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Planning the Project (IBM)

Discover the characteristics of a project while considering practical issues and the importance of ethics.

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  • Duration

    2 weeks

  • Weekly study

    8 hours
Overview
Requirements

Understand the characteristics of a project

This short course considers the characteristics of a project and provides you with the opportunity to explore the importance of ethics within research.

You will have the chance to consider information with regards to your own project, thinking about what is already known, the concepts of primary and secondary data and identifying what additional information is needed.

You will also have the opportunity to look at the limitations within research and the importance of ethics, and receive guidance on how to make your online application for your final report.

What topics will you cover?

  • The characteristics of a project
  • Establishing what is already known about the subject of your study
  • Collecting the additional information we need to address the project objectives
  • Inherent limitations within a project
  • The importance of ethics, how to make an ethics application and practical issues
  • The planning tools available
  • Roles within the team
  • How to manage the client

Learning on this course

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

Who is the course for?

This course is the dissertation module for students of MSc International Business Management.

Please note that the staff described in the ‘Who will you learn with?’ section below may be subject to change.

Who developed the course?

Coventry University

Coventry secured 5 QS Stars for Teaching and Online Learning in the QS World University Ranking 2020 and has received No. 1 in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021.

  • Established

    1992

  • Location

    Coventry

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