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Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice

Typologies of Research Projects versus Organisational Initiatives

SMP803 · Project Development, Planning and Management — Week 3 of 16

CourseSMP803
Week3 of 16
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This week’s topics

Typologies of Research Projects versus Organisational Initiatives

  1. Fundamental versus applied professional research
  2. Distinctions between corporate deliverables and empirical research
  3. Managing ambiguity and epistemic uncertainty
  4. Role of the scholar-practitioner
  5. The difference between research, quality improvement, service evaluation and audit in healthcare
  6. Achieving synergy between designing and reporting quality improvement projects

What you will be able to do

  • 2.1 Understand the various types of research projects.
  • 2.2 Explain the differences between organisational projects and research projects.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: understand the various types of research projects.

Study materials

Videos

  • The difference between research, quality improvement, service evaluation and audit in healthcare · YouTube · Carol Forde-Johnston · 12 min · for registered students
  • Achieving synergy between designing and reporting quality improvement projects · YouTube · The Health Foundation · 61 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Educational Psychology (Seifert & Sutton), Appendix C: The reflective practitioner · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 351–376 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Strategic Role of Projects in Modern Organisations
  • Week 2: Project Management Methodologies and Governance
  • Week 3: Typologies of Research Projects versus Organisational Initi…
  • Week 4: The DBA Project Life Cycle and Research Funding Ecosystem
  • Week 5: Doctoral Research Risk Identification and Mitigation
  • Week 6: Research Work Breakdown Structure and Activity Scheduling
  • Week 7: Resource Planning and Financial Budgeting for Research Proj…
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Critical Path Method and Research Schedule Optimisation
  • Week 10: Project Life Cycle Analysis and Doctoral Research Bottlenec…
  • Week 11: Project Best Practices and Strategic Frameworks for DBA Del…
  • Week 12: Applying Project Development, Planning and Management in pr…
  • 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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