MQM3BAC: Board Annual Conference
Module code: MQM3BAC
Module provider: Marketing and Reputation; Henley Business School
Credits: 20
Level: Postgraduate Masters
When you'll be taught: Full year
Module convenor: Dr Filipe Morais, email: f.morais@henley.ac.uk
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Co-requisite module(s):
Pre-requisite or Co-requisite module(s):
Module(s) excluded:
Placement information: No placement specified
Academic year: 2024/5
Available to visiting students:
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Last updated: 28 May 2024
Overview
Module aims and purpose
This module aims to disseminate key learning and impact of the business challenge undertaken by individual participants in Business Research Challenge module, to their peer group and to wider Henley director community.
In this module students will submit an abstract/paper about the business challenge that they have researched to the Director's Forum Board annual conference. Each student will present their business challenge governance issue, analysis, findings, key learning and organisational impact. Each student will give a presentation followed by Q&A session. Students will benefit from learning how to disseminate their research and findings to their peers and wider audience at the board level. Each student will benefit from exposure to academic writing; presenting and oral communication skills. Students will further benefit from planning for publication, networking and engaging with a wider audience. The conference will offer critical evaluation of each student's findings and research impact both as theory and practice.
Module learning outcomes
By the end of the module, it is expected that students will be able to:
1. Write an academic paper clearly and coherently in a style appropriate to purpose and audience
2. Construct coherent arguments and articulate ideas clearly to a range of audiences formally and informally through a variety of techniques
3. Constructively defend research and present ist outcomes to a wider audience
4. Critically analyse and evaluate their research findings
Module content
This module will take place at Greenlands campus, Henley Business School, and will be an annual conference. To participate in the conference each student must have offered an abstract and full paper about their business challenge. Each student will give a 15 minute presentation and a further 15 minutes will be allowed for the Q&A session. All students are to attend and participate in the conference by giving their presentations and also by engaging with other students presentations. It is intended that the best of these papers be published as abstracts/cases.
Annual conference to be held at an agreed location with each student offering an academic paper and presenting their business challenge to their peers and wider board level audience.
Structure
Teaching and learning methods
The abstract and paper will be developed with guidance/support of each student's supervisor. Supervisor will provide two meetings to develop the paper. Each student will give a presentation at the annual conference about their business challenge.
The contact hours are shown for one semester in the table below for illustrative purposes only. The actual timing will vary depending on your cohort start date.
Study hours
At least 10 hours of scheduled teaching and learning activities will be delivered in person, with the remaining hours for scheduled and self-scheduled teaching and learning activities delivered either in person or online. You will receive further details about how these hours will be delivered before the start of the module.
Scheduled teaching and learning activities | Semester 1 | Semester 2 | Summer |
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Lectures | 20 | ||
Seminars | |||
Tutorials | |||
Project Supervision | 4 | ||
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Feedback meetings with staff | |||
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Self-scheduled teaching and learning activities | Semester 1 | Semester 2 | Summer |
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Directed viewing of video materials/screencasts | |||
Participation in discussion boards/other discussions | |||
Feedback meetings with staff | |||
Other | |||
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Placement and study abroad | Semester 1 | Semester 2 | Summer |
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Independent study hours | Semester 1 | Semester 2 | Summer |
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Independent study hours | 176 |
Please note the independent study hours above are notional numbers of hours; each student will approach studying in different ways. We would advise you to reflect on your learning and the number of hours you are allocating to these tasks.
Semester 1 The hours in this column may include hours during the Christmas holiday period.
Semester 2 The hours in this column may include hours during the Easter holiday period.
Summer The hours in this column will take place during the summer holidays and may be at the start and/or end of the module.
Assessment
Requirements for a pass
50% pass mark - Students need to achieve a mark of 50% in each assessment and overall 50% mark to pass this module.
Summative assessment
Type of assessment | Detail of assessment | % contribution towards module mark | Size of assessment | Submission date | Additional information |
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Written coursework assignment | Individual written report | 50 | 3000 words (+20%/-10%) | Submission deadlines are provided in your cohort schedule and can be found on Canvas | |
Oral assessment | Oral presentation | 50 | 15 - 20 mins | Submission deadlines are provided in your cohort schedule and can be found on Canvas |
Penalties for late submission of summative assessment
This module is subject to the Penalties for late submission for Postgraduate Flexible programmes policy, which can be found at:
The Module Convenor will apply the following penalties to work submitted late:
- where the piece of work is submitted up to one calendar month after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark;
- where the piece of work is submitted more than one calendar month after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.
You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.
Formative assessment
Formative assessment is any task or activity which creates feedback (or feedforward) for you about your learning, but which does not contribute towards your overall module mark.
Reassessment
Type of reassessment | Detail of reassessment | % contribution towards module mark | Size of reassessment | Submission date | Additional information |
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Written coursework assignment | Individual written report | 50 | 3000 words | Resubmission deadlines date depends on cohort start date and to be provided by MC, tutor or administrator | |
Oral reassessment | Oral presentation | 50 | 15 - 20 mins | Resubmission deadlines date depends on cohort start date and to be provided by MC, tutor or administrator |
Additional costs
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THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MODULE DESCRIPTION DOES NOT FORM ANY PART OF A STUDENT'S CONTRACT.