Management Module Briefing

8/18/2019 Management Module Briefing

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7MG001Project phaseBRIEFING

Dr Shaukat Ali

Postgraduate Dissertation Coordinator


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Purposes…• To providean overview of the academically orientated 40 creditproject which postgraduate students on UWBS Masters Degree

courses work towards achieving their qualification.

• Toimpress upon you the need to get working on identifying,selecting and carefully defining the topic(s) of potential interest,

significance and value to you!


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Schematic


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Briefing in bite-size sections …• Information

– Aims, assessment

– Timelines: common key milestones – What if … or if … or if ?

• Process

– Getting n!er"ay "ith hel# from Watson Bo$ – A trans#arent research %orney ahea!

– &eer "orksho#s ' s#er(isory relationshi#s

– )e$t ste#s: for action o(er the days ahea!


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*esearch &ro%ect +G. Aims

– To enable students to plan, research and write-up a

project that improves understanding of a contemporary

managerial, business or organisational topic.

– Research Projects provide eperience of collection and

analysis of reliable evidence to produce findings upon

which sound conclusions can be drawn and from

which, appropriate recommendations can be made.

– Research Projects can framed around a practical

business problem !i.e. a consultancy focus" or around

generic conceptual issues utilising primary and

secondary data.


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/ey ilestone 0ea!lines:

Acti(ity #eadline

Topic Registration$orm

At the end of %loc& '

Proposal $ormto include Request for Ethical

Approval

At the end of %loc& (1ia W234

)ubmission ofproject*dissertation

#ate to be arranged by%+A)*%) ('/

(ia e-sbmission on W234 5locate!

assessment on the men67 8 har! co#ies 5arke! for attentionof yor s#er(isor6


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What ifs……• 9 !ont sbmit a sitable To#ic *egistration on time?

• 9 !ont sbmit a satisfactory &ro#osal on time?

• 9 !ont sbmit a com#lete! #ro%ect on time?


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• I don0t submit a suitable Topic Registration on time1

–;o "ill miss s#er(isor allocation <

–9t may mean yo being allocate! a s#er(isor "ho is not afll-time member of staff<

• I don0t submit a satisfactory Proposal on time1

–)ot !oing so "ill signal that yo are not #re#are! to #rocee!<

–;o "ill fall behin!

–The time to re(ise a #ro#osal "ill take # (alable #ro%ect

time –;or s#er(isor commitment may be %eo#ar!ise!

–23T45 your proposal must be approved by yoursupervisor before you can proceed.


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• I don0t submit a completedproject*dissertation on time1

– )on-sbmission normally recor!s a failre< ;o canresbmit at the ne$t a(ailable o##ortnity bt yor gra!e forthe #ro%ect "ill be ca##e! at 0 5i


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Getting ;or =orney >n!er"ay• hat have you done to prepare5

– not that mch, not to "orry…

• hat you now have to do5

– tart "riting by #re#aring otline5s6 for two #ossible to#ic5s6that yo ha(e an interest in an! !o sco#ing research on

them< >se Watsons Bo$ – Then meet in yor gro#s an! share yor i!eas "ith other

team members to see ho" "ell they make sense


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Watsons Bo$

What? Why? 52b%ecti(es6

@once#tal 4rame"ork o" – etho!s?

hat are the aims 6

7uestions you intent to

investigate1

Are the &ey reasons which

provide the rationale for

your investigation strong1

hat are the methods 6

techni7ues that will beused in securing and

analysing data1

hat are the &ey theories,

principles, concepts, etc.that will inform the study1

2ote5 draft a atson %o for each potential topic


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Finding out? Becoming specific!

4ocsing !o"n

4ollo"ing throgh

Proposal

Submission

Topic

&re-o!le

Worksho#s

#er(ision


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Your Transparent Research TrailTopic )election The )tart8

Topic Registration

#er(isor Allocation

Proposal 6 4thicalApproval

@ritie ' A##ro(al by#er(isor

)ubmission ('/


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@ontractal @ommitment 9ou should recognise that in registering your topic you are

ma&ing a significant, :contractual’ commitment.

)etting-up supervision arrangements will be based on theinformation you provide on your Topic Registration $orm. 9ou

will be epected to develop your Proposal and to deliver your

research study or project report consistent with your Topic

Registration $orm.


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)o" is the time for a sre startC

9ts yor self-manage! in(estigati(e &ro%ectC


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A!!itional *esorces• A!!itional resorces are a(ailable in the &ro%ect resorces

fol!er in W234


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#er(ision

#er(isor- gi!ing an! a!(ising st!ent on "ork in #rogress


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*esearch &ro%ect

• Any estions?


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9n conclsion …• *ealise that this is yor #ro%ect:

yo !eci!e on a to#ic, !e(elo# afeasible !esign for iniry, an!!eli(er a ality #iece of

research<

• 0i(e in an! get starte!

Aspire to become an ac&nowledged authority in your topic area8


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)e$t ste#s …

for action no" … not laterC• #uring the "eek ahea!

– brainstorm i!eas ' test ot

to#ic i!eas

– tal&: to #eers ' colleages – read: start local (ia the

3ibrary, "i!en search (ia

ality sorces on #a#er

an!Dor online

– thin&: is it E!o-able or not? – write: start a #ro%ect

notebook, !ont hesitate to

!raft "orking notes base! on

i!eas or fin!ingsC

• 9n the ne$t 8 "eeks ensure

yo

– short list ' sha#e i!eas for

to#ics – an iterative creative

forging processC

– really #t some effort into

getting T3 Watson

Bo$5es6 #re#are!< – &re#are !raft to#ic

registration form 5se

tem#late6 for yor "orksho#

ttors comments

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