MBAZ604-17T3 (C) Term Three 2017

Business Research Methods

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 July 2017
End Date: Sunday, 24 September 2017
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 28 July 2017
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 1 September 2017

Description

Business research methods including statistical and qualitative approaches are introduced. Students will develop the knowledge and skills required to undertake academic and professional research in the field of business.

Business research methods including statistical and qualitative approaches are introduced. Students will develop the knowledge and skills required to undertake academic and professional research in the field of business.

Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate a highly-developed understanding of accounting and/or management and/or business information systems as areas for advanced study and research.

2. Demonstrate an advanced understanding of business research methods at the conceptual or meta-level and be able to translate this understanding into practical, critical and strategic thinking within the professional accounting and/or management and/or business information systems disciplines.

3. Critically consider various research designs, broad methodologies, frameworks, techniques and models and apply the most appropriate to specific accounting and/or management and/or business information systems research contexts.

4. Critically consider specific business research analytical tools and apply the most appropriate to specific business research design.

5. Compile, critically analyse, interpret and apply statistical data.

6. Prepare a research project proposal focusing on an area of accounting and/or management and/or business information systems which exhibits the aforementioned tools and designs.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Director of Postgraduate Management Development

Restrictions

MBUS642, MBAD679

Timetable Note

Monday 9am-12noon, in room L526

Course Coordinator

Trevor Nesbit

Trevor Nesbit – email:  trevor.nesbit@canterbury.ac.nz

Some regular office hours will be announced on Learn at the end of the first week of lectures.

Assessment

Research Project Proposal worth 40%

Part A due in Week 5

Part B due in Week 10

Quantitative Data Analysis Project worth 25% due end of Week 8

Take Home Exam worth 35% in Week 9/10

Textbooks / Resources

Bryman, Alan and Bell, Emma (2007), Business Research Methods, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press.

or

Bryman, Alan and Bell, Emma (2011), Business Research Methods, 3rd Edition, Oxford University Press.

or

Bryman, Alan and Bell, Emma (2015), Business Research Methods, 4th Edition, Oxford University Press.

Course links

LEARN

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,147.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if fewer than 10 people apply to enrol.

For further information see Business Taught Masters Programmes .

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