Undergraduate, Postgraduate - UnitMKX4900 - Independent research project

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24 points, SCA Band 3, 0.500 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Marketing
Offered	Caulfield Full year 2014 (Day) Clayton Full year 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Mauricio Palmeira

Synopsis

A major research project applying the procedures and techniques learned in MKF4030. Students prepare and write a report in such a way to pave the way for a higher academic degree in marketing or management or a career in business.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

identify a marketing or business issue in the research literature which has either not been adequately researched previously or which requires replication
critically review relevant academic and business research which relates to this issue
develop a model or conceptualisation of the proposed research and an appreciation of the relevance of such studies to the business community
develop a set of hypotheses to be tested, propose research into these hypotheses, by means of a specific research proposal
conduct, analyse and report findings of the research so that all main issues are identified, limitations of the research are identified and the research findings are linked back to earlier studies in the literature.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Mauricio Palmeira

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 576 hours per semester

Prerequisites

Students must be enrolled in course 0508 to undertake this unit