Dissertation in Logistics & Supply Chain Management (Applied) - MAN00178M

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Professional requirements

N/A

Module will run

Occurrence	Teaching period
A	Summer Semester 2026-27

Module aims

The module will be provided as an alternative to the Dissertation in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (non-applied, Academic). This alternative offer will aim to provide students a more practical focus on a given task working in partnership with a company to research a contemporary managerial, strategic or international business issue (related to core module concepts and theory). This applied dissertation requires students to co-design and conduct primary research and work directly with a partner organisation. The target is to equip students with the required analytical skills to produce a consultant report that explains the managerial challenge, illustrates understanding of relevant theory and concepts, link practical frameworks and theory to produce primary research and analysis, and conclude with justifiable recommendations. Students will also benefit from the opportunity to work with an organisation in a consulting capacity, drawing on ‘softer’ skills of contemporary management taught via the programme.

Module learning outcomes

Students successfully taking this module will be able to: Academic and graduate skills · Undertake independent research. · Be able to identify a company with a contemporary managerial issue and support their choice with sources · Be able to design a research project to produce primary data to analyse the identified managerial issue.. · Understand how to collect and analyse primary data to reach justifiable conclusions. · Be able to use and synthesise secondary information (e.g., archival data, synthesis of academic insights from literature reviews, or both) as appropriate to provide additional insights. · Demonstrate an understanding of the limitations of the thesis and make suggestions for future research Skills-related learning outcomes · Engagement with corporate partners to identify and analyse a managerial challenge. · Self-organisation to meet internal as well as external deadlines. · Ability to conduct original research and present findings and recommendation as a report. · Demonstrate resilience by finishing this significant independent research piece.

Module content

The module will add to and build upon students’ learning to allow them producing a consulting report. Students will need to: · Identify and work with an organisation that faces a managerial issue – (Supervisors will support and facilitate corporate partnership). · Co-design and conduct primary research with this organisation drawing upon relevant research, concepts and theory, and use frameworks to analyse the issue and provide recommendations for action. · Use the data collected and the analyses they ran to reach a conclusion and recommendation. · Demonstrate a reflexive understanding of their strengths and weaknesses based on experience of developing an individual research project over an extended period, as well as consider the contribution of the dissertation to scholarship, policy, and practice. While not allocated an individual supervisor, students will be supported by 3 (3 hours) workshops, 2 (2 hours) drop-in sessions, as well as by online materials. Students may work in groups however their dissertations must represent an independent piece of work.

Indicative assessment

Task	% of module mark
Essay/coursework	90.0
Oral presentation/seminar/exam	10.0

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task	% of module mark
Essay/coursework	90.0

Module feedback

Students will get formative feedback during the workshops and the drop-in sessions. The workshops will be organised in chapters as well so they can guide student’s progress. For the summative assignment, written feedback will be released to students after the final exam board. In cases of a marginal fail, where minor amendments are permitted, students will be given written guidance on the required amendments and deadlines for submission in accordance with university regulations on reassessment and resubmission.

Indicative reading

TBC