Tesco - Engaging in Critical Business Enquiry

On successful completion of this module you will be able to:

• Understand the role and relevance of business enquiry to student’s academic and professional context, including the student’s own future professional ambitions
• Demonstrate the ability to identify, analyse and evaluate sources of business information, considering their origins, context and content
• Understand the context of business and management research and other sources of business information, and their relative roles in contributing to business knowledge, with respect to their programme of study
• Have started to develop critical thinking skills - constructively critiquing the research of others, identifying strengths and weaknesses in technique, analysis and conclusions.
• Be able to produce different types of written and oral work appropriate to the programme of study and observing the conventions of academic writing
• Further develop and demonstrate skills in note taking, summarising, paraphrasing and referencing

Feedback

You will receive feedback in a range of forms        .

Summative, individual essay/assignment feedback will be provided on a feedback form in the appropriate format. Assignment marks and feedback will be made available by four working weeks after submission (this does not include holiday periods).

Additional Formative Feedback will be provided as follows:

Feedback Format

Weeks 1 to 12: Questions in lectures, workshops and seminars

Weeks 2 to 12: Discussion in lectures, workshops and seminars

Weeks 1 to 12: Via the Blackboard EiCBE forum

Weeks 1 to 12: Written and oral feedback provided in your feedback portfolio based on weekly activities.

Weeks 1 to 10 Individual meetings with course lecturers, as appropriate or you individual tutors which can be booked by email.

How is the module assessed?

There are two formal assessments that make up this module:

Coursework: (worth 70% of the module)

50% portfolio      SUBMITTED IN WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS

50% structured literature review DUE 2PM 7th APRIL 2016 - ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION

Examination: (worth 30% of the module)

50% poster presentation viva (taking place in the last workshop in week 39): Details are provided in your workshop book.

50% statistical online test – DEADLINES POSTED ON BLACKBOARD

Your portfolio activities must be submitted to your tutor for review during each week in your workshops.

EXAMINATION PART 1 - Poster presentation

50% of examination, 15% of module

 You will be assessed on the basis of your knowledge of undertaking a basic research project. You will be required to complete in groups a 12 week research project on the topic of your choice, but falling into one of the key themes presented in this module.

You will complete and present an academic research poster sized A2. You will receive an examination known as a viva voce, an oral defence of your research – this will take place in class in the final week’s workshop.

N.B. In order to present them at the degree conference, all posters must be submitted to module staff by the morning of 20th April at the very latest (the venue for submission will be advised during workshops). This is the date of your conference.  In order to present your poster for assessment it must be brought to the final workshop of term (week beginning 18th April).

• You will be asked a series of questions based on your poster and on your learning across the year.
• You will be asked to provide peer to peer feedback on each of the presentations.
• The criteria will be made explicit prior to the session but are presented below.

The following criteria will be applied to your research projects, marks are individual but work presented as a group.