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Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice

The DBA Project Life Cycle and Research Funding Ecosystem

SMP803 · Project Development, Planning and Management — Week 4 of 16

CourseSMP803
Week4 of 16
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This week’s topics

The DBA Project Life Cycle and Research Funding Ecosystem

  1. Structural phases of doctoral business research
  2. Research councils, industry sponsorship, and institutional grants
  3. Grant proposal design and compliance requirements
  4. DBA milestone progression and formal review gates
  5. 25 Grant Proposal Writing
  6. How to Design a Research Project
  7. Research Proposal

What you will be able to do

  • 2.3 Understand research funding landscape.
  • 2.4 Explain the stages of a DBA project.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: understand research funding landscape.

Study materials

Videos

  • 25 Grant Proposal Writing · YouTube · NPTEL-NOC IITM · 25 min · for registered students
  • How to Design a Research Project · YouTube · Galton College · 11 min · for registered students
  • Research Proposal · YouTube · Galton College · 31 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • MIT OpenCourseWare 15.347 Doctoral Seminar in Research Methods I (Fall 2004) · Reading · MIT OpenCourseWare, course · 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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