How bad does a research project/dissertation have to be to fail?
for context I'm in final year aiming for a 1st, but bare minimum need a 50% to get an overall 2:1. The module is an individual research project on any management topic of our choice. They only mentioned organisational management specifically in the unit handbook, I'm worried I didn't focus enough on organisational management and it was too broad.
My research proposal got a 68 overall, but in the paper itself I had to limit the theory to 1 theory instead of 2-3 and broaden focus for the actual paper. In the actual paper
I spent less time talking about specific firm examples and more time in the analysis applying dynamic capabilities to firms, discussed transferability and different perspectives on it from my literature review.
as a result there are alot less specific case studies and data, and it's more management in general rather than organisational management specifc my supervisor said it looked fine when they looked it over briefly, and some of the examples we were presented with are more industry-level then firm specific, but I'm worried my actual paper is not applicable enough to firm-level stuff, organisational management and I'll get failed for it.
I did submit a full-paper, on time, in word count, fully cited with introduction, literature review about background different perspectives, analysis on findings, discussion and conclusion. I'm simply worried that I'll be failed for not focusing on organisational level management implications, as it didn't mention that specifically in the lecture slides or course materials outside of the unit handbook.
Posted May 12, 2026, 6:14 AM UTC