The dissertation provides students with the opportunity to undertake an extended and substantial piece of research. It allows students to synthesise their academic knowledge acquired from the taught MBA modules and to produce an evaluative and critical discussion of strategic issues relevant to their work-place or the organisationally centred topic under study. The dissertation follows the completion of the research methods module completion of which is a prerequisite for commencement of the dissertation. Following receipt of feedback from the second research methods assignment, you will improve the initial three chapters and in con junction with your supervisor’s guidance, you will then undertake the data gathering fieldwork, evaluate and synthesise the findings and present them clearly. You will also present a set of conclusions drawn from the findings, together with recommendations and a suggested implementation plan to introduce measures identified in the fieldwork to improve organisational performance. Executive MBA students will also produce a reflective auto-critique of the concepts/methods deployed, the role of the learning set, constraints in the workplace and an outline of the management skills they have developed.
- Teacher: Iain Stalker