Doctoral Research 5

Course aim

To undertake the fifth stage of doctoral research through development of the final drafts of the portfolio or dissertation.

Course content

Students are expected to draft their entire portfolio or dissertation. To achieve the objectives of the research stage of the DBA program candidates can choose to produce a portfolio of papers or a dissertation for examination.

Portfolio of Papers
The portfolio of papers will include the following:

Paper 1: This paper will comprise an analysis of broad concepts and literature review which give context to the research topic and question. It is expected to be in the range of seven thousand (7,000) – ten thousand (10,000) words.

Paper 2: This paper extends the work undertaken in Paper 1 and presents information on the “fieldwork” research process undertaken to collect data, the subsequent analysis of this data and a discussion of the results. It is expected to be in the range of twelve thousand (12,000) – fifteen thousand (15,000) words

Paper 3: This paper extends the work undertaken in Papers 1 and 2 by engaging in an analysis and discussion of the practical knowledge and management action implications of the research and its findings. It is expected to be in the range of five thousand (5,000) – six thousand (6,000) words.

Paper 4: This paper provides an integration paper of the three previous papers and demonstrates how they relate to one another. It is expected to be in the range of three thousand (3,000) – four thousand (4,000) words.

Dissertation
If a dissertation is chosen as an alternative to a portfolio of papers it would be expected to be up to thirty thousand (30,000) words in length. An example format for such a dissertation is:

Chapter 1: Introduction and Rationale
Chapter 2: Literature Review
Chapter 3: Research Design and Methodology
Chapter 4: Findings and Analysis
Chapter 5: Conclusions and Recommendations

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
BUSS 5262	Change in Business and Organisational Processes
BUSS 5263	Annotated Literature Review
BUSS 5264	Management Research: Design, Methodologies and Practice
BUSS 5271	Management Research: Theory and Methodology
BUSS 5265	Research Project Development Proposal
BUSS 5318	Doctoral Research 2
BUSS 5317	Doctoral Research 1
BUSS 5319	Doctoral Research 3
BUSS 5261	Analysis and Critique of Research-based Literature
BUSS 5260	International Business and Global Management Trends
BUSS 5320	Doctoral Research 4

1. Completion of each course in the course work stage with a minimum of Pass Level 2 (P2) grade with an average grade of Pass Level 1 (P1) or above over the seven (7) courses, and satisfactory submission and defence of the research proposal with a grade of Pass Level 1 (P1) or above is required for progression to the research stage of the DBA. 2. Successful completion of Doctoral Research Course 1-4.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.250
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.