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BU556C: METHODS FOR RESEARCH IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (2024-2025)

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Course Overview

This course comprises of three distinct parts:

  1. Research design
  2. Qualitative data analyses
  3. Quantitative data analyses

These parts are designed to provide in-depth understanding of conducting research in social science and humanities in general, and are linked to the requirements of producing a dissertation in Business Management at PGT level, in particular.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Session Second Sub Session Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Elham Moonesirust

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Either MSc Marketing Management or Master Of Science In International Human Resource Management
  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course is primarily focused on providing PGT students with required theoretical and practical knowledge for conducting research and writing a successful dissertation in the broad field of Business Management. The three components of the course directly correspond with the course assessments and learning outcomes. The assessments are focused on individual research proposal (35%) and individual qualitative and quantitative data analyses (65%). Through teaching conventions of conducting research in social sciences, research philosophy, and various theoretical lenses used in the field of Business Management, as well as proposal generation practice, in-class presentation practices, peer evaluation, text analyses workshops, statistical data analyses labs, and dissertation workshops, this course intends to:

  • Enhance students’ knowledge of theoretical requirements of doing research in Business Management.
  • Provide hands-on experience of developing research in the field relevant to their dissertations.
  • Enhance students’ presentation skills.
  • Improve students’ critical thinking abilities through evaluating others’ work and reflecting on one’s own output.
  • Enhance students’ abilities in analysing and making sense of Business research data.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st half-session courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

Project Plan, Summary or Abstract

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 35
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1,500-word individual research proposal
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualUnderstandEnhance students’ knowledge of theoretical requirements of doing research in Business Management
ProceduralApplyDevelop theoretical and practical abilities of designing research in the field of Business Management

Data Analyses

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 65
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Individual qualitative and quantitative data analyses (approx. 1,000 words)
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualUnderstandEnhance students’ knowledge of theoretical requirements of doing research in Business Management
ProceduralAnalyseEnhance students’ abilities in analysing and making sense of qualitative and quantitative data

Formative Assessment

Tutorial/Seminar Participation

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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ReflectionEvaluateEnhance students’ presentation skills, evaluation of self and others’ works through formative assessment

Resit Assessments

Report: Individual

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1,000-word Individual Report summarising results of qualitative and quantitative analyses
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualUnderstandEnhance students’ knowledge of theoretical requirements of doing research in Business Management
ProceduralApplyDevelop theoretical and practical abilities of designing research in the field of Business Management
ProceduralAnalyseEnhance students’ abilities in analysing and making sense of qualitative and quantitative data
ReflectionEvaluateEnhance students’ presentation skills, evaluation of self and others’ works through formative assessment
 

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