Risk Management Dissertation
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| BUSI4019 | Business | 4 | 60 | Summer UK |
- Code
- BUSI4019
- School
- Business
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 60
- Semesters
- Summer UK
Summary
Target Students
Students registered for MSc in Risk Management.
Classes
Contact hours for this module comprise a mix of face-to-face meetings, group workshops, mentoring and study clinics, video/telephone calls, email conversations, and peer-to-peer feedback sessions. The onus is on the student to engage with all contact time offered in alignment with the requirements of their studies. Students must remain in communication with the supervisory team throughout their dissertation studies.
Assessment
- 100% Dissertation: 12,000-15,000 wordsReassessment of this module will be 100% dissertation
Assessed by end of autumn semester
Educational Aims
To develop ability to undertake independent research in the area of risk management either in the context of further academic research or consultancy. To carry out independent research of either qualitative or quantitative nature. To identify theoretical issues underlying contemporary debates.Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and understanding
This module develops a knowledge and understanding of:
•Identify risks that actors/agents face, determining their impact on organisational outcomes and identifying mechanisms for managing risk.
Intellectual skills
This module develops:
•Being able to think critically and be creative: manage the creative processes in self and others; organise thoughts, analyse, synthesise and critically appraise. This includes the capability to identify assumptions, evaluate statements in terms of evidence, detect false logic or reasoning, identify implicit values, define terms adequately and generalise appropriately
•Being able to solve complex problems and make decisions: establish criteria, using appropriate decision-making techniques including identifying, formulating and solving business problems; and the ability to create, identify and evaluate options; the ability to implement and review decisions
•Using information and knowledge effectively in order to abstract meaning from information and to share knowledge, including the use of quantitative skills
Transferable (key) skills
This module develops:
•Effective communication: networking, listening, oral and written communication of complex ideas and arguments, using a range of media, including the preparation of business reports
•The ability to analyse quantitative and/or qualitative data and make inference