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7MG001Project phaseBRIEFING
Dr Shaukat Ali
Postgraduate Dissertation Coordinator
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Purposes…• To providean overview of the academically orientated 40 creditproject which postgraduate students on UWBS Masters Degree
courses work towards achieving their qualification.
• Toimpress upon you the need to get working on identifying,selecting and carefully defining the topic(s) of potential interest,
significance and value to you!
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Schematic
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Briefing in bite-size sections …• Information
– Aims, assessment
– Timelines: common key milestones – What if … or if … or if ?
• Process
– Getting n!er"ay "ith hel# from Watson Bo$ – A trans#arent research %orney ahea!
– &eer "orksho#s ' s#er(isory relationshi#s
– )e$t ste#s: for action o(er the days ahea!
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*esearch &ro%ect +G. Aims
– To enable students to plan, research and write-up a
project that improves understanding of a contemporary
managerial, business or organisational topic.
– Research Projects provide eperience of collection and
analysis of reliable evidence to produce findings upon
which sound conclusions can be drawn and from
which, appropriate recommendations can be made.
– Research Projects can framed around a practical
business problem !i.e. a consultancy focus" or around
generic conceptual issues utilising primary and
secondary data.
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/ey ilestone 0ea!lines:
Acti(ity #eadline
Topic Registration$orm
At the end of %loc& '
Proposal $ormto include Request for Ethical
Approval
At the end of %loc& (1ia W234
)ubmission ofproject*dissertation
#ate to be arranged by%+A)*%) ('/
(ia e-sbmission on W234 5locate!
assessment on the men67 8 har! co#ies 5arke! for attentionof yor s#er(isor6
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What ifs……• 9 !ont sbmit a sitable To#ic *egistration on time?
• 9 !ont sbmit a satisfactory &ro#osal on time?
• 9 !ont sbmit a com#lete! #ro%ect on time?
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• I don0t submit a suitable Topic Registration on time1
–;o "ill miss s#er(isor allocation <
–9t may mean yo being allocate! a s#er(isor "ho is not afll-time member of staff<
• I don0t submit a satisfactory Proposal on time1
–)ot !oing so "ill signal that yo are not #re#are! to #rocee!<
–;o "ill fall behin!
–The time to re(ise a #ro#osal "ill take # (alable #ro%ect
time –;or s#er(isor commitment may be %eo#ar!ise!
–23T45 your proposal must be approved by yoursupervisor before you can proceed.
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• I don0t submit a completedproject*dissertation on time1
– )on-sbmission normally recor!s a failre< ;o canresbmit at the ne$t a(ailable o##ortnity bt yor gra!e forthe #ro%ect "ill be ca##e! at 0 5i
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Getting ;or =orney >n!er"ay• hat have you done to prepare5
– not that mch, not to "orry…
• hat you now have to do5
– tart "riting by #re#aring otline5s6 for two #ossible to#ic5s6that yo ha(e an interest in an! !o sco#ing research on
them< >se Watsons Bo$ – Then meet in yor gro#s an! share yor i!eas "ith other
team members to see ho" "ell they make sense
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Watsons Bo$
What? Why? 52b%ecti(es6
@once#tal 4rame"ork o" – etho!s?
hat are the aims 6
7uestions you intent to
investigate1
Are the &ey reasons which
provide the rationale for
your investigation strong1
hat are the methods 6
techni7ues that will beused in securing and
analysing data1
hat are the &ey theories,
principles, concepts, etc.that will inform the study1
2ote5 draft a atson %o for each potential topic
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Finding out? Becoming specific!
4ocsing !o"n
4ollo"ing throgh
Proposal
Submission
Topic
&re-o!le
Worksho#s
#er(ision
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Your Transparent Research TrailTopic )election The )tart8
Topic Registration
#er(isor Allocation
Proposal 6 4thicalApproval
@ritie ' A##ro(al by#er(isor
)ubmission ('/
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@ontractal @ommitment 9ou should recognise that in registering your topic you are
ma&ing a significant, :contractual’ commitment.
)etting-up supervision arrangements will be based on theinformation you provide on your Topic Registration $orm. 9ou
will be epected to develop your Proposal and to deliver your
research study or project report consistent with your Topic
Registration $orm.
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)o" is the time for a sre startC
9ts yor self-manage! in(estigati(e &ro%ectC
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A!!itional *esorces• A!!itional resorces are a(ailable in the &ro%ect resorces
fol!er in W234
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#er(ision
#er(isor- gi!ing an! a!(ising st!ent on "ork in #rogress
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*esearch &ro%ect
• Any estions?
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9n conclsion …• *ealise that this is yor #ro%ect:
yo !eci!e on a to#ic, !e(elo# afeasible !esign for iniry, an!!eli(er a ality #iece of
research<
• 0i(e in an! get starte!
Aspire to become an ac&nowledged authority in your topic area8
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)e$t ste#s …
for action no" … not laterC• #uring the "eek ahea!
– brainstorm i!eas ' test ot
to#ic i!eas
– tal&: to #eers ' colleages – read: start local (ia the
3ibrary, "i!en search (ia
ality sorces on #a#er
an!Dor online
– thin&: is it E!o-able or not? – write: start a #ro%ect
notebook, !ont hesitate to
!raft "orking notes base! on
i!eas or fin!ingsC
• 9n the ne$t 8 "eeks ensure
yo
– short list ' sha#e i!eas for
to#ics – an iterative creative
forging processC
– really #t some effort into
getting T3 Watson
Bo$5es6 #re#are!< – &re#are !raft to#ic
registration form 5se
tem#late6 for yor "orksho#
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