BSc Fashion Technology / Course details

Year of entry: 2023

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Course unit details:
Management and the Apparel Pipeline

Course unit fact file
Unit code	MATS11701
Credit rating	20
Unit level	Level 4
Teaching period(s)	Semester 1
Offered by	Department of Materials
Available as a free choice unit?	No

Overview

This unit embraces two key themes: the fundamentals of management theory; and fashion business

Aims

The unit aims to: Introduce the basic concepts of management within the context of the apparel pipeline; and provide a concise overview of the structure of global fashion, textiles and related industries, with a particular focus on the emerging issues of markets, services and consumer expectations.

Learning outcomes

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

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

Teaching and learning methods

Video-based lectures will be used to introduce and review concepts, principles and techniques.

Live workshop sessions and seminars will include discussions and quizzes relating to the material covered in the lectures and provide the opportunity for you to develop competence in the application of management principles to a range of examples drawn from the apparel pipeline.

All elements of the course are supplemented with directed reading and formative “homework” assignments intended to allow ownership of the concepts introduced.

For the in-course assessment, you will examine an area of the apparel pipeline from a management perspective; you will work in a small group to interview a manager in a fashion business and provide evidence of understanding and interpretation of key management concepts in the context of your chosen area. The choice of areas and concepts will be facilitated by the unit tutors and guidance will be given on the scope of material to be covered. Formative feedback will be given on your project plans and drafts.

The unit is supported through the use of the Blackboard learning environment which will include formative assessment tasks and an opportunity to contribute to discussion boards.

Knowledge and understanding

Discuss the fundamental activities and practices of contemporary management; and exemplify these in the context of the textiles/apparel pipeline.
Explain the structure and nature of the textiles/apparel pipeline and its broader context.
Outline recent developments and current challenges in the fashion and textile industries.

Intellectual skills

Employ reasoned and supported arguments to justify conclusions in within a prescribed contexts relevant to the fashion and textile industries
Summarise and interpret appropriate material from a variety of sources

Practical skills

Act with limited autonomy under supervision and direction within defined guidelines
Classify and employ appropriate sources of information

Transferable skills and personal qualities

Select and use communication styles and media appropriate to the context
Engage in team activities to enhance a co-operative approach to learning and working

Assessment methods

Method	Weight
Written exam	70%
Report	30%

Feedback methods

Feedback given written and oral

Study hours

Scheduled activity hours
Lectures	24

Independent study hours
Independent study	176

Teaching staff

Staff member	Role
Barbara Waters	Unit coordinator

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