This course evolves out of a recognition that GMBA students have a growing need for guidance on
practical Thesis Writing and builds on the Quantitative Research Methods for Thesis Research course.
This course focuses on developing core academic writing skills through a series of applied activities.
Specifically, students are introduced to critical synthesis writing for literature review. For the writing
of the results section, students are provided with datasets then introduced to analytical writing skills.
This is followed up by an introduction to inferential writing skills by demonstrating how research
findings and the literature are combined to develop a discussion chapter. Students are also introduced
to summary writing, especially in the context of writing Abstracts, Executive Summaries, and
Conclusions. The course is concluded with a series of academic writing and editing skills.