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EDED20438 Research Project A

Course details

This is the culminating unit in the Professional Doctorate. Students individually or in a team will EITHER provide worthwhile and justifiable solutions to a substantial industry-based problem identified by the candidate(s) and their mentors OR in association with mentors conduct a worthwhile and justifiable survey of a substantial industry-based problem. The candidate must demonstrate skills in: Identifying a 'substantial' industry-based problem; Developing an understanding of such an industry- based problem; Investigating the industry-based problem; Creating and sustaining a network appropriate for these processes; Focusing appropriate and timely resources on developing innovative solutions to the industry- based problem; Reporting in an appropriate manner the project and its outcomes to a relevant audience; Application of appropriate problem-solving and research techniques; Purposes and outcomes in industry-based Projects; Managers as researchers and managing problem- based Projects; Writing and other forms of communication; Approaches to understanding and studying organisations and their projects; Readings in problem-solving and investigation.


Course at a glance
Career: Postgraduate
Credit points: 24
Requisites: This course has no pre/co-requisites
Student Contribution Band: 7
EFTSL: 0.50000
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