BMGT45670 Business Research Project

Academic Year 2024/2025

The project will provide you with an opportunity to examine a ‘live’ management or business
issue, to collect and analyse relevant primary and secondary data, to draw conclusions and to
make recommendations for the modification and/or change of the management or business
issue in question. The management or business issue chosen should relate to an area of
study you have covered during the MSc (Management) (part-time) programme.
You are required to identify a management or business problem or issue within a selected
organisation. The chosen topic should be one which is currently of concern to the organisation.
Before submitting a project proposal, you are encouraged to discuss your proposed topic with
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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module you should be able to:
• Demonstrate a succinct understanding and appropriate critique of the scholarly
literature relevant to their research topic
• State and defend the importance of an appropriate business research question
• Demonstrate an ability to conduct business research in a competent, effective and
ethically appropriate manner
• Demonstrate an ability to plan, collect and analyse data relevant to the research question
• Demonstrate an ability to present the study and its findings in writing. The final project
must include a theoretical context for the study, the importance of the research
question, the appropriateness of the methodology and data analysis, and defend the
conclusions that were drawn

Indicative Module Content:

Projest design, research design, project execution

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

12
Specified Learning Activities

75
Autonomous Student Learning

100
Total

187
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Self directed project which will be supported. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade

Not yet recorded.

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Peer review activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.