The Business Research Methods Module is a mandatory requirement for the award of BSc Human Resource Management. The research dissertation must contain appropriate primary research and this module is designed to facilitate students in understanding Research Methods and enabling them through a research skill development to commence their independent research. This module is designed to help students deal with the issues around the setting and development of research objectives, embarking on a research process, evaluating and selecting appropriate methodologies (including methods) and the arrival at a sound rigorous conclusion.
- Choosing a research topic and writing objectives
- Ethical considerations
- Writing a literature review
- Choosing a research approach - research paradigms
- Qualitative research methods
- In-depth interviews
- Focus groups
- Case studies
- Qualitative data analysis
- grounded approaches to QDA
- pragmatic approaches to QDA - abduction
- Quantitative research methods
- Designing questionnaires
- measurement instruments
- Choosing a mode of administration
- Quantitative analysis: descriptive statistics, t-tests, ANOVA, correlation, crosstabulations with chi-square tests
- Designing questionnaires
- Sampling
- Writing-up your methodology
- Writing-up and presenting your findings, discussion and conclusion
The method of instruction is designed to ensure and support the student so he/she will be in a position to select a research topic, choose a research paradigm and progress to a final Dissertation. Lectures and Workshops: Lecture and workshops from the Research Methods Module will feed directly into the Dissertation that students are expected to subsequently complete.
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| Assessment Breakdown | % |
| Other Assessment(s) | 100 |