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2023/2024  DIP-DIBUO2001U  Final Project

English Title
Final Project

Course information
Language English
Course ECTS 15 ECTS
Type Mandatory
Level Graduate Diploma
Duration One Semester
Start time of the course Spring
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Study board
Study Board for Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (part 2)
Course coordinator
  • Michael Jakobsen - Department of International Economics, Goverment and Business (EGB)
Main academic disciplines
  • Globalisation and international business
Teaching methods
  • Blended learning
Last updated on 17-11-2023

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Learning objectives
  • Be able to select relevant theories, models and methods and apply these to the analysis of the research question defined by the student.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the possibilities and limitations of the theories, models and methods.
  • Formulate a relevant and defined research question within the program’s subject area to structure the work with the final project.
  • Analyze the research question based on the chosen theories, methods or models and provide academically substantiated and documented conclusions.
  • Explain and evaluate the connection between formulating a research question, developing method(s), selecting and applying theory, empirical data collection, analysis and conclusion.
  • Communicate the results, in writing as well as orally, on a high linguistic and academic level.
  • Obtain and use relevant literature from the Curriculum of the Graduate Diploma in International Business and outside the Curriculum.
Course prerequisites
The Graduate Diploma in International Business constitutes a progressive program.
It is therefore a prerequisite for the final project that the student has passed or is registered for the exams on the first, second and third semester.
Examination
Final Project:
Exam ECTS 15
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 Oral group exam based on written group product
Number of people in the group 2
Size of written product Max. 80 pages
The student can decide to write individually and do the oral exam individually. If this is the case the project must be no more than 60 pages and the oral exam will have a duration for 60 minutes in all.
Assignment type Graduate Diploma project
Duration
Written product to be submitted on specified date and time.
75 min. per group, including examiners' discussion of grade, and informing plus explaining the grade
Grading scale 7-point grading scale

The student’s spelling and writing skills are taken into consideration in the overall assessment of the examination performance, but the academic content is given the highest weight.
Examiner(s) Internal examiner and external examiner
Exam period Summer
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
The re-exam exam shall be based on the same project as the ordinary exam:

- If an individual student fails, the oral exam she/he will receive feedback from the supervisor before she/he hand in a revised project for the retake exam.

- If a student is absent from the oral exam due to documented illness but has been a part of handing in the project report, she/he does not have to write a new project but re-submit the original project for the retake exam.

- If a student in a group fails, the oral exam she/he can re-submit the original project with additional alterations for the re-take exam.

- If a whole group fails, they will receive feedback from the supervisor before they hand in a revised project for the retake exam.

The re-take exam is held in August / September .

For exam information, exam dates and timely withdrawal of registration for the examination please see canvas.cbs.dk
Course content, structure and pedagogical approach

The purpose of the final project on the fourth semester is to apply the knowledge, skills and competences acquired by the student during the program to a specific problem. The student must formulate, analyze and draw conclusions from a complex problem of choice connected to the content of the program and communicate these results on a high academic and linguistic level. Typically, final projects are concerned with aspects of a specific company’s planning and management of its international activities.

 

The project must be written in groups of max. two people.
Description of the teaching methods
A supervisor for the project is appointed to each student.

The supervisor provides supervision throughout the process and acts as examiner.
Feedback during the teaching period
Nine hours of supervision are allocated if the project is written by one person, and 12 hours if it is written by two people.
This includes the time spent on preparation, communication and administration by the supervisor.

Supervision must be held within the ordinary deadline for submission.

The student can get 2 extra hours of supervision, when participating in the retake exam for Final project. This is only, if all the supervision hours assigned to the student for the ordinary exam has been used and the students has made an attempt at the ordinary exam.
Student workload
Preparation for supervision meetings 30 hours
Preparation of the Final Project 250 hours
Preparation + exam activity 20 hours
Further Information

Deadline for submitting the final project May 2023

 

The oral examination will be held in June 2023.

 

All dates will be published on Canvas and in Digital exam.
Last updated on 17-11-2023