BMPM5005 Dissertation Assignment 2 Brief | DMU

BMPM5005 Assessment Information – What you need to do

This assignment is an individual dissertation. 
 
This assignment requires you to produce a dissertation. This final 60-credit module is the bridge between a Postgraduate Diploma and an MSc. Therefore, the dissertation is a significant component of the MSc degree. It has two parts: understanding and investigating a topic, and producing a coherent piece of text that describes the results of the investigation. During your period of study, you will require and learn skills and apply them, including time management and networking with other people, along with the ability to express your ideas in the form of a coherent written text (the dissertation). 

The aims of the dissertation are to: 

• Develop your ability to work independently on a task that requires a wide range of analytical and self-organising skills that will be evident in the Dissertation
• allow you to deepen your knowledge of business within an international context, by investigating a topic in some depth and presenting it in the dissertation
• Enable you to utilise and integrate your learning from your programme of study by applying aspects of your learning to a particular topic of investigation.

Dissertation requirements and guidance are available on the Learning Zone site for the module.

Criteria for Assessment - How you will be marked

 Further information on University mark descriptors can be found here. 

A Dissertation rubric is available in the assessment section of the module Learning Zone site.

This assignment is designed to assess the following learning outcomes: 

Students will be able to 

1. Initiate, plan and design a realistic and manageable investigation into an academic area related to their programme of study. 

2. Conduct an advanced and rigorous academic study, critically evaluating its theoretical underpinning and offer insight into a chosen related area of the programme of study 

3. Formulate and evaluate a research strategy that allows a chosen topic to be investigated rigorously and reliably 

4. Analyse, synthesise and critically evaluate findings appropriate to the study undertaken. 

5. Manage and produce a written and well-presented document that includes all the elements required for an MSc. Dissertation (Detailed requirements available in Learning Zone assessment section on module site.

BMPM5005 How to Submit Your Assessment

The assessment must be submitted by noon (GMT/BST) on 20/9/24. No paper copies are required. You can access the submission link through the module website.

Your coursework will be given a zero mark if you do not submit a copy through Turnitin. Please take care to ensure that you have fully submitted your work. 

Please ensure that you have submitted your work using the correct file format; unreadable files will receive a mark of zero. The Faculty accepts Microsoft Office and PDF documents, unless otherwise advised by the module leader.

All work submitted after the submission deadline without a valid and approved reason will be subject to the University regulations on late submissions.

• If an assessment is submitted up to 24 hours late, the mark for the work will be capped at the pass mark of 40 per cent for undergraduate modules or 50 per cent for postgraduate modules
• If an assessment is submitted beyond 24 hours late, the work will receive a mark of zero per cent
• The above applies to a student’s first attempt at the assessment. If work submitted as a reassessment of a previously failed assessment task is submitted later than the deadline, the work will immediately be given a mark of zero per cent
• If an assessment, which is marked as pass/fail rather than given a percentage mark, is submitted later than the deadline, the work will immediately be marked as a fail

The University wants you to do your best. However, we know that sometimes events happen which mean that you can’t submit your coursework by the deadline – these events should be beyond your control and not easy to predict.  If this happens, you can apply for an extension to your deadline for up to five working days, or if you need longer, you can apply for a deferral, which takes you to the next assessment period (for example, to the re-sit period following the main Assessment Boards). You must apply before the deadline for your assessment. You will find information about applying for extensions and deferrals here.

Students MUST keep a copy and/or an electronic file of their assignment.

Checks will be made on your work using anti-plagiarism software and approved plagiarism checking websites.

Return of Marked Work

You can expect to have feedback returned to you on 11/10/24 (15 working days). If for any reason there is a delay, you will be kept informed. Marks and feedback will be provided online via a Turnitin rubric and qualitative written feedback. It is important that you access the feedback you receive, as this will help to make improvements to your later work. You can request a meeting with your Module Leader or Personal Tutor to discuss your feedback in more detail. 

Marks will have been internally moderated only, and will therefore be provisional; your mark will be formally agreed later in the year once the external examiner has completed their review. More information on assessment and feedback can be found here.

BMPM5005 Academic Integrity

In submitting a piece of work for assessment, you must understand the University's requirements for maintaining academic integrity and ensure that the work does not contravene University regulations. Some examples of behaviour that would not be considered acceptable include plagiarism, re-use of previously assessed work, collusion with others and purchasing your assignment from a third party. For more information on academic offences, bad academic practice, and academic penalties, please read chapter four of our academic regulations.

BMPM5005 Academic Support and Your Well-being

Referencing is the process of acknowledging other people’s work when you have used it in your assignment or research. It allows the reader to locate your source material as quickly and easily as possible so that they can read these sources themselves and verify the validity of your arguments. Referencing provides the link between what you write and the evidence on which it is based.

You identify the sources that you have used by citing them in the text of your assignment (called citations or in-text citations) and referencing them at the end of your assignment (called the reference list or end-text citations). The reference list only includes the sources cited in your text. The main referencing guide can be found here and includes information on the basics of referencing and achieving good academic practice. It also has tabs for the specific referencing styles depending on whether you require Harvard style used in business or OSCOLA style used by the Law school.

The University has a wealth of support services available to students; further information can be obtained from Student Gateway, the Student Advice Centre, Library and Learning Services and, most importantly, your Personal Tutor. If you are struggling with your assessments and/or deadlines please do seek help as soon as possible so that appropriate support and guidance can be identified and put in place for you. More information can be found on the Healthy DMU pages.