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 Academic Year:
| 2013/4 |
| Owning Department/School:
| School of Management |
| Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
| Period: |
Semester 1 |
| Assessment:
| CW 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: To support students, within an active research community, in identifying and investigating their own original research questions on a modest scale. Learning Outcomes: By the end of the unit, the students should be able to: Knowledge and Understanding * understand the process of theoretical framework development; * understand the basic principle of research question / object formulation; * understand the basic principles of research design and appreciate alternative approaches to research; * understand the significance of alternative epistemological positions that provide the context for theory construction, and research design. Intellectual skills * define researchable problems and formulate questions and hypotheses; * understand the relationships between, and the rationale for, particular qualitative and quantitative research methods and be able to select appropriate strategies for research and/or evaluation; * understand and apply concepts of generalisability, validity, reliability and replicability; Professional practice skills * develop and apply on a modest scale the professional practice skills taught in the research methods units of the programme, depending on the particular nature of their Research Apprenticeship * understand issues posed by social research in relation to ethics, confidentiality and legality; * have a good command of language skills where appropriate. Transferable/Key skills * develop and apply on a modest scale some of the transferable/key skills taught in the research methods units of the programme, depending on the particular nature of their Research Apprenticeship Project. Skills: See above. Content: Any area of social science research for which an adequate level of supervision can be offered. The nature of the Research Apprenticeship is that students `'earn-by-doing', and so they will be expected to demonstrate their ability to develop a theoretical framework, define a research question and suggest an appropriate research design. Although a preliminary research project, students are required to produce a research report that conforms to acceptable standards of presentation. |
| Programme availability: |
MN50510 is Compulsory on the following programmes:School of Management
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