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MAN-30127 - Module Specification
Keele Business School
Faculty of Business, Law, Humanities & Social Sciences

For academic year: 2026/27 Last Updated: 17 March 2026

MAN-30127 - Consultancy Project - ISP
Coordinator: Colin Rigby Room: DW1.18 Tel: +44 1782 7 33456
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 6
Credits: 30
Study Hours: 300
School Office: 01782 733094

Programme/Approved Electives for 2026/27

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2026/27

This module gives you the opportunity to work on a real problem/project set by a local organisation. You will have the opportunity to work with the organisation, either at their premises or virtually (through online meetings) and will be expected to work towards a viable solution for the organisation. These projects can be wide ranging and are your opportunity to contribute to the success of an organisation. In doing so, you will develop a range of transferable skills and enhance your CV with relevant work experience.

Aims
The aim of this module is to enable students to work on a project for an organisation and to develop and apply their skills within an organisational context.

Intended Learning Outcomes

identify, propose and evaluate possible solutions to an identified organisational issue in appropriate depth, commensurate with the extended time spent on the consultancy project.: 1,2
reflect on and apply academic themes, concepts and theory to a complex real work project: 1,2
develop a personal set of transferable skills that may be utilised in any comparable organisation.: 1,2

Study hours

10 hours academic supervision
290 hours placement learning these hours will be different for each project but indiciatively may be:
Company Research 100 - inclcuding time spent in company
Literature review 100
Assessment both formative and summative 90

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Presentation weighted 30%
Presentation


2: Portfolio weighted 70%
Portfolio


The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 17 March 2026