Dissertation

 Dissertation

The Dissertation route takes the form of academic style research focused to investigate business and economic problems. Students can choose a topic of interest from the taught modules, their work experience or any other current topic linked to their course. Dissertation route will suit to students who would like to work in their individual capacity (as opposed to consultancy project involving a client and other terms of reference). This route involves investigating a problem by reviewing the current literature to identify the gaps and proposing a set of testable hypothesis. This process involves formulating Null Hypothesis and Alternative Hypothesis and how these are linked to the study aim and objectives. Data gathering, sorting and presenting the basic summary statistics of the data set are important steps at that stage of the thesis. Students are also required to provide clear justification for the chosen quantitative or qualitative methods which are adopted to reach at the various inferences coming out of that data set. The results are then carefully evaluated to see if the findings are in line to the predictions of economic and management theories. In case the results are not in line to the prediction of economic and management theories, students are expected to analysis the reasons behind these results and compare it with the findings of other similar studies in that field. The final stage of the dissertation will discuss the implications of these results and how these results lead to practical recommendations for businesses and other stakeholders.

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The following grading criteria will be used for assessment. The detailed Rubric is available in appendix.

Dissertation Grading Criteria	% Marks	Suggested Contents
RATIONALE, AIM AND OBJECTIVES	10%	The Rationale for the Research problem, Identification of key Stake holders, Aim and Objectives, Resource requirements
LITERATURE REVIEW	25%	A detailed Literature Review, Identification of the gaps in existing literature
RESEARCH METHODS	20%	Identification of Null and Alternative Hypothesis, Discussion of the available Research Methods, Justification of the chosen Methodology for data analysis.
DATA ANALYSIS, AND CRITICAL DISCUSSION	40%	Presentation and Analysis of Results, Critical Evaluation of the key findings and its implications to stake holders
CONCLUSION	5%	Recommendations and Conclusions