Research methods - local tutor notes: MBA(Wales)

The following are the main course information on Research Methods for the MBA (Wales) that I will teach:

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You also need to study Gill and Johnson (2010).

Some lecture handwritten notes:

Workshop teaching plan

• Topic 1: On Research Objectives Research Questions and university policy
• Related article: http://josephho33.blogspot.hk/2011/09/dissertation-objectives-and-research.html
• University requirements: assignment on proposal is to be used for final year project; topic must be related to your academci programme major (e.g. Law, Project Management, etc)..
• Hot management topics: http://josephho33.blogspot.hk/2012/01/hot-management-topics-for-2010-2011.html
• Topic 2: On Literature Review
• Related article: http://josephho33.blogspot.hk/2012/01/literature-review-agenda-for-learning.html
• On e-library usage (if e-library is offered by your university): http://josephho33.blogspot.hk/2012/01/list-of-articles-on-e-library-usage.html
• Topic 3: On Research Methods
• On research strategies: http://josephho33.blogspot.hk/2012/01/business-research-strategies-agenda-for.html
• On research design: http://josephho33.blogspot.hk/2012/01/designing-research-design-discussion.html
• Topic 4: On resources required for dissertation:
• Time, facilities, money, mentor/ coach/ client support, equipments, etc.
• Topic 5: On Preliminary Table of Content for the dissertation report and dissertation writing;
• On dissertation writing: http://josephho33.blogspot.hk/2012/01/writing-and-presenting-dissertation.html
• Samples of dissertation reports (HKU): http://hub.hku.hk/advanced-search?field1=title&thesis=1
• On abstract and proposal writing: http://josephho33.blogspot.hk/2011/09/proposal-abstract-and-dissertation.html
• Basic report structure:
• Title. Abstract, Table of Content, Chapter 1: Introduction, Chapter 2: Literature Review, Chapter 3: Research Methods, Chapter 4: Findings and Analysis, Chapter 5: Conclusions and Recommendations; References; Appendix.
• Topic 6: On Harvard Referencing
• A related article on harvard referencing: http://josephho33.blogspot.hk/2012/01/on-vancouver-referencing-style.html
• Topic 7: On Plagiarism
• A related article: http://josephho33.blogspot.hk/2011/08/plagiarism-what-plagiarism.html

  

References

1. Gill, J. and Johnson, P. (2010) Research Methods for Managers, Sage Publications
2. Business Research forum: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150610225197090.447442.713727089&type=1#!/groups/194088197319308/
3. Blog article reference: http://josephkkhoworkdiary.blogspot.hk/2012/09/research-methods-lecture-notes.html