Management Development Centre International and Liverpool Business School - LJMU

Forward Programme

Stage 1: Planning Module

  • 3 x 4 day workshops
  • Covering
    • Philosophy
    • Principles and Practice of Research
    • Action Learning
    • Reflective Practice
    • Subject Specialism
    • Thesis Proposal Presentation
  • 5-8,000 word report, to include:
    • Rationale
    • Activities for Stage 2
    • Outline Plan
    • Research Strategy
    • Methodology
    • Draft Literature Review
    • Reflections upon Learning

Stage 2 Investigative Module

  • 5 x 4 day workshops and 13 Action Learning Sets
  • Individual supervision
  • Output: 1 substantive thesis or report producing:
    • Conceptual model of leading edge practice
    • Research methodology and methods
    • 40-70,000 words

Stage 3 Reflective Module

  • 2 x 4 day workshops
  • Write up research
  • Progress workshop
  • Peer group defence
  • Oral defence