Last modified: 26 Jul 2024 13:16
This course comprises of three distinct parts:
These parts are designed to provide in-depth understanding of conducting research in social science and humanities in general, and are linked to the requirements of producing a dissertation in Business Management at PGT level, in particular.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course is primarily focused on providing PGT students with required theoretical and practical knowledge for conducting research and writing a successful dissertation in the broad field of Business Management. The three components of the course directly correspond with the course assessments and learning outcomes. The assessments are focused on individual research proposal (35%) and individual qualitative and quantitative data analyses (65%). Through teaching conventions of conducting research in social sciences, research philosophy, and various theoretical lenses used in the field of Business Management, as well as proposal generation practice, in-class presentation practices, peer evaluation, text analyses workshops, statistical data analyses labs, and dissertation workshops, this course intends to:
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 35 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
1,500-word individual research proposal |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | Enhance students’ knowledge of theoretical requirements of doing research in Business Management |
| Procedural | Apply | Develop theoretical and practical abilities of designing research in the field of Business Management |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 65 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Individual qualitative and quantitative data analyses (approx. 1,000 words) |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | Enhance students’ knowledge of theoretical requirements of doing research in Business Management |
| Procedural | Analyse | Enhance students’ abilities in analysing and making sense of qualitative and quantitative data |
| Assessment Type | Formative | Weighting | ||
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback | ||||
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Reflection | Evaluate | Enhance students’ presentation skills, evaluation of self and others’ works through formative assessment |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
1,000-word Individual Report summarising results of qualitative and quantitative analyses |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | Enhance students’ knowledge of theoretical requirements of doing research in Business Management |
| Procedural | Apply | Develop theoretical and practical abilities of designing research in the field of Business Management |
| Procedural | Analyse | Enhance students’ abilities in analysing and making sense of qualitative and quantitative data |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Enhance students’ presentation skills, evaluation of self and others’ works through formative assessment |
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