School of Management, Unit Catalogue 2007/08 |
MN30052 Final year project (interim report) |
| Credits: 6 |
| Level: Honours |
| Semester: 1 |
| Assessment: CW100 |
| Requisites: |
| Before taking this unit you must take MN20021 and take MN20022 and After taking this module you must take MN30068 |
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Aims: The overall aim of the final Year Project is to create an opportunity to apply the concepts, techniques and skills acquired during the taught programme in solving a practical business problem. Specific objectives are to: develop the skills of planning and executing an original investigation into a business problem in a team; allow an evaluation of the practical worth of management theories and the ability to further develop existing theories; integrate the various components of the degree programme and create the opportunity for business sponsors to challenge student ideas.
Learning Outcomes: By the end of this unit, the student should be able to: * to practice and develop personal skills, especially those of analysis and synthesis; develop experience in handling group co-ordination and conflict. Skills: Intellectual skills: * Develop skills to handle complex data sets, and allow existing theories and concepts to be applied and critically evaluated. Professional Practical skills: * Develop skills in designing and carrying out a field-based 'action research' investigation Transferable/ Key skills: *Develop skills of working collaboratively in teams, and exposing ideas to practitioners and academics. Content: Briefing on academic and practical project aims; group formation; assignment of the projects; problem definition; initial proposal; Project Workshops; collection of empirical data; presentation of preliminary findings; recording of formal monthly log of activities. |