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Project Management Research 1
Postgraduate | CUR-PRM610 | 2019
Course information for 2019 intake
Set up a well-thought-out research question that digs into the field of project management. Trawl databases and dig through research literature. Unpack the ethical issues that can arise when developing your research design approach.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
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Project Management Research 1
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- create a well-defined and justified research question related to a project
- synthesise and critically evaluate the literature as a foundation for a project
- create an appropriate research and study design based on ethical principles.
- Introduction to unit, materials Work plan, dates, and practicalities Overview of research process Research strategies & approaches
- Searching Electronic Data Bases
- Reviewing the Literature and Writing the Literature Review
- Using EndNote bibliography software
- Research Design and Selecting a Study Design
- Constructing an Instrument for Data Collection
- Sampling
- Collecting Data
- Processing and Displaying data
- Ethics
- Working on Assignments
- Feedback, Preparing for PMR2
Preparation for individual project to be completed in Project Management Research 2. Students are introduced to the concepts, methods, tools and techniques of research and investigation. Production of research problem, research design and methodology and literature review.
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- Report (Research Proposal) (20%)
- Literature Review (70%)
- Report (Project Design) (10%)
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Entry requirements
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Additional requirements
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Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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