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RESEARCH QUESTIONS, LITERATURE REVIEWS AND THEORY BUILDING IN BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT RESEARCH

Module code: MN805
Credits: 5
Semester: Year-Long
Department: BUSINESS
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	Overview
	Finding good research questions, positioning them in existing literature, developing a theoretical framework and clarifying your contribution to the field are basic building blocks of doing a PhD. Irrespective of the topic on which your PhD project is focused, you will have to address these issues. At the same time, these are quite challenging tasks, and it is often around these areas where PhD examiners or journal reviewers often question our research work. This module aims to provide students with insights into how to engage with these tasks and ultimately to develop their skills as future researchers, the skills that can be transferable between different research projects in the future.

Overview

Finding good research questions, positioning them in existing literature, developing a theoretical framework and clarifying your contribution to the field are basic building blocks of doing a PhD. Irrespective of the topic on which your PhD project is focused, you will have to address these issues. At the same time, these are quite challenging tasks, and it is often around these areas where PhD examiners or journal reviewers often question our research work.

This module aims to provide students with insights into how to engage with these tasks and ultimately to develop their skills as future researchers, the skills that can be transferable between different research projects in the future.

	Learning Outcomes
	On successful completion of the module, students should be able to: Identify a meaningful research problem that is grounded both in theory and in reality; Conduct a literature review in order to position a research problem in the literature; Develop a well-argued theoretical framework and identify potential contribution; and Provide constructive feedback to peers and learn from receiving peer feedback.

Learning Outcomes

Teaching & Learning methods

Assessment

	Autumn Supplementals/Resits
	Are supplemental/resit registrations permitted? No

	Pre-Requisites
	Registration as a student on the structured doctoral programme in the School of Business.

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