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Level 6 Diploma in Business Management

Research Evaluation and Recommendations

BM602 · Business Research Project — Week 10 of 16

CourseBM602
Week10 of 16
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This week’s topics

Research Evaluation and Recommendations

  1. Validity, reliability, and trustworthiness
  2. Methodological limitations
  3. Evidence-based managerial recommendations
  4. Future research pathways
  5. Business Research: Reliability and Validity
  6. Research Report: Recommendations, Appendices and Bibliography
  7. Reliability, validity, generalizability and credibility. Pt .1 of 3: Research Quality

What you will be able to do

  • 4.1 Use appropriate research evaluation techniques to justify the validity of the research.
  • 4.2 Make recommendations, justifying areas for further consideration.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: use appropriate research evaluation techniques to justify the validity of the research.

Study materials

Videos

  • Business Research: Reliability and Validity · YouTube · Galton College · 21 min · for registered students
  • Research Report: Recommendations, Appendices and Bibliography · YouTube · Galton College · 10 min · for registered students
  • Reliability, validity, generalizability and credibility. Pt .1 of 3: Research Quality · YouTube · Graham R Gibbs · 39 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Writing Guide with Handbook, ch. 8.5: Writing an analytical report · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 254–267 · for registered students
  • Learning Statistics with R (Navarro, v0.7.1), ch. 2: A brief introduction to research design · PDF · Other, textbook chapter; pp. 35–66 · for registered students
  • Magenta Book Annex A: analytical methods for use within an evaluation (HM Treasury) · PDF · GOV.UK, guidance; 60 pages · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Project Selection and Scoping
  • Week 2: Research Questions and Project Planning
  • Week 3: Literature Review and Theoretical Frameworks
  • Week 4: Research Methodologies and Design
  • Week 5: Data Collection and Proposal Formulation
  • Week 6: Research Execution and Fieldwork
  • Week 7: Data Organization and Presentation
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Data Analysis and Synthesis
  • Week 10: Research Evaluation and Recommendations
  • Week 11: Research Dissemination and Presentation
  • Week 12: Applying Business Research Project in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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