The aims of this module are to:
- Facilitate the generation of high-quality, rigorous and systematic research;
- Encourage students to reflect critically upon the theoretical and philosophical assumptions underpinning research methodology;
- Consider the ethical aspects of conducting research;
- Allow students to undertake a self-managed process of systematic enquiry within the domain of the MSc programme being studied;
- Produce a coherently structured research proposal.
By the end of the module, students should be able to:
- Recognise and critically evaluate approaches to business and management research and the assumptions upon which they are based;
- Develop a structured programme of research based upon informed choices about the methodological approaches to be followed;
- Conduct the research in a systematic rigorous yet critically reflective manner;
- Synthesise data from a wide variety of sources having due regard to issues of generalisability, validity and reliability within an acceptable dissertation format.