The development of cultural creative industry in British
The development of cultural creative industry in British
Order Description
Each student is required to write a final dissertation, which should be submitted
online via the module Learn page using the TurnItIn facility.
The dissertation should include a comprehensive literature review. The literature
review should provide the following properties:
? It should focus on the precise question rather than wide-ranging reviews of ideas.
? It should include definitions of terms, previous theorising and key previous
findings.
? It should be thorough and at an advanced level, so it should be critical and
analytical, not descriptive, but also succinct, ideally leading towards either
hypotheses or propositions/expected findings.
? References should be quoted in the body of the report and in the bibliography at
the end, not as footnotes on individual pages or as endnotes and the referencing
formatting, style, etc., used should be consistent throughout (see the advice
sheets in the Library resources).
? For the internship-based dissertation, this should not be as conventionally
academic as a standard dissertation (desk and project-based), but it needs to be
an accessible overview of the relevant literature/theory upon which the research
you are doing is based; it should also end up with hypotheses/propositions/the
expected direction for the project itself.
The dissertation must be clearly organised around a recognisable “thesis” or
argument, represented by its title, and should demonstrate familiarity with the main
academic literature relating to the topic of research, clear awareness of the practical
issues concerned as well as analytical and descriptive skills. In a postgraduate
dissertation, a student is expected to do more than simply present a body of factual
information or a summary of what is known in the existing literature. This should be
supported, where possible and relevant, by key academic literature (as described
above) and related research. A way of understanding of the research subject should
be presented, which should be linked to the issues and debates in the current
literature to which the student has been exposed to, through the studied modules
8
and independent research conducted. The degree to which a student succeeds at
this is reflected in the final grade for the dissertation. The qualities expected of
graduate students are most easily seen in the criteria used by examiners to assess
the dissertation (see Section 9 and Appendix 3 for “marking criteria and descriptors
for dissertation”)
11) Recommended Reading
Due to the nature of this module, there is no one single recommended text; however
individual tutors and supervisors may recommend texts on research, problem
solving, data collection and analysis methods from their disciplines. Key texts and
other supporting reading material will be listed on the module Learn page.
A list of generic key reading material is as follows:
o CORE TEXT: Saunders, M., Lewis, P., Thornhill, A., 2012. Research
methods for business students (6th edition). Essex: Pearson.
o Anderson, J., Poole, M. 2002. Assignment and thesis writing. John
Wiley and Sons Inc.
o Berg, B. L., Lune, H., 2014. Qualitative research methods for the
social sciences (8th edition). Harlow: Pearson.
o Braun, V., Clarke, V., 2006. Using thematic analysis in psychology.
Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3(2): 77-101.
o Eisenhard, K. M., Graebner, M. E., 2007. Theory building from cases:
opportunities and challenges. Academy of Management Journal,
50(1): 25–32.
o Hair, J. F., Black, W., Tatham, R. L., Anderson, R. E., 2014.
Multivariate Data Analysis (7th edition). Harlow: Pearson. Pallant, J.,
2016. SPSS survival manual: a step by step guide to data analysis
using IBM SPSS (6th edition). Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education.
o Wallace, M., Wray, A., 2016. Critical reading and writing for
postgraduates (3rd edition). London: SAGE.