MG470      One Unit
Management Dissertation

This information is for the 2025/26 session.

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Requisites

Co-requisites:

Either before taking this course, or in the same year as this course, students must complete:

(MY451A or MY451W)

or

(MY452A or MY452W)

or

MY465

Additional requisites:

Students must have satisfied the concurrent requisite requirements above, and another methods course from the electives list.

Dissertations are based on a research question which students are required to agree with their assigned dissertation supervisor in year two.

Research questions may be investigated by:

(a) Framing the question via a literature review and examining the problem in more detail through a small scale empirical research project, using either primary or secondary data sources; OR

(b) Carrying out an extended literature review to provide a rigorous analysis of existing research investigating the problem.

This course is compulsory on the Global MSc in Management. This course is not available as an outside option.

3 hours of lectures in the Autumn Term.
4 hours of lectures in the Winter Term.

In its Ethics Code, LSE upholds a commitment to intellectual freedom. This means we will protect the freedom of expression of our students and staff and the right to engage in healthy debate in the classroom.

No formative work is appropriate but students will meet regularly with advisers so will have an indication of how they are progressing.

• Wray, Alison and Mike Wallace (2006). Critical Reading and Writing for Postgraduates. London: Sage
• Booth, Wayne C., Gregory G. Colmb and Joseph Williams (2008). The Craft of Research. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
• Ridley, Diana (2008).  The Literature Review: A Step-by-step guide for students. London: Sage.
• Tharenou, Phyllis, Ross Donohue, and Brian Cooper (2007).  Management Research Methods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Gill, John and Phil Johnson (2010) Research Methods for Managers (3rd edition). London: Sage.
• Easterby-Smith, Mark, Richard Thorpe, and Paul Jackson (2012). Management Research (4th edition). London: Sage.

Other readings will be provided during lectures in AT and by dissertation advisors.

Presentation (20%)

Essay plan (10%, 1000 words)

Dissertation (70%, 10000 words)

Dissertation topics are expected to be related to the broad subject area of the programme. 

For detailed assessment information, including all deadlines and timings, please see the relevant course Moodle page. Assessment timings will be available at the start of each term.