This week’s topics
Research Opportunities and Problem Formulation
- Identifying contemporary industry challenges
- Scoping organisational research problems
- Defining research aims and questions
- Ethical implications in tourism research
- Research Questions, Aims and Objectives
- Business Research: Research Aims, Questions, and Objectives
- Research Aims, Objectives & Research Questions (The Golden Thread) - Definitions + Examples ?
What you will be able to do
- 1.1 Evaluate opportunities for research in tourism and hospitality organisations.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate opportunities for research in tourism and hospitality organisations.
Study materials
Videos
- Research Questions, Aims and Objectives · YouTube · Mark Saunders on Research Methods · 9 min · for registered students
- Business Research: Research Aims, Questions, and Objectives · YouTube · Robin Bell · 11 min · for registered students
- Research Aims, Objectives & Research Questions (The Golden Thread) - Definitions + Examples ? · YouTube · Grad Coach · 25 min · for registered students
Further resources
- OECD Tourism Trends and Policies 2024, ch. 2: Strengthening the tourism workforce · PDF · Oecd, report; pp. 47–70 · for registered students
- Improving the development of students' research questions and hypotheses · PDF · ERIC, article · for registered students
- Introduction to Sociology 3e, 2.3: Ethical Concerns · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 53–55 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
