MBA Research Project [MGTM05] class Top up 69/ Proj only 70 (F2F/OL)/ Full 23 (Blended/F2F), Oct 2026-Mar 2027: teaching plan
MBA Research Project [MGTM05] class Top up 69/ Proj only 70 (F2F/OL)/ Full 23 (Blended/F2F), Oct 2026-Mar 2027: teaching plan
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HK Teaching Plan: mainly hybrid class
Stream 1
Session | Lecture Date (All online sessions) | Topics | |
1 | Oct 26-2026 (Monday): 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 and eBook collections: vdoc.pub * on the differences between a dissertation project and a consulting project. * On MBA program design and dissertation project requirements. * Types of table of contents templates * 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 sample on synopsis document [consulting type]. * a collection of notes on the synopsis form] * a sample of project proposal. * the updated proposal template. also study the note on the proposal time plan. * a sketchy sample of a dissertation report 1 and sample 2. * on research conceptualization (video resources) * a collection of blog notes on chatgpt and chatpdf. * an updated note on Leon Lai's golden statement (of formulating a dissertation proposal prototype) * Session; [also note this link] contact JH.
News: July 3, 2025 "AI in Assessment Declaration Form The Use of AI in Assessment Declaration Form is now embedded directly within Canvas. Students are no longer required to complete and submit a separate form. This change aims to streamline the process and ensure consistency across all assessments."  | |||
2 | Nov 2, 2026 (Monday): 19:00-22:00 | ** to continue with the briefing on the course (notably the module guide) 
** the synopsis form is submitted by email to school admin (?) ** the proposal and the final report are submitted via canvas links.
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 proposed spiral model for developing a dissertation proposal. * 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). * How the dissertation project approach evolves (a note). * a collection of video learning materials on research methods/ dissertation topics/ a collection of brief teaching notes on research methods. * a collection of study notes on research methods * A teaching plan on research methods based on the onion model. * A collection of readings on research philosophies (study notes) * a collection of blog notes on AI tools usage.
Additional readings:
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3 | Nov 9, 2026 (Monday): 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 * a collection of notes on the synopsis form] * an updated note on Leon Lai's golden statement (of formulating a dissertation proposal prototype) * a collection of video learning materials on research methods/ dissertation topics/ a collection of brief teaching notes on research methods. * a collection of study notes on research methods * A teaching plan on research methods based on the onion model.  ** a note on the research philosophy-type grid * Types of table of contents templates
* a structured note on the topic of researcher positionality. * Types of table of contents templates ** university rules for using AI tools. School admin notice: (August 20 2025) Dear Colleagues, Starting from Academic Year 2025/26, all Sunderland programmes will include an “Artificial Intelligence Guidance” page within the Welcome Unit on Canvas. This page contains a default statement set by the University, outlining its position on the ethical and constructive use of AI tools in education.
Readings to study:
Lecturing on the academic-oriented project type. (The study materials link) * a collection of video learning materials on research methods/ dissertation topics * A teaching plan on research methods based on the onion model. * a summary of basic ideas on research methods. | |||
4 | Nov. 23, 2026 (Monday): 19:00-22:00 | Lecture note  1) formulating project background and project theme with diagramming techniques I ** on the spiral model of doing dissertation project ** on dissertation project life cycle. ** how to refine research themes. ** the criteria for evaluating proposal prototype * a collection of study notes on research methods * A teaching plan on research methods based on the onion model. * a collection of video learning materials on research methods/ dissertation topics ** a note on the strength of interpretivism as compared with other research philosophies. ** lecture note on research philosophies. Lecture topic on research ethics: Note the [the updated link] https://sunderland. A revision of an ethics form lecture note. Also study the appropriate AI usage 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]. * a collection of notes on research ethics considerations 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." *An updated note on research ethics practice from the university. | |
Hybrid session 4 | |||
5 | Dec 7, 2026 (Monday): 19:00-21:30 | ** this note is about the steps to produce a preliminary proposal prototype and the exploratory steps involved to do so. 1) formulating project background and project theme with diagramming techniques 2 Lecture notes on: (a blog collection of the following lecture notes) 5. Research method: questionnaire survey 6. Research method: semi-structured interview 7. Research method: structured observation 8. Research method: focus group 9. Research method: participant observation 10: Case study (secondary research method) vs Case study research (research methodology) * a collection of video learning materials on research methods/ dissertation topics * A teaching plan on research methods based on the onion model. ** a note on the strength of interpretivism as compared with other research philosophies. ** previous lecture note on research philosophies./ lecture notes on research approaches. *Collections of blog notes on ALRA 2019, 2018, 2022, 2023 and 2024 [total 5 volumes]. * Dissertation project orientation phase and ALRA. * Exploratory interview in the project orientation phase. On individual research methods, mainly case study research and grounded theory. * A collection of readings on literature review * A collection of blog notes on literature review. * A collection of blog notes on literature review tasks. On role play to produce a management-concerns diagram (draft). **** Please note there are 2 out 15 students (13%) filled the mid-point survey as of today. Please see the attached report. Please remind your students to spend few minutes in your sessions to fill in the evaluation in order to meet the minimum expected response rate of 60%. Thanks for your help in advance. **** About student survey: "Dear colleagues,
You should now have your mid-point evaluation survey conducted by students of your teaching module(s). As mentioned in the email earlier, you can check the mid-point evaluation from Qualtrics. For accessing to Qualtrics – please click here. You will be able to view the below screen after you login to Qualtrics. .... Please remind your students to spend few minutes in your sessions to fill in the evaluation if you find the number of responses is still not up to the minimum expected response rate of 60%. Our team will keep monitoring the response rate and send e-mail to individual module lecturers about their modules’ response rate." | |
Hybrid session 5 | |||
6 | Dec 14, 2026 (Monday): 19:00-22:00 | ** A collection of notes on MBA proposal brainstorming 2024-2026 ** Lecture notes on research methods : (a blog collection of lecture notes). * introduce the onion model of research methods (video resources). [a related video on the onion model] ** also study the blog note on scientific progress, knowledge accumulation and research gap analysis. * reviewing dissertation samples *****
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] **** | |
Hybrid session 6 | |||
7 | Dec 21, 2026 (Monday): 19:00-22:00 | ** Lecture notes on research methods : (a blog collection of lecture notes).  ** Lecture notes on research methods : (a blog collection of lecture notes). 1) Skills to do literature review 2 On theories | |
(Hybrid) session 7 | |||
8 | Jan 4, 2027 (Monday): 19:00-22:00 | ** Lecture notes on research methods : (a blog collection of lecture notes). On literature review/ on a note of some literature review practices. On theories On qualitative research and quantitative research Note the [the updated link] https://sunderland. 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 building blocks for statistical analysis employed in dissertation projects. On Excel functions for quantitative research: demo. | |
(Hybrid) session 8 | |||
9 | Jan 11, 2027 (Monday): 19:00-22:00 | * Demo on inferential statistics, plus video review. On building blocks for statistical analysis employed in dissertation projects. * Some basic terms in quantitative research./ A note of research method terms/ an introduction to hypothesis testing (video). * a video on inferential statistics Lecture notes on research methods : (a blog collection of lecture notes). On theories | |
Hybrid session 9 | |||
10 | Jan 25, 2027 (Monday: 19:00-21:30 | * Demo on inferential statistics, plus video review. On building blocks for statistical analysis employed in dissertation projects. * Some basic terms in quantitative research./ A note of research method terms/ an introduction to hypothesis testing (video)/ on a few statistics methods to analyze survey data. On literature review/ on a note of some literature review practices./ lecture note on literature review 2026 Aug.  | |
Hybrid session 10 | |||
11 | Feb 1, 2027 (Monday): 19:00-22:00 | 1) On literature review/ on a note of some literature review practices.  2) some online survey instruments for psychological testing. | |
(Hybrid) session 11 | |||
12 | Feb 15, 2027 (Monday): 19:00-22:00 | 1) Research methods skills - qualitative : 3 | |
(Hybrid 12) | |||
13 | Mar 1, 2027 (Monday): 19:00-21:30 | For your information: ".... the End-Point Survey has now been published on Canvas for all Sunderland courses in the July 2026 intake. Please encourage students to complete the survey before their final lecture." * a collection of video learning materials on research methods/ * Types of table of contents templates * videos to review: on narrative analysis; on discourse analysis.; on rhetorical devices; the hermeneutic circle; on phenomenology; on interpretative phenomenological analysis; on Verstehen; on reflexivity in qualitative research. How to employ these methods as introduced in the videos? Ask generative AI: I am a part-time MBA student. I would like to employ XXX in my dissertation project. Please highlight 4 main ideas of XXX and suggest 3 straightforward steps to apply XXX in analysing my qualitative data gathered from the YYY research method. * On the examples of the first layer of literature review: advanced management accounting (using chatpdf). * a note on methods to refine reasoning quality for dissertation report chapters 4-6. | |
(Hybrid) session 13 | |||
14 | Dec 16, 2026 (Wed): 19:00-21:30 | (Hybrid) session 14 | |
* Types of table of contents templates For MBA students studying the subject of Research Projects, please participate at the online course assessment survey by the end of the semester. The online survey form can be found in the university course canvas platform, under “option”. The student survey information is vital for the university to make improvement on the programme. * a collection of sketchy dissertation report samples ** Lecture on "making recommendations" in a dissertation report. | |||
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