Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Tutorial
Workshop
Module Offerings
6509DAV-SEP-PAR
Aims
To allow students to develop their knowledge, skills and general expertise in relation to an operational, management or business or topic related to their programme of study. To provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to learn and develop their skills independently.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Critically conduct research to devise and sustain arguments and solve business related problems with established techniques of analysis and enquiry.
2.
Apply comprehensively and efficiently resources to achieve the project aims, including liaison with outside organisations.
3.
Demonstrate effectively the ability to make decisions in complex and unpredictable contexts, to learn new skills, to acquire new knowledge, to adapt current skills and knowledge, and to apply them to specific business related context.
4.
Defend a completed project work and its conclusions in a viva voce examination.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Building on Research Planning, or other equivalent study, students select a research project on a topic of their choosing.
With support from an allocated supervisor, students:
- Refine their aims and objectives and
- Identify and justify appropriate research methods.
- Undertake a literature review.
- Collect, collate and analyse appropriate research data.
- Reach conclusions and reflect on the validity of their research.
Additional Information:Besides the formal lectures, individual tutorials and a group workshop will help the student to design the presentations and write-up the formal business project report
Formative Stages within the module:
1. Introduction to the module
2. Topic identification/Consultancy with module leader and lecturers (appr. in the first
25% of the module)
3. Formal presentation of case/findings (appr. at 50% of the module)
4. Completion of Submission sheet for written report
5. Allocation of supervisors for the written report
6. Up to four meetings with supervisors during writing up-stage (appr. in the final
25% of the module)
7. Submission of Written report
8. Assessment and official exam board results