Module Code: n/a
Long Title Multisite Retail Management
Title Multisite Retail Management
Module Level: LEVEL 7
EQF Level: 6
EHEA Level: First Cycle
Credits: 10
Module Coordinator:  
Module Author: DAVE CORMACK
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Specifications of the qualifications and experience required of staff  
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Explain the critical importance of location to the success of retailing businesses and analyse the factors which affect location decisions.
LO2 Develop an income and expenditure budget for a multi site retail environment
LO3 Articulate insights and complex information through effective report writing.
LO4 Formulate forecasts to assist capacity planning, scheduling across the supply-chain, managing demand, and meeting varying and fluctuating customer demands.
LO5 Demonstrate a critical understanding of the complexities of managing a multisite environment
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is required before enrolment on this module. While the prior learning is expressed as named NCI module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
No recommendations listed
Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Entry requirements  
 

Module Content & Assessment

Indicative Content
Planning
Forecasting and capacity planning. Scheduling across the supply-chain, determining levels of inventory, demand management, and managing variations and fluctuations in customer needs.
Communication
• Structure of reports and presentations • Gathering secondary and primary information • Basic principles of clear writing • Dealing with technical information • Use of graphics. • Diction, projection and clarity • Body language
Performance
• Module content, aims & outcomes. • Concepts of management and performance • Why organisations seek to manage performance • Performance management and strategic planning
Budgeting
• Budgeting concepts • Construction and interpretation of basic cash budgets
Competition
• The competitive retail environment • Analysing competition • SWOT analysis • Competitive plan
Property
• The importance of location in retailing L • Links with shopper behaviour • Recent trends in the development of retail locations both in-town and out-of-town andthe factors affecting such trends • The impact of local and national government policies, and institutions. • Retail location strategies; highlighting key differences between different types of retailer and different sectors. • The development and management of planned shopping centres, and the implications of current issues for retail location strategy. • Approaches to retail location analysis, and key mathematical techniques (including analogs, gravity modelling and multiple regresssion). • Data sources and analytical systems used in location research, including contemporary commercial information systems.
People Management and cross functional collaboration
• The challenge of people management in a multi site environment • Virtual team building • Developing standardized approaches • Creating an environment of communication and cooperation
Analysis
• Sales • Trends • Performance
Assessment Breakdown%
Coursework100.00%

Assessments

Full Time

Coursework
Assessment Type: Business Plan 1 % of total: 100
Assessment Date: n/a Outcome addressed: 1,2,3,4,5
Non-Marked: No
Assessment Description:
Learners will be asked to develop a detailed business plan for a multi site retail organization to include financial information, competitor analysis, and a strategy for expansion
No End of Module Assessment
No Workplace Assessment

NCIRL reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Module Target Workload Hours 0 Hours
Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Workload Description Hours Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload
Lecture No Description 36 Every Week 36.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 36.00
 

Module Resources

Recommended Book Resources
  • Patrick M Dunne, Robert F Lusch, James R Carver. Retailing, 8th. Cengage, [ISBN: 9781285091136].
This module does not have any article/paper resources
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