MBAM614-24T1 (C) Term One 2024

Business Research Methods

5 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 12 February 2024
End Date: Sunday, 5 May 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 25 February 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 14 April 2024

Description

This course aims to prepare MBA students to undertake a business research consulting project. Students will be exposed to relevant business research methods that are most likely to be adopted for systematic data collection processes, inclusive of various methods of recording, analysing and interpreting data. Additionally, this course assists students in identifying the scope of their research projects based on information required to address a specific business problem. The course eventuates in a draft proposal for MBAM 680. It is intended that this course is taken towards the end of the degree’s workload just prior to commencing MBAM680.

Learning Outcomes

1. Formulate an appropriate research question given a specified business context and problem.
2. Provide a rationale for business research project and argue the merits of identified research question.
3. Contrast the use of qualitative and quantitative research methods for business research in a specific case.
4. Identify the appropriate methodology, including kaupapa Māori, for a given research question and business context.
5. Develop a research proposal relevant to a specific business context.

Prerequisites

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 17:00 - 20:00 Rehua 620
12 Feb - 18 Feb
26 Feb - 3 Mar
11 Mar - 17 Mar
8 Apr - 14 Apr

Course Coordinator

Eldrede Tinashe Kahiya

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,087.00

* 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.

For further information see Master of Business Administration Programme .

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