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Title THE DOCTORAL PRACTITIONER
Code KDBA300
Coordinator Dr M Sarma
Strategy, IB and Entrepreneurship
Meera.Sarma@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2020-21 Level 8 FHEQ Whole Session 30

Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements):
 

Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite:
 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on a required basis:
 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on an optional basis:
 

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours           200

 200
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 100
TOTAL HOURS 300

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Initial Problem write-up There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Week 4  Whole Session    10       
Critical Action Learning Final Report There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Week 11  Whole Session    20       
Critical Literature Review There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Week 8  Whole Session    15       
Problematizing Write-up There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Week 9  Whole Session    10       
Critical Action Learning Progress Report There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Wks 5 &  Whole Session    10       
Learning Set Participation There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Weeks 1 -10  Whole Session    25       
Class Discussion Question There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Wkly apt frm wk 3 4,5   Whole Session    10       

Aims

Analyse and evaluate scholarly resources and writing for logic and supporting evidence;

Analyse the significance of critical action learning in an organisational context;

Compare and contrast the nature and applicability of a range of other action modalities;

Critically evaluate personal biases, assumptions, and attitudes in the context of organisational learning;

Synthesise information from practice-based and secondary information sources;

Design the Doctoral Development Plan (DDP) to be used throughout the programme;

Demonstrate effective critical action learning set member skills;

Demonstrate effective problematizing skills.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Analyse the significance of critical action learning in one's organizational context;

(LO2) Differentiate single-loop learning from double loop learning;

(LO3) Compare and contrast the nature and applicability of a range of other action modalities;

(LO4) Critically evaluate one's own biases, assumptions and attitudes in the context of organizational learning;

(LO5) Synthesize information from practice based and secondary information sources;

(LO6) Design the doctoral development plan (DDP) to be used throughout the Programme;

(LO7) Demonstrate effective critical action learning team member skills.

(S1) Numeracy;

(S2) Teamwork;

(S3) Communication skills;

(S4) Problem solving skills;

(S5) IT skills;

(S6) Time Management.

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Virtual classroom hours (for online modules)
Description: Virtual classroom hours (for online modules)
Unscheduled Directed Student Hours (time spent away from the timetabled sessions but directed by the teaching staff): N/A

Syllabus
 

The syllabus includes:

Outlining arguments for scholarly discourse;

The nature of action learning;

Action modalities;

Singles vs double loop learning;

Critical self evaluations Composition and functioning of the learning team;

Creating a doctoral development plan.

Recommended Texts
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