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Postgraduate Course: Advanced Research Topics in Management (CMSE11001)

Course Outline
SchoolBusiness School CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaCommon Courses (Management School) Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThe course consists of 10 sessions each devoted to a consideration of the methodology used within a different discipline within the area of Management. The specific disciplines include Business Economics, Finance, Accounting, Management Science, Operations Management, Corporate Strategy, International Business, Marketing, Organisational Behaviour, and Human Resource Management.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Having completed the course a student will have a knowledge of the research methodology specifically of the major disciplines within the subject area of Management and of the strengths and weaknesses of these methodologies. This knowledge will relate to the role of ontolgical assumptions, scientific objectives, methodological preferences, types of data and techniques of data collection and analysis within each discipline. This knowledge will be within the disciplines of Business Economics, Finance, Accounting, Management Science, Operations Management, Corporate Strategy, International Business, Marketing, Organisational Behaviour, and Human Resource Management; have an appreciation of the way management research is embedded in the social sciences and in policy and practice; have the ability to critically evaluate and critically compare different methodological approaches of the disciplines of Management; have the ability to make informed decisions as to the appropriate methodological framework within which to pursue a piece of research within the area of Management.
Assessment Information
One essay of approximately 3000 words.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
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Contacts
Course organiserDr Ingrid Jeacle
Tel: (0131 6)50 8339
Email: Ingrid.Jeacle@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Christine Proudfoot
Tel: (0131 6)50 4317
Email: Christine.Proudfoot@ed.ac.uk
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