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Consultancy Proposal & Pitch - MAN00128M

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  • Department: The York Management School
  • Module co-ordinator: Information currently unavailable
  • Credit value: 15 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2023-24

Module summary

This module encourages your creativity to produce a valid and robust proposal for a consultancy project and to pitch your idea in a Dragons’ Den style environment

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Online Teaching Window 1 2023-24
B Online Teaching Window 2 2023-24
C Online Teaching Window 3 2023-24
D Online Teaching Window 4 2023-24
E Online Teaching Window 5 2023-24
F Online Teaching Window 6 2023-24

Module aims

The module provides the opportunity to create a valid and robust proposal for carrying out a consultancy piece of work within an organisation, including rigorous consideration of the ethics process.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of this module, students should be able to:

  • Assess business requirements and available data to define the focus of a research-worthy consultancy project
  • Plan the framework and research design of the consultancy project taking into account sustainability and ethical factors
  • Present a well-defined consultancy proposal pitch with related ethics documentation and justification report

Assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Presentation & Report		 N/A 100

Special assessment rules

None

Reassessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Presentation & Report		 N/A 100

Module feedback

In accordance with UYMS policy.

Indicative reading

Cameron, S. and Price, D. (2009). Business Research Methods: A Practical Approach. Kogan Page Publishers.

Haslam, S. and Haslam, S. (2017). Consulting skills for social researchers. Bristol University Press.

Macintosh, R., Nic Beech, Bartunek, J.M. and Mason, K. (2021). Delivering impact in management research when does it really happen? Abingdon, Oxon New York, Ny Routledge.

Scharrer, E. and Srividya Ramasubramanian (2021). Quantitative research methods in communication : the power of numbers for social justice. New York: Routledge.


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