NG4S726 - Business and Risk Management 01 Apr 2025 - 31 Aug 2027 | Version 3

Associated Module Information

Module Code: NG4S726
Module Title: Business and Risk Management
Faculty: Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science
Faculty Group: Built Environment and Civil Engineering
Faculty Sub Group: Built Environment
Module Leader:
Module Team: Alan Protheroe
First Intended Intake: SEP 2015 Final Year of Intake:
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 7
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100151 - construction management
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 3
Valid From 01 Apr 2025
Valid To 31 Aug 2027

Module Aims

This module aims to give students a detailed understanding of how effective leadership enhances organisational Safety, Health and Environmental Management.

Content Summary

 

Leadership styles and the impact on workers and workplace compliance.

Worker involvement and participation with top management.

Worker engagement and wellbeing benefits.

Principles and benefits of vocational rehabilitation.

Occupational health services.

Mental ill health at work.

Mental health controls.

Well.

Work-related violence.

Lone working.

This module will facilitate the development of Personal Development Planning through the delivery of the key skills identified below in the module descriptor.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 48
Independent Study 102
Directed Study 50
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Evaluate the impact of organisation leadership on worker safety, health and environmental performance.
LO2 Critically evaluate the approaches to worker engagement and wellbeing.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Project 1 A detailed analysis of a topic, with an associated word count, involving some original research undertaken by the candidate who makes use of data and/or primary sources. 0 2000 50 No 40
Asynchronous Assessment Essay 1 A written composition with a specified word length that, typically, on the basis of existing literature, proceeds to sustain a coherent argument. 0 2000 50 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Project 1
Essay 1

Reading List

BS EN ISO 14001:2015 - Environmental management systems. Requirements with guidance for use

Health and Safety Executive, (2013), Leading health and safety at work. Actions for directors, board members, business owners and organisations of all sizes, http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg417.pdf  BS EN ISO 9001:2015 - Quality management systems. Requirements

 

Northouse, P.G., (2012), Leadership: Theory and Practice, sixth edition, London, SAGE Publications Ltd

Health and Safety Executive, (2008), RR652 - Implementation of Worklife Support’s Well-Being Programme in the local authority-controlled education sector,

http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr652.pdf

PAS 99:2012 Specification of common management system requirements as a framework for integration

BS ISO 45001:2018 - Occupational health and safety management systems. Requirements with guidance for use

Elliott, G., and Corey, D., (2018), Build it: The Rebel Playbook for World Class Employee Engagement, John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Health and Safety Executive, (2019), The seven steps of leadership and worker involvement, http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/lwit/steps-landing.htm

Marsh, T., and Ward, L., (2019) Organised Wellbeing: proven and practical lessons from safety excellence, Routledge