Quantitative and Qualitative Research (HRM/OB)

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• formulate research aims, objectives and questions;
• critically evaluate the main methodologies uses in business research;
• defend your chosen approach for data collection and analysis.
• critically identify and evaluate a body of literature;

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• develop your own research proposal.
• critically assess the main types of contemporary business research;

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• the main methodologies and methods used in business research;
• the paradigms deployed by business researchers;

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Class discussions

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback:
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.