BUSI4T415: Team Research Project

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• To facilitate students understanding of how to manage and implement research projects.
• To develop students doctoral-level research skills in relation to developing innovative, rigorous, and relevant research questions.
• To develop students critical understanding of choices during the research process and their implementation.
• To develop students' teamwork and collaborative research skills.
• To facilitate doctoral student community building.

• During this module, students will form teams to develop and implement a joint research project.
• The students will pursue this research project throughout their first year of study (across all three terms), culminating in a project report for subsequent submission to an academic conference, academic journal or open science repository.

Subject-specific Knowledge:

• Critical understanding of the research process and decision-making during this process.
• Critical understanding of ethical implications and challenges during the research process.
• Critical understanding of open science practice.

Subject-specific Skills:

• Ability to develop innovative, rigorous, and relevant research questions.
• Ability to evaluate strengths and opportunities of different research designs.
• Ability to implement research ideas by applying appropriate research designs.
• Ability to communicate academic concepts, verbally and in writing.

Key Skills:

• Advanced academic reading and writing.
• Formulating and communicating doctoral-level research questions.
• Critically evaluating and developing valid research designs.
• Self-management and time management.
• Managing collaborative projects.

• The module will focus on guided work and coaching in small groups (research teams), complemented by workshops (both online and classroom) and peer feedback/coaching approaches.
• The summative assessment consists of a group presentation of final project and a written group project report for conference, journal or registered report submission (group); including research question, theoretical framework, methods, results, discussion and conclusion.
• The assessments are designed for students to learn from each other, strengthen the building of a doctoral community, and develop their teamwork skills for collaborative research.
• The summative assessment of the module is designed to facilitate students understanding of the full research process, from idea development to data collection, and analysis to write-up and submission.
• Comprehensive reading and self-study materials will be provided online.

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