Unit name | Applied Work-based Project |
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Unit code | MGRCM0008 |
Credit points | 60 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Dr. Klimecki |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
Successful completion of the units: Leadership, Strategy and Organisations, Understanding Change and Uncertainty, Project Management and Systems Thinking, Critical Issues in Strategy, and Leading through Complexity. |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Management - Business School |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
The Applied Work-based Project (dissertation) is designed to allow students to pursue a major piece of research into an area of personal interest. Students will be allowed a very wide choice in the dissertation topic as long as it clearly relates to some aspect of strategy, change or leadership in organisations.
By the end of the unit, students will be able to:
Students will undertake research methods training during their course of study which will prepare them for this dissertation. They will also receive support from a supervisor both in one-to-one supervision sessions and electronically via email.
Summative assessment for this unit will comprise a dissertation of 12-15,000 words (100%).
It will be assessed in accordance with the unit’s learning outcomes:
Brown, R.B. (2006) Doing Your Dissertation in Business and Management: The Reality of Researching and Writing. London: Sage.
Hart, C. (2003) Doing a Literature Review. London: Sage.
Fisher, C. (2010) Researching and Writing a Dissertation: An Essential Guide for Business Students 3rd Edition, London: Financial Times/Prentice Hall.
Quinton, S. & Smallbone, T. (2006) Postgraduate Research in Business: A Critical Guide. London: Sage.