Learning outcomes assessed:

At the end of a module students will be expected to be able to:

1. Justify a management situation and problem that merits an investigation.
2. Critically review significant literature on the problem area to be investigated.
3. Evaluate and justify a suitable methodology designed to achieve the objectives of a research dissertation or consultancy project.
4. Analyse the dissertation or project proposal by providing details of component parts, and construct a time and cost constrained project plan towards its completion

Coursework Instructions

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Academic Misconduct

You are responsible for ensuring you understand the policy and regulations about academic misconduct. You must:

• Complete this work alone except where required or allowed by this assignment briefing paper and ensure it has not been written or composed by or with the assistance of any other person.

• Make sure all sentences or passages quoted from other people’s work in this assignment (with or without trivial changes) are in quotation marks, and are specifically acknowledged by reference to the author, work and page.

Assignment Questions

This module aims to provide students with both a structured and detailed understanding of the methods of defining the objectives of a dissertation or consultancy project. The focus of this will be on ensuring that the proposal developed has a clearly defined purpose, measurable objectives, and an achievable timescale for completion. The module aims to illustrate the nature of a literature review to synthesize and critically evaluate existing published knowledge of the problem to be investigated, whilst also analysing the process and support necessary for the successful completion of a dissertation or consultancy project.