The dissertation is designed to both enable students to integrate knowledge and skills acquired across the degree programme, and to assess their ability to analyse a complex issue or problem within a management context.
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Autumn Term 2022-23 to Summer Term 2022-23 |
The dissertation is designed to both enable students to integrate knowledge and skills acquired across the degree programme, and to assess their ability to analyse a complex issue or problem within a management context. The dissertation will be based upon primary research undertaken by the student. It may either take the form of an analysis of a current issue in management, and/or it may be in the form of an answer to an organisational problem. In both cases the dissertation will require the collection and analysis of primary empirical data.
9 (3 hour) workshops will be run in the autumn term to give students a refresher in research methods, and to ensure that they grasp issues of ontology and epistemology. During these workshops practical help will be given to students in developing research proposals and in methods practice.
Students will meet their supervisor at least four times in Spring term and two times in Summer term during the course of dissertation preparation.
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework Dissertation Proposal |
N/A | 10 |
Graduate/Postgraduate Dissertation Dissertation (8,000 - 10,000 words) |
N/A | 90 |
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Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework Dissertation Proposal |
N/A | 10 |
Graduate/Postgraduate Dissertation Dissertation (8,000 - 10,000 words) |
N/A | 90 |
In the Autumn term, the workshops facilitate feedback on the development of research proposals. Once students are allocated to their supervisors in the spring and summer terms, students will receive feedback on the development of their dissertations. Following submission of the dissertation, students will receive formal feedback, containing the marker's observations on the standard of work submitted, as measured against the UG marking criteria and/or learning outcomes of the module'. Additionally it will contain comments if relevant, from second markers. Generic feedback on performance will also be made available via the VLE. In the event of a reassessment, students will have the opportunity to be provided with feedback and guidance up to re-submission.