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 Academic Year: | 2017/8 |
| Owning Department/School: | School of Management |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 100% |
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| Requisites: |
Before taking this module you must take MN50526 OR take MN50166 OR take MN50358 OR take ES50108
While taking this module you must take MN50666 In taking this module you cannot take MN50457 OR take MN50178 OR take MN50512 OR take MN50425 OR take MN50327 |
| Description:
| Aims: The unit aims to develop students' ability to relate business issues to the available academic literature, to define a research question using a real business problem as a base, research and review the literature on the topic with the purpose of understanding and critiquing the current state of the research, and to develop a structured commentary leading to well-supported opinions and prescriptions. Learning Outcomes: At the end of the unit, students will be able to: * Define a research question in a chosen area of interest. * Identify literature relevant to a chosen business issue, thereby appreciating the relationship between business practice and theory. * Systematically research and review relevant literature * Develop an argument with references to appropriate theory and/or linking together arguments from disparate literatures or disciplinary perspectives. * Provide a new interpretation on existing information or provide an original view on an issue. Do all of the above in written form in a report that conforms to acceptable standards of presentation and expression. Skills: * Ability to deliver an appropriately comprehensive and scholarly written communication (F; A). * Ability to select, summarise and synthesise written information from multiple sources (F; A). * Ability to develop rigorous arguments through precise use of concepts and models (F; A). * Ability to synthesise multidisciplinary perspectives on the same problem (F; A). * Ability to formulate a research question (F; A). * Ability to produce work to agreed specifications and deadlines (F; A). * Ability to work independently, without close supervision or guidance (F; A). Content: Students identify one current business issue facing a particular organisation or affecting a particular industry, then analyses the issue by working with the relevant theoretical and empirical literature. Each student will choose a subject in line with their own experience with the content - developed in part through selection of optional units in the taught portion of the programme. Briefing on the aims of the thesis; literature review; argument development, guidance; and writing (all with supervisor guidance). |
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MN50667 is Optional on the following programmes:School of Management
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