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2021/2022  MA-MMBDO2010U  Master's Project

English Title
Master's Project

Course information

Language English
Course ECTS 12 ECTS
Type Mandatory
Level Part Time Master
Duration One Semester
Start time of the course Spring, Autumn
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Min. participants 10
Max. participants 30
Study board
Study Board for Master i forretningsudvikling
Course coordinator
  • Sof Thrane - Department of Operations Management (OM)
  • Tina Blegind Jensen - Department of Digitalisation
Main academic disciplines
  • Innovation
  • Management
  • Organisation
Teaching methods
  • Face-to-face teaching
Last updated on 30-06-2021

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Learning objectives
  • The student should prepare a research question, which encompasses a concrete analysis of a business-development-context of the student’s own choosing.
  • The student should demonstrate an overview of the context, relevant theories and methods, as well as strategies of analysis when examining the research questions.
  • The student should demonstrate the ability to analyse, describe, discuss and evaluate the chosen business development context
  • The student should be able to document and analyse her/his own professional or managerial development in relation to the concrete framing of the master's project.
Course prerequisites
Please see study regulations for more info
Examination
Master's Project:
Exam ECTS 12
Examination form Oral exam based on written product

In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and the individual oral performance, see also the rules about examination forms in the programme regulations.
Individual or group exam Individual exam
Size of written product Max. 50 pages
Assignment type Master's project
Duration
Written product to be submitted on specified date and time.
45 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade, and informing plus explaining the grade
Grading scale 7-point grading scale
Examiner(s) Internal examiner and external examiner
Exam period Winter and Summer
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Description of the exam procedure

The oral exam is individual but the written product can be written in groups of 2. The project has a maximum of 50 pages for individual submission, and a maximum of 80 pages for groups of 2 students. Guidance is provided in connection with the preparation of the project. The exam should be based on a dialogue between the student, the internal and the external examiner during which the student should be given the opportunity to clarifying or explaining the content and conclusions in the project. The student should also be given the opportunity hold a short presentation with the purpose during which she/he is given the opportunity to present his/her findings and put these in to perspective.

Course content, structure and pedagogical approach

The purpose of the master's project is to give the students the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to devise a research question, process and analyse the research question, collect relevant empirical data in order to answer the research question and summarise the results of the thesis. All of which should be done by the student based on her/his own educational plan and former courses.   

 

The master's project should also demonstrate the student’s ability to reflect about the research question’s relation to the students own professional development, own organisation or role as a manager.

Description of the teaching methods
Supervision and voluntary workshops to support the development of problem formulation and method.
Feedback during the teaching period
Feedback will be given during supervison
Student workload
Preparation and Exam 341 hours
Teaching 19 hours
Last updated on 30-06-2021