Dissertation

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• communicate effectively using and justifying argument.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• identify, compare and evaluate appropriate research approaches and strategies;
• critically evaluate the chosen research strategy, highlighting reliability, validity and limitations, and identify opportunities for further research;
• identify, collect and analyse appropriate data, both primary and secondary;
• justify the selection of a chosen topic;
• critically evaluate the data collected in the context of existing studies;
• conduct an extended investigation including generating primary data;
• integrate theoretical concepts developed throughout your undergraduate learning programme and managerial practice.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• the selected field of study in management;
• current research related to chosen topic.
• alternative research paradigms, research approaches, research strategies and research methods appropriate to chosen topic;

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Supervision sessions

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: 10 hours of supervision are allocated per student, to be provided in the form of meetings, email, and feedback on research proposal and draft dissertation chapters.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.