Research for Business Decision Making

Course aim

Business research skills play a key role in providing the information business managers need to ensure that their businesses can develop, compete, expand and remain sustainable. The course aims to introduce students to the advanced business research skills necessary to acquire, process and analyse information that will support quality business decision making.

Course content

The role of business research; information systems and knowledge management; business analytics; the research process; research design; quantitative and qualitative data collection methods; data analysis and presentation communication of research results.

Textbook(s)

Zikmund, WG, Babin, BJ, Carr, JC & Griffin, M 2013, Business Research Methods, 9th Edition, South-Western Cengage Learning, Mason, Ohio

Prerequisite(s)

Completion of 18 units in a postgraduate business program.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Seminar	3 hours x 10 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External (Online)	N/A x 10 weeks
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

Group Research Project Report with peer evaluation (5% of weighting), Research based decision making case study, Research project proposal

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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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.