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2021 unit offering information will be available in November 2020

Unit description

Develops students’ understanding of the importance and application of the research process to businesses. Through a project-based teaching approach, students develop a research question and choose appropriate theoretical, methodological, and analytical frameworks to best answer that question. Students gain skills in the planning, preparation, design and presentation of a business research project.

Unit content

  1. Introducing business research
  2. Beginning research
  3. Review of related literature
  4. Research design
  5. Quantitative methods
  6. Qualitative methods
  7. Selecting the sample
  8. Analysing the data
  9. Reporting the research

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:GA1GA2GA3GA4GA5GA6GA7
1develop a formal and robust research question on which to base a research project Intellectual rigour
2write a critical literature review and explain its role in the research planning processIntellectual rigour
3plan and design a research proposal Intellectual rigourCreativity
4explain basic qualitative and quantitative data collection methods and methods of analysisIntellectual rigourEthical practice
5critically evaluate the limitations of social researchIntellectual rigour

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. develop a formal and robust research question on which to base a research project
    • GA1: Intellectual rigour
  2. write a critical literature review and explain its role in the research planning process
    • GA1: Intellectual rigour
  3. plan and design a research proposal
    • GA1: Intellectual rigour
    • GA2: Creativity
  4. explain basic qualitative and quantitative data collection methods and methods of analysis
    • GA1: Intellectual rigour
    • GA3: Ethical practice
  5. critically evaluate the limitations of social research
    • GA1: Intellectual rigour

Teaching and assessment

Notice

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Fee information

Domestic

Commonwealth Supported courses
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Commencing 2021 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 3

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International

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