SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS & QUANTITATIVE SKILLS - 2026/7
Module code: MAN1166
Module Overview
This module equips students with knowledge and skills in two key areas of business and management: sustainability and quantitative skills.
The sustainability component examines how businesses can create economic value while addressing social, environmental, and regulatory challenges, providing a foundation for responsible management practice.
The quantitative component develops essential numeracy skills for business, enabling students to interpret data, apply appropriate techniques, and support business analysis and decision making.
Module provider
Surrey Business School
Module Leader
WRAY Tim (SBS)
Number of Credits: 15
ECTS Credits: 7.5
Framework: FHEQ Level 4
Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A
Overall student workload
Workshop Hours: 16
Independent Learning Hours: 120
Lecture Hours: 6
Tutorial Hours: 8
Module Availability
Semester 1
Prerequisites / Co-requisites
n/a
Module content
Indicative content for sustainability includes but is not limited to:
- Sustainability rationales and motivations
- Frameworks, theories and concepts
- Strategy, practices and innovations
- Stakeholders and value creation
- Opportunities & challenges
Indicative content for quantitative skills includes but is not limited to:
- Essentials (e.g. percentages, break-even, margin)
- Summarising and representing data
- Introduction to correlation and regression
- Introduction to financial math's
- Introduction to investment appraisal
Assessment pattern
| Assessment type | Unit of assessment | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Group recorded presentation | 60 |
| Examination | Quantitative skills exam (80 minutes) | 40 |
Alternative Assessment
The alternative for group recorded presentation is individual recorded presentation.
Assessment Strategy
The assessment strategy is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate that they have met the learning objectives.
The summative assessments are:
1) Group recorded presentation (learning objectives 1, 2, 5)
2) Quantitative skills exam (learning objectives (3, 4)
Formative assessment and feedback:
Group recorded presentation: Tutorials provide regular opportunities for students to receive feedback in advance of the summative assessment.
Quantitative skill exam: A mid-term mock, and end of term revision session provide opportunities for students to answer the kind of questions posed in the exam, and assess and reflect on their progress.
Module aims
- Develop knowledge and understanding of sustainability in business and management
- Develop quantitative skills to support business analysis, problem-solving, and decision making
- Develop transferable skills and support future study and professional development
Learning outcomes
| Attributes Developed | ||
| 001 | Identify and assess sustainable business practices and associated opportunities and challenges | KCPT |
| 002 | Describe and explain how sustainable initiatives create value for various stakeholders and propose informed recommendations | KCPT |
| 003 | Interpret and understand quantitative data relevant to business contexts | KCPT |
| 004 | Apply appropriate quantitative techniques to solve business problems and support decision making | KCPT |
| 005 | Contribute constructively to collaborative analysis, communication, and achievement of goals. | PT |
Attributes Developed
C - Cognitive/analytical
K - Subject knowledge
T - Transferable skills
P - Professional/Practical skills
Methods of Teaching / Learning
Each side of the module involves distinctive teaching, learning, and assessments.
Sustainability involves a combination of lectures and tutorials and culminates in the submission of a group assignment. Lectures provide the foundational knowledge and theoretical frameworks upon which students build their understanding and develop their assignments. In tutorials students have time to discuss topics in relation to contemporary events, enhance their understanding, work on their assignments, and receive guidance and feedback.
Quantitative skills is delivered through weekly workshops and culminates in an examination. Each workshop introduces new topics and provides students with time to practice and receive feedback and guidance. Students are encouraged to complete worksheets and online questions covering key topics.
Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.
Reading list
https://readinglists.surrey.ac.uk
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Other information
Digital capabilities: Students engage with digital technology in the development of their presentations and in building their quantitative skills. The latter is facilitated using on-line Surrey Learn tools.
Employability: This module provides opportunities to develop employability skills such as numeracy, presentations, and teamworking.
Global and cultural capabilities: The group presentation provides opportunities for students from various backgrounds to collaborate and work together.
Resourcefulness and Resilience: The module fosters determination, persistence, and creativity, by engaging with numerical and sustainable business problems and scenarios that require solutions.
Sustainability: The module provides a formal introduction to sustainability in business and management.
Please note that the information detailed within this record is accurate at the time of publishing and may be subject to change. This record contains information for the most up to date version of the programme / module for the 2026/7 academic year.