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Research School of Management · ANU College of Business and Economics
This course is suitable for Advanced Master-level students wishing to write a thesis in the areas of management, marketing, international business, business information systems, or other relevant business studies discipline. Students in the course discuss their research interests with a potential supervisor, who assists them in identifying a suitable research topic equivalent to 24 units of coursework. With their supervisor's agreement, each student then completes an individual thesis on the agreed topic with a length of 4,000-5,000 words per 6 units of study (i.e. 24 unit course thesis is 20,000 to 25,000 words).
The thesis will be completed in stages (e.g. proposal, literature review, thesis, and oral presentation) that may be marked separately or as a single final thesis (to be confirmed with your supervisor and course convener). The resulting thesis will be examined by discipline experts in the Research School of Management, or elsewhere as approved by Course Convenor.
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
130 hours of total student learning time per 6 units of study, comprising of independent student research, consultations with an ANU supervisor, reading, writing and presentations. Other Information Important Planning Advice To enrol in this course you must be enrolled in VMGNT - Master of Management (Advanced) and meet the following three requirements: - have approval from an ANU academic to supervise the MMIB8006 research thesis, - have completed MGMT8006, and - have completed MGMT8018 or MGMT8019 or MKTG8060. OR have the permission of the VMGNT - Master of Management (Advanced) Program Convenor. For example, if you are a student in the earlier Master of Marketing Management (Advanced) (VMKMT) with 70% or more in MKTG7060 Applied Market Research and satisfy all other requirements of the VMKMT as published on Programs and Courses. Advanced program students are advised to start their initial discussion with prospective research project supervisors well before the expected start of their MMIB8006 studies and related research methods courses (MGMT8006 / MGMT8018 / MGMT8019 / MKTG8060). For students in non-Advanced programs who wish to complete research projects, please contact the RSM School Office (enquiries.rsm@anu.edu.au) to discuss alternative project coursework options.
Information about the prescribed textbook (if any) will be made available via the Class Summary and in discussion with an ANU supervisor. Preliminary Reading Readings relevant to each student's research project topic will be determined in discussion with an ANU supervisor.