursework.

Assessment: Tutorials 50%, Examination 50%. A sub-minimum of 45% must be achieved in the final examination. First semester students who qualify are permitted to write their Supplementary Exams with the second semester students, by permission of the Head of School.

The University of Cape Town awards credits based on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) to determine course and contact hour recommendations per course. 1 NQF credit represents roughly 10 notional hours of work which includes study time, assignments and examinations. Notional hours may very per courses depending on the course level and modality therefore, CEA recommends using NQF credits as a basis to determine U.S. equivalencies (1 NQF=.222 semester credits)


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