An individual research document based on academic research of 15,000 words (plus/minus 1500 words, exclusive of appendices of no more than 10% of the wordage of the document or 10 pages, which is the greater and at no less than 12pt size text except where impracticable).

It is a special condition that to register on this Dissertation module, candidates must have studied, or be studying, the Business Management Research module.

Saunders, M., Lewis, P. and Thornhill, A., 2012, Research Methods for Business Students, London, FT Prentice-Hall.
Other assigned contemporary text deemed appropriate dependent on the focus of the student's dissertation research.

A range of resources, including, University library and IT facilities, the Internet, journals and databases

The module comprises supervision.

The majority of the module is conducted through independent learning and reference to an assigned supervisor, who will convene at mutually agreed intervals. Communication between both parties can be, if agreeable, through face-to-face, e-mail and telephone.

The module facilitates the exploration and critical review of a substantial individual research enquiry within the field of Business Administration. It demonstrates individual knowledge, skills and competency development - offering experience of producing a competent research based piece of work.