u/Sufficientvillage12

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 business management topic of our choice. Essentially a smaller dissertation.

They only mentioned organisational management specifically in the unit handbook which i missed they didn't specify in lectures/mark scheme/posts or when i talked to the lecturer, they just talked about management topics broadly, and my degree has been around a variety of different management areas I'm worried I didn't focus enough on organisational management and it was too broad. I focused on applying dynamic capabilities theory to wider industry within a country, with some firm level application but not much and it’s applicability in other contexts.

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 Ispent less time talking about specific firm examples and more time in the analysis applying dynamic capabilities to firms and industry level, discussed broad 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 specific. 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 on the topic and theory, analysis on findings, discussion and conclusion.

I’ve had a look at the requirements per individual section and think I’ve matched them all well enough.

I'm simply worried that I'll be failed for focusing on broader management topic than just organisational level management implications, as it didn't mention that specifically in the lecture slides or course materials outside of the unit handbook, and no lecturers specified/stressed it.

Chances I’ve failed my research project/dissertation?

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 business management topic of our choice. Essentially a smaller dissertation.

They only mentioned organisational management specifically in the unit handbook which i missed they didn't specify in lectures/mark scheme/posts or when i talked to the lecturer, they just talked about management topics broadly, and my degree has been around a variety of different management areas I'm worried I didn't focus enough on organisational management and it was too broad. I focused on applying dynamic capabilities theory to wider industry within a country, with some firm level application but not much and it’s applicability in other contexts.

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 Ispent less time talking about specific firm examples and more time in the analysis applying dynamic capabilities to firms and industry level, discussed broad 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 specific. 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 on the topic and theory, analysis on findings, discussion and conclusion.

I’ve had a look at the requirements per individual section and think I’ve matched them all well enough.

I'm simply worried that I'll be failed for focusing on broader management topic than just organisational level management implications, as it didn't mention that specifically in the lecture slides or course materials outside of the unit handbook, and no lecturers specified/stressed it.

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essentially I've found that the sceptic view of a topic I'm writing about hasn't been expressed explicitly,(that Ukraine's defense industry is currently incompatible with Europe). I'm running into the issue of my sources not explicitly making the argument.

I have a variety of sources that talk about European problems with defense procurement. What I don't have is any links in their argument to being incompatible with ukraine. I was wondering if I could say "X scholar emphases procurement issues in the EU" Y Scholar emphasises regulations of XYZ problem" "W scholar says Europe has logistics depth problem" and then point to the overall incompatibility The sceptical view holds that Ukraine's production model is non-replicable within existing western defence structures.) without misrepresenting what my sources are saying. Is that allowed in your literature review?

part of my coursework is a analysis of whether to invest or not in a company, I'm struggling with estimating TAM SAM and SOM. The market for the product category in the country is worth around $500M in 2032 so I had that as my TAM initially, but then my SAM is just 10% of that and I attempted to match my SOM as a bottom-up revenue projection, but that means the obtainable market will be 100% the company.

Alternatively I'm also worried about my SOM being too large, and not being able to justify it through bottom-up revenue projections. any help or guidance in understanding this would be greatly appreciated, it' been a frustrating reasoning roundabout and I keep flip-flopping.

for context the revenue goals are around 7M by 2032, with current revenues at 1.6M

for example, the founders own numbers:

TAM: 648M (business section is 500M industry)

SAM: 194M (30% of TAM)

SOM: 13.58 (50% of TAM)

Attempt 2: critical top own

TAM: 2.6B (size of broader industry)

SAM: 150M (niche area of industry, geographic restrictions)

SOM: 45M (revenue goal is 15% of SOM)

Current Bottom-up revisions:

TAM: $608

SAM: 61M (10% of TAM)

SOM: 18M (30% of SAM)

revenue projections for 2032 is 37% of SOM

current revenue levels with channel breakdowns are around 8% of SOM.

1. Can TAM be larger or extend to other adjacent product categories/geographies?

2. Does SOM need to be larger than the maximal achievable target?

any help you can offer would be appreciated, I'm just trying to gain a greater understanding of how to defend the assumptions and whether revenue projections should be a significant portion of SOM.