University Dissertation Handbook, Project Briefs & Academic Instructions

BMAP5005: The dissertation module allows you to design and undertake a piece of academic research. In doing so, you have the opportunity to develop and demonstrate advanced scholarship skills.

BUSN11142 This module helps students to manage both their professional management and research skills through a Continuing Professional Development approach.

Writing a Master’s dissertation (BE988) or a Practice/Problem-Oriented Business Report (BE972) (this will be later referred to as ‘business report’) is an important and necessary part of your studies on the PG programme.

The dissertation will form a significant piece of written work (6,000 – 8,000). The dissertation should be based on the research carried out for this specific project by the student and be based upon the student’s own findings.

Use the framework provided in this assignment brief to produce a systematic literature review with a fixed word limit of 8000 words. This review will be based on a research question and systematic searching strategy which you will develop. You will need between 6 and 10 articles to critique, so please complete a brief literature search before starting your dissertation to ensure that there are enough suitable research articles available.