Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement

This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement

1. Drafting against the criteria
2. Tutor and peer feedback
3. Improving the final submission
4. Using GenAI to draft a research methods section or chapter

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Critically evaluate philosophical approaches to research in a management context.
• 1.2 Critically review research in the field of tourism and hospitality management from a range of research paradigms.
• 2.1 Evaluate the role of research in the management and growth of tourism and hospitality organisations.
• 2.2 Critically review the development of academic research in the area of tourism and hospitality management.
• 2.3 Critically assess methodological approaches to researching management problems in the tourism and hospitality industry.
• 3.1 Apply a chosen research paradigm to the design of a research project.
• 3.2 Review appropriate methods for carrying out research into a tourism or hospitality management problem.
• 3.3 Develop a project plan to carry out research.
• 4.1 Analyse data collected for research using an appropriate methodology.
• 4.2 Present qualitative or quantitative data for an academic audience.
• 4.3 Draw conclusions from data collected against the research parameters.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Draft the assignment, get feedback and improve it before submission.

Study materials

Videos

• Using GenAI to draft a research methods section or chapter · YouTube · Mark Saunders on Research Methods · 13 min · for registered students

Further resources

• Writing Guide, 3.5: Peer review and using feedback · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 92–94 · for registered students
• Supporting learners' agentic engagement with feedback: a systematic review · PDF · Reading, article · for registered students