University of Queensland, Business School, Students
Date Written: August 22, 2016
Abstract
This paper extends upon Faff, Ali, et al. (2016), outlining a further fantasy research pitch exercise conducted in a PhD course at the University of Queensland. Using Faff’s (2015, 2016a) pitching research template, students attending the course engaged in a group exercise to pitch a “fantasy” research topic. While the final exercise was completed in a 90-minute timeframe (60 minutes of brainstorming, followed by 30 minutes of reporting back to the full group), the cohort had the prior benefit of 3 x 90 minute sessions of related material on the first day of a weekend PhD module. Four groups were formed and they pitched “pretend” topics relating to: (a) Star Wars; (b) Pokemon Go; (c) R&D; and (d) Uber. Herein, is the narrative of this exercise, made available for pedagogic sharing.
Keywords: Pitching Research; Fantasy Pitching; PhD Student Exercise; Research Group-work Exercise; Star Wars; Pokémon Go; R&D; Uber
Faff, Robert W. and Wallin, Ann and Brosnan, Mark and Carrillo, Naiara and Darmawan, Dhani and Dorris, Alana and Groen, Martin and Listiani, Nurlia and Maxwell, Victor and Orole, Felix and Pham, Ahn and Salehudin, Imam and Simons, Matt and To, Duy and Tsoi, Jemaine and Wong, Charlane and Woods, Keegan and Nirma, Yossa and Zhaunerchyk, Kate, Fantasy Pitching II: Star Wars vs. Pokemon vs. R&D vs. Uber (August 22, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2827425 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2827425
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