This course is designed to provide postgraduate students with the necessary skills and knowledge to determine the information necessary to address an identified research problem (basic or applied) and, using this understanding, develop and use an actionable research proposal. In this process, the postgraduate students will gain an understanding of relevant approaches and elements of undertaking a research enquiry specifically to provide insights to solving a relevant problem. They will develop critical core competencies and skills required to carry out such an enquiry.
These competencies and skills include:
defining research questions;
setting appropriate research objectives;
study design that incorporates research objectives and budgetary constraints; secondary and primary data collection and instruments;
sampling and analysis methods; and effective reporting of results; as well as the importance of ethical conduct in conducting research in both a domestic and in international business contexts;
to acquire the ability to use the SPSS statistical packet and Nvivo.
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