MMM187: International Business Project

Module code: MMM187

Module provider: International Business and Strategy; Henley Business School

Credits: 20

Level: Postgraduate Masters

When you'll be taught: Summer (vacation) semester

Module convenor: Professor Peter Scott, email: p.m.scott@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: Yes

Last updated: 28 May 2024

Overview

Module aims and purpose

This project module serves as a capstone module for the Master’s in Management programme. Students will have an opportunity to draw on knowledge and experience gained across the programme (i.e., nine months of classroom learning) and apply them to a contemporary business or management problem or issue. Projects can be developed in conjunction with specific organizations (upon availability) or can be student-led (i.e., students can choose a topic related to their chosen streams of specialisation.

Aims:
The objective of this module is to provide students with an opportunity to define and execute an independent piece of research in business and management on an approved topic of their choice in the real world context (either in collaboration with an organisation/company, or through individual independent research). Students will also have an opportunity to cultivate critical thinking and develop their research, presentation, and writing skills by conducting a critical review of the literature and undertaking an original piece of research with help of real life data/context. Students will have face-to-face interaction with an academic supervisors that will provide personalized feedback throughout every stage of their research/project. This provides students with an opportunity to define and execute an independent piece of research in business and management on an approved topic of their choice, possibly in collaboration with an organisation/company. 

Module learning outcomes

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

1. Design, explain and justify the research approach adopted in response to a specific applied business problem or challenge
2. Identify, summarise and critically appraise relevant literature (where appropriate); identify, analyse, and evaluate collected data (where appropriate) or other available sources of information and data (e.g. available from business, or desk, research)
3. Identify, analyse, and evaluate collected data (where appropriate) or other available sources of information and data (e.g. available from business, or desk, research)
4. Produce a research report, involving applying research methods to answer a clearly-defined question.

Additional outcomes:
Students will learn about contemporary business/management problems/issues from a variety of perspectives in the real world context. Thus, they will be required to think outside of any one discipline or narrow area of specialization. The self-directed nature of study for this module will develop the student’s ability to work on their own initiative and learn to independently organise their work on a longer-term project within a tight schedule. Student will have a chance to develop generic skills for future employment and professional development such as critical thinking and analytical skills, commercial awareness, and communication skills required for international working. 

Module content

Three two-hour lectures. The rest of the teaching hours will be spent in one-on-one instruction with an assigned supervisor — students will have supervisory meetings either in person or via online.

Global context:
Students will discuss contemporary international/global business and management issues from a variety of perspectives in the real world context. 

Structure

Teaching and learning methods

Eight hours of Lectures; personal supervision from an allocated supervisor.

Study hours

At least 8 hours of scheduled teaching and learning activities will be delivered in person, with the remaining hours for scheduled and self-scheduled teaching and learning activities delivered either in person or online. You will receive further details about how these hours will be delivered before the start of the module.

Please note the independent study hours above are notional numbers of hours; each student will approach studying in different ways. We would advise you to reflect on your learning and the number of hours you are allocating to these tasks.

Semester 1 The hours in this column may include hours during the Christmas holiday period.

Semester 2 The hours in this column may include hours during the Easter holiday period.

Summer The hours in this column will take place during the summer holidays and may be at the start and/or end of the module.

Assessment

Requirements for a pass

Students need to achieve an overall module mark of 50% to pass this module.

Summative assessment

Penalties for late submission of summative assessment

The Support Centres will apply the following penalties for work submitted late:

Assessments with numerical marks

• where the piece of work is submitted after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark for each working day (or part thereof) following the deadline up to a total of three working days;
• the mark awarded due to the imposition of the penalty shall not fall below the threshold pass mark, namely 40% in the case of modules at Levels 4-6 (i.e. undergraduate modules for Parts 1-3) and 50% in the case of Level 7 modules offered as part of an Integrated Masters or taught postgraduate degree programme;
• where the piece of work is awarded a mark below the threshold pass mark prior to any penalty being imposed, and is submitted up to three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline), no penalty shall be imposed;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.

Assessments marked Pass/Fail

• where the piece of work is submitted within three working days of the deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): no penalty will be applied;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): a grade of Fail will be awarded.

The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: https://www.reading.ac.uk/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/qap/penaltiesforlatesubmission.pdf

You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.

Formative assessment

Formative assessment is any task or activity which creates feedback (or feedforward) for you about your learning, but which does not contribute towards your overall module mark.

Reassessment

Additional costs