Shaping Business Opportunities

Overview

You'll also learn about the external environment and how the economic and political context helps shape how businesses respond to global challenges.

Using a blend of text, audio, video and interactive online activities, you’ll develop vital skills for study and for work in business, public or voluntary sector organisations.

Particular attention is paid to developing your critical thinking skills. You will also be introduced to mind mapping as a technique to help you express your ideas and creativity.

Support from your tutor from  Shaping Business Opportunities module at The Open University UK

You’ll have a tutor who will help you with the study material and mark and comment on your tutor-marked assignments (TMAs), and whom you can ask for advice and guidance. If you’re new to the OU, your tutor can also provide additional support with your study skills.

To support your study, there will be a series of learning events which you are encouraged to attend. These events will either be delivered face to face or via an online meeting room which is a synchronous online platform used to deliver tuition. While you’re not obliged to attend any of these tutorial events, you are strongly encouraged to take part.

They provide an opportunity for you to engage with members of the module tutoring team and fellow students on a series of activities that will help you to consolidate your learning and prepare for module assessments. The cost of these learning events excluding travel and subsistence, is included in the module fee.