Page 1 of 5 Master of Business Administration Research Methods Assignment
Page 2 of 5 Assignment Brief As part of the formal assessment for the Master of Business Administration you are required to submit a Research Methods assignment. Please refer to your Student Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme and general information on preparing and submitting assignments. Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this module the student will be expected to: 1. Critically appraise and evaluate the contribution primary and secondary data sources can make to research studies, particularly with respect to sampling, statistical analysis and data presentation techniques. 2. Critically appraise and evaluate research undertaken by others. 3. Undertake multidisciplinary research through the acquisition of skills relevant to the context of business and management. 4. Effectively plan and undertake personal development including the awareness of an ethical and socially responsibly dimension to decision making. Assignment Task You are required to produce a research proposal for a dissertation in a management related field. The proposal prepared may be the one which you follow for your dissertation but this is not essential. If you eventually choose another topic for your dissertation you will have to go through a similar process as that required for this assessment on that topic. It would therefore be sensible to think carefully about the topic choice and decide now what your dissertation will be about. Your answer should include the detail below. Format: The format should broadly follow the plan provided below. Diagrams and charts may be added to clarify and illustrate points. Research Questions & Objectives Explanation of the problem/issue and justify why it is important, both from an organisational and a personal perspective, and a series of precisely written objectives, to include observable outcomes, that flow from this. Literature review Demonstrate…