Course overview
The content is aimed at providing participants with skills in research such that they are able to conduct research at a level that they may enter PhD studies. The content covered includes some basic tuition on the structure of research methodology, and information about the knowledge and skills required to develop a research proposal based on extending current knowledge, testing it (probably quantitatively), drawing conclusions and commenting on these conclusions. The alternate path is to produce a capstone study which is a critical evaluation of and reflection on a student's Masters studies. The capstone study must build on a number of courses in the program. The study must either aim to draw conclusions from the examination of a number of courses or relate these to career choices and competencies required.
Course learning outcomes
- The overall objective of this course is to introduce students to research project activities
- Research topics must be negotiated with the lecturer in charge
- research a topic of interest in the project management,identify, select and critically analyse relevant information for your report,synthesise the key points/findings and communicate them in a clear, concise and professional report,identify the benefits of continuing personal and professional development in the rapidly developing and increasingly complex field of project management research,identify ethical, social and cultural issues and an understanding of the implication of these issues in the pursuit of project management research