50,000 word thesis and viva voce examination

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Module handbook with bibliographical guidance. Blackboard, VLE platforms. Library electronic access with guidance and bibliographical search guidance.

Student directed learning and research thesis supervisions.

The thesis enable students to demonstrate, via a substantial piece of written research, considered of doctoral quality, that they can make an original contribution to a relevant field of business, management, organisational and/or professional knowledge and practice. They should aim to:
- Identify a topic worthy of high level research
- Select and justify appropriate methods of investigation
- Carry out the research
- Analyse findings, interpreting and appraising them against a wider context of relevant scholarship
- Demonstrate the ability to critically reflect on the contribution/s made
- Demonstrate ability to write to doctoral standards

Candidates must have relevant prior learning and professional experience.