MBA Research Project [MGTM05] class [topup62], Jan 2025-June 2025

 MBA Research Project [MGTM05] class [topup62], Jan 2025-June 2025

Synopsis form: 17 April 2025 Proposal: 5 June 2025 Dissertation only; dissertation with 4 modules: Dissertation: Oct 3, 2025

HK Teaching Plan: mainly hybrid class

Stream 1

Session	Lecture Date (All online sessions)	Topics
1	Jan 21-2025 (Tue): 19:00-21:30	1) A briefing on the module guide I
		2) review proposal and report samples
		(hybrid) session 1 * HK U thesis portal * the characteristics of dissertation reports: a note. * Additional advice on dissertation projects. * Dissertation table of contents template [consulting-oriented project type) [compared that with the academic-oriented project type]. Dissertation table of contents template (academic-oriented project type). e-resources related to the table of contents (academic-oriented project type). * Module guide info on dissertation report content. * a sample on synopsis document. * a sample of project proposal. * the updated proposal template. * on research conceptualization (video resources) * a collection of blog notes on chatgpt and chatpdf. * Sessions; contact JH. (Joseph.Ho@sunderland.edu.hk) [try this for session link]
2	Feb 11, 2025 (Tue): 19:00-22:00	1) A briefing on the module guide/ and some key information in a blog note.
		2) review proposal and report samples
		(Hybrid) session 2  a collection of blog notes on chatgpt and chatpdf. *Collections of blog notes on ALRA 2019,  2018, 2022, 2023 and 2024 [total 5 volumes]. A collection of notes on ALRA (academic oriented type). * a collection of video learning materials on research methods/ dissertation topics * A teaching plan on research methods based on the onion model. * A collection of readings on research philosophies (study notes)  * on management-concerns diagram: an article [now in google drive] * on theoretical frameworks: an article [now in google drive] *Collections of blog notes on ALRA 2019,  2018, 2022, 2023 and 2024 [total 5 volumes]. * a collection of video learning materials on research methods/ dissertation topics * a collection of blog notes on AI tools usage.
3	Feb 18, 2025 (Tue): 19:00-22:00	1) To learn how to prepare for the dissertation projects
		2) To learn the basic ideas of dissertation report writing and the underlying research skills
		(Hybrid) session 3 Lecturing on the academic-oriented project type. (The study materials link) * a collection of video learning materials on research methods/ dissertation topics * a summary of basic ideas on research methods. * introducing the new synopsis form and proposal form (located in Google drive).  * A teaching plan on research methods based on the onion model. * a collection of readings on research interview. * study materials on the agile literature review approach (academic-oriented project type). * A collection of blog notes on chatgpt/pdf.
4	Feb  25, 2025 (Tue): 19:00-22:00	1) formulating project background and project theme with diagramming techniques I * a collection of video learning materials on research methods/ dissertation topics Especially: on positivism and interpretivism. * A teaching plan on research methods based on the onion model. * the articles on management concerns diagram and theoretical framework are now on google drive. * on core-focus-domain. On the management-concerns diagram. On theoretical framework level-0. [note that zone 2 is grounded on the core competence perspective (a video)] On theoretical framework level-1a On theoretical framework level-1c. (Also study 1c framework that avoids the requirement to submit gatekeeper consent form). On make your own zone 2 item study. * How does the synopsis form content draw on the ALRA diagrams? Lecture topic on research ethics:  Note the updated ethical form link. A revision of an ethics form lecture note. Also note the following info: [submission date: probably from  3 weeks after proposal submission to the date of  sending the first dissertation draft to supervisor for review]. Notice "Dear Colleagues,   Please be informed the Mid-Point Survey is now published for those in October 2024 submission. Please kindly encourage students to fill in the Survey during your session(s).   Please feel free to contact us if you need any assistant. Thanks."
		Hybrid session 4
5	Mar 11, 2025 (Tue): 19:00-22:00	* a collection of video learning materials on research methods/ dissertation topics * A teaching plan on research methods based on the onion model. * study materials on the agile literature review approach (academic-oriented project type). 1) formulating project background and project theme with diagramming techniques 2 *Collections of blog notes on ALRA 2019,  2018, 2022, 2023 and 2024 [total 5 volumes]. On individual research methods, mainly case study research and grounded theory. On literature review A collection of readings on literature review
		Online session 5
6	Mar 18, 2025 (Tue): 19:00-21:30	Teaching plan for June 5: 3 hours: * introduce the onion model of research methods (video resources). [a related video on the onion model] ** Will introduce the outermost layer of the onion model: on research philosophies and the next level on the inductive and the deductive approaches. ** also study the blog note on scientific progress, knowledge accumulation and research gap analysis. Skills to do literature review - continued. * Exploratory interview in the project orientation phase. * Converting factual statements into management concerns items (zone 1). * reviewing dissertation sample * How to use AI tools to help the construction of the three ALRA deliverables. ***** Publish Mid-Point and End-Point Survey in the Beginning of the Term We have been following UK practice to conduct the Mid-Point Survey and End-Point Survey in every module since AY23/24.  Our KPI is to reach at least 60% completion rate which we still have not yet achieved. From the feedback from academics, we will now start to publish both Mid-Point and End-Point Survey in the beginning of the term which will allow you to decide the suitable periods to conduct the survey with students. We hope this will improve the completion rate. You can also monitor and view the data while conducting the surveys by accessing the Qualtrics portal – please click here. If you are not familiar where the surveys are located, here is the information again. Both mid-point surveys and end-point surveys will be assigned to all modules on Canvas. This will allow students to provide their module feedback via Canvas. The surveys will be imported into the ‘Assignments” tab. Please note that these will be repeated every term for collection of evaluation data as required by the University. [Let us do the survey in week 6] **** * dissertation sample in Google Drive.
		(Hybrid) session 6
7	Mar 25, 2025 (Tue): 19:00-22:00	1) Skills to do literature review 2 On literature review On theories On qualitative research and quantitative research *** Please be informed the End-point Survey is now ready in canvas links for those January 2024 submission. Please kindly encourage students to fill in the End-point Survey during your session(s). ***
		(Hybrid) session 7
8	April 1, 2025 (Tue): 19:00-22:00	** conceptual framework (ALRA: academic oriented type). * introduce the onion model of research methods (video resources). [a related video on the onion model] On literature review On theories * review theoretical framework level-1a and level-1c. * a review of theoretical framework level-1b. On qualitative research and quantitative research Note the updated ethical form link. A revision of an ethics form lecture note. Also note the following info: [submission date: probably from  3 weeks after proposal submission to the date of  sending the first dissertation draft to supervisor for review]. 1) Research methods skills - the onion model 1 On qualitative research and quantitative research On research methods quality On building blocks for statistical analysis employed in dissertation projects. On Excel functions for quantitative research: demo.
		(Hybrid) session 8
9	April 15, 2025 (Tue): 19:00-22:00	On theories On teaching agenda (literature review) On qualitative research and quantitative research On research methods quality 1) Research methods skills - the onion model 2
		Hybrid session 9
10	April 29, 2025 (Tue): 19:00-21:30	1) Research methods skills - qualitative : 1 * a collection of readings on research interview. * a collection of readings on literature review. On qualitative research and quantitative research On research methods quality
		Online session 10
11	May 13, 2025 (Tue): 19:00-22:00	1) Research methods skills - qualitative : 2 * a collection of study notes on research methods * a collection of notes about dissertation project supervision. * a review of the dissertation sample of simon tracy (google drive); also study other dissertation samples on hku thesis portal.
		(Hybrid) session 11
12	May 27, 2025 (Tue): 19:00-22:00	1) Research methods skills - qualitative : 3 * A note on the proposal-literature review enhancement cycle.
		(Hybrid 12)
13	June 3, 2025 (Tue): 19:00-21:30	1) Research methods skills - quantitative : 1 * demo of Excel statistics functions * videos on statistics * a note on qualitative sampling methods. Lecture topic on research ethics:  Note the updated ethical form link. A revision of an ethics form lecture note. Also note the following info: [submission date: probably around 2 weeks after proposal approved].
		(online-only) session 13
14	June 17, 2025 (Tue): 19:00-22:00	1) Research methods skills - quantitative : 2 Table of contents types Some videos about writing dissertation chapters: 1. How to write the acknowledgements section 2. How to write a dissertation Introduction 3. How to write a literature review 4. How to write a methodology chapter. 5. How to write a dissertation results section 6. How to write a discussion section 7. How to write the chapter on conclusions * Dissertation table of contents template [consulting-oriented project type) [compared that with the academic-oriented project type]. Dissertation table of contents template (academic-oriented project type). e-resources related to the table of contents (academic-oriented project type). * Module guide info on dissertation report content. (a diagrammatic note)/ also on the AI-generated table of content template based on the module guide. * a collection of notes on layered interpretation of qualitative data.
		(Hybrid)  session 14

 e-resources on: Google Drive.