Tutorials, seminars and workshops

Practical workshops in design, use and analysis of data collection methods, such as:
Questionnaires; Focus Groups; Interviews; Observation; Documentary Analysis.

Module handbook with bibliographical guidance. Blackboard, VLE platforms.Library electronic access with guidance and bibliographical search guidance.

Candidates must have relevant prior learning and professional experience.

A 6,000 words assignment that will set out a research design including relevant concepts, methods, ethical safeguards and plans for dissemination to be incorporated in a planned research project. The assignment will include an account of and justification for the research and data collection methods to be used.

Alvessen, M. And Deetz, S. (2007) Doing Critical Management research, Sage.
Blaikie, N. (2003) Analysing Quantitative Data, Sage.
Blaikie, N. (2007) Approaches to social enquiry, Cambridge: Polity Press.
Bryman, A. (2001) Social research Methods, Oxford Press.
Denzin, N.K., Lincoln, Y.S., Eds., (2000) Handbook of Qualitative Research. Second Edition. London: Sage.
Denzin, N.K., Lincoln, Y.S., Eds., (2003) The Landscape of Qualitative Research, Sage.
Denzin, N.K., Lincoln, Y.S., Eds., (2003) Collecting and Interpreting Qualitative Materials, Sage.
Denzin, N.K., Lincoln, Y.S., Eds., (2003) Strategies of Qualitative Inquiry, Sage.
Gill, J. And Johnson, P. (2002) Research Methods for Managers. Sage.
McClave, J.T., Benson, P.G. and Sincich, T. (2005) Statistics for Business and Economics, Prentice Hall.
Robson, C. (1993), Real World Research, Oxford, Blackwell.
Saunders, M., Lewis, P. and Thornhill, A. (2007) Research Methods for Business Students, Harlow: FT Prentice Hall
Silverman, D. (2001) Interpreting Qualitative Research, Sage.