MIS40910 Skills for Business Enquiry

On completing this module you will be expected to be able to:
(a) Critically evaluate research studies on digital innovation, their associated assumptions and claims, and arrive at sensible critiques of their value;
(b) Recognise fallacious reasoning and biases in argumentation;
(c) Understand different modes of inquiry used in the study of digital innovation;
(d) Demonstrate knowledge and application of methods addressing ethical issues in conducting investigations into digital innovation;
(e) Conduct an inquiry-based project on digital innovation and write it up as a report.

The module is designed to enhance – and will assess – your communication skills (writing, presenting, in particular), as well as your teamwork skills.

This is an indicative list of lecture topics, which may be subject to change as the module progresses.
Critical Thinking
Rhetoric, fallacies and argument
Paradigms of inquiry and innovation
Asking questions
Doing a literature review
Collecting and analysing evidence
Writing up an inquiry project
Theory and theorizing
Futures thinking
Presenting the results of your inquiry
Ethics in business inquiry
Designing and managing an inquiry project

Not applicable to this module.

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

Online individual/group feedback on preliminary proposal. Also, online individual/group feedback on final proposal. In-class feedback on preliminary proposal. Students can request feedback on final examination.