Handbook

This subject is designed to provide business-based Higher Degree Research with substantial knowledge of research principles and methods applicable to their field of work or learning in order that they can plan and execute an original research design and research proposal. It provides discipline-independent cognitive and research skills in order to demonstrate expert theoretical knowledge, the ability to think critically, evaluate existing knowledge and ideas and undertake systematic investigation and reflection on current theory. The subject explores different research paradigms, and related methodologies, entails substantial searching, reviewing and critiquing of relevant literature, and examines a range of data collection methods and critical analysis. Finally, students are required to present cogently a complex investigation of original research in their final proposal.