Component

MA Public Opinion and Political Behaviour
MSc Organisational Change Management options

Final Year, Component 01

BE986-7-FY or BE970-7-PS
BE970-7-PS
Short Term Placement: Research and Work-based Learning
(60 CREDITS)
BE986-7-FY
Applied Project
(60 CREDITS)

For your dissertation, you produce an extended, independent, piece of work based on a live organisational case study. You undertake a thorough review of literature and current knowledge and diagnose a real people management and development issue. The dissertation will demonstrate your ability to synthesise theories, relate them to practice in a critical manner and to make practical recommendations for change. You’re assigned a supervisor for the duration of your project.

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