CourseLSC706

Week8 of 16

SemesterII

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This week’s topics

Midterm evaluation

Midterm assessment of the criteria taught so far
Individual feedback and targets

What you will be able to do

1.1 Appraise research problems.
1.2 Develop appropriate research objectives and justify their choice.
2.1 Evaluate literature relevant to a research problem.
2.2 Critically analyse different theoretical approaches to a research problem.

Activity

Midterm assessment task and individual feedback.

Study materials

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Course plan

Week 1: Identifying and Appraising Research Problems
Week 2: Developing Research Aims and Objectives
Week 3: Conducting a Critical Literature Review
Week 4: Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks
Week 5: Research Philosophies and Methodological Paradigms
Week 6: Research Design and Sampling Frameworks
Week 7: Quantitative Data Collection Instruments
Midterm: Midterm evaluation
Week 9: Statistical Analysis with SPSS
Week 10: Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis
Week 11: Synthesising the Comprehensive Research Proposal
Week 12: Applying Business Research Methods 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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