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Writing the Report

Get ready to write your report for the MBA Consultancy project.

Writing the Report

  • Duration

    2 weeks

  • Weekly study

    8 hours
Overview
Topics
Requirements
Educators

Discover what good report writing looks like

This short course will give you the opportunity to explore what good report writing looks like, consider different writing styles – including academic writing – and receive guidance on writing your report while considering how it will be assessed.

What topics will you cover?

  • The art of rhetoric
  • Tone and style
  • Grammar and punctuation
  • The importance of structure
  • The content of the report components
  • Analysis and presentation of findings
  • Annotation of the case study report

Learning on this course

You can take this self-guided course and learn at your own pace. On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Evaluate and present the analysis and findings of research with clarity, parsimony and impact
  • Report to an organisation a set of conclusions and recommendations from a project, including suggestions for future research, if appropriate

Who is the course for?

This course is the dissertation module for students of the MBA General, MBA Cyber Security, MBA Sustainable Tourism, MBA Artificial Intelligence and MBA Marketing.

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

Who will you learn with?

Marie Hardie

A lecturer on the MBA Programme, with a background in NHS Management including large scale consultancy projects. I engage external organisations in partnering MBA students on real consultancy projects

Steve Jewell

I am a lecturer at Coventry University. I teach on the MBA programmes within the Business School. My research interests are employability and research methodology.

Hilary Mc Laughlin-Stonham

Dr Hilary Mc Laughlin-Stonham
Associate Lecture for Masters Level Courses. Hilary has taught at Universities both in the UK and abroad and is currently research active. PhD, Ma, Ma, AFHEA.

Who developed the course?

Coventry University

Coventry secured gold in the UK Government’s 2017 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) and is University of the Year for Student Experience in The Times & The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019.

  • Established

    1992

  • Location

    Coventry

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  • Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners
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  • Whenever you’re ready, mark each step as complete, you’re in control

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