Module Name

Research Methods and Consulting Skills

Module Code

BUSN 9201

Assignment Title

Assessment 1: Literature Review (2000 words) 60% Or

Assessment 2: Individual Research Proposal (1000 words) - 40%

Word Count

Assessment 1: Literature Review (2000 words) 60% Or

Assessment 2: Individual Research Proposal (1000 words) - 40%

Reassessment weighting/Pass Mark

Resubmit coursework for 100% of the module

mark. Any previous marks achieved for this module will not be carried forward.

Pass Mark:  PG: 50% Like for Like

Submission Date

Wednesday 31 July 2024 at 12:00pm midday

Date of Feedback to Students

5 September 2024

Where feedback can be found

Module Moodle Page

Assignment Task

Assessment 1: Literature Review

This reassessment will further contribute with you being able to advance the final

research project for your course.

An improved version of the submitted work can be submitted as part of the Final research project/dissertation.

Word limit: 2000 words (+/- 10%)

Task: A review of the literature in a research project should be more than a list of ‘what I have read’ . Rather, a literature review should tell a story and provide a context for the research you are going to conduct. What this means is that you need to present an account of existing research which is relevant to your project. This includes presenting what is known about a particular topic/area, what is not known and what we need to know. Understood in this way, a literature review enables the researcher to present the rationale and need for a new study. You should aim to organise your discussion so that you can communicate your understanding of your research area. This means identifying the key literature, making sure to detail the most important authors which inform research in your area. Once identified, you need to specify how the main studies and authors relate to each other. This can be done by deciding on an ‘organizing mechanism’ for presenting the literature.  This may be chronological, thematic, by perspective or by topic. In completing the literature review you will be aiming to synthesis the research in your area so that you can contextualize your proposed project and alert the reader to the intellectual background within which your study is located.

  Assessment 2: Research Proposal 40%

This reassessment will further contribute with you being able to advance the final research project for your course.

Word limit: 1000 words (+/- 10%)

Task: This piece will provide an account of what your research project is about and how you intend to complete it. This piece cannot be used to form a direct component of your project and it cannot be a re-edit of the failed proposal, but it can be a significantly revised version of a failed early attempt at this assessment.

This Reassessment piece should highlight the salient points of the project, and therefore must include the following components:

(a)        What is researched, its originality, and why is it interesting;

(b)        Background/context of study and key recent trends;

(c)        The core theory area and two key conceptual papers used to guide the research;

(d)        Research design and justification;

(e)        What can be inferred/concluded from the study.

The submission must be written in the third person, present tense, as it reflects what is being/will be completed in the project.

Referencing must be in Harvard style.