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NEBS305 Organisational Research Methods

Updated: 10 December 2009
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus C - Internet access required
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus C - Internet access required
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
06 April 2010 08 April 2010 Non-Mandatory
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites 48cp
Co-requisites None
Restrictions MM205 or MM305 or NEBS405
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Peter McClenaghan (pmcclena@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

In this unit, students will develop skills in the design, conduct and critical evaluation of organisational research. A diverse range of research paradigms and methods, design and measurement issues and data gathering and analytic strategies will be explored. Qualitative and quantitative approaches will receive balanced attention. The unit will stress how to synergistically combine quantitative and qualitative approaches to achieve research aims. A critical emphasis will be on the interdependence between business contexts, research goals and methods/analytic choices.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Business Research Methods: A Managerial Approach
ISBN: 9781741032536
Veal, A.J., Pearson Education 2nd ed. 2005
Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 40% 2500
Assessment Notes
Critique/Compare/Contrast two research articles (essay)
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
GA: 1-2, 4, 6-7
Proposal 60% 3500
Assessment Notes
Research proposal (essay)
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
GA: 1-4, 6-7

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. identify, review and critically evaluate an appropriate body of organisational research and related literature;
  2. set out appropriate organisational research questions/hypotheses for investigation;
  3. design an appropriate study to investigate those questions/hypotheses;
  4. design the sampling scheme, procedures and/or instruments needed to collect data;
  5. plan for the types of data analyses that will be required; and
  6. write a coherent and well-argued organisational research proposal.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
 True True True
2 Communication Skills
Communication skills are taught through workshops and lecture specific topics - assessed as part of all written work and practiced in class discussion and final project. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Global perspectives are taught regarding multicultural research strategies. 		True
4 Information Literacy
Lectures deviated to information literacy and is assessed in all assignments and practiced in final project. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
Life-long learning is practiced through the philosophy of course. 		True
6 Problem Solving
Problem solving is taught through all class exercises, assessed in all assignments, and practiced in workshops. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Social responsibility is taught in specific topics on ethics, assessed in project proposal and practiced in project proposal. 		True True True
8 Team Work
Students engage in teamwork in tutorials and online discussions. 		True
   

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