University of East London MBA
Module name:
Mental Wealth 4: Mental Wealth and Applied Research
Module code:
UEL-HR-7004
Credits:
30.00
Description:

Summary of module for applicants:

This module provides the opportunity for you to demonstrate the ability to diagnose and investigate a live, complex business issue from a variety of perspectives, to locate the work within the body of contemporary knowledge, to collect and analyse data, to derive supportable conclusions and to make practical and actionable recommendations for change, improvement or enhancement of current practice.

Main topics of study:

Learning Outcomes for the module
The following codes identify where a learning outcome meets one of the UEL core competencies:

At the end of this module, students will be able to:

Knowledge
1 Identify and justify a business issue that is of strategic relevance to the organization and to pose and solve organizational problems (IC) (CC)
2 Effectively understand connected digital social and economic space relevant to your professional discipline (IC) (DP) (SID) (CC)

Thinking skills
3 Compare and contrast the relative merits of different research methods and their relevance to different situations. (IC)
4 To complete Expertise route to Digital Skills Planner (DP) (SID)
5 Develop the ability to identify, assess, and regulate one’s own emotions and moods; to discriminate among them and to use this information to guide one’s thinking and actions and where one has to make consequential decisions for oneself. (EID) (SID)

Subject-based practical skills
6 Critically analyse and discuss existing literature, contemporary professional policy and practice relevant to your subject discipline (IC)
7 The ability to use ICT effectively; to understand the implications of the proliferation of technology and access to information; and to develop competencies to realize opportunities in the connected digital, social and economic space within your subject discipline (DP)

Skills for life and work (general skills)
8 Develop the interpersonal ability to identify & understand the underlying emotions of individuals and groups, enhancing communication efficacy, empathy, resilience and influence. (EID) (SID)
9 Develop the ability to perceive and optimize physiological activity and responses to influence emotion and solve problems that could otherwise affect behaviour. (EID) (SID)
10 Develop capacity for self-discipline, managing stress and physical resilience (EID) (SID) (UGB)

Prerequisites:
UEL-IND-M-100