This module is not currently running in 2024 to 2025.
This module will enable students to write a high quality Business Report on a management and/ or business related issue which both supports their immediate career objectives.
The module will typically include:
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• The Literature Review
• Electronic Literature Searching and On-Line Sources
• Using Literature Effectively
• Research Design
• Writing a Business Report
• Communicating Findings to Different Audiences
Total contact hours: 8
Private study hours: 442
Total study hours: 450
Main assessment methods:
Business Report (8000 - 120000 words) (100%)
Reassessment methods:
Reassessment Instrument: 100% Project
Core reading:
Blumberg, B., Cooper, D.R., and P.S. Schindler (2014), Business Research Methods, 4th European Edition. London: McGraw Hill.
Recommended reading:
Bryman, A. and Bell, E. (2012) Business Research Methods, 3rd Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Easterby-Smith, M., Thorpe, R. and Lowe, A. (2012). Management Research: An Introduction. 4th Edition, London: Sage.
Field, A. (2012). Discovering Statistics Using SPSS. 4th Edition. London: Sage.
Fisher, C. (2010). Researching and Writing a Dissertation: An Essential Guide for Business Students, 3rd Edition, London: Prentice Hall.
Saunders, M., Lewis, P. and Thornhill, A. (2012). Research Methods for Business Students. 6th Edition. Harlow: Pearson.
The intended subject specific learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
- Conceptualise a research topic or question on international business and management, design and apply an appropriate research methodology and clearly articulate this within a report.
- Identify and apply advanced tools and techniques to support the report.
- Produce a report in the required format that systematically integrates and communicates knowledge gained from the MSc International Business and Management programme.
- Demonstrate a deep understanding of and competency in their individual international project domains.
The intended generic learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
- Demonstrate advanced competence in numeracy and quantitative skills including the use of models of business situations and qualitative research skills.
- Conduct critical research into business and management issues.
- Identify, find, record, organise and manipulate and communicate knowledge relevant to the development and management of organisations.
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