AHMES09: Negotiated Learning $£ LOB

Module code: AHMES09

Module provider: Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour; Henley Business School

Credits: 40

Level: Postgraduate Masters

When you'll be taught: Full year

Module convenor: Dr Can Ererdi, email: c.ererdi@henley.ac.uk

Pre-requisite module(s):

Co-requisite module(s):

Pre-requisite or Co-requisite module(s):

Module(s) excluded:

Placement information: na

Academic year: 2024/5

Available to visiting students: No

Talis reading list:

Last updated: 28 May 2024

Overview

Module aims and purpose

ONLY AVAILABLE ON THE AHEP PROGRAMME

To provide students with an opportunity to undertake either a dissertation or a work-based research project enabling them to analyse critically and in depth a specific topic, chosen by students, within the realm of their studies on Leadership Organisations and Behaviour; to display the ability to carry out primary and secondary research.

The aims of the dissertation or work-based project are to:
 

Develop students’ capacity for independent research, engagement with core literature, self-reflection and critical analysis. 

Deepen their knowledge of a specialised topic within their programme of study. 

Understand how to collect primary or secondary data and to critically analyse these. 

Interpret, evaluate, discuss and conclude the findings consistently with the literature or problem selected.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module it is expected that the student will be able to:

Formulate a relevant, coherent and clearly defined research project. 

Drawing on their knowledge of research methods appropriate to projects in Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour to analyse complex issues in a critical fashion. 

Generating sources of information and ideas. 

Collecting appropriate data. 

Providing a systematic and carefully structured analysis of the information collected.

Interpreting, discussing and drawing relevant conclusions from the analysis and relating these to the existing literature.

Students will develop the ability to research on their own initiative and learn to organise their work on a longer-term project within a tight schedule. The research project will also offer the ability to demonstrate originality in the chosen research sphere.

Module content

A supervised, though largely independent problem-based research project of 10,000-12,000 words on a leadership or organisational behaviour-themed subject, preferably arising out of the student’s programme of study or their professional role. In normal circumstances, the Negotiated Learning project will be completed over a period of circa 18 months from first contact with an allocated supervisor to the delivery of the finished project. Depending on the project progress and subject to supervisor’s consent, the students may submit their dissertation or work-based project earlier than 18 months.

Structure

Teaching and learning methods

This is an independent research project. Student support will vary based on the needs of the individual, but the following is indicative of what a student might expect in the supervision process:

Assess and give feedback on the student’s proposed research question.

Review a plan/skeleton and then the larger of one 1,000-word or 10% section of the overall project length. 

Engage in regular virtual meeting (e.g., Teams) at 3-4 monthly intervals across the piece. 

Respond to email queries within reason; with a guideline response within 72 hours during a Monday-Friday working week. 

Assessing the work as first marker.

Students will also have access to moderated chat rooms for peer-to-peer interaction and or posing and receiving general feedback from peers and moderators.

Study hours

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MODULE DESCRIPTION DOES NOT FORM ANY PART OF A STUDENT'S CONTRACT.