Reference no: EM132906478

Type of Assessment:

(a) Demonstrate a critical appreciation of the major steps involved in conducting research.

(b) Demonstrate an extended understanding of various business research designs and methods, and be able to evaluate and explain their strengths and weaknesses in research designs for particular projects.

(c) Demonstrate a critical appreciation of ethical issues in research and an advanced understanding of appropriate procedures and protocols applicable to these issues.

(d) Critically review and evaluate research literature.

(e) Design research for a particular project, explaining the limitations, advantages, and technical and ethical implications of the techniques employed.

(f) Select, justify and design questions suitable for a survey instrument and be able to analyse survey data in relation to a particular research question.

(g) Prepare a formal research proposal investigating an innovative and/or unresolved research question.

Criteria for

Assessment:

- Knowledge and Understanding

- Content and exploration of theories and ideas

- Analysis, synthesis and critical engagement

- Technical skills and referencing

Assessment Task: Critically assess how "truth" is established in business and management research. Students must identify relevant research philosophies or paradigms and investigate their epistemology, ontology, and axiology.

Please note that we are looking for the following:

a. Assignments must display knowledge of the relevant theory, concepts, and literature.

b. The theory and concepts must be applied to discussing the assignment question

c. Assignment focus upon contentious and problematic issues, therefore they must contain a well-argued case with an appropriate structure and obey academic conventions regarding referencing, etc.