Year
2016
Units
18
Contact
1 x 13-week supervised study per semester
Prerequisites
1 Admission into HBCOM-Bachelor of Commerce (Honours)
1a Admission into HBBUS-Bachelor of Business (Honours)
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a))
1a Admission into HBBUS-Bachelor of Business (Honours)
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a))
Enrolment not permitted
BUSN7000 has been successfully completed
Topic description
Students will design and carry out an independent empirical investigation and report their findings, leading to a thesis of approximately 18,000 words in length, under the supervision of a member of the academic staff in the Flinders Business School. The thesis must provide evidence of the student's abilities in researching and evaluating information; constructing, testing and defending an argument and critically examining the dominant literature and theories in their area of enquiry.
Educational aims
The Honours thesis aims to:
- Provide an opportunity for students to develop an understanding of research and the skills necessary to conduct a study in an area of the student's interest, with the assistance of a supervisor
- Provide the chance to enhance research skills by working in an intensive way and reading widely on a particular issue
- Enable a student to show originality in the writing of an extended piece of argument which is supported by a range of evidence
- Adequately prepare the student for postgraduate work
Expected learning outcomes
On successful completion of this topic students will be able to:
- Define an appropriate research problem and relate it to the relevant theoretical literature
- Design an appropriate research methodology to address a selected problem
- Collect, and/or analyse and interpret data relating to the selected research problem
- Communicate research results clearly and concisely according to scholarly practice
Key dates and timetable
Timetable details for 2016 are no longer published.
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