Module overview
This module aims to provide you with an opportunity to develop an appreciation of management research in theory and practice. There are two broad objectives: (1) to enhance your knowledge of the research process and enable you to be aware of the problems associated with research, and (2) to prepare you to carry out your own research, in most cases your dissertation.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- formulate research aims, objectives and questions;
- defend your chosen approach for data collection and analysis.
- critically evaluate the main methodologies uses in business research;
- critically identify and evaluate a body of literature;
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- develop your own research proposal.
- critically assess the main types of contemporary business research;
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the main methodologies and methods used in business research;
- the paradigms deployed by business researchers;
Syllabus
Foundations of management research: ontology, epistemology, axiology and links to methodology and methods; positivist/phenomenological research; conducting a literature review, research ethics, collecting and analysing data using quantitative and qualitative methods; formulating questions and questionnaire design; interviews; participant observation; exploratory data analysis; data pre-processing; case study methodology; grounded theory; ethnography.
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
This module is delivered as a series of lectures. The delivery draws on the expertise of the lecturers, sharing their particular skills and experiences in the research field.
Type | Hours |
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Teaching | 24 |
Independent Study | 126 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Saunders, M., Lewis, P. and Thornhill, A (2016). Research Methods for Business Students. Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Class discussions
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback:
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Research proposal | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Research proposal | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Research proposal | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External