Research for Business Decision Making

Course aim

To provide students with the advanced research skills needed to identify and define business information needs, and to select and implement strategies and validated methods for obtaining, analysing, and reporting that information.

Course content

Topics include researching and identifying business decision-makers’ information needs, desk research, research design, survey research methods, qualitative research, quantitative research, analysis methods, and reporting research findings.

Textbook(s)

J. Scott Armstrong, Kesten C. Green 2022, The Scientific Method A Guide to Finding Useful Knowledge, Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom

Prerequisite(s)

Completion of 18 units in a postgraduate business program.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Preparatory	1 x 1 week
Seminar	3 hours x 10 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External	30 hours equiv. x N/A
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Seminar	30 hours equiv. x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Critical analysis, Learning log/Journal

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4C)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.