Finance & Investment Dissertation

Code

BUSI4249

School

Nottingham University Business School

Level

4

Credits

60

Semesters

Summer Malaysia

Summary

Target Students

MSc Finance and Investment students.

Classes

Contact between students and their academic supervisors normally takes place via face-to-face meetings and/or telephone, video conferencing and e-mail. Students are encouraged to initiate contact and can expect access to their supervisors equivalent to at least four meetings over the course of the dissertation.

Assessment

• 100% Dissertation: 12,000 - 15,000 Word Dissertation. Reassessment of this module will be 100% dissertation

Educational Aims

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and understanding
This module develops a knowledge and understanding of:

• Finance - the sources, uses and management of finance
• Tools and techniques for transforming (big) data into useful information for business analysis and decision support

Intellectual skills
This module develops:

• Being able to think critically and be creative: manage the creative processes in self and others; organise thoughts, analyse, synthesise and critically appraise. This includes the capability to identify assumptions, evaluate statements in terms of evidence, detect false logic or reasoning, identify implicit values, define terms adequately and generalise appropriately
• Being able to solve complex problems and make decisions: establish criteria, using appropriate decision-making techniques including identifying, formulating and solving business problems; and the ability to create, identify and evaluate options; the ability to implement and review decisions
• Using information and knowledge effectively in order to abstract meaning from information and to share knowledge, including the use of quantitative skills

Professional practical skills
This module develops:

• The ability to conduct research and enquiry into business and management issues either individually or as part of a team through research design, the collection and analysis of quantitative data, synthesis and reporting

Transferable (key) skills
This module develops:

• Effective communication: networking, listening, oral and written communication of complex ideas and arguments, using a range of media, including the preparation of business reports
• High personal effectiveness: critical self-awareness, self-reflection and self-management; time management; conflict resolution, displaying commercial acumen, the ability to continue to learn through reflection on practice and experience

Conveners

• Dr Hway Boon Ong