6B003E - Business 4.0: Disrupt or Be Disrupted 01 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2032 | Version 1
Associated Module Information
| Module Code: | 6B003E | ||
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| Module Title: | Business 4.0: Disrupt or Be Disrupted | ||
| Faculty: | Faculty of Business and Creative Industries | ||
| Faculty Group: | Business Management | ||
| Faculty Sub Group: | Business Management | ||
| Module Leader: | Liam Newton | ||
| Module Team: | |||
| First Intended Intake: | SEP 2026 | Final Year of Intake: | 2031 |
| Date Closed: | |||
| Credit Value: | 30 | Credit Level: | 6 |
| Language: | English | ||
| Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: | 0 | ||
| Equivalent Module: | |||
| HECOS codes: | 100078 - business and management | ||
| HECOS Code Weighting: | 100 | ||
Document Version Information
| Version | 1 |
|---|---|
| Valid From | 01 Sep 2026 |
| Valid To | 31 Aug 2032 |
Module Aims
The main aims of the module are:
To develop students ability to understand and critically evaluate emerging technologies, based on an awareness of their benefits, limitations, and implications of their use.
To build students confidence in using emerging technologies in a business context.
To learn from case studies of businesses who have either disrupted or been disrupted by modern technologies.
Content Summary
Schumpeter’s (1942) theory of creative destruction describes the process by which innovation disrupts existing industries and economic structures, making older businesses and technologies obsolete. Building on both Schupeter’s work and Christensen’s (1995) theory of sustaining and disruptive innovation, this module considers the rapidly developing technological environment within which businesses operate, and how individuals and businesses can leverage that technological development for sustainable business success.
The module goals are twofold: firstly, for students to understand and critically evaluate modern technologies – able to understand the benefits, limitations, and implications of modern emerging technologies in order to make an informed decision on its use in a business context, and secondly, for students to be confident in using these modern technologies themselves.
The module will focus on a range of emerging technologies, including classes in IT labs where students are equipped with the confidence to use these technologies in a business context. Students will also study contemporary case studies of businesses who have both successfully and unsuccessfully applied these technologies; culminating in a grand challenge where students apply emerging and disruptive technologies to solve a grand challenge.
Learning and Teaching Methods
| Activity Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 6 |
| Practical Classes and Workshops | 50 |
| Groupwork | 50 |
| Guided Study | 114 |
| Formative Assessment | 20 |
| Summative Assessment | 60 |
| Total Hours Selected | 300 |
Learning Outcomes
| # | Learning Outcome |
|---|---|
| LO1 | Demonstrate an ability to confidently use emerging technologies in a thoughtful and innovative way, with a clear practical focus on monetisation. |
| LO2 | Describe and critically evaluate the benefits and risks of innovative technologies to both new and established businesses. |
Module Requisites
N/A
Assessment Criteria
| Assessment Category | Assessment Type | Description | Duration | Word Count | Weight (%) | Best of? | Pass Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asynchronous Assessment | Student Choice 1 | This assessment requires students to use innovative technologies to build a functional digital project that could be used to address a grand challenge (linked to one of the USW Accellerators), supported by a poster presentation describing and evaluating the project output. | 0 | N/A | 100 | No | 40 |
Assessment Matrix
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LO1 | LO2 | ||
| Student Choice 1 | ✔ | ✔ | |