BUSINESS-18 · Research · ENGLISH · PLANNED
Study an original business case, compare options, make a decision and defend implementation.
Study time is an initial activity estimate, excluding extra reading, revision and extended laboratory or project work. Videos and question bodies have not been produced by adding this outline.
Complete these courses or demonstrate equivalent knowledge. These are recommended prerequisites, not enforced enrolment locks.
YouTube playlist: ARK Business Administration · BBA/MBA | MBA Integration, Advanced Electives and Research Capstone
Playlist title reserved in the plan; no YouTube playlist or upload has been created yet.
Sign in to save this learning pathPractical outcome: Run a fictional company case linking customers operations people and cash.
Explain cross-functional diagnosis using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Run a fictional company case linking customers operations people and cash. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain strategic trade-offs using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Run a fictional company case linking customers operations people and cash. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain operating-financial links using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Run a fictional company case linking customers operations people and cash. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain capital allocation using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Run a fictional company case linking customers operations people and cash. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Use the first concepts from this section. Run a fictional company case linking customers operations people and cash. Produce a labelled diagram, trace or calculation; explain each step and check one changed input.
3–6 questions on the preceding first-half concepts only: recall, visual interpretation, application and one plausible misconception. Explain each answer after submission.
Explain talent constraints using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Run a fictional company case linking customers operations people and cash. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain risk integration using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Run a fictional company case linking customers operations people and cash. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain board governance using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Run a fictional company case linking customers operations people and cash. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain executive decision defence using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Run a fictional company case linking customers operations people and cash. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Run a fictional company case linking customers operations people and cash. Work without the example, compare two cases, record assumptions and limitations, then self-review correctness, reasoning and clarity.
6–12 questions covering Cross-functional diagnosis, Strategic trade-offs, Operating-financial links and the remaining section concepts, with cumulative retrieval from earlier sections. Include a new transfer problem; 70% unlocks progression.
Practical outcome: Compare specialist pathways and define the next reading or practice project.
Explain service management using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Compare specialist pathways and define the next reading or practice project. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain healthcare management using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Compare specialist pathways and define the next reading or practice project. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain hospitality management using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Compare specialist pathways and define the next reading or practice project. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain retail management using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Compare specialist pathways and define the next reading or practice project. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Use the first concepts from this section. Compare specialist pathways and define the next reading or practice project. Produce a labelled diagram, trace or calculation; explain each step and check one changed input.
3–6 questions on the preceding first-half concepts only: recall, visual interpretation, application and one plausible misconception. Explain each answer after submission.
Explain nonprofit management using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Compare specialist pathways and define the next reading or practice project. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain public-sector management using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Compare specialist pathways and define the next reading or practice project. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain family enterprise using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Compare specialist pathways and define the next reading or practice project. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain social entrepreneurship using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Compare specialist pathways and define the next reading or practice project. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Compare specialist pathways and define the next reading or practice project. Work without the example, compare two cases, record assumptions and limitations, then self-review correctness, reasoning and clarity.
6–12 questions covering Service management, Healthcare management, Hospitality management and the remaining section concepts, with cumulative retrieval from earlier sections. Include a new transfer problem; 70% unlocks progression.
Practical outcome: Defend an original business plan or management research project using explicit evidence.
Explain capstone proposal using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Defend an original business plan or management research project using explicit evidence. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain market evidence using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Defend an original business plan or management research project using explicit evidence. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain operating design using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Defend an original business plan or management research project using explicit evidence. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain financial model using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Defend an original business plan or management research project using explicit evidence. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Use the first concepts from this section. Defend an original business plan or management research project using explicit evidence. Produce a labelled diagram, trace or calculation; explain each step and check one changed input.
3–6 questions on the preceding first-half concepts only: recall, visual interpretation, application and one plausible misconception. Explain each answer after submission.
Explain people and governance plan using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Defend an original business plan or management research project using explicit evidence. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain project implementation plan using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Defend an original business plan or management research project using explicit evidence. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain sensitivity and ethics review using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Defend an original business plan or management research project using explicit evidence. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain final defence and reflection using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Defend an original business plan or management research project using explicit evidence. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Defend an original business plan or management research project using explicit evidence. Work without the example, compare two cases, record assumptions and limitations, then self-review correctness, reasoning and clarity.
6–12 questions covering Capstone proposal, Market evidence, Operating design and the remaining section concepts, with cumulative retrieval from earlier sections. Include a new transfer problem; 70% unlocks progression.
Combine all three sections: Defend an original business plan or management research project using explicit evidence. Submit an original worked artifact, evidence or tests, assumptions and a reflection. Rubric: correctness, method, practical usefulness, reproducibility and communication. Self-reviewed, not certified.
6–12 balanced questions sampling every section of MBA Integration, Advanced Electives and Research Capstone, including interpretation, calculation or reasoning, a misconception and a new application. Passing is 70%; review errors before retrying.
Case discussions, business plans, management simulations and original consulting projects. Guided work leads to an independent attempt, with a diagram, explanation, trace, calculation or tested artifact. Question bodies are generated when opened in your private learning path. Programming submissions are stored as text; the platform does not execute submitted code.
Use original or appropriately licensed datasets. Practical science activities use models or supplied data unless a qualified supervisor has reviewed a physical experiment.
Open the interactive practice sampler →