Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Honours Research Methods in Business
Credit Points: 12.00
Course Coordinator: Associate Professor Konrad Peszynski
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 1654
Course Coordinator Email: konrad.peszynski@rmit.edu.au@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: City Campus
Course Coordinator Availability: Appointment by email
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
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Course Description
This course helps you develop a comprehensive understanding of robust research methodologies and their ethical application in a business context. This course provides you with a systematic approach to research design, emphasising the selection, application, and interpretation of qualitative and quantitative methods. You will explore a range of research designs, understanding their alignment with research questions and theoretical foundations. You will learn to navigate ethical considerations and the human ethics approval process while ensuring the analytical rigour of your research. Please note that if you take this course for a bachelor honours program, your overall mark in this course will be one of the course marks that will be used to calculate the weighted average mark (WAM) that will determine your award level (this applies to students who commence enrolment in a bachelor honours program from 1 January 2016 onward). See the WAM information web page for more information.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
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On successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
CLO1: Critically evaluate various research methodologies tailored to specific business research questions.
CLO2: Design a rigorous and ethically sound research plan that aligns a selected methodology with a specific business problem, ensuring consideration of diverse stakeholder perspectives.
CLO3: Justify appropriate data analysis techniques to extract insights from business data within the context of the research problem.
CLO4: Communicate the research process, findings and recommendations to a business audience including any ethical considerations and implications.
Overview of Learning Activities
In this course, you will be encouraged to be an active learner. Your learning will be supported through various in-class and on-site activities comprising individual and group work. These may include quizzes; assignments; prescribed readings; sourcing, researching and analysing specific information; solving problems, conducting presentations, producing written work and collaborating with peers on set tasks or projects.
Overview of Learning Resources
Various learning resources are available online through MyRMIT Studies/Canvas. The lecture notes and workshop notes are posted on Canvas.
RMIT Library provides extensive resources, services and study spaces. All RMIT students have access to scholarly resources including course related material, books, e-books, journals and databases.
Computers and printers are available at every Library. You can access the Internet and Library e-resources. You can also access the RMIT University wireless network in the Library.
Contact: Ask the Library for assistance and information on Library resources and services: http://www.rmit.edu.au/library.
Study support is available for assistance with assignment preparation, academic writing, information literacy, referencing, maths and study skills. Additional resources and/or sources to assist your learning will be identified by your course coordinator and will be made available to you as required during the teaching period.
Overview of Assessment
The assessment alignment list below shows the assessment tasks against the learning outcomes they develop.
Assessment Task 1: 30% Linked CLOs: 1, 2
Assessment Task 2: 20% Linked CLOs: 4
Assessment Task 3: 50% Linked CLOs: 2, 3
Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or in online forums through individual and group feedback on practical exercises and individual consultation.