Research report
Dr Kosmas Smyrnios
6 points * 6 hours per week * Full year * Caulfield * Prerequisites: Acceptance for enrolment in BBus(Hons) program
Objectives On completion of this subject students should have: conducted a critical review of the literature relevant to their field of study; derived appropriate hypotheses for testing, or question or problem to be answered; devised an empirical test of the hypotheses showing regard to practical problems of conducting research, ethical considerations, and principles of scientific method; conducted a planned study and managed any practical problems that might have arisen in the course of data collection; selected and conducted an appropriate analysis of data; and written a report on the project, showing due regard to relevant stylistic conventions.
Synopsis Under supervision students are expected to undertake and report on an original research project that addresses a significant issue in business; this research project is likely to have substantial practical outcomes or implications; as well, it is hoped that students and supervisors will publish the work in an appropriate journal.
Assessment Research dissertation: 100%
Prescribed texts
Zikmund W G Business research methods 3rd edn, Dryden, 1991