Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Liverpool Business School
Learning Methods
Online
Workshop
Module Offerings
5240BSPTHR-JAN-MTP
Aims
The module aims to develop student skills to research a real-life workplace problem. Students will learn the whole research process through attending lectures, conducting online exercises and discussions, and participating in workshops. Students will work on a real research problem that will develop their skills in designing and implementing quantitative and qualitative research projects.
In addition, the module aims to prepare students for their level six independent Impact report, by enabling them to critically review and summarise literature and independently conduct a research project utilising quantitative and qualitative research tools. Furthermore, this module aims to equip students with the skills needed to analyse qualitative and quantitative data using softwares (e.g. SPSS for quantitative and NVivo for qualitative).
Learning Outcomes
1.
Critically analyse existing literature on a topic of their choice that will inform their research proposal
2.
Work on a real research problem, define a research question based on the problems, and design a research to examine the problem
3.
Prepare an individual, appropriately presented and coherent research proposal (which will require the production of accurate research objectives, an indicative literature, a research strategy and appropriate methodology)
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:1. Introduction to the research process
2. Understanding research Philosophy
3. Strategies for selecting a research topic
4. Critical literature Review
5. Qualitative and quantitative research designs
6. Research ethics and negotiating access
7. Quantitative data collection
8. Quantitative data analysis
8. Qualitative data collection
9. Qualitative data analysis
10. Writing and presenting findings
11. Preparing a research proposal
Module Overview:
The module aims to develop your skills to research a real-life workplace problem. You will learn the whole research process through attending lectures, conducting online exercises and discussions, and participating in workshops. You will also work on a real research problem that will develop your skills in designing and implementing quantitative and qualitative research projects.
The module aims to develop your skills to research a real-life workplace problem. You will learn the whole research process through attending lectures, conducting online exercises and discussions, and participating in workshops. You will also work on a real research problem that will develop your skills in designing and implementing quantitative and qualitative research projects.
Additional Information:This will involve selecting a real-life research topic, critically reviewing the relevant literature, designing a qualitative, quantitative or mixed-method research, preparing data-collection tools, and collecting, analysing and presenting the findings.
The assessment requires the students to prepare a research proposal.