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).

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

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.

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

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.

1. TO COMPETENTLY AND SYSTEMATICALLY DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING, AND CRITICAL APPRAISAL, OF APPROPRIATE METHODOLOGIES AND TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO A PARTICULAR FOCUS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH. THIS MODULE'S DISSERTATION AND RESEARCH FOCUS MUST DEMONSTRABLY BE SITUATED WITHIN THAT OF THE MBA AWARD STRUCTURE AND ACCORDINGLY DEMONSTRATE AN ELECTED THEMATIC CORE OF A BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PERSPECTIVE (Knowledge & Understanding, Learning)
2. TO DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING IN A CHOSEN AREA OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH. (Application, Enquiry, Integration, Knowledge & Understanding, Reflection)
3. TO INVESTIGATE AND EVALUATE POTENTIAL SUITABLE RESEARCH DESIGNS AND ELECT AND JUSTIFY AN APPROPRIATE RESEARCH STRUCTURE (Analysis, Learning, Problem Solving)
4. TO DEMONSTRATE APPROPRIATE DATA GATHERING, ANALYSIS, SYNTHESIS AND CRITICAL REVIEW OF FINDINGS. (Analysis, Enquiry, Reflection)
5. TO PRODUCE AN ORGANISED AND LOGICALLY PLANNED AND EXECUTED RESEARCH DISSERTATION WITHIN THE FIELD OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (Communication)