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Level 6 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Project Selection and Initial Scoping

AB605 · Business Research Project — Week 1 of 16

CourseAB605
Week1 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Project Selection and Initial Scoping

  1. Business problem identification
  2. Feasibility and viability analysis
  3. Stakeholder alignment
  4. Drafting project outlines and specifications
  5. The Research Process
  6. Research Proposal
  7. Project Setup

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Assess the factors that contribute to the process of research project selection.
  • 1.2 Formulate and record possible research project outlines and specifications.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: assess the factors that contribute to the process of research project selection.

Study materials

Videos

  • The Research Process · YouTube · Galton College · 39 min · for registered students
  • Research Proposal · YouTube · Galton College · 27 min · for registered students
  • Project Setup · YouTube · Galton College · 10 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Principles of Sociological Inquiry, ch. 4: Beginning a Research Project · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 37–50 · for registered students
  • Entrepreneurship, ch. 11: Business Model and Plan · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 405–452 · for registered students
  • Business Ethics, ch. 3: Defining and Prioritizing Stakeholders · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 69–92 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Project Selection and Initial Scoping
  • Week 2: Research Design and Resource Planning
  • Week 3: Critical Literature Review
  • Week 4: Methodological Frameworks
  • Week 5: Data Collection Strategies and Research Proposal
  • Week 6: Conducting Fieldwork and Investigation
  • Week 7: Data Organization and Presentation
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Data Analysis and Interpretation
  • Week 10: Validity Evaluation and Strategic Recommendations
  • Week 11: Dissemination and Professional Presentation
  • Week 12: Applying Business Research Project in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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