This module is focused on:

Practices of literature review

Understanding application of research in social science and business management contexts

Skills for developing critique of literature

Evaluating theoretical frameworks and scoping research boundaries

Developing conceptualisation of research context

Produce a written assignment that will demonstrate your systematic and exploratory, skills in finding, understanding and contextualising practice-based research



This assessment will address Learning Outcomes 1-3

You are expected to engage in independent study. This will take the form of undertaking follow-up tasks, reflecting on own practice, reading relevant literature, and engaging with online materials through the universities virtual learning environment (VLE), Blackboard. You will be expected to keep up to date with current business and management practices through various websites and academic journals.

1. Demonstrate an exploratory and systematic understanding and acquisition of new knowledge, contemporary management research and published work which afford insights concerning policy and practice related to the participant’s current field of professional practice.

Knowledge & Understanding

Enquiry

2. Undertake review and synthesis of literature relevant to the participant’s current field of professional practice.

Learning

3. Develop methods for systematically searching different sources of information to support practice-based research.

Analysis

Module Handbook

Blackboard Resources

Directed Texts

Petticrew, M. & Roberts, H. (2006). Systematic Reviews in the Social Sciences, Blackwell Publishing



Gough, D., Oliver, S. & Thomas, J. (2017). An Introduction to Systematic Reviews, Sage Publications



Boland, A., Cherry, G. & Dickson, R. (2017). Doing a Systematic Review: A Student’s Guide, Sage Publications



Cooper, H. (2016).¿Research synthesis and meta-analysis: A step-by-step approach, 5th Edition, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage

At the end of this module you will have the ability to review existing literature, establish an understanding towards creating boundaries for coverage of knowledge and practice by critically analysing relevant theoretical frameworks and studies in relation to their research scope. It will support concrete development of theoretical conceptualisation in relation to your identified research area.