BSc Fashion Management

A greater depth of the learning outcomes will be covered in the following sections:

• Knowledge and understanding
• Intellectual skills
• Practical skills
• Transferable skills and personal qualities

1. 1. Analyse a range of organisational functions associated with management in (fashion) textiles
   2. Analyse key issues relating to management within fashion and related industries; in particular, those deriving from technology, innovation and internationalisation

• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of key aspects of management theory in relation to management of organisations for example people management and information systems.

  Contributing to developing programme learning outcomes and the assessment of:

• Systematically describe, analyse and appraise the structure of global fashion, textiles and related industries, with focus on the emerging issues of markets, services, consumer expectations within the macro-environment.
• Confidently distinguish the key elements of contemporary challenges and issues in fashion and textiles and use these systematically in strategic planning of operational responses.
• Evaluate approaches to control, leadership and planning in a management context.

1. 1. Apply, question and relate management concepts to (fashion) textiles and related industries
   2. Employ balanced, reasoned and supported arguments in the context of applied fashion textiles management
   3. Analyse, evaluate and interpret appropriate material from a variety of sources

Contributing to developing programme learning outcome and the assessment of:

• Identify and conceptualise appropriate theories, applying them to the fashion and textile industry.

Synthesise, assess and evaluate information and data from appropriate sources and use these to make informed, independent judgments and decision making in relation to technical product and/or business contexts.

3.1 Act with increasing autonomy, with reduced need for supervision and direction, within defined guidelines

3.2 Use appropriate sources to gain relevant information on management concepts, (fashion) textiles and related industries

Contributing to developing programme learning outcomes and the assessment of:

• Act autonomously with limited supervision or direction within negotiated guidelines, individually and as part of a team.

Identify and employ appropriate sources of information.

4.1 Select and use a range of communication methods appropriate to the context 

Summative feedback will be provided within 15 working days of submission: this will be provided electronically.

Formative feedback will be provided in week 8 during a feedback session.

Exam results released after June Exam Board

• Please see Reading Lists Online via Blackboard for full list and online copies

• Varley, R., Roncha, A., Radclyffe-Thomas, N & Gee, L. (2019) Fashion Management: A Strategic Approach, London, UK: Macmillan International/Red Globe Press
• Barringer, B., 2012. Entrepreneurship: Successfully Launching New Ventures, Pearson
• Daft, R. & Benson, A. (2016). Management (1st edition.; New EMEA ed.). Australia: Cengage Learning.
• Daft, R. (2016). Management (12 ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
• Jones, R M (2006). The Apparel Industry (2nd Edition). Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing.

Examples of Industry/ Media Sources  

Company websites Drapers (access via the library website) Edited  (access via library website) Staista (access via library website) Business of Fashion Newspapers/news sites such as BBC, The Guardian, The Telegraph,  Financial Times , The Economist

Examples of relevant journals used in the unit (please refer to slides for references and further examples)

European Management Journal International.  Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management: An International Journal The International Journal of Logistics Management

Sessions will also be supplemented by further directed reading if required.

Study hours