Module BUSI52715: BUSINESS RESEARCH: FUNCTIONS AND DISCIPLINES

Department: Management and Marketing

BUSI52715: BUSINESS RESEARCH: FUNCTIONS AND DISCIPLINES

Tied To

• N1A060: Business Administration
• N1A260: Business Administration (Fudan)

Pre-requisites

Corequisites

Excluded Combinations

Aims

• To develop the advanced knowledge and skills needed to design and implement a research project in business/management at doctoral level.

Content

• Identifying the research question;
• Designing and implementing the research project;
• Analysing and writing up the results;
• Identifying potential difficulties and how they might be overcome.

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of the module students should:
• be able to identify theoretically relevant research questions;
• be able to identify ways in which those questions might be addressed.

• By the end of the module students should have:
• enhanced their acquisition of the advanced skills necessary to access, collect and analyse data and summarise the results.

• By the end of the module students should have further enhanced their acquisition of the advanced skills needed to plan, implement, report, and manage a programme of research.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• The learning outcomes will be met through a combination of lectures, guided reading, group and individual exercises including the use of case studies.
• The assessment of the module, by research proposal, is designed to test students’ ability to identify a relevant research question, and how it might be addressed using appropriate advanced research skills.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment

Student presentations, case studies, feedback on performance in practical classes.